Recall Register

1979 Dodge MB300: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1979 Dodge MB300. The newest campaign is 80V039000. NHTSA received the report on 28 Mar 1980. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Other / Labels. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 80V039000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will provide certification labels with the proper dates of manufacture at no charge to owner. New labels may be installed by owners or by dealers at owner"s request.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 102,700 units in total.

  • 80V039000Equipment / Other / Labels
  • 79V176000Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner
  • 79V104000Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Lower Arm
  • 79V047000Steering / Linkages

  1. 80V039000Received . 3,500 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The federal motor vehicle safety standard certification labels on the involved vehicles may contain incorrect data for the incomplete vehicle (chassis) date of manufacture and for the date of federal motor vehicle safety standard conformance effectiveness.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will provide certification labels with the proper dates of manufacture at no charge to owner. New labels may be installed by owners or by dealers at owner"s request.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 79V176000Received . 68,000 units.

    Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Condensate water may accumulate in the air conditioning blower housing; there is a high probability that this water will cause the blower motor to fail. Blower motor failure would disable the air condtioning unit and there would be no way to defrost or defog the windshield.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will drill a 1/4 inch drain hole in the bottom of the air conditioning blower housing to prevent water accumulation, without charge to owner.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 79V104000Received . 27,000 units.

    Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Lower Arm

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Lower control arms may fracture in the area adjacent to the lower ball joint, resulting in separation of the ball joint from the arm.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will increase the strength of both lower control arms by installing welded reinforcements.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  4. 79V047000Received . 4,200 units.

    Steering / Linkages

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Incorrect steering linkage components may have been installed on the involved vehicles. These vehicles were assembled with light duty steering linkage tie rod and center link assemblies in place of the specified heavy duty components. These light duty components are not compatible for attachment to the heavy duty knuckle arms, resulting in an inflexible (no ball joint movement) attachment of the tie rod to knuckle arm. This could, eventually, result in fatigue failure of that attachment on one of the components.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The steering linkage system tie rods and center link will be inspected and, if necessary, light duty components will be replaced with heavy duty components at no cost to owner.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19711
  2. 19721
  3. 19733
  4. 19742
  5. 19752
  6. 19762
  7. 19772
  8. 19783
  9. 19794

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1979 Dodge MB300: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/mb300/1979/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1979 Dodge MB300?
102,700 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Dodge MB300 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Dodge MB300, model years 1971 to 1979. 4 of them name the 1979 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1979 Dodge MB300 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.