NHTSA Campaign 77V201000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Issued by CHRYSLER CORPORATION · Reported Nov 16, 1977 · 800,000 vehicles affected

What's wrong

AN INTERRUPTION OF THE MAIN ELECTRICAL POWER FEED CIRCUIT FROM THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR MAY OCCUR DUE TO SEPARATION OF A TERMINAL CONNECTION IN THE WIRING CIRCUIT. THE TERMINAL END OF THE POWER FEED WIRE COMING FROM THE COMPARTMENT MAY SEPARATE FROM ITS MATING TERMINAL ON THE WIRE GOING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AT THE MULTIPLE CIRCUIT CONNECTOR (KNOWN AS THE BULKHEAD CONNECTOR) LOCATED ON THE LEFT (DRIVER"S) SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIREWALL.

Remedy

DEALER WILL REPAIR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT POWER FEED CIRCUIT WIRE BY INSTALLING AN OVERLAY WIRE ROUTED AROUND THE BULKHEAD CONNECTOR.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER 1972 800,000
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER 1973 800,000
CHRYSLER NEWPORT 1972 800,000
CHRYSLER NEWPORT 1973 800,000
DODGE MONACO 1972 800,000
DODGE MONACO 1973 800,000
DODGE POLARA 1972 800,000
DODGE POLARA 1973 800,000
PLYMOUTH FURY 1972 800,000
PLYMOUTH FURY 1973 800,000

Source: NHTSA Campaign 77V201000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.