MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
The recall covers more than 17,000 Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vans in the 2003 to 2006 model years.
More than 27,000 trucks need replacement passenger-side frontal air bags.
The recall, expected to get under way July 13, is part of the expansion of the Takata air bag inflator recalls.
Two separate actions – one an expansion of a regional Takata air bag inflator field action – involve Dodge Ram trucks.
Continued use of recapped tires and lengthened PM intervals have kept medium-duty truck operating costs relatively flat for utility/railroad, delivery, and service fleets in 2004.