DODGE POLARA 1973: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 77V201000

Make Model Year
DODGE POLARA 1973
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1978-02-23 1977-11-16 1979-10-12

Production Dates: 1972-07-01 - 1972-12-01

Manufacturers Involved: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)

Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 800000

Report Initiator: ODI ODI Report

Summary

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.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: ELECTRICAL; WIRING.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: INTERRUPTION OF THIS CIRCUIT CAN CAUSE LOSS OFELECTRICAL POWER TO ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND ACCESSORIES. VEHICLE WOULDBECOME INOPERATIVE, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.