Visibility: windshield: critical fasteners; visibility: windshield (Axalta Coating Systems)
Vehicle equipment recall 21E-092. NHTSA received Axalta Coating Systems’s report on Oct 29, 2021.
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NHTSA received Axalta Coating Systems’s report on Oct 29, 2021. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
An inadequately bonded windshield can separate from a vehicle during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Axalta Coating Systems (Axalta) has submitted a Defect Information Report based upon recall determinations made by Ford Motor Company, recall 21V-090, and Chrysler (FCA US, LLC), recall 21V-516.
Windshields installed with One Component Acrylic-Melamine Clearcoat, combined with a primer-less windshield application may not have adequately bonded to the vehicle.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Visibility: windshield: critical fasteners.
- NHTSA’s part: Visibility: windshield.
What should you do?
The remedy will be determined by the affected vehicle manufacturers. Axalta notified the affected vehicle manufacturers by February 2021. Ford owners may contact Ford Customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Chrysler and Dodge owners may contact FCA customer service at 1-800-853-1403.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 100,275 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
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Part no.
Not applicable
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Axalta Coating Systems ClearcoatNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Axalta Coating Systems.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.