Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch (Dodge and Plymouth)
Vehicle recall 66V-008-002. NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Oct 12, 1966.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Oct 12, 1966. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: DOOR LATCH STRIKER ASSEMBLIES MAY HAVE A BRITTLE STRIKER SLEEVE AND WASHER.FAILURE OF EITHER OF THESE PARTS BY CRACKING COULD RENDER THE DOOR LATCH INOPERATIVE ONCE THE DOOR IS OPENED.THE STRIKER CAN- NOT BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE LOCK PILLAR WHILE THE DOOR IS CLOSED. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO HAZARD OF DOOR COMING OPEN WHILE CAR IS IN OPERATION.(REPLACE DOOR LATCH STRIKER ASSEMBLIES.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 41,953 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dodge Dartand 1967, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth Valiantand 1967, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CHRYSLER CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.