1969 Charger recalls

[69bronzeT5]

Does anybody know the recalls that Dodge put out for the 69 Chargers besides the Kelsey Hayes Wheels?

[CharlieCharger]

Does anybody what recalls the '69 Charger had besides the Kelsey Hayes Wheels?

They recalled it in 70 to remove that darn center grill divider.Just teasing ya`ll

[IowaCharger69]

Does anybody what recalls the '69 Charger had besides the Kelsey Hayes Wheels?

They recalled it in 70 to remove that darn center grill divider.Just teasing ya`ll

LAWL

[Chris G.]

If I recall, Pontiac was gonna deliver a huge lawsuit for using their front end. I think in the end Chrysler gave them a huge payoff in order to not have to change the entire fleet. Again, that's just what I was told. 

[dpm68]

Bronze - Your sentence has a profound lack of syntax, thus making it incomplete. I suggest you read before you send.  - Cheers!

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

"The Google Master"



NOT!! 

[2fast4u]

"The Google Master"



NOT!! 

         LMFAO!!!!!

[Brightyellow69rtse]

god i hope there was no recalls i prolly missed the cutoff date  .....Mike

[69bronzeT5]

Bronze - Your sentence has a profound lack of syntax, thus making it incomplete. I suggest you read before you send.  - Cheers!

There, I fixed it and btw, I think Im gonna get rid of the Google Master thing

[JimShine]

The temp gauge may have been a recall. I believe I had read the gauge temperatures in the screen print was off from what the needle indicated and was corrected at some point during the model year. You could bring your car back and the dealer would swap the gauge with an updated, accurate one.

[Mike DC]

 
In the fall of 1968 (just as the 1969 models were debuting), the factory erronously published that the '69 Charger would survive being jumped 15-20 feet up into the air.

Of course the factory quickly changed its tune, but the recall notice took a long time to really get the word out. 
In fact, in may areas of the rural South, people sometimes didn't hear that they weren't supposed to jump their '69 Chargers until the late 1980s.

 

[Forza]

lol Nice one Mike.

[41husk]

some still have not heard!

[Mike DC]

     
Yeah, the factory wouldn't honor the repairs under warranty when the cars came into the dealerships having been jumped hard.  So the word got around that Mopar wasn't honoring their warranty clams, people stopped buying Mopar in mass numbers, and the result was that Mopar was actually going bankrupt in the 70s-80s because of the whole scandal.  The Gov't eventually had to bail them out in the early 80s.


When the '69 Charger's engineers were questioned about the issue, they said the whole thing started because of a miscommunication:  The car WILL survive big jumps, but ONLY if you give the proper "YEEEHAAA!!!" in mid-air and ONLY if you hit the (rare factory-optioned) "Dixie" air horns.  This has helped clarify the issue. 

If you notice, the "Duke Boys" on the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show always followed proper proceedures so their "General Lee" '69 Charger came out fine.  But the Sherriff & the deputies in pursuit (who didn't do the proper rebel-yell & air horn blast) would try the same jump and always end up in the pond with a wrecked patrol car.

 

[Brock Samson]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,21149.0.html 


possibly one of the best threads on the forum!

[dpm68]

"There, I fixed it and btw, I think Im gonna get rid of the Google Master thing"
Don't think son, just do.

[ck1]

didn't the 440 in 69 have like some high rpm failure's or something like that, maybe with the six pack cars? don't know if it was a recall though.....................

[Sweet T]

Just go into the local Dodge dealer and tell him you want all the recalls fixed on your car.  Have him check to see if it was jumped while your at it.  I'm sure the notices are still on their bulletin board.