NHTSA Complaint #10521441 — 2005 DODGE MAGNUM

VEHICLE STUCK IN PARK. VEHICLE IS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM SXT. TOW TRUCK OPERATOR AND AUTO REPAIR INDIVIDUALS STATED THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK LEVER BREAKING AS IT MADE OF PLASTIC. COMMENTS WERE "THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN DODGE AND CHRYSLERS" AS "I SEE THIS QUITE FREQUENTLY". A RECALL WAS ISSUED (RECALL K39) FOR VARIOUS YEARS, MAKES, AND MODELS OF DODGE AND CHRYSLERS BUT NOT FOR THE 2005 MAGNUM SXT EVEN THOUGH RECALL K39 APPLIES TO 2005 MAGNUM LXS. WHY DOESN'T THE RECALL APPLY TO THE 2005 DODGE MAGNUM SXT WHEN IT APPLIES TO THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE? WHAT CRITERIA IS APPLIED FOR A RECALL TO BE ISSUED? IS THERE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF INCIDENTS OR COMPLAINTS THAT MUST BE REACHED PRIOR TO A RECALL BEING ISSUED? SINCE THIS DEFECT IS SO FREQUENT, PREVALENT, AND WELL KNOWN IN THE AUTO REPAIR INDUSTRY WHY HAS NO ACTION BEEN INITIATED? *TR