Airbag inflator rupture on the 2013 Chrysler 200
When airbag inflator rupture gets reported
Owners of the 2013 Chrysler 200 report airbag inflator rupture at a median of 85,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 65,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles, from 16 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 80,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 60,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 120,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 59,500 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A window that narrow is the signature of a part that fails on its own schedule rather than on how the car is driven — which is usually a design or supplier problem rather than wear and tear.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62,000 miles | 62,975 miles | 83,000 miles | 113,900 miles | 121,500 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $0–$0 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 6 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2014, at a median of 20,000 miles, and latest on the 2013 at 85,000 miles.
By volume the 2015 carries the most reports, with 63; the 2013 has 57. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
"takata recall" upon starting my vehicle to go to work I noticed that my airbag and seatbelt indicator were both on. I fastened my seatbelt and both indicators still stayed on. I proceeded to drive my vehicle to work and they were still on when I made it to work. When I came out for lunch break and started my vehicle they were off, but they continue to periodically come on and stay on even with both the driver and passenger seatbelts buckled. I called huffines of lewisville and they told me that indicators were probably related to the current recall however they stated they could not repair my vehicle because they have not received the parts from the recall but if I wanted to bring my vehicle in and pay for a diagnostic and the repairs they would be more than happy to repair my vehicle. They went on to say that the recall has affected millions and to date there is no resolution for consumers. Please help!
"takata recall" upon starting my vehicle to go to work I noticed that my airbag and seatbelt indicator were both on. I fastened my seatbelt and both indicators still stayed on. I proceeded to drive my vehicle to work and they were still on when I made it to work. When I came out for lunch break and started my vehicle they were off, but they continue to periodically come on and stay on even with both the driver and passenger seatbelts buckled. I called huffines of lewisville and they told me that indicators were probably related to the current recall however they stated they could not repair my vehicle because they have not received the parts from the recall but if I wanted to bring my vehicle in and pay for a diagnostic and the repairs they would be more than happy to repair my vehicle. They went on to say that the recall has affected millions and to date there is no resolution for consumers. Please help!
Takata recall. This has happened repeatedly over the past 2 years. While driving my car, my front and rear lights stop working. Hazards and blinkers included. Today, it lasted nearly 9 hours. I went to o reileys and auto zone to have my car tested. I am a mom of 4 girls, so they took sympathy and tried to help. Couldn't find what the issue was, I was told to go to a chrysler dealership and have it looked over. I don't have the income to pay a mechanic. While waiting in line at my daughters school, the right front light decided to work and my back rear left light decided to work. Then lights came back on and AC stopped blowing cold air. My cars dash board repeatedly kept letting me know which lights weren't working. Check engine light never came on. It was terrifying.
Also reported on the 2013 Chrysler 200
Other engine problem
Other body or interior problem
Other electrical problem
Other powertrain problem
Seat belt or retractor failure
Stalling while driving
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 57 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does airbag inflator rupture happen on the 2013 Chrysler 200?
Across 16 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 85,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 65,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is airbag inflator rupture on the 2013 Chrysler 200?
57 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.9 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed