Recall Date: 8/13/2026
NHTSA ID: 26V528
Mfr. Campaign Number: 61D
Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Affected Components: Liftgate rear spoiler
Potential Number of Units Affected: 74,578
The campaign covers a single model line across three model years:
Affected vehicles were built between July 13, 2020 and March 28, 2023. The suspect period opened when 2021 model year production began and closed when vehicles were no longer built with the potential over-flush condition, with vehicle production and engineering change records used to set both ends. Durangos outside this campaign were either built after the suspect period or produced with a different design and production process. FCA US lists the estimated percentage with the defect at 0.8 percent. The involved parts are the upper standard liftgate spoiler, part number 7DY53TZZAB, and the upper special liftgate spoiler, part number 7DY56TZZAB, both supplied by Nascote Industries of Nashville, Illinois.
FCA US describes this as an assembly issue rather than a part defect. Some vehicles were built with the rear spoiler over-flush to the roof, which allows contact when the liftgate is cycled. Cycling the liftgate is ordinary use, so any damage compounds through normal daily operation rather than through anything unusual. Once the spoiler is damaged, it can detach, and a detached spoiler becomes road debris that raises crash risk for the vehicles behind it.
The remedy is under development. FCA US filed the report on August 13, 2026 and confirmed it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on all affected vehicles, but the repair has not been published.
The campaign does not carry a Do Not Drive or a Park Outside advisory, and FCA US is using its general reimbursement plan on file. The audible warning is the practical takeaway for owners. Anyone who hears the spoiler contacting the body during a liftgate cycle, or a rattle from the rear of the roof while driving, has a reason to have the vehicle looked at now rather than wait on the mail.
Dealers will be notified on or about August 20, 2026, and VINs become searchable the same day. Interim owner letters are scheduled for September 10 and 11, 2026, with a second notice to follow once the remedy is available. Owners can confirm whether a specific vehicle is included by entering the VIN at NHTSA.gov/recalls.
This is the third campaign covering rear spoiler detachment on the Durango, and the chronology sets out how it came about. FCA US filed NHTSA recall 21V842, campaign Y73, on October 28, 2021 for 2021 model year Durangos with spoilers that may detach. It filed NHTSA recall 23V115, campaign 20A, on February 23, 2023 covering 2021 through 2023 model years for the same concern. Both populations were set using the engineering change and vehicle production records available at the time of each decision.
On March 19, 2026, the FCA US Technical Safety and Regulatory Compliance organization opened a new investigation after field data showed potential spoiler detachments on vehicles that had already received the Y73 or 20A remedy. From March 19 through June 2, 2026, TSRC reviewed field data and worked with Engineering to understand the part design and its change history. As of July 29, 2026, FCA US had logged 8 customer assistance records, 116 warranty claims, and 37 other service records potentially related to the issue across all markets, with receipt dates ranging from May 10, 2022 to June 30, 2026, and was not aware of any accidents or injuries. The Vehicle Regulations Committee determined a safety defect exists on August 6, 2026.
The dealer read here is unusual. A portion of these 74,578 owners has already been through the service drive for this concern under an earlier campaign. That is a reachable population with a known service history at the store, and reachable populations are the exception in recall work. It also creates the specific risk on this campaign. An owner who took the Durango in for a spoiler recall in 2022 will look at a 2026 letter about a spoiler recall and reasonably assume it is the same thing they already handled. Completion depends on making the difference clear.
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Repeat campaigns on the same VIN are the hardest completion problem in fixed ops. The owner has already done the thing being asked, the vehicle looks fine, and a mailed notice does nothing to explain why this time is different. Add a remedy that is still under development and a second letter arriving weeks later, and the message has to land twice before anyone books an appointment.
BizzyCar's Recall Outreach product identifies vehicles in a dealer's market with open recalls and books the service appointment automatically through two-way SMS, on the channel owners actually answer. Two-way messaging matters more than usual on a campaign like this, because the owner's first response is a question, and a conversation answers it where a letter cannot. Every appointment that results brings a 2021 to 2023 Durango back into the drive, and those vehicles are squarely in the years where maintenance and declined service add up.
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