NHTSA Campaign 00V007000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NHTSA campaign 00V007000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V007000 with NHTSA on January 11, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V007000, NHTSA lists up to 76 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 3, 1999 and November 5, 1999.
The 00V007000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V007000 were scheduled from March 20, 2000, 69 days after the report.
00V007000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V007000 covers have filed at least 20 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V007000 ranks 148 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V007000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 10 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 00V007000 was 99V114000, reported on May 6, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS. THE WELDS AT THE RIGHT SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET TO AXLE TUBE ATTACHMENT MAY HAVE INADEQUATE FATIGUE LIFE DUE TO POOR WELD QUALITY. THIS CAN LEAD TO SEPARATION OF THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET FROM THE AXLE TUBE.
- The risk
- IF THE BRACKET SEPARATES THE VEHICLE COULD EXPERIENCE REDUCED DIRECTIONAL STABILITY, BRAKING DEGRADATION AND/OR VEHICLE PULL UNDER BRAKING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT AXLE WITH A PROPERLY WELDED FRONT AXLE.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. 861. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 20, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997.
Reported January 11, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V007000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V007000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: January 11, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted