NHTSA Campaign 00V107000
TRAILER HITCHES
NHTSA campaign 00V107000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the trailer hitches. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V107000 with NHTSA on April 11, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V107000, NHTSA lists up to 357,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 1998 and September 30, 1999.
The 00V107000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V107000 were scheduled from April 24, 2000, 13 days after the report.
00V107000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V107000 ranks 12 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH OPTIONAL TRAILER HITCH. THE TRAILER HITCH SIDE BRACKETS WERE MANUFACTURED USING MATERIAL WITH INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH.
- The risk
- BRACKETS BUILT WITHOUT PROPER MATERIAL COULD FATIGUE AND FRACTURE IN THE AREA WHERE THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNTS TO THE FRAME.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TRAILER HITCHES AND REPLACE ANY TRAILER HITCH SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE CRACKING. IF NO EVIDENCE OF CRACKING EXISTS, THE DEALER WILL INSTALL TWO REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 24, 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 April 11, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V107000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V107000, 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: April 11, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted