NHTSA Campaign 00V193000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 00V193000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V193000 with NHTSA on July 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V193000, NHTSA lists up to 40,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 1996 and September 1, 1999.
The 00V193000 report reached NHTSA 11 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V193000 were scheduled from September 11, 2000, 56 days after the report.
00V193000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V193000 covers have filed at least 248 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V193000 ranks 64 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V193000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V193000 was 00V180000, reported on July 10, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS BUILT WITH 2.5L ENGINES. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH INADEQUATE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE TUBE AND THE POWER STEERING HOSE.
- The risk
- A PUNCTURE OF THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE TUBE CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF BRAKING FORCE AT THE FRONT WHEELS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BRAKE TUBE AND POWER STEERING HOSE FOR WEAR. IF WEAR IS EVIDENT, THE BRAKE TUBE AND/OR POWER STEERING HOSE WILL BE REPLACED. A POWER STEERING STANDOFF BRACKET WILL BE INSTALLED ON ALL VEHICLES TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE TUBE AND POWER STEERING HOSE IS MAINTAINED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 11, 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 July 17, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V193000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V193000, 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: July 17, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted