NHTSA Campaign 00V195000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 00V195000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V195000 with NHTSA on July 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V195000, NHTSA lists up to 1,500 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 21, 2000 and June 22, 2000.
The 00V195000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V195000 were scheduled from August 28, 2000, 42 days after the report.
00V195000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V195000 ranks 117 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V195000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 17 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 00V195000 was 00V067000, reported on March 2, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH FUEL TANKS WITH SUSPECT VENT TUBE WELDS.
- The risk
- SEPARATION OF THE VENT TUBE WELD COULD RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE ANY FUEL TANKS BUILT IN THE SUSPECT TIME PERIOD. THE VEHICLE WILL BE INSPECTED AND IF THE BAR CODE ON THE FUEL TANK INDICATES THAT THE TANK WAS BUILT DURING THE SUSPECT PERIOD, IT WILL BE REPLACED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 28, 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 00V195000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V195000, 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