NHTSA Campaign 00V196000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 00V196000 covers 2 year-make-model versions 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 00V196000 with NHTSA on July 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V196000, NHTSA lists up to 3,400 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 3, 2000 and April 7, 2000.
The 00V196000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V196000 were scheduled from September 25, 2000, 70 days after the report.
00V196000 covers 2 models from Chrysler and Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V196000 covers have filed at least 42 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V196000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Stratus has the most (27).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V196000 ranks 106 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V196000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V196000 was 00V180000, reported on July 10, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN INADEQUATE WELD BETWEEN THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE BLOCK AND THE STAND-OFF BRACKET.
- The risk
- SEPARATION OF THE STAND-OFF BRACKET FROM THE BLOCK COULD CAUSE FATIGUE DAMAGE OF THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE TUBE AND RESULT IN A HALF SYSTEM BRAKE LOSS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL ADD A BRAKE LINE BRACKET TO THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE TUBE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 25, 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 00V196000 (2)
Chrysler (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V196000, 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