NHTSA Campaign 00V197000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 00V197000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V197000 with NHTSA on July 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V197000, NHTSA lists up to 20,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 1999 and March 1, 2000.
The 00V197000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V197000 were scheduled from September 11, 2000, 56 days after the report.
00V197000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V197000 covers have filed at least 74 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V197000 ranks 80 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V197000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 4.7L ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAY EXPEL FLUID FROM THE FILL TUBE DURING NORMAL TEMPERATURE OPERATION.
- The risk
- THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM AND IGNITION OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COULD RESULT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL SHORTEN THE VENT HOSE AND ASSURE ADEQUATE CLEARANCE.
- 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 00V197000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V197000, 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