NHTSA Campaign 00V198000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 00V198000 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 00V198000 with NHTSA on July 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V198000, NHTSA lists up to 437,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 1996 and August 31, 1999.
The 00V198000 report reached NHTSA 11 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V198000 were scheduled from August 21, 2000, 35 days after the report.
00V198000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V198000 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, 00V198000 ranks 10 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V198000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V198000 was 00V180000, reported on July 10, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH INADEQUATE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE REAR AXLE VENT HOSE AND THE BRAKE HOSE.
- The risk
- A PUNCTURE IN THE REAR BRAKE HOSE WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF BRAKING FORCE AT THE REAR WHEELS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR BRAKE HOSE FOR EVIDENCE OF WEAR. WORN BRAKE HOSES WILL BE REPLACED. THE REAR VENT HOSE WILL BE SHORTENED BY 3 INCHES AND A CLIP WILL BE INSTALLED TO ASSURE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE AXLE VENT LINE AND BRAKE HOSE IS MAINTAINED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION IS DIVIDED INTO PHASES BASED ON VEHICLE BUILD CONFIGURATION. NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS OF VEHICLES CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RECALL BEGAN AUGUST 21, 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 00V198000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V198000, 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