NHTSA Campaign 00V225002
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
NHTSA campaign 00V225002 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion). The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V225002 with NHTSA on August 10, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V225002, NHTSA lists up to 2,865 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 2000 and June 24, 2000.
The 00V225002 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V225002 were scheduled from October 11, 2000, 62 days after the report.
00V225002 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V225002 covers have filed at least 26 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V225002 ranks 110 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V225002, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 9 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 00V225002 was 99V312000, reported on November 4, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. A NUT IN THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED, RESULTING IN SYMPTOMS RANGING FROM STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION TO STIFF STEERING, AND IN THE WORST CASE, NO ABILITY TO TURN LEFT.
- The risk
- A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THESE VEHICLES AND REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY IF A LOOSE NUT CONNECTION IS FOUND.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 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 August 10, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V225002 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V225002, 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: August 10, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted