NHTSA Campaign 00V416000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 00V416000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: starter assembly. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V416000 with NHTSA on December 12, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V416000, NHTSA lists up to 30 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 3, 2000 and October 23, 2000.
The 00V416000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V416000 were scheduled from December 27, 2000, 15 days after the report.
00V416000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V416000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V416000 ranks 151 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V416000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 15 other recalls on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. STARTER ASSEMBLIES WERE BUILT WITH SUSPECT PLASTIC TERMINAL BLOCKS WHICH COULD DEVELOP STRESS CRACKS SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR INSTALLATION ONTO THE BODY OF THE STARTER. SEPARATION OF THE TERMINAL BLOCK FROM THE STARTER BODY COULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW THE UN-FUSED POSITIVE TERMINAL TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH AN ADJACENT SURFACE, PROVIDING A PATH TO GROUND.
- The risk
- THIS CONDITION COULD OVERHEAT THE STARTER WIRING, CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STARTER TERMINAL BLOCK JUMPER HARNESS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 27, 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 December 12, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V416000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V416000, 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: December 12, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted