NHTSA Campaign 01V077000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
NHTSA campaign 01V077000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 01V077000 with NHTSA on March 7, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V077000, NHTSA lists up to 85,400 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 10, 1999 and January 23, 2001.
The 01V077000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V077000 were scheduled from April 9, 2001, 33 days after the report.
01V077000 covers 2 models from Dodge, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 01V077000 covers have filed at least 199 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V077000 vehicles, the 2001 Dodge Durango has the most (106).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V077000 ranks 45 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 01V077000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 01V077000 was 01V011002, reported on January 16, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4-WHEEL DRIVE. THE ELECTRIC SHIFT TRANSFER CASE MAY NOT FULLY ENGAGE INTO GEAR WHEN THE OPERATOR MOVES THE TRANSFER CASE SELECTOR SWITCH.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE THE TRANSFER CASE TO END UP IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION UNEXPECTEDLY AND ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY IF THE PARKING BRAKE IS NOT APPLIED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 9, 2001. 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 1-800-853-1403.
Reported March 7, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V077000 (2)
Dodge (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V077000, 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: March 7, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted