NHTSA Campaign 01V152000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NHTSA campaign 01V152000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 01V152000 with NHTSA on May 8, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V152000, NHTSA lists up to 41,587 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 22, 2001 and April 21, 2001.
The 01V152000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V152000 were scheduled from April 30, 2001.
01V152000 covers 4 models from Chrysler and Dodge, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 01V152000 covers have filed at least 67 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V152000 vehicles, the 2001 Dodge Caravan has the most (32).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V152000 ranks 63 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 01V152000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 10 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 01V152000 was 01V008000, reported on January 5, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINIVANS. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM PIVOT BOLT COULD FRACTURE.
- The risk
- IF THE BOLT FRACTURES, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM COULD SEPARATE FROM THE CROSSMEMBER, CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM BOLTS AND NUTS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 30, 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 May 8, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V152000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V152000, 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: May 8, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted