NHTSA Campaign 01V154000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
NHTSA campaign 01V154000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 01V154000 with NHTSA on May 8, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V154000, NHTSA lists up to 353,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 26, 1999 and March 21, 2001.
The 01V154000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V154000 were scheduled from July 2, 2001, 55 days after the report.
01V154000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 01V154000 covers have filed at least 87 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V154000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Neon has the most (66).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V154000 ranks 13 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 01V154000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 01V154000 was 01V038000, reported on February 12, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. IN THE PRESENCE OF OIL AND HEAT, THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE COULD SWELL AND LOOSEN FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF POWER BRAKE ASSIST AND AN INCREASE IN ENGINE IDLE SPEED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 2, 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 01V154000 (2)
Dodge (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V154000, 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