NHTSA Campaign 01V348000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 01V348000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: emission control. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 01V348000 with NHTSA on November 13, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V348000, NHTSA lists up to 38,700 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2001 and September 14, 2001.
The 01V348000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V348000 were scheduled from December 3, 2001, 20 days after the report.
01V348000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 01V348000 covers have filed at least 146 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V348000 ranks 66 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 01V348000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 4 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 01V348000 was 00V299002, reported on October 2, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE ONBOARD VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM VENT HOSE MAY HAVE BEEN MISROUTED. THIS COULD ALLOW WATER TO ENTER THE CANISTER WHICH CAN CAUSE FUEL TO SPILL OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE WHEN REFUELING THE TANK.
- The risk
- FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT (AND REPOSITION AS NECESSARY) THE VENT HOSE. IF THE VENT HOSE IS FOUND IN THE BENT DOWN POSITION, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN MORE THAN 20 MILES, THE CANISTER ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 3, 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 November 13, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V348000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V348000, 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: November 13, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted