NHTSA Campaign 01V373000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 01V373000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 01V373000 with NHTSA on December 5, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V373000, NHTSA lists up to 102,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 29, 2001 and November 27, 2001.
Owner notification letters for 01V373000 were scheduled from February 18, 2002, 75 days after the report.
01V373000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 01V373000 covers have filed at least 546 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V373000 ranks 39 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 01V373000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 12 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 01V373000 was 01V153000, reported on May 8, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IN THE EVENT OF A SEVERE FRONTAL OFFSET COLLISION, SHARP EDGES ON THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE BRACKET COULD CUT THE FRONT IMPACT SENSOR WIRING INSULATION CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE WIRING.
- The risk
- THIS COULD DELAY THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL WRAP THE FRONT IMPACT SENSOR WIRE HARNESS WITH PROTECTIVE INSULATION TO PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 18, 2002. 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.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. A07.
Reported December 5, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V373000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V373000, 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 5, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted