NHTSA Campaign 02V042000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
NHTSA campaign 02V042000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 02V042000 with NHTSA on February 7, 2002; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 02V042000, NHTSA lists up to 268,740 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2000 and August 28, 2000.
The 02V042000 report reached NHTSA 17 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 02V042000 were scheduled from May 20, 2002, 102 days after the report.
02V042000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2001.
By potentially affected vehicles, 02V042000 ranks 22 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 02V042000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 15 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 02V042000 was 01V288000, reported on September 10, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS, THE ALTERNATOR WIRE CONNECTION TO THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER (PDC) CAN LOOSEN.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE A VEHICLE FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE INSTALLATION OF THE ALTERNATOR WIRE CONNECTION TO THE PDC AND IF NECESSARY, REPOSITION THE WIRE SO THAT THE CRIMP CONNECTION WILL FACE UPWARD AND TIGHTEN THE FASTENER TO THE CORRECT TORQUE SETTING. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MAY 20, 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. B04.
Reported February 7, 2002
Vehicles covered by 02V042000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 02V042000, 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: February 7, 2002. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted