NHTSA Campaign 02V159000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 02V159000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: axle assembly. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 02V159000 with NHTSA on June 13, 2002; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 02V159000, NHTSA lists up to 46,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2001 and November 30, 2001.
The 02V159000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 02V159000 were scheduled from December 9, 2002, 179 days after the report.
02V159000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 02V159000 covers have filed at least 17 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 02V159000 ranks 58 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 02V159000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 02V159000 was 01V077000, reported on March 7, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN 4X4 PICKUP TRUCKS, THE REAR AXLE FLANGE WELD TO THE AXLE TUBE COULD FATIGUE AND ALLOW THE BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE.
- The risk
- DURING ROTATION, THE BRAKE LINE COULD SEPARATE FROM THE CALIPER RESULTING IN A BRAKE FLUID LOSS IN THE REAR BRAKE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL REAR BRAKE CALIPER REINFORCEMENTS ON THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLIES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 9, 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. B20.
Reported June 13, 2002
Vehicles covered by 02V159000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 02V159000, 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: June 13, 2002. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted