NHTSA Campaign 03V079000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
NHTSA campaign 03V079000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion). The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 03V079000 with NHTSA on March 10, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V079000, NHTSA lists up to 286 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 27, 2003 and January 29, 2003.
The 03V079000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V079000 were scheduled from March 12, 2003, 2 days after the report.
03V079000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2004.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V079000 ranks 138 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 03V079000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 9 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 03V079000 was 01V313000, reported on October 4, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE POWER STEERING GEAR MAY CONTAIN AN IMPROPERLY FORMED SPACER CLIP, WHICH COULD DISLODGE WITHIN THE STEERING GEAR.
- The risk
- A DISLODGED CLIP MAY CAUSE INCREASED STEERING EFFORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MARCH 12, 2003. 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 March 10, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V079000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V079000, 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: March 10, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted