NHTSA Campaign 03V503000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 03V503000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 03V503000 with NHTSA on December 4, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V503000, NHTSA lists up to 514 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 5, 2003 and November 6, 2003.
The 03V503000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V503000 were scheduled from December 22, 2003, 18 days after the report.
03V503000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 03V503000 covers have filed at least 110 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V503000 ranks 129 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 03V503000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 03V503000 was 03V076000, reported on March 10, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS, THE TRANSFER CASE TO TRANSMISSION ATTACHING FASTENERS MAY NOT BE TIGHTENED CORRECTLY. THIS COULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION ADAPTER OR TRANSFER CASE HOUSING TO CRACK AND LEAK FLUID.
- The risk
- CONTINUED OPERATION CAN RESULT IN PROPELLER SHAFT SEPARATION AND DAMAGE TO FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FUEL LEAK. FLUID AND/OR FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN CAUSE AN UNDERBODY FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RETIGHTEN THE TRANSFER CASE TO TRANSMISSION FASTENERS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. C39.
Reported December 4, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V503000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V503000, 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 4, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted