NHTSA Campaign 04V020000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 04V020000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control: cables. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V020000 with NHTSA on January 14, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V020000, NHTSA lists up to 21,053 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 3, 2003 and January 8, 2004.
Owner notification letters for 04V020000 were scheduled from January 19, 2004, 5 days after the report.
04V020000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V020000 covers have filed at least 49 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V020000 ranks 77 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 04V020000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 2 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 04V020000 was 03V033000, reported on February 5, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.7L AND 4.7L ENGINES, THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE MAY INGEST WATER AND FREEZE DURING EXTENDED COLD TEMPERATURE.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE THE THROTTLE TO STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JANUARY 19, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. D02.
Reported January 14, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V020000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V020000, 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: January 14, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted