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NHTSA Campaign 04V111000

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

NHTSA campaign 04V111000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch. The repair is free.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V111000 with NHTSA on March 4, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 04V111000, NHTSA lists up to 2,875 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 16, 2004 and January 28, 2004.

The 04V111000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 04V111000 were scheduled from May 10, 2004, 67 days after the report.

04V111000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2004.

By potentially affected vehicles, 04V111000 ranks 109 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.

Besides 04V111000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 6 other recalls on the latches/locks/linkages on this site; the one before 04V111000 was 03V332000, reported on September 8, 2003.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON SOME SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, CERTAIN REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) INPUT MAY CAUSE THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) SOFTWARE TO ACTUATE THE DOOR LOCK MOTORS CONTINUOUSLY.
The risk
THIS CAN CAUSE THE LOCK MOTOR BEARINGS TO OVERHEAT AND SEIZE. IF THIS OCCURS, THE DOOR LOCK SYSTEM WILL BECOME INOPERATIVE.
The fix
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE, AS NECESSARY, THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLIES AND THE BCM SOFTWARE WILL BE UPDATED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MAY 10, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. D09.

Reported March 4, 2004

Vehicles covered by 04V111000 (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V111000, 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 4, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted