NHTSA Campaign 04V385000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
NHTSA campaign 04V385000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V385000 with NHTSA on August 3, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V385000, NHTSA lists up to 2,261 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 22, 2004 and July 7, 2004.
The 04V385000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V385000 were scheduled from August 13, 2004, 10 days after the report.
04V385000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V385000 covers have filed at least 10 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V385000 ranks 112 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 04V385000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 15 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 04V385000 was 04V334000, reported on July 9, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICK-UP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 4.7L ENGINES, THE GENERATOR WIRING HARNESS MAY SHORT CIRCUIT DUE TO CONTACT WITH A VALVE COVER STUD.
- The risk
- A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE GENERATOR HARNESS CAN CAUSE AN UNDER HOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE ALTERNATOR WIRING INSULATION FOR DAMAGE AND REPAIR AND ADD A TIE-STRAP CLIP TO THE VALVE COVER STUD TO RETAIN THE WIRING. THIS RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 13, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- RECALL NO. D34.
Reported August 3, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V385000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V385000, 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: August 3, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted