NHTSA Campaign 04V386000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
NHTSA campaign 04V386000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V386000 with NHTSA on August 5, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V386000, NHTSA lists up to 681,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2001 and August 1, 2003.
The 04V386000 report reached NHTSA 12 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V386000 were scheduled from September 27, 2004, 53 days after the report.
04V386000 covers 3 models from Chrysler and Dodge, model years 2002–2004.
Owners of the model years 04V386000 covers have filed at least 207 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V386000 vehicles, the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan has the most (53).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V386000 ranks 7 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 04V386000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 9 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 04V386000 was 04V268000, reported on June 3, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH 3.3 OR 3.8L V-6 ENGINE, THE UPPER POWER STEERING COOLER HOSE MAY SPLIT AND CAUSE A FLUID LEAK.
- The risk
- POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN AN UNDER HOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE UPPER POWER STEERING COOLER HOSE. THIS RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- RECALL NO. D37.
Reported August 5, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V386000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V386000, 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 5, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted