NHTSA Campaign 04V480000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 04V480000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V480000 with NHTSA on October 6, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V480000, NHTSA lists up to 955,344 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 1998 and August 31, 2000.
The 04V480000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V480000 were scheduled from October 12, 2004, 6 days after the report.
04V480000 covers 2 models from Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 04V480000 covers have filed at least 69 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V480000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Caravan has the most (69).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V480000 ranks 5 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 04V480000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 12 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 04V480000 was 02V099000, reported on March 26, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MINIVANS, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MAY BECOME DISABLED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE CLOCKSPRING, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE HUB OF THE STEERING WHEEL.
- The risk
- THIS CONDITION WILL MANIFEST ITSELF THROUGH ILLUMINATION OF THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP, AND COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A DRIVER'S AIR BAG OPEN CIRCUIT, IF THE PART IS NOT REPLACED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY ON ALL COVERED VEHICLES WITH 70,000 MILES OR LESS. FOR THOSE VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN 70,000 MILES, DAIMLERCHRYSLER WILL OFFER AN EXTENDED LIFETIME WARRANTY UNDER WHICH IT WILL REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING AT NO CHARGE IF IT FAILS. DAIMLERCHRYSLER WILL ALSO REIMBURSE OWNERS WHO HAVE PAID TO HAVE THE CLOCKSPRING REPLACED ON THEIR VEHICLES. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 12, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. D17.
Reported October 6, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V480000 (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V480000, 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: October 6, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted