NHTSA Campaign 04V579000
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
NHTSA campaign 04V579000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: linkages: knuckle: spindle: arm. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V579000 with NHTSA on December 9, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V579000, NHTSA lists up to 26,354 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 8, 2004 and November 5, 2004.
The 04V579000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V579000 were scheduled from December 27, 2004, 18 days after the report.
04V579000 covers 2 models from Dodge and Chrysler, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 04V579000 covers have filed at least 20 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V579000 vehicles, the 2005 Dodge Stratus has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V579000 ranks 74 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 04V579000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 9 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 04V579000 was 04V386000, reported on August 5, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SEDANS AND CONVERTIBLE MODEL VEHICLES, THE RIGHT STEERING KNUCKLE MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING THE COMPONENT MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE THE STEERING KNUCKLE TO CRACK AND SEPARATE FROM THE UPPER CONTROL ARM, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE RIGHT STEERING KNUCKLE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 27, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. D55.
Reported December 9, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V579000 (2)
Dodge (1)
Chrysler (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V579000, 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: December 9, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted