NHTSA Campaign 04V596000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
NHTSA campaign 04V596000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: upper ball joint. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 04V596000 with NHTSA on December 21, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V596000, NHTSA lists up to 592,707 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 7, 1999 and December 31, 2002.
The 04V596000 report reached NHTSA 2 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V596000 were scheduled from December 21, 2004, 0 days after the report.
04V596000 covers 2 models from Dodge, model years 2000–2003.
Owners of the model years 04V596000 covers have filed at least 1,851 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V596000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Durango has the most (507).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V596000 ranks 8 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 04V596000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 10 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 04V596000 was 03V460000, reported on November 10, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE (4X4), IF MOISTURE LEAKS INTO THE FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BALL JOINT, EVACUATION OF THE LUBRICANT AND CORROSION OF THE JOINT MAY CAUSE THE JOINT TO WEAR OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD CAUSE A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION, WHICH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE HEARD BY THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
- The risk
- EXCESSIVE WEAR IN THE UPPER BALL JOINT MAY ALLOW IT TO SEPARATE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BALL JOINTS. THIS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN BEGAN ON DECEMBER 21, 2004. OWNERS CAN CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- THIS ACTION IS DEEMED A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN AND IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE SAFETY ACT.
Reported December 21, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V596000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V596000, 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 21, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted