NHTSA Campaign 05V034000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
NHTSA campaign 05V034000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 05V034000 with NHTSA on February 3, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V034000, NHTSA lists up to 26,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 2004 and November 16, 2004.
The 05V034000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V034000 were scheduled from April 4, 2005, 60 days after the report.
05V034000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V034000 covers have filed at least 539 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V034000 ranks 75 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 05V034000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 17 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 05V034000 was 04V313000, reported on June 29, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE INLET CHECK VALVE MAY NOT FULLY CLOSE AT THE END OF REFUELING. THIS COULD ALLOW SOME FUEL TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE FILLER NECK.
- The risk
- FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE INLET CHECK VALVES AND REPLACE THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 4, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E01.
Reported February 3, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V034000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V034000, 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: February 3, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted