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NHTSA Campaign 05V134000

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

NHTSA campaign 05V134000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: hatchback/liftgate: lock. The repair is free.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 05V134000 with NHTSA on April 6, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.

For 05V134000, NHTSA lists up to 70,235 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 2, 2002 and December 18, 2002.

The 05V134000 report reached NHTSA 2 years after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 05V134000 were scheduled from April 26, 2005, 20 days after the report.

05V134000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2003.

By potentially affected vehicles, 05V134000 ranks 53 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.

Besides 05V134000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 6 other recalls on the latches/locks/linkages on this site; the one before 05V134000 was 04V111000, reported on March 4, 2004.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON CERTAIN MINIVANS, THE POWER LIFTGATE (PLG) LATCH MAY NOT ENGAGE THE STRIKER ALLOWING THE LIFTGATE TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING.
The risk
IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, AN UNBELTED PASSENGER COULD BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.
The fix
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POWER LIFTGATE CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN APRIL 26, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E06.

Reported April 6, 2005

Vehicles covered by 05V134000 (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V134000, 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: April 6, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted