NHTSA Campaign 05V396000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 05V396000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 05V396000 with NHTSA on September 14, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V396000, NHTSA lists up to 101,925 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 2004 and June 2, 2005.
The 05V396000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V396000 were scheduled from October 31, 2005, 47 days after the report.
05V396000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V396000 covers have filed at least 253 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V396000 ranks 40 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 05V396000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 05V396000 was 04V113000, reported on March 4, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.7L ENGINES AND NAG1 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR CONDENSATE WATER MAY ENTER THE TRANSMISSION AT THE FILL TUBE GROMMET SEAL. THIS CAN RESULT IN SHUDDER DURING TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT.
- The risk
- IT CAN LEAD TO INCREASED TRANSMISSION OPERATING TEMPERATURES, BOILING OF THE WATER, AND A SUBSEQUENT PURGING OF TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TRANSMISSION FOR LEAKAGE AT THE FILL TUBE GROMMET SEAL. IF NO LEAK IS DETECTED, A NEW FILL TUBE GROMMET SEAL AND WATER DEFLECTOR SHIELD WILL BE INSTALLED, AND PROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE FILL TUBE VERIFIED. IF THE PRESENCE OF A LEAK IS DETECTED, THE VEHICLE WILL BE EVALUATED FOR SHUDDER DURING TORQUE CONVERTER ENGAGEMENT. IF NO SHUDDER IS DETECTED, THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE TRIPLE FLUSHED, AND NEW FILL TUBE GROMMET SEAL AND WATER DEFLECTOR WILL BE INSTALLED AND PROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE FILL TUBE VERIFIED. IF SHUDDER IS DETECTED, THE TORQUE CONVERTER WILL BE REPLACED, A NEW FILL TUBE GROMMET SEAL AND WATER DEFLECTOR WILL BE INSTALLED, AND PROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE FILL TUBE VERIFIED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 31, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E13.
Reported September 14, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V396000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V396000, 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: September 14, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted