NHTSA Campaign 05V461000
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
NHTSA campaign 05V461000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: transfer case (4-wheel drive). The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 05V461000 with NHTSA on October 6, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V461000, NHTSA lists up to 136 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 9, 2005 and September 7, 2005.
The 05V461000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V461000 were scheduled from November 7, 2005, 32 days after the report.
05V461000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 05V461000 covers have filed at least 100 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V461000 ranks 145 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 05V461000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 05V461000 was 05V396000, reported on September 14, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN 4-WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP TRUCKS, THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) MAY CONTAIN INCORRECT TRANSFER CASE CALIBRATION SET POINTS, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN INADVERTENT TRANSFER CASE DEFAULT TO NEUTRAL.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS AND THE PARKING BRAKE IS NOT APPLIED, THE VEHICLE MAY ROLL AWAY AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE TIPM WITH NEW SOFTWARE THAT PREVENTS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS CONDITION. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 7, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E18.
Reported October 6, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V461000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V461000, 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: October 6, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted