NHTSA Campaign 05V554000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 05V554000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 05V554000 with NHTSA on December 8, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V554000, NHTSA lists up to 16,317 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 8, 2005 and September 30, 2005.
The 05V554000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V554000 were scheduled from December 12, 2005, 4 days after the report.
05V554000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2006.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V554000 ranks 84 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 05V554000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 05V554000 was 04V481000, reported on October 8, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS), THE ABS CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE PROGRAM MAY CAUSE THE REAR BRAKES TO LOCK UP DURING CERTAIN BRAKING CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON DECEMBER 12, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E20.
Reported December 8, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V554000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V554000, 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 8, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted