NHTSA Campaign 06V001000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
NHTSA campaign 06V001000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 06V001000 with NHTSA on January 5, 2006; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 06V001000, NHTSA lists up to 216,299 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 1998 and July 31, 2000.
The 06V001000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V001000 were scheduled from April 10, 2006, 95 days after the report.
06V001000 covers 2 models from Chrysler and Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 06V001000 covers have filed at least 95 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V001000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Stratus has the most (66).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V001000 ranks 27 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 06V001000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 9 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 06V001000 was 04V579000, reported on December 9, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4 LITER ENGINES, THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE MAY PREMATURELY HEAT AGE AND DEVELOP A LEAK.
- The risk
- POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE MAY RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE FREE OF CHARGE. THE THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E23.
Reported January 5, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V001000 (2)
Chrysler (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V001000, 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: January 5, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted