NHTSA Campaign 06V038000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 06V038000 covers 5 year-make-model versions 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 06V038000 with NHTSA on February 9, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V038000, NHTSA lists up to 39,274 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 12, 2005 and December 11, 2005.
The 06V038000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V038000 were scheduled from July 17, 2006, 158 days after the report.
06V038000 covers 5 models from Dodge and Mitsubishi, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 06V038000 covers have filed at least 19 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V038000 vehicles, the 2006 Dodge Dakota has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V038000 ranks 65 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 06V038000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 06V038000 was 05V554000, reported on December 8, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS (ABS), THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF FRONT TO REAR BRAKE BALANCE, AND THE REAR BRAKES COULD LOCK UP PREMATURELY DURING CERTAIN BRAKING CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ABS ECU. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 17, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. F05. (MITSUBISHI RECALL NO. SR-06-003).
Reported February 9, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V038000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V038000, 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: February 9, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted