NHTSA Campaign 06V341000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 06V341000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 06V341000 with NHTSA on September 7, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V341000, NHTSA lists up to 4,770 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2006 and August 11, 2006.
The 06V341000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V341000 were scheduled from October 2, 2006, 25 days after the report.
06V341000 covers 7 models from Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep, model years 2007.
Owners of the model years 06V341000 covers have filed at least 494 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V341000 vehicles, the 2007 Dodge Charger has the most (220).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V341000 ranks 101 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 06V341000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 06V341000 was 06V147000, reported on May 3, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMMED INTO THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE CAN CAUSE A MOMENTARY LOCK UP OF THE DRIVE WHEELS IF THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING OVER 40 MPH AND THE OPERATOR SHIFTS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND BACK TO DRIVE.
- The risk
- IF THE DRIVE WHEELS LOCKED UP, LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL COULD OCCUR INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 2, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. F43.
Reported September 7, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V341000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V341000, 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 7, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted