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NHTSA Campaign 06V434000

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL

NHTSA campaign 06V434000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: other: owners/service/other manual. The repair is free.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 06V434000 with NHTSA on November 15, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 06V434000, NHTSA lists up to 18,245 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 29, 2006 and October 20, 2006.

The 06V434000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 06V434000 were scheduled from November 14, 2006.

06V434000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2007.

By potentially affected vehicles, 06V434000 ranks 82 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.

Besides 06V434000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 8 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 06V434000 was 04V531000, reported on November 2, 2004.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED HIGHER ROLLOVER RISK WARNING INFORMATION.
The risk
WITHOUT THE ROLLOVER WARNING INFORMATION IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL, DRIVERS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ROLLOVER RATE ON THIS TYPE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
The fix
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WILL MAIL AN ADDENDUM TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL TO ALL AFFECTED VEHICLE OWNERS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 14, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. F03.

Reported November 15, 2006

Vehicles covered by 06V434000 (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V434000, 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: November 15, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted