NHTSA Campaign 06V493000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 06V493000 covers 11 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 06V493000 with NHTSA on December 29, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V493000, NHTSA lists up to 50,665 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 7, 2006 and December 13, 2006.
The 06V493000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V493000 were scheduled from February 19, 2007, 52 days after the report.
06V493000 covers 11 models from Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep, model years 2007.
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V493000 ranks 55 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 06V493000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 06V493000 was 06V149000, reported on May 3, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE MAY CAUSE THE REAR BRAKES TO LOCK UP 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 REPROGRAM THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 19, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. F50.
Reported December 29, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V493000 (11)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V493000, 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 29, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted