NHTSA Campaign 07V038000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
NHTSA campaign 07V038000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the suspension: front: wheel bearing. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 07V038000 with NHTSA on February 12, 2007; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 07V038000, NHTSA lists up to 86,333 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 7, 2005 and April 27, 2006.
The 07V038000 report reached NHTSA 10 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V038000 were scheduled from February 26, 2007, 14 days after the report.
07V038000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 07V038000 covers have filed at least 106 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V038000 ranks 44 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 07V038000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 10 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 07V038000 was 06V288000, reported on August 3, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS, THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN INSUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF GREASE DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN BEARING DEGRADATION, AND IF SUBSEQUENT NOISE AND VIBRATION ARE IGNORED, COULD RESULT IN HUB ASSEMBLY SEPARATION. THIS MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT HUB AND BEARING UNITS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 26, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. G02.
Reported February 12, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V038000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V038000, 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 12, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted