NHTSA Campaign 07V434000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 07V434000 covers 6 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 07V434000 with NHTSA on September 14, 2007; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 07V434000, NHTSA lists up to 296,550 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 31, 2005 and July 12, 2007.
The 07V434000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V434000 were scheduled from October 22, 2007, 38 days after the report.
07V434000 covers 4 models from Jeep and Dodge, model years 2006–2007.
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V434000 ranks 18 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 07V434000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 07V434000 was 07V415000, reported on September 12, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMMED INTO THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE MAY ALLOW A MOMENTARY DELAY IN BRAKING WHEN COASTING UP A HILL DURING CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WITH NEW SOFTWARE THAT PREVENTS THIS CONDITION FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 22, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER RECALL NO. G40.
Reported September 14, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V434000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V434000, 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 14, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted