NHTSA Campaign 09V003000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 09V003000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER LLC filed the report for 09V003000 with NHTSA on January 8, 2009; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 09V003000, NHTSA lists up to 18,951 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 13, 2004 and November 30, 2004.
The 09V003000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V003000 were scheduled from April 6, 2009, 88 days after the report.
09V003000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 09V003000 covers have filed at least 539 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V003000 ranks 11 of 29 CHRYSLER LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 18,951 MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO VEHICLES. THE FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE INLET CHECK VALVE MAY NOT FULLY CLOSE AT THE END OF REFUELING. THIS COULD ALLOW SOME FUEL TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE FILLER NECK AT THE END OF REFUELING.
- The risk
- FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE. VEHICLES FOUND TO HAVE A SUSPECT INLET CHECK VALVE WILL HAVE THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER RECALL NO. H45.
Reported January 8, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V003000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V003000, 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: January 8, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted