NHTSA Campaign 09V046000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
NHTSA campaign 09V046000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER LLC filed the report for 09V046000 with NHTSA on February 5, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 09V046000, NHTSA lists up to 6,138 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 23, 2008 and December 16, 2008.
The 09V046000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V046000 were scheduled from March 9, 2009, 32 days after the report.
09V046000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2009.
Owners of the model years 09V046000 covers have filed at least 334 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V046000 ranks 16 of 29 CHRYSLER LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 09V046000, CHRYSLER LLC has 6 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 09V046000 was 08V247000, reported on June 3, 2008.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 6,138 MY 2009 TOWN AND COUNTRY AND DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VEHICLES. UNUSED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS FOR THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM MAY BECOME CORRODED AND COULD SHORT CIRCUIT, WHICH CAN CAUSE A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- IF THE FUSE FOR THIS CIRCUIT DOES NOT BLOW, THE CONNECTORS COULD OVERHEAT AND POTENTIALLY CATCH FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL SEAL THE POWER CIRCUIT AT THE SUBJECT CONNECTOR AND REPLACE THE FUSE FOR THIS CIRCUIT IF NECESSARY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 9, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER RECALL NO. J01.
Reported February 5, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V046000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V046000, 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 5, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted