NHTSA Campaign 09V418000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 09V418000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: exhaust system. The repair is free.
SPRINTER ENGINEERING & COMPLIANCE SUPPOR filed the report for 09V418000 with NHTSA on October 29, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 09V418000, NHTSA lists up to 14,423 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2001 and September 30, 2003.
The 09V418000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V418000 were scheduled from June 4, 2010, 218 days after the report.
09V418000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 09V418000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V418000 ranks 1 of 7 SPRINTER ENGINEERING & COMPLIANCE SUPPOR recalls on this site.
Besides 09V418000, SPRINTER ENGINEERING & COMPLIANCE SUPPOR has 2 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 09V418000 was 07V594000, reported on December 21, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SPRINTER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2002 THROUGH 2003 VANS SOLD AS DODGE AND FREIGHTLINER VEHICLES. THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS MAY HAVE CORRODED. A CHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVING SULFUR IN THE DIESEL FUEL THAT TAKES PLACE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS CAN LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SULFURIC ACID IN THE EXHAUST CHANNEL OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD.
- The risk
- INTAKE MANIFOLD CORROSION MAY LEAD TO AN EXHAUST GAS LEAK, DAMAGE TO THE FUEL RETURN LINE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FUEL LEAK, AND HEAT DAMAGE TO THE INSULATION AT THE FRONT WALL.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FREE OF CHARGE. CHRYSLER, LLC IS HANDLING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 4, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403 OR SPRINTER AT 843-695-5031.
- Notes
- SPRINTER SAFETY RECALL NO. 2010040002.
Reported October 29, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V418000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V418000, 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: October 29, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted