NHTSA Campaign 10V315000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 10V315000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER GROUP LLC filed the report for 10V315000 with NHTSA on July 7, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V315000, NHTSA lists up to 20,626 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 23, 2010 and May 17, 2010.
The 10V315000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V315000 were scheduled from August 16, 2010, 40 days after the report.
10V315000 covers 3 models from Dodge and Jeep, model years 2010.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V315000 ranks 18 of 34 CHRYSLER GROUP LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V315000, CHRYSLER GROUP LLC has 4 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 10V315000 was 10V236000, reported on June 3, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 LEFT HAND DRIVE JEEP LIBERTY, DODGE NITRO AND RAM 1500 TRUCK; RIGHT AND LEFT HAND DRIVE JEEP WRANGLER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN IMPROPERLY FORMED MASTER CYLINDER TO HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT (HCU) BRAKE TUBE ASSEMBLY END FLARE.
- The risk
- THIS COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND REDUCED BRAKING PERFORMANCE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE TUBES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING AUGUST 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER SAFETY RECALL NO. K15.
Reported July 7, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V315000 (3)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V315000, 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: July 7, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted