NHTSA Campaign 10V475000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 10V475000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: electric power assist system. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER GROUP LLC filed the report for 10V475000 with NHTSA on October 7, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V475000, NHTSA lists up to 23,237 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 27, 2010 and August 30, 2010.
The 10V475000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V475000 were scheduled from December 27, 2010, 81 days after the report.
10V475000 covers 5 models from Dodge and Chrysler, model years 2010.
Owners of the model years 10V475000 covers have filed at least 102 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V475000 vehicles, the 2010 Dodge Journey has the most (69).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V475000 ranks 17 of 34 CHRYSLER GROUP LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V475000, CHRYSLER GROUP LLC has 2 other recalls on the steering on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING, 300, CHARGER (LX) AND DODGE CHALLENGER (LC), AVENGER (JS), AND JOURNEY (JC), AS WELL AS MODEL YEAR 2011 DODGE RAM LIGHT DUTY PICKUP (DS) VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A SEPARATION AT THE CRIMPED END OF THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE ASSEMBLY.
- The risk
- LEAKED POWER STEERING FLUID ONTO HOT ENGINE COMPONENTS COULD CAUSE A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE AS NECESSARY THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 20, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER'S CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS K26.
Reported October 7, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V475000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V475000, 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 7, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted