NHTSA Campaign 10V656000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
NHTSA campaign 10V656000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the suspension: rear: axle: spindle. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER GROUP LLC filed the report for 10V656000 with NHTSA on December 24, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V656000, NHTSA lists up to 60,382 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010.
Owner notification letters for 10V656000 were scheduled from April 4, 2011, 101 days after the report.
10V656000 covers 1 model from Ram, model years 2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V656000 ranks 13 of 34 CHRYSLER GROUP LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V656000, CHRYSLER GROUP LLC has 2 other recalls on the suspension on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 RAM 1500 TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 2009 THROUGH DECEMBER 2010. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE EXPERIENCE A NOISE (GROWL, GRIND) COMING FROM THE REAR AXLE BEARING WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY SEIZE.
- The risk
- A FAILURE OF THE BEARING COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND WILL INSTALL AN OIL PORT INSERT INTO THE REAR AXLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 4, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Reported December 24, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V656000 (1)
Ram (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V656000, 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: December 24, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted