NHTSA Campaign 11V410000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 11V410000 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 11V410000 with NHTSA on August 9, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V410000, NHTSA lists up to 665 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2001 and September 30, 2003.
The 11V410000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V410000 were scheduled from October 11, 2011, 63 days after the report.
11V410000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 11V410000 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, 11V410000 ranks 4 of 7 SPRINTER ENGINEERING & COMPLIANCE SUPPOR recalls on this site.
Besides 11V410000, SPRINTER ENGINEERING & COMPLIANCE SUPPOR has 2 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 11V410000 was 09V418000, reported on October 29, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- MERCEDES-BENZ USA (MBUSA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2002- 2003 SPRINTER 2500 AND 3500 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 FIRE WALL. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FREE OF CHARGE. CHRYSLER, LLC WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF DODGE SPRINTERS AND MBUSA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS FREIGHTLINER SPRINTERS. THIS RECALL IS AN EXPANSION OF A PREVIOUS RECALL (PLEASE SEE RECALL CAMPAIGN 09V-418). THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403 OR SPRINTER AT 1-843-695-5031.
- Notes
- MBUSA'S SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS 2010040002.
Reported August 9, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V410000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V410000, 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: August 9, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted