NHTSA Campaign 13V128000
PARKING BRAKE
NHTSA campaign 13V128000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the parking brake. The repair is free.
Chrysler Group LLC filed the report for 13V128000 with NHTSA on April 3, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V128000, NHTSA lists up to 6,574 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 17, 2012 and January 22, 2013.
The 13V128000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V128000 were scheduled from April 22, 2013, 19 days after the report.
13V128000 covers 1 model from Ram, model years 2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V128000 ranks 45 of 67 Chrysler Group LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 vehicles manufactured December 17, 2012, through January 22, 2013. The parking brake cable equalizer was set incorrectly and may not hold the vehicle on a 20% grade. Thus, these vehicles fail to conform to the parking brake performance requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 135, "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."
- The risk
- If the parking brake fails to operate as designed, the vehicle could roll when parked, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will reset the parking brake cable equalizer if required, free of charge. The recall began on April 22, 2013. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is N22.
Reported April 3, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V128000 (1)
Ram (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V128000, 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: April 3, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted