NHTSA Campaign 13V527000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 13V527000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: linkages: tie rod assembly. The repair is free.
Chrysler Group LLC filed the report for 13V527000 with NHTSA on November 6, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V527000, NHTSA lists up to 36,151 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 20, 2007 and December 22, 2012.
The 13V527000 report reached NHTSA 10 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V527000 were scheduled from May 12, 2015, 552 days after the report.
13V527000 covers 2 models from Dodge, model years 2008–2009.
Owners of the model years 13V527000 covers have filed at least 31 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V527000 vehicles, the 2008 Dodge Ram 5500 has the most (16).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V527000 ranks 30 of 67 Chrysler Group LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 13V527000, Chrysler Group LLC has 3 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 13V527000 was 13V234000, reported on June 4, 2013.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2008-2012 RAM 4500 and 5500 trucks manufactured February 20, 2007, through December 22, 2012. The left tie rod assembly may break.
- The risk
- A failure of the tie rod assembly may result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- On May 19, 2015 Chrysler notified owners that dealers would replace the tie rod assembly, free of charge. In July 2015, and under a consent order with NHTSA, the company agreed to offer owners three options for remedying their vehicles: perform the original remedy, offer to repurchase the vehicle at the fair market value plus 10%, or offer an additional incentive offer towards the purchase of a new Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, or Fiat vehicle. Chrysler will notify owners of the new recall options in a letter expected to be mailed on August 31, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is R16.
- Notes
- This recall supersedes tie rod recall 10V657. Vehicles that were previously remedied under recall 10V657 are also affected by this campaign.
Reported November 6, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V527000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V527000, 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: November 6, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted