NHTSA Campaign 99V312000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
NHTSA campaign 99V312000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion). The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 99V312000 with NHTSA on November 4, 1999; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 99V312000, NHTSA lists up to 1,259 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 18, 1999 and August 20, 1999.
The 99V312000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 99V312000 were scheduled from December 20, 1999, 46 days after the report.
99V312000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 99V312000 ranks 118 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 99V312000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 9 other recalls on the steering on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. SOME STEERING GEAR UNITS WERE ASSEMBLED WITH INTERNAL END-OF-TRAVEL-STOPS THAT MISSED THE HEAT TREAT PROCESS, RESULTING IN SOFT INTERNAL TRAVEL STOPS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN STICKING, BINDING, OR SEIZING OF THE STEERING GEAR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR ON INVOLVED VEHICLES.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. 854. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 20, 1999. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997.
Reported November 4, 1999
Vehicles covered by 99V312000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 99V312000, 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 4, 1999. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted