| NHTSA Record Id: 7643 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: EATON |
| Recalled Component Id: 000010471000089198000000180 |
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| Model Name: AUTOSHIFT TRANSMISSION |
Model Year: 9999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00E023000 |
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| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: EATON CORPORATION |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 21 2000 |
| Report For : E |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 636 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 25 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : EATON, INCORPORATED |
Report Received Date: Apr, 27 2000 |
| Record Creation date : May, 01 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Equipment description: autoshift generation 2 transmissions, software part no. 5569065, that contain the suspect software are identified within the transmission serial number range of 31010704 - 31013619, 31012549 - 31013399, a1001330 - a1004458, a1000060 - 1004628, and a1004536 - a1009721 manufactured from june 1, 1999, through april 21, 2000. due to a problem with the software for the autoshift transmission assemblies, engagement of the wrong gear is possible. |
Consequence Summary: If an inappropriate gear is selected without the driver's knowledge, the vehicle will react differently than expected, possibly resulting in injury. |
| Corrective Summary : Notification to the original equipment manufacturers began april 27, 2000, with instructions that they contact their customers to replace the autoshift transmissions free of charge. |
Recall Notes: Notification to the original equipment manufacturers began april 27, 2000, with instructions that they contact their customers to have the autoshift transmissions replaced. 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 eaton at 1-888-880-0970. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).the potentially affected changed to reflect to actual units eaton repaired.the oems are repairing their own vehicles. |
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