Recall Detail

DODGE / RAM / 1999

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 8703 Vehicale/Equipment Name: DODGE
Recalled Component Id: 000009154000080526000000172 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: RAM Model Year: 1999
NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V115000 Mfr Campaign Number: 828
Component Name: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY Manufacturer That Filed Report: DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 31 1993 End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 30 1999
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 8883
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 27 1999 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) Report Received Date: May, 06 1999
Record Creation date : May, 12 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: pickup trucks equipped with manual transmission, v10 engines and four-wheel-drive transfer cases. under sustained maximum rated vehicle load, while driving up a steep grade in four-wheel-drive low range in hot ambient conditions, the local exhaust temperature proximate to the hydraulic clutch line can generate line temperatures that exceed the temperature limit of the clutch line material. if this condition occurs and the clutch is depressed, the line could rupture. Consequence Summary: The fluid could ignite on the hot exhaust possibly resulting in a vehicle fire.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the hydraulic clutch assembly. Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 27, 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 chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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