NHTSA Record Id: 8703 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: DODGE |
Recalled Component Id: 000009154000080526000000172 |
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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 |
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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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