Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | ||||||||||||||||
| 06E024000 | K&N ENGINEERING, INC. | E (Equipment) | 44386 | 04/20/2006 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 03/15/2006 | 03/17/2006 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain replacement k&n fuel performance kits, p/nos. 57-1509, 57-1511, 57-1511-1, 57-1517, 57-1517-1, 57-1527, and 57-1530. also, a small percentage of these kits were sold under the mopar performance parts brand name (p/nos. p5007069 and p5007070). all kits were manufactured from april 20, 1999, through september 23, 2004. these assemblies were manufactured as replacement equipment for certain dodge pickup trucks and suvs. a small piece of material from the tube wall could be sucked into the engine throttle body, which could cause the throttle to become jammed in the open position. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A jammed open throttle could cause unintended acceleration of the vehicle, possibly resulting in a crash or increased stoping distances when braking. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | K&n will provide owners with a free repair kit along with repair instructions. the recall began on april 20, 2006. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to replacement k&n fuel performance kits and has no relation to any original equipment installed on dodge vehicles manufactured by daimlerchrysler.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - FAN | |||
| 2 | |||
| Headlights go on & off with tilt wheel (dealer fixed by replacing switch and taping burned wires :( ). fan and power windows function with key removed from vehicle withtilt wheel in up postion removal of column cover shows burned rubber exposed wires. problem has rendered the upper fuse box with no power and no heater or power windows. all these problems occurr from the wheel pinching the wires inside. at time s a burning odor can be smelled. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 4 | ||
| Consumer experienced random episodes of sudden loss of engine and braking power. (nar) *ph *cb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - DIESEL | |||
| 11/29/2008 | 1 | ||
| While driving my ram 2500 diesel truck and hauling trailer through cleburne, texas my vehicle died without warning. i had no power for steering and was barley about to pull into a driveway and parking lot to get out of flow of traffic. this occurred on a saturday and i had truck towed to dealership. it would be monday before problem was resolved-- it would be monday before problem determined, it was the lift pump a $ 1100 fix. all later vehicles i believe after 2004 were modified to put lift pump in gas tank for purpose of keeping cooler. my vehicle had 134,000 miles but it would have been helpful have know about this type of failure. i was very fortunate i was not on freeway and traveling at a higher rate of speed. i do feel that this should have been a recall. there was another individual who had same problem with his 2003 diesel. crb. *tr | |||
| With engine in idle and applying brakes more than twice, the third time loss of power brakes will occur. dealer has installed new check valve, but defect keeps occurring. consumer feels diesel engine does not produce enough vaccum while in idle , 800 rpms. chrysler has now developed a fix to install a vaccum accumalator at consumer costs.*ak | |||