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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 95V172000 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 10/01/1994 to 02/01/1995 | V (Vehicle) | 135000 | 12/11/1995 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 09/12/1995 | 09/12/1995 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | The parking brake handle release button can separate from the parking brake handle assembly, causing the parking brake to be inoperative. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The parking brake may not hold causing the vehicle to roll inadvertently. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the parking brake handle assembly. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: emergency parking brake; mechanical; release.vehicle description: multi-purpose passenger vehicles.note: 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 1-800-853-1403. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 05/27/2003 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle was running while in park and was unattended when it suddently accelerated in reverse and damaged the other vehicles. *nlm...*ak | |||
| 11/28/2002 | |||
| Consumer states still having the same problems after recall has been perform on vehicle recall 95v172000 parking brake. please provide the dealer name, address and number. | |||
| 02/10/2002 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle was in park with the emergency brake applied, however the vehicle jumped out of gear, and crashed into an electrical pole.*jb | |||
| 10/01/1999 | 1 | ||
| The transmission was in park with the hand brake engaged and the engine was running when the vehicle suddenly surged forward, the consumer was unable to regain control, the brakes did not work and then the vehicle suddenly reversed itself and surged backward hitting a parked car. | |||
| 10/25/1997 | 1 | ||
| Parked vehicle upon returning veh had rolled into another vehicle. *db 05-0709-370 | |||
| 06/01/1995 | 1 | 01/01/1995 | |
| Parking brake handle release button separated from the parking brke handle assembly. | |||
| 1 | |||
| Emergency brake failed after recall repair. | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| While placing vehicle in park and trying to use emergency brake on an up hill vehicle will roll back a couple of feet.*ak | |||
| 11/11/2001 | 15 | 04/20/1999 | |
| Parking gear does not engage. drivers says that vehicle will roll back while in park. *ak | |||
| 08/22/1995 | 2 | ||
| Emergency brake failed. *skd | |||
| 03/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Parking brake failure. *aw | |||
| 05/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Parking brake came apart. *aw | |||
| 05/21/1995 | 1 | ||
| Emergency parking brake cable broke three times. *skd | |||
| 01/03/1995 | 1 | ||
| Upon release of parking/emergency brake, the handle fell apart. *ak | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL | |||
| 06/13/2003 | 117923 | 1 | |
| The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer when he received recall 95v17200 letter concerning the emergency parking brake. the emergency parking brake was working good just for one day, called back to dealer, and they wanted to charge consumer to fix it. *ak *cb *jb | |||
| 06/07/1995 | 1 | 01/18/1995 | |
| Parking brake handle release button separated from the parking brake handle assembly. | |||
| 04/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Parking brake lever button failed. *dh | |||
| 05/31/1995 | 1 | ||
| Emergency brake handle failed. *dh | |||
| 11/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Emergency brake handle failed. *tt | |||
| 08/21/1995 | 1 | ||
| Emergency brake release mechanism broke. *ak | |||
| 08/22/1995 | 2 | ||
| Emergency parking brake handle broke off. | |||
| 02/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Emergency brake release button came off. *skd | |||