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NHTSA campaign 00V268000 · Manufacturer campaign 895

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION Recall 00V-268: DAIMLERCHRYSLER/FUEL LEAKAGE

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 00V268000 (Manufacturer campaign 895) was reported by DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION on September 13, 2000, with 1,163,000 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chrysler Town And Country, Dodge Caravan, Dodge Grand Caravan and more for model years 1996–2000. Owners were notified on January 25, 2002, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
00V268000 (also written 00V-268 or 00V268)
Filed by
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Manufacturer campaign number
895
Report received
Potentially affected
1,163,000 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Fuel System, Gasoline — Fuel Injection System
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Recall Query RQ00-008 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 00V268000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Chrysler

  • Chrysler Town And Country

All Chrysler recalls

Dodge

  • Dodge Caravan

  • Dodge Grand Caravan

All Dodge recalls

Plymouth

  • Plymouth Grand Voyager

  • Plymouth Voyager

All Plymouth recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 00V268000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS BUILT WITH 3.3L AND 3.8L ENGINES HAVE FUEL RAILS WITH NITROLE RUBBER O-RING SEALS THAT CAN DEGRADE OVER TIME. FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE UNDERHOOD FUEL INJECTION FUEL RAIL COULD RESULT, INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A VEHICLE FIRE.

Safety consequence

FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A SEAL ON THE VEHICLE FUEL RAILS TO PREVENT EXTERNAL LEAKAGE OF FUEL FROM THE FUEL RAIL CROSSOVER TUBE, SHOULD THE EXISTING O-RINGS CONTINUE TO DEGRADE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JANUARY 25, 2002. DUE TO THE LARGE QUANTITY OF VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THE OWNER NOTIFICATION WILL BE PHASED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. HOWEVER, IF A VEHICLE IS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE O-RINGS, THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO A DEALER TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 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 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.

Notes

ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 00V268000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.