NHTSA campaign 01V154000 · Manufacturer campaign 983

Dodge and Plymouth Recall 01V-154: DAIMLERCHRYSLER/BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE

NHTSA recall 01V154000 (Manufacturer campaign 983) was reported by DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION on May 8, 2001, with 353,000 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Dodge Neon and Plymouth Neon for model years 2000–2001. Owners were notified on July 2, 2001, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
01V154000 (also written 01V-154 or 01V154)
Filed by
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Manufacturer campaign number
983
Report received
Potentially affected
353,000 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Power Assist — Vacuum
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 01V154000. 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.

Dodge

  • Dodge Neon

    • 2000, 2001 · Vehicles built July 26, 1999 – March 21, 2001 (per NHTSA)
All Dodge recalls

Plymouth

  • Plymouth Neon

    • 2000, 2001 · Vehicles built July 26, 1999 – March 21, 2001 (per NHTSA)
All Plymouth recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 01V154000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. IN THE PRESENCE OF OIL AND HEAT, THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE COULD SWELL AND LOOSEN FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF POWER BRAKE ASSIST AND AN INCREASE IN ENGINE IDLE SPEED.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 2, 2001. 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 01V154000

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.