NHTSA campaign 05V134000 · Manufacturer campaign E06
Chrysler and Dodge Recall 05V-134: POWER LIFTGATE CONTROL MODULE
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V134000 (Manufacturer campaign E06) was reported by DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION on April 6, 2005, with 70,235 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chrysler Town And Country and Dodge Caravan for the 2003 model year. Owners were notified on April 26, 2005, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V134000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V134000 (also written 05V-134 or 05V134)
- Filed by
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Manufacturer campaign number
- E06
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 70,235 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Latches/Locks/Linkages — Hatchback/Liftgate — Lock
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA04-031 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V134000. 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
- 2003 · Vehicles built August 2, 2002 – December 18, 2002 (per NHTSA)
Dodge
Dodge Caravan
- 2003 · Vehicles built August 2, 2002 – December 18, 2002 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V134000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN MINIVANS, THE POWER LIFTGATE (PLG) LATCH MAY NOT ENGAGE THE STRIKER ALLOWING THE LIFTGATE TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING.
Safety consequence
IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, AN UNBELTED PASSENGER COULD BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POWER LIFTGATE CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN APRIL 26, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. E06. CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO 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.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V134000
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.