NHTSA campaign 06V038000 · Manufacturer campaign F05
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION Recall 06V-038: ABS ECU
NHTSA recall 06V038000 (Manufacturer campaign F05) was reported by DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION on February 9, 2006, with 39,274 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Dodge Dakota, Dodge Ram 1500, Dodge Ram 2500 and more for the 2006 model year. Owners were notified on July 17, 2006, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 06V038000 (also written 06V-038 or 06V038)
- Filed by
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Manufacturer campaign number
- F05
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 39,274 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip — Control Unit/Module
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06V038000. 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 Dakota
- 2006 · Vehicles built September 13, 2005 – December 9, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Dodge Ram 1500
- 2006 · Vehicles built September 12, 2005 – December 11, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Dodge Ram 2500
- 2006 · Vehicles built September 12, 2005 – December 11, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Dodge Ram 3500
- 2006 · Vehicles built September 12, 2005 – December 11, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Raider
- 2006 · Vehicles built October 24, 2005 – December 9, 2005 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06V038000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS (ABS), THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF FRONT TO REAR BRAKE BALANCE, AND THE REAR BRAKES COULD LOCK UP PREMATURELY DURING CERTAIN BRAKING CONDITIONS.
Safety consequence
THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ABS ECU. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 17, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. F05.(MITSUBISHI RECALL NO. SR-06-003).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 06V038000
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.