NHTSA campaign 09V351000

ELDORADO NATIONAL Recall 09V-351: REAR BRAKE LINES

NHTSA recall 09V351000 was reported by ELDORADO NATIONAL on September 11, 2009, with 82 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chrysler Town And Country, Dodge Grand Caravan and Eldorado National Amerivan for model years 2008–2009. Owners were notified on October 13, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V351000 (also written 09V-351 or 09V351)
Filed by: ELDORADO NATIONAL
Report received: September 11, 2009
Potentially affected: 82 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Owners notified: October 13, 2009

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V351000. 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
- 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built January 31, 2008 – May 31, 2009 (per NHTSA)

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Dodge

Dodge Grand Caravan
- 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built January 31, 2008 – May 31, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Dodge recalls

Eldorado National

Eldorado National Amerivan
- 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built January 31, 2008 – May 31, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Eldorado National recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V351000.

Defect description

ELDORADO NATIONAL IS RECALLING MODEL YEAR 2008-2009 AMERIVAN MOBILITY VEHICLES BUILT ON CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY AND DODGE GRAND CARAVAN PLATFORMS VEHICLES. THE REAR BRAKE LINES MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY ROUTED AND NOT SECURED PROPERLY DURING THE ALTERATION. IF NOT ROUTED AND SECURED PROPERLY, THE BRAKE LINES COULD RUB AGAINST THE VEHICLE CAUSING A BRAKE FLUID LEAK.

Safety consequence

A BRAKE FLUID LEAK COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

ELDORADO NATIONAL AMERIVAN DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES AND IF THE BRAKE LINES WERE IMPROPERLY ROUTED THEY WILL BE CORRECTLY REINSTALLED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 13, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ELDORADO NATIONAL AT 1-800-955-9086. THESE MINIVANS HAVE BEEN ALTERED INTO WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES BY ELDORADO. THIS RECALL IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED BY CHRYSLER GROUP LLC AND WILL NOT BE PERFORMED AT NO COST BY DODGE OR CHRYSLER DEALERS UNLESS THEY ARE ALSO AN ELDORADO NATIONAL DEALER.

Notes

OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V351000

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.