NHTSA campaign 10V234000 · Manufacturer campaign K11
Dodge and Jeep Recall 10V-234: STICKING OR BINDING ACCELERATOR PEDALS
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 10V234000 (Manufacturer campaign K11) was reported by CHRYSLER GROUP LLC on June 3, 2010, with 24,825 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass for the 2007 model year. Owners were notified on June 21, 2010, 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 10V234000 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
- 10V234000 (also written 10V-234 or 10V234)
- Filed by
- CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
- Manufacturer campaign number
- K11
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 24,825 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Vehicle Speed Control — Accelerator Pedal
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE10-012 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V234000. 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 Caliber
- 2007 · Vehicles built March 7, 2006 – May 19, 2006 (per NHTSA)
Jeep
Jeep Compass
- 2007 · Vehicles built March 7, 2006 – May 19, 2006 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V234000.
Defect description
CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007 DODGE CALIBER AND JEEP COMPASS PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 7 THROUGH MAY 19, 2006. THE PIVOT BUSHINGS IN VEHICLES WITH OVERSIZED ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEARING POCKETS MAY BECOME DISLODGED AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO BIND OR STICK.
Safety consequence
SHOULD THE PEDAL BIND OR BECOME STUCK, IT CAN BE OVERCOME BY SMART BRAKES WHICH OVERRIDE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Manufacturer remedy
CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ALL AFFECTED ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 29, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
CHRYSLER'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS K11.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 10V234000
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.