NHTSA campaign 10V338000
DRIVING SPECIALTIES LTD Recall 10V-338: 6-WAY POWER SEAT BASE
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 10V338000 was reported by DRIVING SPECIALTIES LTD on July 27, 2010, with 2 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Dodge Grand Caravan for model years 2006–2007. Owners were notified on July 28, 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 10V338000 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
- 10V338000 (also written 10V-338 or 10V338)
- Filed by
- DRIVING SPECIALTIES LTD
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 2 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Seats
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ10-001 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V338000. 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 Grand Caravan
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V338000.
Defect description
DRIVING SPECIALTIES LTD IS RECALLING 2 MODEL YEAR 2006 AND 2007 CONVERSION VANS EQUIPPED WITH VMI/RICON 6-WAY POWER SEAT BASES. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DEFECTIVE WELD AT THE JOINT BETWEEN THE PIVOTING PLATE AND THE PIVOTING PLATE PIN.
Safety consequence
THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY BE INJURED IF THE SEAT BASE PIN WERE TO BREAK.
Manufacturer remedy
DRIVING SPECIALTIES WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE VEHICLES WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 28, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DRIVING SPECIALTIES AT 1-707-553-1515.
Notes
THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO VEHICLES ALTERED BY DRIVING SPECIALTIES AND HAS NO RELATION TO ANY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY CHRYSLER.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 10V338000
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.