NHTSA campaign 99V185000
Leisure Recall 99V-185: LEISURE TRAVEL/EMERGENCY BRAKE
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 99V185000 was reported by LEISURE TRAVEL VANS on July 9, 1999, with 211 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Leisure Dodge Ram for the 1997 model year. Owners were notified on July 22, 1999, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 99V185000 (also written 99V-185 or 99V185)
- Filed by
- LEISURE TRAVEL VANS
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 211 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Parking Brake
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Service Query SQ99-019 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 99V185000. 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.
Leisure
Leisure Dodge Ram
- 1997 · Vehicles built October 3, 1996 – March 31, 1997 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 99V185000.
Defect description
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CONVERSION VAN. A PROTECTIVE SHIELD LOCATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE UNDERBODY AT THE SEWER DUMP VALVE IS LOCATED TOO FAR FORWARD AND INBOARD ON THE VEHICLE.
Safety consequence
THIS COULD INTERFERE WITH THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE'S PARK/EMERGENCY BRAKE.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL CUT THE SHIELD TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.
Notes
OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 22, 1999.OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT LEISURE TRAVEL VANS AT 1-204-822-3009.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 99V185000
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.