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NHTSA campaign 99V215000 · Manufacturer campaign 837

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION Recall 99V-215: DAIMLERCHRYSLER/ENGINE CRADLE

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 99V215000 (Manufacturer campaign 837) was reported by DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION on August 9, 1999, with 402,830 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chrysler Concorde, Chrysler LHS, Chrysler New Yorker and more for the 1995 model year (try.vin imports model years 1995 and later). Owners were notified on February 7, 2000, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
99V215000 (also written 99V-215 or 99V215)
Filed by
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Manufacturer campaign number
837
Report received
Potentially affected
402,830 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Suspension — Front — Control Arm — Lower Arm
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Engineering Analysis EA98-025 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 99V215000. 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 Concorde

    • 1995 · Vehicles built June 1, 1992 – October 31, 1994 (per NHTSA)

  • Chrysler LHS

    • 1995 · Vehicles built June 1, 1992 – October 31, 1994 (per NHTSA)

  • Chrysler New Yorker

    • 1995 · Vehicles built June 1, 1992 – October 31, 1994 (per NHTSA)
All Chrysler recalls

Dodge

  • Dodge Intrepid

    • 1995 · Vehicles built June 1, 1992 – October 31, 1994 (per NHTSA)
All Dodge recalls

Eagle

  • Eagle Vision

    • 1995 · Vehicles built June 1, 1992 – October 31, 1994 (per NHTSA)
All Eagle recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 99V215000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS CAN CRACK DUE TO FATIGUE AND SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE.

Safety consequence

IF THIS OCCURS, THE TRANSMISSION HALF-SHAFT COULD PULL OUT OF THE TRANSAXLE AND RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REINFORCE THE ENGINE CRADLE AT THE POINT WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHES TO IT.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 7, 2000. 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 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997. 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 99V215000

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.