2000 Dodge RAM recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks. The welds at the right side lower control arm bracket to axle tube attachment may have inadequate fatigue life due to poor weld quality. This CAN lead to separation of the control arm bracket from the axle tube.
💥 The risk
If the bracket separates the vehicle could experience reduced directional stability, braking degradation and/or vehicle pull under braking.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the front axle with a properly welded front axle.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V007000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 861
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 76
- Component
- SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 20, 2000
- Built
- Oct 3, 1999 – Nov 5, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Daimlerchrysler recall no. 861.owner notification began march 20, 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).