2000 Dodge RAM recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: pickup trucks equipped with optional trailer hitch. The trailer hitch side brackets were manufactured using material with insufficient strength.
💥 The risk
Brackets built without proper material could fatigue and fracture in the area where the trailer hitch mounts to the frame.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the trailer hitches and replace any trailer hitch showing signs of fatigue cracking. If no evidence of cracking exists, the dealer will install two reinforcement brackets.
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
- 00V107000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 872
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 357,000
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 24, 2000
- Built
- Jan 1, 1998 – Sep 30, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began april 24, 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).