2000 Dodge Dakota recall: powertrain & transmission
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: pickup trucks equipped with 4.7L engine and automatic transmissions. The automatic transmission may expel fluid from the fill tube during normal temperature operation.
💥 The risk
The transmission fluid could come into contact with the hot exhaust system and ignition of the transmission fluid could result.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will shorten the vent hose and assure adequate clearance.
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
- 00V197000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 890
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 20,000
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 11, 2000
- Built
- Dec 1, 1999 – Mar 1, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began september 11, 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).