2001 Chrysler Sebring & 2001 Dodge Stratus recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The outer layer only of this 3-LAYER fuel return hose does not contain the desired ozone protection due to a processing error.
💥 The risk
This hose is considered to be inadequate.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the fuel return hose.
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
- 00V320002
- Manufacturer recall #
- 959
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 3,480
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 11, 2000
- Built
- Aug 9, 2000 – Aug 28, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began december 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 1-800-9853-1403. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).