2001 Dodge Neon RT recall: electrical system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Starter assemblies were built with suspect plastic terminal blocks which could develop stress cracks subsequent to their installation onto the body of the starter. Separation of the terminal block from the starter body could potentially allow the un-fused positive terminal to come into contact with an adjacent surface, providing a path to ground.
💥 The risk
This condition could overheat the starter wiring, creating the potential for a vehicle fire.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the starter terminal block jumper harness.
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
- 00V416000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 964
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 30
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 27, 2000
- Built
- Aug 3, 2000 – Oct 23, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began december 27, 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).