2000 Dodge Grand Caravan & 2000 Ford E-150 + 2 more recall: seats
⚠️ What's wrong
Access options is recalling certain trucks and vans built on ford E150, E350, toyota Sienna, and dodge Grand Caravan chassis and equipped with vmi/ricon 6-WAY power seat bases. The six way power seat base may have a defective (cold) weld on the pivot pin which is welded to the swivel plate. The weld could fail.
💥 The risk
The seat occupant may be injured if the seat base pin were to break.
🔧 The fix
The swivel plate will be replaced free of charge if necessary. The recall began on june 8, 2010. Owners may contact access option at 831-722-6804.
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
- 10V270000
- Manufacturer
- ACCESS OPTIONS, INC
- Vehicles affected
- 4
- Component
- SEATS
- Owner phone
- 1-831-722-6804
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jun 8, 2010
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- This recall only pertains to vehicles altered by access options and has no relation to any vehicles manufactured by ford, toyota, and dodge.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .