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NHTSA recall 00V197000

Power train › Automatic transmission

Dodge Dakota

Reported Jul 17, 200020,000 vehicles affectedDAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATIONMaker’s number 890Built Dec 1, 1999 – Mar 1, 2000

The defect

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 remedy

Dealers will shorten the vent hose and assure adequate clearance.

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Vehicles in this recall

Dodge Dakota
2000

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).