The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CONVERSION VAN. A PROTECTIVE SHIELD LOCATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE UNDERBODY AT THE SEWER DUMP VALVE IS LOCATED TOO FAR FORWARD AND INBOARD ON THE VEHICLE.
The risk
THIS COULD INTERFERE WITH THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE'S PARK/EMERGENCY BRAKE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL CUT THE SHIELD TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Leisure Dodge RAM | 1997 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure Dodge RAM | 1997 | 0 | 1 |
Other parking brake recalls in 1999
5 of the 392 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1999 concerned the parking brake; LEISURE TRAVEL VANS filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 99V286000 20 Oct 1999 | NEW FLYER OF AMERICA, INC. |
| 99V267000 27 Sept 1999 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 99V261000 21 Sept 1999 | INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| 99V085000 20 Apr 1999 | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1999