Jeep Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Power Assist

Jeep is recalling about 13,822 vehicles over a problem with the service brakes, hydraulic.

Campaign
74V040000
Manufacturer
CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Reported
4 March 1974
Vehicles
13,822
Built between
Not published
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
25 March 1974
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1974 Jeep Cherokee
  • 1974 Jeep Jeep
  • 1974 Jeep Wagoneer

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA4 March 1974
  2. Owners notified25 March 1974

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 4 March 1974.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Jeep campaign no lampwir.trucks with power brakes.possibility that thebrake vacuum power booster was assembled with dimensional discrepancies in thevacuum power booster housing which may reduce the torque required to unlock thefront half of the housing from the rear half.if this condition exists, thelow unlocking torque coupled with other variations in the assembly may causehousing to rotate and disengage from the locking tabs resulting in separationof the two halves of the booster and complete loss of brakes.(correct byinspecting and staking the housing at two points to preclude rotation of thehousing).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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