NHTSA Campaign 08V203000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
NHTSA campaign 08V203000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). The repair is free.
CHRYSLER LLC filed the report for 08V203000 with NHTSA on May 6, 2008; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 08V203000, NHTSA lists up to 24,461 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 25, 2005 and January 11, 2006.
The 08V203000 report reached NHTSA 2 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 08V203000 were scheduled from May 19, 2008, 13 days after the report.
08V203000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 08V203000 covers have filed at least 295 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 08V203000 ranks 9 of 29 CHRYSLER LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 08V203000, CHRYSLER LLC has 6 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 08V203000 was 07V555000, reported on December 4, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 24,461 MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.7L V8 ENGINES. THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WAS PROGRAMMED WITH SOFTWARE THAT MAY ALLOW THE ENGINE TO STALL UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE PCM SOFTWARE IN ALL 4.7L ENGINE EQUIPPED MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDERS BUILT PRIOR TO JANUARY 11, 2006. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 19, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER RECALL NO. H19.
Reported May 6, 2008
Vehicles covered by 08V203000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 08V203000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: May 6, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted