NHTSA Campaign 09V082000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 09V082000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER LLC filed the report for 09V082000 with NHTSA on March 12, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 09V082000, NHTSA lists up to 16,852 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 11, 2008 and February 9, 2009.
The 09V082000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V082000 were scheduled from March 30, 2009, 18 days after the report.
09V082000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2009.
Owners of the model years 09V082000 covers have filed at least 767 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V082000 ranks 12 of 29 CHRYSLER LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 09V082000, CHRYSLER LLC has 6 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 09V082000 was 09V046000, reported on February 5, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 16,852 MY 2009 DODGE JOURNEY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITHOUT OPTIONAL 115 VOLT AUXILIARY POWER OUTLET. AN UNUSED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR THE OPTIONAL 115 VOLT AUXILIARY POWER OUTLET OPTION MAY BECOME CORRODED AND COULD SHORT CIRCUIT.
- The risk
- IF THE FUSE FOR THIS CIRCUIT DOES NOT BLOW, THE CONNECTOR COULD OVERHEAT AND POTENTIALLY CATCH FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RE-ROUTE AND STOW THE 115 VOLT AUXILIARY POWER OUTLET CONNECTOR AND PULL THE 25 AMP FUSE TO REMOVE POWER FROM THIS UNUSED CIRCUIT FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 30, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER RECALL NO. J09.
Reported March 12, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V082000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V082000, 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: March 12, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted