NHTSA Campaign 11V528000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 11V528000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER GROUP LLC filed the report for 11V528000 with NHTSA on November 2, 2011; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 11V528000, NHTSA lists up to 5,437 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 1, 2007 and October 10, 2011.
The 11V528000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
11V528000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2008–2012.
Owners of the model years 11V528000 covers have filed at least 844 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V528000 vehicles, the 2008 Jeep Wrangler has the most (309).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V528000 ranks 24 of 34 CHRYSLER GROUP LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V528000, CHRYSLER GROUP LLC has 4 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 11V528000 was 11V394000, reported on August 3, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2012 RIGHT HAND DRIVE (RHD) JEEP WRANGLER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2007, THROUGH OCTOBER 10, 2011. SOME VEHICLES MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVER'S AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLIES THAT COULD EXPERIENCE A COMPROMISED AIRBAG CIRCUIT RESULTING IN AN AIRBAG LAMP ILLUMINATION, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY.
- The risk
- A BROKEN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING WIRING ASSEMBLY CAN LEAD TO NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER FRONTAL AIRBAG AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT THE DRIVER IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.
- The fix
- CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REMEDY THE VEHICLES AS NECESSARY FREE OF CHARGE. CHRYSLER WILL MAIL TO OWNERS AN INTERIM NOTIFICATION DURING MARCH 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLER'S RECALL NUMBER IS L37.
Reported November 2, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V528000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V528000, 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: November 2, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted