NHTSA Campaign 12V216000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 12V216000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
CHRYSLER GROUP LLC filed the report for 12V216000 with NHTSA on May 16, 2012; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 12V216000, NHTSA lists up to 65,246 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 12V216000 were scheduled from July 16, 2012, 61 days after the report.
12V216000 covers 1 model from Jeep, model years 2010.
Owners of the model years 12V216000 covers have filed at least 68 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V216000 ranks 11 of 34 CHRYSLER GROUP LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V216000, CHRYSLER GROUP LLC has 2 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 12V216000 was 11V145000, reported on March 1, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 JEEP WRANGLER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION SKID PLATE, WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, CAN COLLECT DEBRIS.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, THE DEBRIS CAN IGNITE WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
- The fix
- CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SKID PLATE WITH A SKID BAR, FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- CHRYSLERS RECALL NUMBER IS M22.
Reported May 16, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V216000 (1)
Jeep (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V216000, 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 16, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted