NHTSA Campaign 20V475000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
NHTSA campaign 20V475000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel. The repair is free.
Chrysler (FCA US LLC) filed the report for 20V475000 with NHTSA on August 13, 2020; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 20V475000, NHTSA lists up to 58,016 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 20V475000 were scheduled from February 18, 2021, 189 days after the report.
20V475000 covers 2 models from Jeep and Ram, model years 2014–2018.
By potentially affected vehicles, 20V475000 ranks 73 of 215 Chrysler (FCA US LLC) recalls on this site.
Besides 20V475000, Chrysler (FCA US LLC) has 13 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 20V475000 was 19V757000, reported on October 24, 2019.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Ram 1500 and 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles equipped with 3.0L diesel engines. The crankshaft position sensor tone wheel may delaminate causing the engine to lose its ability to synchronize the fuel injector pulses and cam shaft timing, possibly resulting in an engine stall.
- The risk
- An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- FCA US will notify owners, and dealers will update the powertrain control module software to maintain vehicle propulsion by reading the camshaft position signal in the event that the crankshaft position signal is lost, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 13, 2021. Owners may contact FCA US customer service at 1-800-853-2002. FCA US's number for this recall is W58.
Reported August 13, 2020
Vehicles covered by 20V475000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 20V475000, 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: August 13, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted