Recall · 20V124000
Chrysler recalled 2 models over power train
33,237
Vehicles covered
2
Models
4
Model years
March 3, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Jeep Wrangler and 2020 Gladiator vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. The clutch pressure plate may overheat and fracture.
- What it can cause
- The overheated clutch components may increase the risk of a fire. Additionally, damage to other nearby components can result in debris falling onto the road or a loss of drive, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will reroute a wire harness and inspect the clutch system, and replace components as needed. The recall began April 30, 2020. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is W12.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 33,237 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 87% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Jeep vehicles have been recalled over the power train 25 times before this, most recently in August 2019 as 19V636000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 3,629 complaints with NHTSA, 1,255 of them before this campaign was filed. 350 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in March 2018, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 12 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V741000 (electrical system), 24V676000 (back over prevention), 24V652000 (electrical system), 23V191000 (structure).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) with NHTSA on March 3, 2020 as campaign 20V124000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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