Chrysler Group LLC: Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module-inactive
Chrysler Group LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 8, 2012 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 744,822. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2002 and 2003 Jeep Liberty vehicles manufactured January 9, 2001, through March 28, 2003, and 2002 through 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured February 13, 2001, through May 23, 2003. A component in the air bag control module may fail causing the front airbags, side curtain airbags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.
The risk
Inadvertent deployment of the airbags may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a supplemental jumper harness to the airbag control module, free of charge. Owners were notified of the recall by interim letter in January 2013. The remedy for affected Liberty vehicles is expected to be available in April 2013. The remedy for affected Grand Cherokee vehicles is expected to be available later in the year. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753.
5 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee | 1,295 | 14 | 25 | 110 |
| 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee | 762 | 10 | 14 | 48 |
| 2003 Jeep Liberty | 1,352 | 13 | 11 | 134 |
| 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee | 1,476 | 16 | 20 | 75 |
| 2002 Jeep Liberty | 1,808 | 14 | 21 | 174 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 12V527000.
Full record for the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →