NHTSA campaign 08V203000 · Manufacturer campaign H19
Jeep Recall 08V-203: POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE STALL
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 08V203000 (Manufacturer campaign H19) was reported by CHRYSLER LLC on May 6, 2008, with 24,461 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Jeep Commander for the 2006 model year. Owners were notified on May 19, 2008, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 08V203000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 08V203000 (also written 08V-203 or 08V203)
- Filed by
- CHRYSLER LLC
- Manufacturer campaign number
- H19
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 24,461 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Power Train — Automatic Transmission — Control Module (TCM/PCM/TECM)
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA07-007 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08V203000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Jeep
Jeep Commander
- 2006 · Vehicles built February 25, 2005 – January 11, 2006 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08V203000.
Defect description
CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 24,461 MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.7L V8 ENGINES. THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WAS PROGRAMMED WITH SOFTWARE THAT MAY ALLOW THE ENGINE TO STALL UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS.
Safety consequence
THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE PCM SOFTWARE IN ALL 4.7L ENGINE EQUIPPED MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDERS BUILT PRIOR TO JANUARY 11, 2006. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 19, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
Notes
CHRYSLER RECALL NO. H19.CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 08V203000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.