In September, while Fiat Chrysler engineers worked with supplier Veoneer on a manufacturing issue, where they discovered a separate software issue related to the Prohibition Prohibition Controller (ORC). air bag. After six weeks of investigation, FCA Voluntary safety recall for 87,780 units of 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokeeand 11,475 units of 2022 Jeep Wagoneer and 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. That makes 99,255 SUVs that will need to visit seller because the repair, with an estimated error rate of 100%.
The problem was a trio of internal faults with the airbag system that did not cause a diagnostic trouble code (DTC), which was believed to be the cause. Faults could disable proper driver and passenger airbag deployment, as well as disable the knee airbag. These malfunctions can increase the risk of injury in a crash. However, because they don’t give out any diagnostic trouble codes, the airbag warning light won’t come on to warn the driver and occupants that there’s a problem with the airbag system. Jeep car reports that it is not aware of any injuries or deaths resulting from this defect.
FCA says it will begin mailing owners notices around December 30. Owners can bring their Jeep to a dealer for a free OCR reprogramming. Meanwhile, affected vehicle owners can call the FCA hotline at 1-800-853-1403 and quote the voluntary recall number Y79. They can also call National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236, or visit the website www.nhtsa.gov to view recall information. NS NHTSA campaign number is 21V873000.
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