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Service bulletins for the 2021 Jeep Cherokee

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

256 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About P1279 on the 2021 Jeep Cherokee: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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Only bulletins with trouble code: P1279 are shown. Show all

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90043522022-09-26. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL; POWER TRAIN. RELAY, Micro **This applies to the 2020 KL and 2021 KL Only!!** Owner reports in colder temperatures the vehicle may exhibit a No Start or and/or a Start and Stall fail to Start condition. Vehicle will start normally when PDC or vehicle is warmed up. This symptom may also be accompanied by DTC P1279 -STARTER CONTROL CIRCUIT 2 OPEN. Refer to SOL Publication S2108000002 REV B to ensure it is applicable to the vehicle prior to moving forward. For SOL S2108000002 REV B, the Denso 68406797AA may not be available / may be on Backorder. In the event 68406797AA is on backorder, another validated Denso relay to use is 68244159AA. Quantities for this relay are limited, we kindly request to only order on an as needed basis until mid March 2021 so customer vehicles currently exhibiting this issue can be repaired. CAUTION: Denso relay part number 68244159AA can only be used in the Run/Start relay location. Premature relay failure will occur if used in other locations. Other locations require relays which can handle higher duty cycle requirements. Note: Only the Run/Start relay will require replacement for the issue identified in S2108000002 REV B. No other Song Chuan relays should be replaced for this condition.
90043522021-03-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RELAY, Micro **This applies to the 2020 KL and 2021 KL Only!!** Owner reports in colder temperatures the vehicle may exhibit a No Start or and/or a Start and Stall fail to Start condition. Vehicle will start normally when PDC or vehicle is warmed up. This symptom may also be accompanied by DTC P1279 -STARTER CONTROL CIRCUIT 2 OPEN. Refer to SOL Publication S2108000002 REV B to ensure it is applicable to the vehicle prior to moving forward. For SOL S2108000002 REV B, the Denso 68406797AA may not be available / may be on Backorder. In the event 68406797AA is on backorder, another validated Denso relay to use is 68244159AA. Quantities for this relay are limited, we kindly request to only order on an as needed basis until mid March 2021 so customer vehicles currently exhibiting this issue can be repaired. CAUTION: Denso relay part number 68244159AA can only be used in the Run/Start relay location. Premature relay failure will occur if used in other locations. Other locations require relays which can handle higher duty cycle requirements. Note: Only the Run/Start relay will require replacement for the issue identified in S2108000002 REV B. No other Song Chuan relays should be replaced for this condition.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.