NHTSA recall 08V203000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 08V203000 |
| Manufacturer's number | H19 |
| Manufacturer | CHRYSLER LLC |
| Reported | 2008-05-06 |
| Owners notified | 2008-05-19 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) |
| Units potentially affected | 24461 |
What is wrong
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.
What can happen
THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
The 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.
| 2006 JEEP COMMANDER | Built 2005-02-25 to 2006-01-11. |
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Investigated as EA07007
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| EA07007 | Engineering analysis, opened 2007-04-27, closed 2008-05-07. ENGINE STALLING. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| SB-18-014-09 | 2009-09-23. Service bulletin. CHRYSLER/JEEP: FLASH: ESP SYSTEM MAY PREMATURELY ACTIVATE MOMENTARILY WHEN NEGOTIATING A CURVE OR MIL ILLUMINATION DUE TO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0340, P0344 OR P0116. THIS INVOLVES SELECTIVELY ERASING AND REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH NEW SOFTWARE. *PE UPDATED 5/24/10. *PE |
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| 1804907 | 2008-01-23. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES SELECTIVELY ERASING AND REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH NEW SOFTWARE. *NJ |
| 0803006 | 2007-03-23. Service bulletin. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE INITIALIZATION. *KB |
| 2101906 | 2006-11-15. Service bulletin. IDLE RPM FLARE COLD VEHICLE OPERATION-REVISED TRANSMISSION OIL FILL LEVEL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SLIGHT IDLE FLARE AT LAUNCH. THIS MAY OCCUR DURING COLD 25 DEGREES TO 43 DEGREES TEMPERATURES AND IS MOST NOTICEABLE AFTER EXTENDED IDLING. ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WARMS, THE CONDITION WILL NO LONGER BE EXPERIENCED. *KB |
| 16 | 2005-11-15. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION E16 - TRANSMISSION COOLER RETURN FILTER. DELAYED ENGAGEMENT WHEN THE SHIFTER IS PLACED INTO GEAR AFTER THE ENGINE HAS BEEN OFF FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS. *TT |
| 2100903 | 2003-10-23. Service bulletin. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSTIC TEARDOWN PROCEDURE. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING THE 2004 RAM TRUCK, DURANGO, SEBRING CONVERTIBLE, CHEROKEE, VISION, NEON, AND VOYAGER. *TT *SC |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.