# NHTSA recall 11V487000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 11V487000
- Manufacturer's number: L33
- Manufacturer: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
- Reported: 2011\-09\-29
- Owners notified: 2011\-12\-28
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Units potentially affected: 667

## What is wrong

CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 CHRYSLER VEHICLES, INCLUDING 200 AND TOWN AND COUNTRY MODELS, DODGE VEHICLES, INCLUDING CHARGER, DURANGO, GRAND CARAVAN AND JOURNEY MODELS AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 31, 2011, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13, 2011, THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH 3.6L ENGINES.   THESE ENGINES MAY EXPERIENCE CONNECTING ROD BEARING FAILURE DUE TO DEBRIS INSIDE THE ENGINE BLOCK.


## What can happen

CONNECTING ROD FAILURE MAY LEAD TO ENGINE SEIZURE WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE ENGINE FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 18, 2011.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1\-800\-853\-1403.


## Notes

THIS IS CHRYSLER SAFETY RECALL NUMBER L33.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2012 CHRYSLER 200](/makes/chrysler/200/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY](/makes/chrysler/town-and-country/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 DODGE CHARGER](/makes/dodge/charger/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 DODGE DURANGO](/makes/dodge/durango/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN](/makes/dodge/grand-caravan/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 DODGE JOURNEY](/makes/dodge/journey/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE](/makes/jeep/grand-cherokee/2012/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [U67 Combo Rev11](/bulletins/11034343.md), 2026-07-02, Warranty extension
- [112191](/bulletins/11032984.md), 2026-05-28, Service bulletin
- [112192](/bulletins/11032983.md), 2026-05-28, Service bulletin
- [103617](/bulletins/11016138.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin
- [9100279](/bulletins/10248850.md), 2024-01-16, Service bulletin
- [9003357A](/bulletins/10247906.md), 2024-01-02, Service bulletin
- [1804823](/bulletins/10236933.md), 2023-05-30, Service bulletin
- [9003357a](/bulletins/10234379.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin
- [9003357](/bulletins/10234378.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin
- [U67](/bulletins/10230438.md), 2023-01-17, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V487000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V487000)

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