NHTSA recall 13V234000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	13V234000
Manufacturer's number	N28
Manufacturer	Chrysler Group LLC
Reported	2013-06-04
Owners notified	2013-09-23
Component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
Units potentially affected	180131

What is wrong

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Jeep Wrangler vehicles equipped with a 3.6L engine and an automatic transmission and manufactured January 23, 2011, through February 23, 2013. The power steering line may contact and wear a hole in the transmission oil cooler line resulting in a loss of transmission fluid.

What can happen

A loss of transmission fluid may result in a loss of transmission function which may increase the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the power steering return tube assembly, free of charge. The recall began on September 23, 2013. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is N28.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2012 JEEP WRANGLER	Built 2011-01-23 to 2013-02-23.
2013 JEEP WRANGLER	Built 2011-01-23 to 2013-02-23.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
V51	2022-12-19. Service bulletin. Customer Satisfaction Notification V51 Reprogram Powertrain Control Module
21-014-14	2022-08-29. Service bulletin. Flash: Transmission Shift Enhancements This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Transmission Control Module (TCM) with new software. NOTE: This bulletin applies to the following vehicles: • Wrangler vehicles equipped with the WA580 Automatic Transmission (Sales Code DGJ) • Challenger vehicles equipped with either the 3.6L engine (Sales Code ERB) or the 6.4L Engine (Sales Code ESH or ESG) and the WA580 Automatic Transmission (.Sales Code DGJ) • Durango vehicles equipped with the 3.6L engine (Sales Code ERB) and the WA580 Automatic Transmission (Sales Code DGJ) • Grand Cherokee vehicles equipped with the 6.4L engine (Sales Code ESG) for all markets except Australia (Sales Code 8AL) or the 3.6L engine (Sales Code ERB) (All Markets) and the WA580 Automatic Transmission (Sales Code DGJ). Australian vehicles equipped with the 6.4L can refer to Service Bulletin 21-010-14
V51	2020-01-21. Service bulletin. Customer Satisfaction Notification V51 Reprogram Powertrain Control Module
N28060613	2018-05-21. Service bulletin. New Safety Recall Advanced Communication ? N28060613 Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) announced a safety recall on certain 2012 and 2013 model year (JK) Jeep Wrangler vehicles. Some of the above vehicles may experience a condition where the power steering return tube contacts the aluminum transmission oil cooler tube. Continuous contact of the aluminum transmission oil cooler tube against the power steering return tube could cause a wear hole in the aluminum transmission oil cooler tube. This can result in a loss of transmission fluid which may damage the transmission and/or a loss of transmission function. Chrysler will conduct a voluntary safety recall on all involved vehicles to replace the power steering return tube and inspect the transmission oil cooler tube for damage. Damaged transmission oil cooler tubes will be replaced. Transmission oil cooler tubes that are not damaged will receive a protective sleeve. Dealers will be notified of the launch of this safety recall by way of established methods used in the past. We ask that you please take the time to ensure that your personnel are aware of this communication and are prepared to execute a customer friendly process for inquiries on involved vehicles.
SB21-035-15	2015-10-06. Service bulletin. PROCEDURE FOR TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING WITH NEW SOFTWARE DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE AND ERRATIC SHIFTING *CN
21-013-14	2014-06-03. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER TUBES, POWER STEERING RETURN, PROTECTIVE SLEEVE NEEDS INSTALLING ON THE TRANSMISSION COOLER TUBE. *06/03/2014 LJ.
ER-L-34	2012-01-23. Service bulletin. CHRYSLER (JEEP): SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. INFORMATION REGARDING A RECALL, EFFECTING 3.8L ENGINES, FOR PCM REPROGRAMMING THAT MAY NOT RUN DOWNSTREAM OXYGEN SENSOR SLOW RESPONSE MONITOR. *PE

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