# NHTSA recall 15V508000

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: 15V508000
- Manufacturer's number: R45
- Manufacturer: Chrysler \(FCA US LLC\)
- Reported: 2015\-08\-12
- Owners notified: 2015\-09\-30
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:CYBERSECURITY
- Units potentially affected: 7810

## What is wrong

Chrysler \(FCA US LLC\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Jeep Renegade vehicles manufactured September 18, 2014, to June 25, 2015.  The affected vehicles are equipped with radios that have software vulnerabilities that can allow third\-party access to certain networked vehicle control systems.


## What can happen

Exploitation of the software vulnerability may result in unauthorized remote modification and control of certain vehicle systems, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Chrysler will notify and mail affected owners a USB drive that includes a software update that eliminates the vulnerability, free of charge.  Optionally, owners may download the update to their own USB drive from http://www.driveuconnect.com/software\-update/ or take their vehicle to a Chrysler dealer for immediate installation.  In an effort to mitigate the effects of this security vulnerability, Chrysler has had the wireless service provider close the open cellular connection to the vehicle that provided unauthorized access to the vehicle network.   This measure may not have been implemented on all vehicles and does not address access by other means that will be remedied by the software update.  The recall began on September 30, 2015.  Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1\-800\-853\-1403.  Chrysler's number for this recall is R45.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-01\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 7810
- Reported remedied: 7712 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 JEEP RENEGADE](/makes/jeep/renegade/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-18 to 2015\-06\-25.

## Investigated as RQ15004

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.

- RQ15004: Recall query, opened 2015\-07\-24, closed 2016\-01\-05. Software security vulnerability. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V508000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V508000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [S1408000384 REV.J](/bulletins/11030035.md), 2026-03-13, Service bulletin
- [S1408000384 REV.I](/bulletins/11028904.md), 2026-02-19, Service bulletin
- [S1408000384 REV.H](/bulletins/11013171.md), 2025-01-28, Service bulletin
- [S1408000384](/bulletins/10251783.md), 2024-03-18, Service bulletin
- [1000123](/bulletins/10248925.md), 2024-01-16, Service bulletin
- [S2325000007](/bulletins/10248564.md), 2024-01-08, Service bulletin
- [9100226](/bulletins/10248509.md), 2024-01-08, Service bulletin
- [S2325000007](/bulletins/10244403.md), 2023-10-30, Service bulletin
- [9100226](/bulletins/10244348.md), 2023-10-30, Service bulletin
- [1000123](/bulletins/10243275.md), 2023-10-02, 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/15V508000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V508000)

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