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69,200 miles · May 21, 2019

Unknown Or Other

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WHILE I AM DRIVING MY CAR AS I'M COMING TO A STOP IT WILL START SHAKING AND SHUT OFF AS I'M DRIVING. I HAVE TO START TO PUSH IT 2-3 TIMES BEFORE IT CUTS BACK ON. IT DOES IT ABOUT 2-4 TIMES A DAY. THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL START FLASHING WHEN IT CUTS OFF, BUT AUTO ZONE HAS TESTED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR AND THEY BOTH PASSED THE TEST. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A MONTH NOW WHERE IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF AS IM DRIVING SOMETIMES WITHOUT ANY OF THE SHAKING IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF AS I'M DRIVING. *TR

NHTSA ODI #11208886

77,000 miles · May 18, 2019

Air BagsElectrical SystemUnknown Or Other

MY CAR WOULDN'T START WHEN YOU HOLD DOWN THE BREAKS AND THE START BUTTON AND IT HAS WHEN IT RAINS OR AFTER IT RAINS BUT I CHANGE THE BATTERY AND THE KEY FOB BATTERY NOT THAT LONG AGO AND I'M CONFUSED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.

NHTSA ODI #11208444

86,467 miles · May 14, 2019

Electrical SystemService BrakesUnknown Or Other

TAKATA RECALL WHEN YOU PRESS THE BRAKE IT MAKES A SPRING SOUND. WHEN YOU DRIVE THE GEAR SWITCHES BY ITSELF AND THE CAR ACCELERATES BY ITSELF.

NHTSA ODI #11207578

75,000 miles · May 12, 2019

Air BagsElectrical SystemUnknown Or Other

1. AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY 2. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON 3. ISSUES WITH CAR NOT ALLIWING PHONES TO CONNECT TO CAR 4.**** MAJOR ISSUE IS THAT CAR IS STALLING..TURNS OFF TOTALLY. EVENTUALLY TURNS BACJ ON BUT YESTERDAY IT TOOK A WHILE..I HAD TO PRESS DIWN ON THE BREAK AND KEEP PUMPING IT. WE WERE NOT STATIONARY WE WERE DRIVING

NHTSA ODI #11207089

Mileage unknown · May 2, 2019

Air BagsUnknown Or Other

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A/C DIED IN 2018; I DECIDED TO WAIT TO REPAIR BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEEDED FREON. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE COMPRESSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED. SINCE THE CAR IS COMPUTERIZED I HAVE TO PAY FOR UPDATES AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES. NOW THE SEAT BELT LIGHT IS ON DUE TO TWO BAD HARNESS UNDER THE SEAT. AN UPDATE WAS ALLEGEDLY REPAIRED OF THE CAR JUMPING, THE CAR STILLS JUMPS. THE VEHICLE IS SLOWLY DETERIORATING AT MY EXPENSE. CHRYSLER HAS STATED THEY WILL NOT HELP ME. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY.

NHTSA ODI #11205389

Mileage unknown · May 2, 2019

Air BagsElectrical SystemUnknown Or Other

THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND SEAT BELT HARNESS HAS GONE BAD AND THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. THE A/C DIED IN 2018; I DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL 2019 TO REPLACE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE FREON.

NHTSA ODI #11205385

Mileage unknown · May 2, 2019

Air BagsElectrical SystemUnknown Or Other

THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND SEAT BELT HARNESS HAS GONE BAD AND THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. THE A/C DIED IN 2018; I DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL 2019 TO REPLACE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE FREON.

NHTSA ODI #11205381

51,000 miles · May 2, 2019

Unknown Or Other

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MY CAR HAS ALWAYS ACTED LIKE IT WANTS TO QUIT WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR TAKING OFF. I'M ON MY THIRD BATTERY SINCE PURCHASE. THE LAST BATTERY WAS REPLACED ONE MONTH AGO. NOW LAST WEEK A CAR CUT ME OFF AT A LIGHT. WHEN I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES MY CAR QUIT MAKING ME MISS THE LIGHT! WHEN TRYING TO RESTART IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SOUNDS AND THEN IT JUST STARTS! THEN AGAIN YESTERDAY I WAS COMING TO A RED LIGHT I WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPED WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO GO BUT MY CAR QUIT AGAIN AT A GREEN LIGHT ! I COULD'VE BEEN REAR ENDED! AGAIN I PUT IT IN PARK TO RESTART AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY STARTING NOISES BUT EVENTUALLY STARTS! WHEN DRIVING IT'S FINE BUT WHEN STOPPING AND TAKING OFF IT ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO QUIT AND NOW IT'S QUIT ON ME TWICE IN ONE WEEK!

NHTSA ODI #11205223

78,000 miles · Apr 22, 2019

Air BagsSeat BeltsUnknown Or Other

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"TAKATA RECALL". MY AIRBAG LIGHT SENSOR ON THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE LIT UP ALONG WITH THE SEATBELT LIGHT WHILE I WAS DRIVING BY MYSELF WITH THE SEATBELT ON CORRECTLY AND NOTHING SITTING IN ANY OF THE PASSENGER SEATS. THE DASH DISPLAYS A MESSAGE OF "SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM". WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE DASH DISPLAYS"DRIVER SEATBELT UNBUCKLED" WHILE MY SEATBELT IS BUCKLED. I HAVE CHECKED THE VEHICLE FOR RECALLS AND NONE ARE CURRENTLY LISTED WITH THE NHTSA OR THE DEALERSHIP UNDER MY PARTICULAR VIN. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP/SERVICE CENTER AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE ORC ("OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER") WAS NON RESPONSIVE. THEY (CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER EMPLOYEE) INFORMED ME THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SAFETY DEVICE THAT IS DEFECTIVE IN MY VEHICLE. WHILE SITTING IN PARK WITH THE VEHICLE MOTOR RUNNING IN A PARKING LOT THERE WERE THREE LOUD POPS IN MY VEHICLE AND A SMELLY SMOKY SUBSTANCE THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. I DID NOT SEE ANY AIR BAGS VISIBLY DEPLOY.

NHTSA ODI #11202878

73,870 miles · Apr 16, 2019

StructureUnknown Or OtherInjury

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WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE WERE NO CARS OR ANYTHING AROUND TO CAUSE WHAT HAPPENED. WE HEARD A LOUD BANG OR EXPLOSION LIKE A GUN GOING OFF AND IT HURT MY EARS AND MADE THEM RING. IT LIKE STUNNED US ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU WRECK A CAR FEELING. I CHECKED MYSELF FOR BLOOD AND ASKED THE OTHERS IN MY CAR WERE THEY OK.WE PULLED OVER TO CHECK AND MY SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. WHAT'S LEFT UP THERE WAS PUSH OUTWARD LIKE THE CAR HAD PRESSURE IN IT AND THAT'S HOW IT RELEASED IT. I NEED THE COMPANY TO FIX IT BUT THEY WON'T .WE CALLED THE HEADQUARTERS AS SOON AS WE GOT TO THE HOUSE AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AS THE REQUESTED THE VERY NEXT DAY AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AND ITS THEIR FAULT FOR USING WHATEVER GLASS THEY USED OR MAYBE THE BODY OF THE CAR TWIST TO MUCH. ITS THEIR BUILD AND O THEIR FAULT. I DIDN'T MAKE THIS CAR OR DO ANYTHING TO IT. *DT*JB

NHTSA ODI #11196699

Official recalls

18V332000 · Electrical System:software; Electrical System:wiring; Vehicle Speed Control:cruise Control

May 17, 2018

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Dodge Journey, Charger and Durango, RAM 2500, 3500, 3500 Cab Chassis (more than 10,000lb), 4500 Cab Chassis and 5500 Cab Chassis, Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee and Chrysler 300, 2014-2019 RAM 1500, 2015-2018 Dodge Challenger, 2015-2017 Chrysler 200, 2016-2018 RAM 3500 Cab Chassis (less than 10,000 lb), 2017-2018 Chrysler Pacifica and 2018 Jeep Wrangler vehicles. These vehicles are being recalled to address a defect that could prevent the cruise control system from disengaging. If, when using cruise control, there is a short circuit within the vehicle's wiring, the driver may not be able to shut off the cruise control either by depressing the brake pedal or manually turning the system off once it has been engaged, resulting in either the vehicle maintaining its current speed or possibly accelerating.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the software, and perform a software flash on the engine or powertrain control module, free of charge. The recall began June 4, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Note: Owners are advised to stop using cruise control until the software update has been performed. In the event that cruise control cannot be disengaged while driving, owners should firmly and steadily apply the brakes and shift the transmission to neutral, placing the vehicle in park once it has stopped.

Additional source detail variants (3)

Electrical System:software

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the software, and perform a software flash on the engine or powertrain control module, free of charge. The recall began June 4, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Note: Owners are advised to stop using cruise control until the software update has been performed. In the event that cruise control cannot be disengaged while driving, owners should firmly and steadily apply the brakes and shift the transmission to neutral, placing the vehicle in park once it has stopped.

Vehicle Speed Control:cruise Control

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Electrical System:wiring

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

16V529000 · Power Train:automatic Transmission

Jul 12, 2016

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Jeep Cherokee and 2015 Chrysler 200, Jeep Renegade, RAM ProMaster, and 2016 Fiat 500X vehicles equipped with 9-speed automatic transmissions. The transmission sensor clusters may have insufficient crimps in the transmission wire harness, and as a result, the transmission may unexpectedly shift to neutral. On August 29, 2016 Chrysler added the 2016 Fiat 500X vehicles to this recall.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the vehicle unexpectedly shifts to neutral, there is an increased risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, dealers will reprogram the Powertrain Control Module and the Transmission Control Module and if necessary replace the transaxle range sensor wire harness, free of charge. The recall began on November 7, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S55.

16V114000 · Air Bags:sensor:occupant Classification; Seats

Feb 26, 2016

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to August 3, 2015. During service work, the affected vehicles may have had either the Occupant Classification Module (OCM) or the Seat Cushion Foam (SCF) of the front passenger seat replaced instead of the both pieces together, which make up a complete calibrated set.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If both pieces were not replaced together, the occupant detection and classification system may not be properly calibrated and the passenger air bag may improperly deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a new OCM-SCF seat service kit, free of charge. The recall began on May 27, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S09.

Additional source detail variants (2)

Air Bags:sensor:occupant Classification

Consequence: If both pieces were not replaced together, the occupant detection and classification system may not be properly calibrated and the passenger air bag may improperly deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a new OCM-SCF seat service kit, free of charge. The recall began on May 27, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S09.

Seats

15V470000 · Electrical System

Jul 28, 2015

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured January 7, 2014, to September 23, 2014. The affected vehicles may have a Power Distribution Center (PDC) electrical connector that may cause intermittent power failures to certain electrical components.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: An intermittent loss of power to electrical components could cause a vehicle to stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the C4 connector using a 12 wire split kit for 3.6L engines, or replace the transmission wiring harness for 2.4L engines, free of charge. The recall began on October 21, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R24.

15V461000 · Equipment:electrical:radio/tape Deck/cd Etc.

Jul 23, 2015

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500, 2015 Chrysler 200, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, and Dodge Challenger, 2014-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Cherokee, and Dodge Durango, and 2013-2015 Dodge Viper vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with radios that have software vulnerabilities that can allow third-party access to certain networked vehicle control systems.

Consequence & remedy

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

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 August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R40.

15V090000 · Power Train:automatic Transmission

Feb 13, 2015

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured March 9, 2014, to December 15, 2014, and equipped with a 9-speed automatic transmission. The automatic transmission parking pawl may become contaminated or the park rod may become dislodged or broken. This may prevent the transmission from shifting into the Park position.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the shift indicator displays "Park" but the park lock does not engage, the vehicle may roll away increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers inspect the transmission. Any transmission found with contamination or a park rod will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began April 9, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R08.

14V480000 · Electrical System:wiring

Aug 5, 2014

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured May 19, 2014, to June 21, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been built with a driver side door wiring harness of an insufficient wire gauge, resulting in excessive heat which may melt the wiring insulation.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Excessive heat and melting wiring insulation may result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the door wiring harness, free of charge. The recall began on October 3, 2014. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P43.

14V392000 · Suspension:rear:shock Absorber

Jul 2, 2014

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2014 Jeep Cherokee and Ram 1500 and 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles. Due to an insufficient weld, the rear shocks may detach from the vehicle at one end and possibly damage other chassis components, the tire or result in reduced braking.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Damage to the tire or reduced braking increases the risk of a vehicle crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear shocks and replace any affected ones, free of charge. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P37.

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NHTSA investigations

RQ15004 · Software Security Vulnerability

Opened Jul 24, 2015 · Closed Jan 5, 2016

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Electrical System:software

On July 23, 2015, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) launched Safety Recall 15V-461 to remedy security vulnerabilities in approximately 1.4 million model year (MY) 2013 through 2015 vehicles equipped with Uconnect head units (HU) 8.4A (RA3 radio) and 8.4AN (RA4 radio) manufactured by Harman International.On July 24, 2015, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Recall Query, RQ 15-004, to investigate HU security vulnerabilities and remedy effectiveness in the recalled population and to determine whether similar units have been supplied for use in other FCA vehicles.In an August 11, 2015 letter, FCA submitted a second Part 573 safety recall report expanding the scope of the Uconnect RA4 model radio to include additional 7,810 MY 2015 Jeep Renegade vehicles manufactured from September 18, 2014 through June 25, 2015 (Recall 15V-508).Scope analysis indicated that Uconnect radios installed in FCA vehicles not included in recalls 15V-461 or 15V-508 (subject recalls) are not equipped with built-in cellular access or short range wireless communication features and, thus, do not contain the security vulnerabilities addressed by the subject recalls. SUBJECT VEHICLES: MY2014 through 2015 Dodge Durango, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicles; MY2013 through 2015 Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and 4500/5500 pickup trucks; MY2013 through 2015 Dodge Viper vehicles; and MY2015 Chrysler 200, 300, Jeep Renegade, Dodge Charger and Challenger vehicles.According to FCA, long and short range wireless vulnerabilities identified in the recalled vehicles could allow unauthorized third-party access to, and manipulation of, networked vehicle control systems.Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities, coupled with reverse engineering of networked microprocessor control modules, could result in unauthorized manipulation of vehicle control systems. This unauthorized manipulation of vehicle controls and systems could expose the driver, vehicle occupants or other highway users to an increased risk of injury.FCA and its network provider, Sprint, conducted a nationwide campaign to block access to a radio communications port that was unintentionally left open.On July 27, 2015, short range wireless vulnerabilities were also blocked.Finally, third party security evaluation and regression testing identified vulnerabilities that were either remedied by Sprint or through updates to the FCA Uconnect software.ODI identified a total of 30 complaints or field reports on unique vehicles submitted by FCA (29) or received by NHTSA (1) alleging incidents of theft from a vehicle or anomalous performance that the owner alleged were caused by, or may have been caused by, remote hacking.Twenty-six (87%) of these reports were submitted after a magazine article was published on July 21, 2015, describing the remote hacking of an FCA vehicle by researchers who were able to affect the operation of various vehicle control systems, including the service brakes, steering, throttle and ignition.Most of the complaints involved vehicle systems that were not safety critical (e.g., complaints related to radio, navigation system, or air-conditioning control) and did not affect vehicle control.Three complaints reported engine stalls.One owner reported sudden unintended acceleration allegedly related to hacking.None of the complaints or field reports reviewed involved the steering and braking vehicle control effects demonstrated by the research hackers prior to the recall.There were no confirmed incidents of hacking in any of the records reviewed by ODI.The remedies completed by Sprint and FCA appear to have eliminated vulnerabilities that mi