2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Air Bag Clockspring Wiring Failure
  Engineering Analysis EA15007 · opened Dec 4, 2015 · closed Jul 6, 2016 · led to recall 16V290000

  On May 10, 2016, Fiat Chrysler America (FCA) submitted a Part 573 Defect Information Report announcing NHTSA recall 16V290 involving 394,258 model year (MY) 2007-2010 Jeep Wrangler vehicles.Under the recall FCA will replace the clockspring and install a steering wheel back cover and steering wheel column shroud.This re…

• Air Bag Clockspring Wiring Failure
  Preliminary Evaluation PE15025 · opened Jun 19, 2015 · closed Dec 7, 2015

  In it's response to ODI's PE15-025 Information Request letter, FCA identified 1,703 consumer complaints, field reports and legal claims responsive to the subject defect condition on the subject Wrangler vehicles.Six of these reports alleged an air bag non-deployment in a crash in which either the air bag warning light …

• Totally Integrated Power Module Failure
  Defect Petition DP14004 · opened Sep 25, 2014 · closed Jul 24, 2015

  In a letter dated August 21, 2014, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a defect investigation of alleged failures associated with the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) installed in Chrysler SUV?s, trucks, and vans beginning in the 2007 …