Chrysler Group is recalling 2005-2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Commander SUVs because a transfer case electrical failure causes unintentional shifting into neutral.
Almost 300,000 Jeeps are affected by the safety defect that can cause a rollaways thereby increasing the risk of a crash or personal injury. A Mexican-built transfer case controller from Magna is the cause of the defect. At least one Jeep after a remote start rolled away.
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the final drive controller that governs the transfer case with new software, free of charge as is required by U.S. safety regulations. The recall will begin in June 2013.
Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753 about campaign number N23. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 or go to www.safercar.gov.
In a separate Jeep recall, 2008-2012 Wrangler right-hand-drive vehicles manufactured February 1, 2007, through October 10, 2011 have bad airbag clockspring assemblies that could experience broken airbag circuits rendering them inoperative. This recall supersedes NHTSA recall 11V-528. Chrysler’s recall campaign number is M31.
