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Jeep not equipped with a transmission fluid temperature warning system.

NHTSA campaign 09V-436 · Reported May 11, 2009 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Jeep Wrangler
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND INSTALL A "HOTOIL" MESSAGE IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND A CHIME INDICATING AN ELEVATED TRANSMISSION FLUID CONDITION.
COST
Free

The short version

CHRYSLER LLC reported a problem with the power train automatic transmission. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH A TRANSMISSION FLUID TEMPERATURE WARNING SYSTEM.

WHY IT MATTERS

FLUID COULD BOIL OVER AND MAY COME INTO CONTACT WITH A HOT ENGINE OR EXHAUST COMPONENT AND CAUSE A FIRE.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND INSTALL A "HOTOIL" MESSAGE IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND A CHIME INDICATING AN ELEVATED TRANSMISSION FLUID CONDITION, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 09V-436.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2007–2008Jeep Wrangler

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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