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Jeep component in the air bag control module may fail causing the front airbags, side curtain airbags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.

NHTSA campaign 12V-527 · Reported November 8, 2012 · 744,822 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty
VEHICLES AFFECTED
744,822
REMEDY
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a supplemental jumper harness to the airbag control module, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

CHRYSLER GROUP LLC reported a problem with the frontal sensor/control module-inactive. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

A component in the air bag control module may fail causing the front airbags, side curtain airbags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.

WHY IT MATTERS

Inadvertent deployment of the airbags may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.

WHAT TO DO

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a supplemental jumper harness to the airbag control module, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 12V-527.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2002–2004Jeep Grand Cherokee
2002–2003Jeep Liberty

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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