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Jeep - Fiat chrysler automobiles

Official notice

30 Jul 2013

Last checked

30 Jul 2013

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Jeep - Fiat chrysler automobiles. On certain vehicles, the power steering return line may wear against the automatic transmission oil cooler line, causing a transmission fluid leak. This would result in a loss of transmission fluid, potentially causing damage to the transmission and resulting in a loss of motive power. This could increase the risk of a crash causing personal injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will either add a protective sleeve or replace the transmission line. Published 2013-07-30.

What to do now

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Recall number

70487

Official notice

2013-07-30

The hazard

On certain vehicles, the power steering return line may wear against the automatic transmission oil cooler line, causing a transmission fluid leak. This would result in a loss of transmission fluid, potentially causing damage to the transmission and resulting in a loss of motive power. This could increase the risk of a crash causing personal injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will either add a protective sleeve or replace the transmission line.

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Recall Numbers

70487

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2012, Make: JEEP, Model: WRANGLER

Product 2

Year: 2013, Make: JEEP, Model: WRANGLER

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, the power steering return line may wear against the automatic transmission oil cooler line, causing a transmission fluid leak. This would result in a loss of transmission fluid, potentially causing damage to the transmission and resulting in a loss of motive power. This could increase the risk of a crash causing personal injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will either add a protective sleeve or replace the transmission line.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Jeep, Chrysler.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

70487

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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