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JEEP passenger car - jeep wrangler — fire risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskFireMar 19, 2010

Hazard

The product poses a risk of fire because the transmission fluid on the affected vehicles may overheat under certain driving conditions. Continuous operation under these conditions may cause the transmission fluid to boil over and come in contact with hot engine or exhaust components. This could cause an underhood fire without warning.

Measures taken

  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer — Other

Product description

The recall applies only to the above vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2010-w11/2010-w11_37-vins.pdf">See attached list of VIN numbers</a><img src="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/pdf.gif"/>.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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