EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-11
JEEP · Passenger car - JEEP Wrangler
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.
- Published
- 19 March 2010
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0517/10
- Model
- Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited (type JK) (recall campaign J30)
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- United States
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"/>.