Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Liberty, model years 2002 to 2004. Filed by Chrysler Group Llc and reported to NHTSA on 8 November 2012. 744,822 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2002 and 2003 Jeep Liberty vehicles manufactured January 9, 2001, through March 28, 2003, and 2002 through 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured February 13, 2001, through May 23, 2003. A component in the air bag control module may fail causing the front airbags, side …
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Jeep's own number for this recall: M35. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V527 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V527 cover?
- Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Liberty, model years 2002-2004.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2002 and 2003 Jeep Liberty vehicles manufactured January 9, 2001, through March 28, 2003, and 2002 through 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured February 13, 2001, through May 23, 2003.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Inadvertent deployment of the airbags may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a supplemental jumper harness to the airbag control module, free of charge. Owners were notified of the recall by interim letter in January 2013. The remedy for affected Liberty vehicles is expected to be available in April 2013.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Jeep calls this recall M35, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Inadvertent deployment of the airbags may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V527 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC |
| System at fault | Air Bags |
| Reported to NHTSA | 8 November 2012 |
| Model years | 2002-2004 |
| Vehicles named | JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, JEEP LIBERTY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Inadvertent deployment of the airbags may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a supplemental jumper harness to the airbag control module, free of charge. Owners were notified of the recall by interim letter in January 2013. The remedy for affected Liberty vehicles is expected to be available in April 2013. The remedy for affected Grand Cherokee vehicles is expected to be available later in the year. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12V527, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v527/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12V527 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ad7414d3 - Consequence
247aa6ed - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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