Daystar Jeep Lift Kit, Jeep Renegade, model years 2015 to 9999. Filed by Daystar Products International, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 18 February 2016. 50 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daystar Products International, Inc. (Daystar) is recalling certain aftermarket replacement rear control arm brackets included in Daystar's 2015-2016 Jeep Renegade 1.5" spacer kit, part KJ09168BK, shipped from Daystar to distributors between October 27, 2015 and November 5, 2015. The affected spacers may have improper …
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Daystar's own number for this recall: 16-01. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16E013 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 16E013 cover?
- Daystar Jeep Lift Kit, Jeep Renegade, model years 2015 onwards.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daystar Products International, Inc. (Daystar) is recalling certain aftermarket replacement rear control arm brackets included in Daystar's 2015-2016 Jeep Renegade 1.5" spacer kit, part KJ09168BK, shipped from Daystar to distributors between October 27, 2015 and November 5, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the axle moves there could be an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Daystar will notify owners, and direct them to repair shops to have the brackets inspected and replaced as needed, free of charge. The recall began on March 11, 2016. Owners may contact Daystar customer service at 1-623-907-0081 or by email at Jbilyeu@daystarweb.com.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Daystar calls this recall 16-01, 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: “If the axle moves there could be an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16E013 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daystar Products International, Inc. |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 February 2016 |
| Model years | 2015-9999 |
| Vehicles named | DAYSTAR JEEP LIFT KIT, JEEP RENEGADE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the axle moves there could be an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Daystar will notify owners, and direct them to repair shops to have the brackets inspected and replaced as needed, free of charge. The recall began on March 11, 2016. Owners may contact Daystar customer service at 1-623-907-0081 or by email at Jbilyeu@daystarweb.com. Daystar's number for this recall is 16-01.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 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
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16E013, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16e013/
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 16E013 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
cd5f16c4 - Consequence
d9038ca0 - 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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