Alfa Romeo Giulia, Alfa Romeo Stelvio, model year 2018. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 20 December 2017. 216 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio vehicles. The braking system on these vehicles may have been filled with contaminated brake fluid, possibly damaging the system and affecting its performance.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Alfa Romeo's own number for this recall: T84. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V823 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 17V823 cover?
- Alfa Romeo Giulia, Alfa Romeo Stelvio, model year 2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio vehicles. The braking system on these vehicles may have been filled with contaminated brake fluid, possibly damaging the system and affecting its performance.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A reduction in braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Alfa Romeo will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the braking system, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began February 1, 2018. Owners may contact Alfa Romeo customer service at 1-844-253-2872. Chrysler's number for this recall is T84.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Alfa Romeo calls this recall T84, 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: “A reduction in braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V823 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 December 2017 |
| Model years | 2018-2018 |
| Vehicles named | ALFA ROMEO GIULIA, ALFA ROMEO STELVIO |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A reduction in braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Alfa Romeo will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the braking system, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began February 1, 2018. Owners may contact Alfa Romeo customer service at 1-844-253-2872. Chrysler's number for this recall is T84.
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 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 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 17V823, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v823/
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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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 17V823 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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b29147b4 - 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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