Jeep Wrangler, model years 2021 to 2023. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 23 November 2022. 62,909 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe vehicles equipped with 2.0L Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle engines. A loss of communication may cause an engine shutdown.
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.
Jeep's own number for this recall: ZB7. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 22V865 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 22V865 cover?
- Jeep Wrangler, model years 2021-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe vehicles equipped with 2.0L Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle engines. A loss of communication may cause an engine shutdown.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An engine shutdown can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. There is more than one involved component and calibration software. Updating the calibration software in the Transmission Control Module, Hybrid Control Processor and Auxiliary Hybrid Control Processor that changes fail safe from shut down to limp home.
- 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 ZB7, 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: “An engine shutdown can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 22V865 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| System at fault | Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 November 2022 |
| Model years | 2021-2023 |
| Vehicles named | JEEP WRANGLER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An engine shutdown can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
There is more than one involved component and calibration software. Updating the calibration software in the Transmission Control Module, Hybrid Control Processor and Auxiliary Hybrid Control Processor that changes fail safe from shut down to limp home. Dealers will update the transmission control module software, Hybrid Control Processor and Auxiliary Hybrid Control Processor, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 22, 2022. Owners may contact FCA US, LLC customer service at 1-800-853-1403. FCA US, LLC's number for this recall ZB7.
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 116 notices in the record whose component field names engine. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 50 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
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Other Ram notices we hold
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- 26V529: 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L
- 26V528: 2021-2023 Dodge Durango
- 26V510: 2023-2025 Dodge Hornet and 2023-2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale
- 26V495: 2019-2026 Ram 1500
- 26V456: 2026 Jeep Gladiator and Jeep Wrangler
- 26V421: 2026 Ram 1500
All 601 Ram campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 22V865 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
44d67888 - Consequence
0908353f - 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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