Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Grand Cherokee L, model year 2023. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 26 June 2025. 1,689 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Grand Cherokee L vehicles. The blower motor may fail, which can cause the defrosting and defogging system to be inoperative. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 103, …
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Jeep's own number for this recall: 49C. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 25V430 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 25V430 cover?
- Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Grand Cherokee L, model year 2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Grand Cherokee L vehicles. The blower motor may fail, which can cause the defrosting and defogging system to be inoperative.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An inoperative windshield defrosting and defogging system may decrease the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and replace the blower motor, as necessary free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 8, 2025. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is 49C.
- 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 49C, 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 inoperative windshield defrosting and defogging system may decrease the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V430 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| System at fault | Visibility:Defroster/Defogger/HVAC System:Fan/Motor |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 June 2025 |
| Model years | 2023-2023 |
| Vehicles named | JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE L |
What the notice says today
The defect
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Grand Cherokee L vehicles. The blower motor may fail, which can cause the defrosting and defogging system to be inoperative. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 103, "Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems."
The consequence
An inoperative windshield defrosting and defogging system may decrease the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the blower motor, as necessary free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 8, 2025. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is 49C.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to d56f1a11ee7124fe6293ac752b8934a2…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 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 25V430, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v430/
The copy quoted above hashes to d56f1a11ee7124fe6293ac752b8934a2…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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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 25V430 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
55a7a6ce - Consequence
de009976 - 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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