2001–2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recall: Seats

NHTSA campaign 09V117000 · Seats · filed Apr 9, 2009 · verified Jul 30, 2026

Units reported

103K

Manufacturer

CHRYSLER LLC

Risk

Fire

Owner letters

Mailing began Nov 23, 2009

The defect

CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 103,409 MY 2001-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES WITH HEATED SEATS AND WITH CHRYSLER RECALL NO. 06V-197 COMPLETED (03-04 MY) OR SEAT HEATER ELEMENTS SERVICE REPLACEMENT (01-02 MY). THE FRONT SEAT ELECTRIC HEATER ELEMENTS COULD OVERHEAT.

The risk

OVERHEATING COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE OR INJURY.

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The fix — what to do

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SEAT HEATER ELEMENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 23, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.

CHRYSLER RECALL NO. J14.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Affected vehicles

Make	Model	Model years
Jeep	Grand Cherokee	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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Source: NHTSA recall database, campaign 09V117000 (manufacturer number J14). Data last verified Jul 30, 2026.