Just Received The Third Recall

[SRT Racing]

Just received my third recall that that has to do with the ORC (Occupant Restraint Controller). In short the software may contain an issue during power down memory clean-up which can corrupt flash memory which may lead to other issues including risk of injury to vehicle occupants in the event of a crash. It appears they had issues in 2018 with the ORC module resulting with a recall.

 

[Irish.]

Yup got one yesterday will have it done this fri

 

[bdm219]

I rec'd this one yesterday in the mail. This is my 5th recall!!

 

[Firebird]

Got it too, dealer will flash computer I assume

 

[NorthStar1]

I've owned Chrysler products going back to the 1970's. In the old days, Chrysler just ignored the problem until you were out of warranty - and then it was on your dime to fix it. Today, Chrysler issues recalls to get ahead of the problem and fix it. I prefer the latter way of Chrysler doing business rather than waiting for me to pay for it all once the warranty has expired.

 

[runamuck]

Yup got one yesterday will have it done this fri

my dealer says they cant even do it till after july 20

 

[Irish.]

my dealer says they cant even do it till after july 20

HA.. I had it done about a week ago.. no issue.,, your dealer is giving you BS

 

[RamHondo]

just had my Rebel flashed at dealer so far so good.

 

[runamuck]

HA.. I had it done about a week ago.. no issue.,, your dealer is giving you BS

probably not the first time

 

[Musky Mike]

I've owned Chrysler products going back to the 1970's. In the old days, Chrysler just ignored the problem until you were out of warranty - and then it was on your dime to fix it. Today, Chrysler issues recalls to get ahead of the problem and fix it. I prefer the latter way of Chrysler doing business rather than waiting for me to pay for it all once the warranty has expired.

Recalls are mostly safety related, FCA hasn’t changed...in this day and age they don’t want to get sued if you get injured from a known defect. If they really have changed, they would issue recalls for all the known issues, not TSBs. With that said, it’s not just FCA, it’s all manufactures. They don’t want to spend money on non -safety related items.

 

[Elkman]

It is being referred to as a problem with a corrupted computer module which probably means a defective solid state memory for the controller. A repair would entail replacing the bad chip and then doing a flash to add the necessary coding.

It reflects poor quality control when 300,000 of these chips made their way into trucks before the problem was noticed.

Buying a vehicle in its first year of production is always a gamble with the American manufacturers' vehicles. I had 4 recalls with my GM truck and the 5th one is for a defective airbag inflator that GM has chosen not to provide replacements for dealers so I have the passenger side airbag turned off. Definitely hurts resale value of an expensive truck.