Recall on 2010 KK regarding brakes.

turbosocks · **Joined:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:06 pm **Posts:** 93

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/18/autos/chrysler_recall/index.htm

I checked on Jeep.com and it doesn't show up as a recall yet. I will be calling the dealer soon to find out if I can get it fixed under recall yet.

wecwbe · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:23 pm

I talked to my dealer today and he told me that the only KKs that are to be recalled are those built between 10/29/09 nand 11/16/09. Luckily mine was built a few days outside that range. I was glad to hear that since I have had mine parked ever since I heard about the recall earlier this week.

The potentially defective part is apparently an improperly formed or missing brake booster input rod retaining clip. this can cause brake system failure and an accident. See details at: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/results.cfm?rcl_id=10V009000&searchtype=quicksearch&summary=true&refurl=rss

From my past experience fixing other cars (haven't looked under the dash of my KK on this), the lever that the brake pedal is on is connected to a rod that goes through the firewall and inserts into the brake system master cylinder. There is a clip that permanently connects it to the master cylinder once it is inserted into the master cylinder. If that is really the part that may be faulty, this is very serious because it would mean that the brake pedal and the linkage it is attached to would be disconnected from the rest of the brake system meaning the only brakes you would have would be the emergency brake. The mechanic I talked to at the dealer had not received detailed instructions to fix the problem yet, but he agreed that what I said above was probably correct.

bettsyboy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:59 am

turbosocks wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/18/autos/chrysler_recall/index.htm

I checked on Jeep.com and it doesn't show up as a recall yet. I will be calling the dealer soon to find out if I can get it fixed under recall yet.

you probably have nothing to fix

this is a pretty small recall but its been getting a lot of attention in the media.

truth be told, this was an RRT (rapid response transmittal) that was out before most of the affected vehicles were delivered... if your dealer is doing a good job you will not have an issue.

Yositime · **Joined:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:16 pm **Posts:** 13

wecwbe wrote:

this is very serious because it would mean that the brake pedal and the linkage it is attached to would be disconnected from the rest of the brake system meaning the only brakes you would have would be the emergency brake.

Thats pretty much what happened on the RAM assembly line in Mexico... test guy had total brake failure during test drive.

Recall on 2010 KK regarding brakes.

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