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Substantial Defect
One that impairs the use, value or safety of the vehicle. Stalling, brake failure, steering and persistent electrical faults qualify. A rattle generally does not.
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JEEP LEMON LAW.
Jeep recalled 320,068 plug-in hybrids for battery fires — and that campaign replaced two earlier ones for the same defect. Vehicles already "repaired" twice needed a third remedy.
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EXPLORE ↓What Decides It
Four facts, in this order.
Jeep built it, but Jeep does not decide it. These four questions decide it, and the repair orders in your glovebox answer all four.
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Repair Attempts
Florida looks for three attempts at the same defect. New York looks for four. Recall work and visits that found nothing both count.
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Days Out of Service
Thirty cumulative days in Florida and in New York. Cumulative, not consecutive, and the days count whether or not anything was fixed.
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Coverage Window
The defect has to be reported while the vehicle is inside the warranty or rights period. When it was reported matters more than today's date.
The 4xe battery recall is the clearest repeat-repair record in the American market. Campaign 25V741 covers 320,068 Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe vehicles whose high-voltage battery may fail internally and cause a fire — and it expressly supersedes two earlier recalls, 23V787 and 24V720, on the same vehicles. Owners who complied with both earlier remedies needed a third.
That is the classic Lemon Law fact pattern, documented by the manufacturer itself. Three remedies for one defect is not an allegation you have to prove; it is on the NHTSA record.
Owners were also told to park outdoors away from structures and to stop charging pending repair. A plug-in hybrid you cannot charge has lost its core function, which speaks directly to the substantial impairment of use and value that the statute requires.
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Recall or Claim
A recall says Jeep knows. A third recall says the first two did not work.
A recall is the manufacturer acknowledging that a defect exists across a population of vehicles and offering a remedy. It is a public admission of the fault pattern, which makes it useful evidence. What it is not is a Lemon Law claim.
The claim arises from what happened to your vehicle: the defect was reported, the manufacturer was given a reasonable number of attempts to repair it, and it is still there. With the 4xe, the manufacturer has already documented two failed attempts before you count your own.
The exposure is not limited to hybrids. Campaign 26V363 covers 1,076,999 Wrangler and Gladiator vehicles from 2021 to 2025 whose electric hydraulic power steering pump wiring can overheat and start a fire — including while the vehicle is parked with the ignition off.
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Told to park outdoors?
A plug-in hybrid you cannot charge has lost its core function.
Recalled. Recalled again. Then recalled a third time.
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WHAT KEEPS COMING BACK.
These are the defect categories that generate the most Lemon Law and warranty claims against Jeep. A vehicle showing one of these is not automatically a claim. A vehicle showing one of these repeatedly and unrepaired usually is.
4xe Battery Fire Risk
Jeep's plug-in hybrid battery packs can short internally and ignite while parked or charging. Campaign 25V741 covers 320,068 Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe SUVs and supersedes two earlier recalls.
Power Steering Pump Fire
Out-of-tolerance electric hydraulic power steering pump connectors create high resistance and can start a fire with the ignition off, affecting 1,076,999 Wranglers and Gladiators.
Engine Debris and Failure
Casting sand left in 4xe engine blocks causes bearing wear, engine failure, power loss and compartment fires. Campaign 25V766 covers 117,904 Grand Cherokee 4xe and Wrangler 4xe vehicles.
Hybrid Control Power Loss
A hybrid control processor software fault drops drive power without warning in 91,787 Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrids, a defect repeatedly returned for reflashes rather than a permanent fix.
Electrical System Complaints
Electrical system is the single most-reported NHTSA complaint category for the Grand Cherokee in every model year from 2021 to 2025, and for the Wrangler across thousands of complaints in the same period.
Rearview Camera Blackout
Radio software can leave the backup camera screen blank in reverse, a federal rear-visibility violation. Campaign 26V531 covers 844,027 vehicles including eight 2026 Jeep nameplates.
Where It Ends Up
Four ways a Jeep claim resolves.
Which one applies depends on the state, the facts and what gets negotiated with FCA US. All four start with the same free case review.
The models we see most
Recall record · NHTSA · September 2026
JEEPRECALLED. RECALLED AGAIN. AND AGAIN.
01 / 2021-2025
1,076,999
Power steering pump fire — Wrangler, Wrangler 4xe and Gladiator. The electric hydraulic power steering pump wiring may overheat and cause a fire, even parked with the ignition off.
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02 / 4XE, 2020-2026
320,068
Battery fire risk — Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe. Owners told to park outdoors and stop charging. Supersedes two earlier recalls on the same vehicles.
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03 / 4XE, 2023-2025
117,904
Engine debris, failure — Grand Cherokee 4xe and Wrangler 4xe. Casting debris left inside the engine can cause failure, loss of drive power and an engine compartment fire.
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04 / GC PHEV, 2022-2026
91,787
Sudden loss of drive power — A software error in the hybrid control processor may cause a sudden loss of drive power while the vehicle is in motion.
Check My Case ↗Campaign 25V741 covers 320,068 Jeep plug-in hybrids and expressly supersedes recalls 23V787 and 24V720 on the same vehicles. Three remedies for one defect, documented by the manufacturer. Figures from NHTSA as of 23 September 2026.
Read the 15 Questions ↗Jeep Lemon Law
15 questions Jeep owners ask.
General information about Lemon Law and warranty claims, not legal advice. What applies to a particular vehicle depends on its records, its warranty and the state where it was bought.
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It is about as strong a fact as a Lemon Law claim can have. Campaign 25V741 covers 320,068 Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe vehicles and expressly supersedes recalls 23V787 and 24V720 on the same vehicles. The manufacturer has documented on the federal record that two previous remedies did not resolve the defect, before you count anything you arranged yourself.
It speaks directly to it. Florida's statute asks whether a defect substantially impairs the use, value or safety of the vehicle. A plug-in hybrid you are instructed not to charge has lost its core function, and a vehicle you cannot park in your own garage has lost ordinary use. Both are exactly the kind of impairment the statute contemplates.
Possibly, and by the largest campaign of all. Recall 26V363 covers 1,076,999 model-year 2021-2025 Wrangler, Wrangler 4xe and Gladiator vehicles whose electric hydraulic power steering pump wiring may overheat and cause a vehicle fire, including while parked with the ignition off. Gas models are now the largest affected population.
Against FCA US, LLC. Jeep is a division, not a separate manufacturer — NHTSA files every US campaign under Chrysler (FCA US, LLC), which is part of Stellantis. Your window sticker says Jeep; the recall record, the warrantor and the defendant all say FCA US.
A leased vehicle can be covered where it meets the same substantive requirements that apply to a purchase. The calculation of any refund is tied to the amounts actually paid into the lease rather than the full vehicle price, and the leasing company is dealt with as part of the resolution rather than left for you to sort out afterwards.
No. A recall is the manufacturer acknowledging that a defect exists across a population of vehicles and offering a remedy. A Lemon Law claim arises from what happened to your specific vehicle: a substantial defect, reported inside the coverage period, that the manufacturer was given a reasonable number of attempts to repair and did not. The recall is useful evidence within that claim, not a substitute for it.
Yes, where the recall remedy addressed the defect at issue and the fault persisted afterward. Owners frequently leave recall visits out of their own count because the work was free and manufacturer-initiated, which weakens the record unnecessarily. If the vehicle went in for the fault and came back with the fault, it was an attempt.
Florida's presumption generally arises after three repair attempts for the same defect, or after the vehicle has been out of service for 30 or more cumulative days during the Lemon Law rights period. A separate and earlier trigger applies at 15 cumulative days, when written notice goes to the manufacturer. It is a presumption rather than a fixed requirement — a defect serious enough to be dangerous can qualify with fewer attempts, and the presumption is one route to the remedy rather than the only one.
New York generally looks for four repair attempts for the same defect, or 30 or more days out of service, within the first two years or 18,000 miles. The framework is close to Florida's but the thresholds and the arbitration process differ, and a vehicle bought in one state and serviced in another needs the applicable law identified early.
One that impairs the use, value or safety of the vehicle. Stalling, brake failure, steering faults and persistent electrical problems clearly qualify. A rattle or a trim complaint generally does not. Between those extremes the answer depends on how the fault affects the vehicle in normal use, and on what the repair orders actually say about it.
State Lemon Law is primarily directed at qualifying new and demonstrator vehicles. A used Jeep can still carry rights where a manufacturer or dealer warranty was active when the defect was reported, generally under federal warranty law including the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which does not carry the same new-vehicle limitation.
A leased vehicle can be covered where it meets the same substantive requirements that apply to a purchase. The calculation of any refund is tied to the amounts actually paid into the lease rather than the full vehicle price, and the leasing company is dealt with as part of the resolution rather than left to be sorted out afterward.
That visit still counts as a repair attempt. Intermittent faults are extremely common in software, camera and electrical systems, and a growing share of manufacturer campaigns are software-related. A record of repeated visits where the fault was reported and not resolved is precisely the pattern the law addresses. Ask for the complaint to be written down in your words, and keep the copy that says it could not be verified.
Three, in practice. A repurchase, where the manufacturer buys the vehicle back and refunds what was paid, less a statutory offset for the miles driven before the first report of the defect. A replacement with a comparable vehicle. Or a cash settlement where the vehicle stays with you and the manufacturer pays for the diminished value. Which applies depends on the state, the facts and what is negotiated.
Broadly: the purchase price plus collateral and incidental charges, minus a mileage offset tied to the distance driven before the defect was first reported. Registration, taxes and finance charges are frequently recoverable. The offset is the part manufacturers most often calculate in their own favour, and it is worth checking line by line.
Other Manufacturers
The badge does not decide the claim.
The law applies the same way to every brand sold in the state. What differs is the defect pattern, the warranty terms and how hard the manufacturer fights.
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Send the year, model and the repair history. If your 4xe went through more than one battery recall, that is already two documented attempts.
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