The Recall of the Recall of the Recall: 328,000 Grand Cherokees, Same Springs, Third Time

FCA recalled 328,381 Jeep Grand Cherokees this week because the rear coil springs may be incorrectly installed and detach from the vehicle while driving. This is the third recall campaign for the same defect.^[1] If you own a 2021-2023 Grand Cherokee or Grand Cherokee L, or a 2022-2023 4xe, this one is for you, even if you already had the fix done.

Round one was June 2023: recall 64A covered 331,401 vehicles after FCA found rear coil springs that could work loose and fall out at speed, becoming what NHTSA dryly called a hazard to operators and occupants of other vehicles.^[2] Round two was January 2026: after 20 customer complaints, 70 similar incidents, and 284 warranty claims, NHTSA discovered some dealers had botched the first repair, leaving springs seated wrong on 80,620 vehicles.^[3] Round three is now: recall 89D, and this time the remedy escalates from another inspection to actually replacing both rear coil spring lower isolators.^[4]

Notice the pattern: inspect, then inspect again, then finally replace the parts. Each campaign is a quiet admission the previous one did not hold. Meanwhile the estimated defect rate has collapsed from 13% in the original 2023 filing to 0.1% now, which means the safety net keeps widening while the actual number of bad installs shrinks to roughly three hundred cars. Over-inclusive recalls are how the system is supposed to work. They are also how you get owners who did everything right being told, three years later, that their repair did not take.

Here is what to do: starting September 9, punch your VIN into nhtsa.gov/recalls.^[5] Do not wait for the letter, which is not going out until September 29. Dealers replace both rear isolators, and the fix is free. Call FCA at 1-800-853-1403 if you have questions about whether your vehicle is included. And if a service writer tells you the previous recall already handled this, ask them to check campaign 89D specifically, because this time the answer is supposed to be different.

In fairness, expanding the net and escalating the remedy is what a functioning safety system looks like. Nobody got paid to hide this. But the sequence raises an uncomfortable question about the middle campaign. NHTSA's own investigation found the January 2026 repairs were repairing botched 2023 repairs, and we still do not know how many of those 80,620 vehicles were actually left in a dangerous state, because the dealer service records that defined the group are the same records that got the repair wrong the first time.

FCA knew about 20 complaints and 284 warranty claims before the second recall, and reported no accidents or injuries at that filing. Whether that record has held since is not in any public filing I could find. Three campaigns, one spring, and no excuses left for anyone involved. Check your VIN.