Recall Register

1978 Jeep CJ5: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1978 Jeep CJ5. The newest campaign is 78V049000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Mar 1978. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 78V049000, in the NHTSA record

The involved vehicles will have the couplings replaced.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 99,659 units in total.

  1. 78V049000Received . 2,726 units.

    Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The coupling which attaches the intermediate steering shaft to the steering gear may have oversized serrations which could prevent the coupling from being properly tightened in the steering gear shaft when the steering wheel is turned. This may also cause free play in the steering wheel.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles will have the couplings replaced.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 78V039000Received . 96,933 units.

    Power Train / Manual Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles may have been built with the transmission adapter plate seal improperly seated. This condition could allow a gradual transfer of lubricant from the transmission to the transfer case.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will inspect the lubricant levels on the involved vehicles and, where necessary, replace the rear oil seals.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1978 Jeep CJ5: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Steering1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
2 May 2007

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1978 Jeep CJ5, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2007, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19723
  2. 19731
  3. 19742
  4. 19752
  5. 19764
  6. 19771
  7. 19782
  8. 19792
  9. 19811
  10. 19821

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1978 Jeep CJ5: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/jeep/cj5/1978/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1978 Jeep CJ5?
99,659 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Jeep CJ5 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns for the Jeep CJ5, model years 1972 to 1982. 2 of them name the 1978 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1978 Jeep CJ5 name most often?
Steering: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1978 Jeep CJ5 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.