Recall Register

1976 Jeep CJ7: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1976 Jeep CJ7. The newest campaign is 78V065000. NHTSA received the report on 31 Mar 1978. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Ignition / Module. NHTSA has 2 complaints 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, 78V065000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will install improved wire connectors without charge to owners.
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

4 campaigns, newest first. 220,107 units in total.

  • 78V065000Electrical System / Ignition / Module
  • 78V039000Power Train / Manual Transmission
  • 76V034000Steering / Gear Box (Other Than Rack and Pinion)
  • 76V025000Unknown or Other

  1. 78V065000Received . 102,398 units.

    Electrical System / Ignition / Module

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicles were built with wire connectors that fail to allow the current flow needed to support the electronic control of the engine ignition.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will install improved wire connectors without charge to owners.

    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: .

  3. 76V034000Received . 18,858 units.

    Steering / Gear Box (Other Than Rack and Pinion)

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

  4. 76V025000Received . 1,918 units.

    Unknown or Other

    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

2 complaints, 2 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.

1976 Jeep CJ7: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Tires1
Electrical System1
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
26 Oct 1998

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 1976 Jeep CJ7, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, 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. 19721
  2. 19731
  3. 19741
  4. 19752
  5. 19764
  6. 19771
  7. 19782
  8. 19792
  9. 19812
  10. 19821
  11. 19830
  12. 19850
  13. 19860

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. 1976 Jeep CJ7: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/jeep/cj7/1976/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1976 Jeep CJ7?
220,107 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Jeep CJ7 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 10 recall campaigns for the Jeep CJ7, model years 1972 to 1986. 4 of them name the 1976 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1976 Jeep CJ7 name most often?
Tires: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1976 Jeep CJ7 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.