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Grid Heater RELAY Recall (new)
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Ostracize
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Yes it is.
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It will be nice to have it fixed, but my understanding is that driving or parked has the same probability of a fire, meaning the relay doesn’t have to be closed to fail.
Would any of you guys with a repaired 2022 please provide the part number on the relay? I'll bet it is 68606435AB. Thanks
Ostracize
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CSTP13A1AA was ordered per the recall for my '21...and 68606435AB is what arrived and was installed
jak
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Picking mine up this afternoon, finally.
What am I missing here guys? This is what I suspected. The replacement part is 68606435AB, available for purchase on the internet at multiple vendors for between $82 - $100. This part is the same for 2021s to 2023s. However, at the dealer, 68606435AB comes in a box labeled CSTP13A1AA. Look at the picture in post #159 on page 8. We a being held hostage by the requirement that we have to have the “special” part number, installed by the dealer, to have the recall cleared when we could buy the part online, install it ourselves, and get reimbursement if we want to bother. The statement that a fix for 2022s was not yet available was BS. I don’t have a big issue with the whole recall occurence. Stuff happens and there is so much technology and so many moving parts on these trucks, I am bit surprised it doesn’t happen more often. It’s the misinformation and BS to control us that gets to me. If I’ve gotten something wrong here, please let me know.
Go to any mopar parts site that says it’s available to purchase, put it in your cart and order it, and see what happens. I bet the order gets kicked in about a day or two.
Ostracize
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My guess is that dealers are directed to order CSTP13A1AA given that 13A is the recall and this is used to track the distribution of the parts related to the recall by FCA.
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Due to limited supplies on this, some dealers are not selling these part. These parts are currently reserve for the dealer's customers and vehicles on their lot at the moment. Thank you
William
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Interesting but, I guess, not a big surprise. There might be a supply limitation but I still don't buy that "a fix for 2022 is not yet available". It was available, just not prioritized.
Correct, prioritized because of the short supply of them right now.
Also, all of the mopar parts sites online that you go to are actually just various dealership parts departments throughout the country that have set up websites to sell parts.
Pretty much a thing across most industries. A parts aggregator with regional distro/logistics warehouse centers (like ProLogis and others) runs all the part websites for the "customer" and ships the products to the consumer.
There's a reason so many sites in similar industries have the same look and feel.
Yes, as jimmy has explained in other instances, a unique dealer only "recall " part number is assigned. In some cases, like the Y78 HPFP recall, it consisted of a kit of multiple parts that the retail customer could not order/purchase using the same kit part number.