Stellantis Recalls 848,000 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram Vehicles Over Backup Camera Glitch

Stellantis is recalling an estimated 848,511 vehicles in the United States after a software fault in the radio system can knock out the rearview camera display right when a driver shifts into reverse. The recall spans Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, covering minivans, pickups, SUVs and the redesigned Dodge Charger.

FCA US LLC, the Stellantis unit responsible for its American brands, announced the voluntary recall on August 17, 2026. The company traced the fault to radio software that fails to show the camera feed on the vehicle’s media screen when the driver puts the car in reverse. Stellantis says it knows of no crashes or injuries linked to the glitch.

Which Vehicles Are Affected

The recall reaches across most of Stellantis’s American lineup. Affected models include:

• 2026-27 Chrysler Pacifica, Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid and Voyager minivans
• 2026-27 Dodge Charger models
• 2026 Jeep Cherokee, Compass, Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, Grand Cherokee L, Grand Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer L, plus the Wrangler
• 2026 Ram 1500 and 2500 pickups, and the ProMaster and ProMaster EV vans

Outside the US, Stellantis expects to recall roughly 82,869 vehicles in Canada, 7,969 in Mexico and 15,736 more across other markets, putting the worldwide total near 955,000 vehicles.

What Owners Need to Do

Stellantis plans to fix the fault with an over-the-air software update rather than a dealership appointment. Drivers will see an alert on the media screen once the update becomes available for their vehicle. Regulatory rules require Stellantis to mail written recall notices to owners starting in September, with instructions on how to check for and install the fix.

Owners who want to check sooner can call Stellantis customer care at 1-800-853-1403 or visit recalls.mopar.com to see whether a specific vehicle identification number is on the list. NHTSA also lets drivers search open recalls directly at nhtsa.gov/recalls with a VIN. Federal law requires the repair at no cost to the owner, whether the vehicle came from a dealer as new or changed hands secondhand. Anyone shopping for a used 2026 or 2027 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram model can run the VIN through the same NHTSA tool before buying, to confirm any open recall gets closed out first.

Until the update lands, Stellantis wants drivers to fall back on the tools that got backup cameras into cars in the first place: mirrors. If the rearview image does not appear, the company says, use the rearview and side mirrors when reversing.

Why the Backup Camera Rule Exists

Every new car and light truck sold in the US has needed a rear visibility system, either a mirror-based setup or a backup camera, that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 on vehicles built after May 1, 2018. Congress pushed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration toward that rule through the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, legislation named for a two-year-old killed when his father backed over him in a driveway. The standard requires a camera system to show a field at least 20 degrees wide and 10 degrees tall directly behind the vehicle, displayed on a screen inside the driver’s normal line of sight.

That background explains why a software bug touching camera displays draws fast attention, even when the automaker flags the flaw itself. Backup cameras close blind spots that mirrors alone cannot cover, especially around small children and low objects near the rear bumper. Federal data has linked back-over crashes to more than 200 US deaths a year, with children and older adults among the most common victims.

A Fix That Skips the Dealer

Software recalls fixed remotely, with no dealer visit required, have grown more common across the industry over the past several years, though most automakers still ask owners to bring a vehicle in so a technician can install the repair. Stellantis’s approach here pushes the update straight to the vehicle and skips that step, a method that tends to raise how many owners actually complete a recall compared with one that depends on a dealership booking.

This recall lands in a heavy stretch of software scrutiny for Stellantis. The affected models cover four of the automaker’s five American brands and include some of its newest vehicles, among them the redesigned, multi-energy Dodge Charger built on the STLA Large platform and sold as both a gas-powered SIXPACK model and the all-electric Charger Daytona. Owners of an affected Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram model can confirm their vehicle’s status through either the Mopar recall site or NHTSA’s own VIN lookup tool, and should watch for the alert on their media screen in the weeks ahead.

The rearview camera has become one of the most relied-upon safety features in a modern car, used on nearly every reverse maneuver from a driveway to a crowded parking lot. A glitch that quietly drops the image, rather than failing in an obvious way, carries its own risk: a driver who does not notice the screen has gone dark can back up without realizing the usual visual aid is missing. Stellantis’s advice stands as the simplest safeguard until the fix arrives. Check the screen before reversing, and lean on the mirrors if the camera feed does not show up.