Chrysler is recalling certain models of the 2007-2008 Jeep Wrangler, right hand drive only, vehicles. Some vehicles may have insufficient clearance between the steering intermediate shaft and rear brake tubes.

Prolonged brake tube contact could wear a hole in the tube and cause a partial brake system loss. This could cause a crash without warning.

Dealers will install a revised brake tube clip to retain the tubes, inspect the brake tubes for damage due to potential contact with the steering intermediate shaft, and replace the brake tubes if necessary. The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule for this campaign. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-853-1403.

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Chrysler is recalling 180,963 2007-2008 Sebring and Dodge Avenger vehicles equipped with a standard tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Unused electrical connectors for the TPMS may become corroded and could short circuit, which can cause a variety of conditions including engine no start, dead battery, an inoperative cruise control or remote start system, and/or engine stalling.

Engine stalling could cause a crash without warning. Dealers will seal the wires for the TPMS free of charge. The recall began on April 15, 2008. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-853-1403.

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Chrysler on Tuesday announced a global recall of 212,347 Chrysler Sebrings and Dodge Avengers, including nearly 15,000 in Canada, to fix electrical connectors.

The company says the connectors in the engines may become corroded and short-circuit, causing engine stalling, dead batteries and failing cruise control. No accidents or injuries have been reported though the company has received nine reports of engines failing.

The recall affects model year 2007 and 2008 cars with tire pressure monitoring systems.

Dealers will begin repairing the connectors in mid-April.

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The South Korean unit of U.S. carmaker Chrysler LLC will recall 467 Sebring sedans sold here because of a defect that may potentially overheat the engine, the government said Tuesday.

Chrysler Korea’s recall is due to a leak in the coolant hose, which could cause the coolant to seep into the car’s electrical system and possibly result in a short circuit and overheating of the engine, the Transportation Ministry said.

The affected autos are the ones imported between November 18 of last year and June 12. The recalled cars can be repaired free of charge starting Wednesday at service centers designated by the company.

In South Korea, the ministry is in charge of announcing vehicle recalls.

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DaimlerChrysler is recalling 1,498 model year 2007 two-wheel-drive Dodge Ram pickup trucks equipped with manual transmissions. The front driveshaft yoke may break under certain driving conditions. This could result in a loss of vehicle control and cause a crash without warning. Dealers will replace the driveshaft. The recall was expected to begin during October 2007.

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The president of the United Auto Workers said Thursday that the tentative agreement reached with Chrysler LLC follows the pattern by the union’s deal with General Motors Corp. (GM), though he added that the union can make small adjustments depending on the company it’s dealing with.

He also said he expects similar terms with Ford Motor Co. (F), which is the remaining U.S. auto maker to deal with the UAW.

“We like to do a little, you know, adjustment, depending on the company that we’re at,” UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said during an interview on Detroit radio station WJR 760 AM. “But in this case, it’s basically a pattern agreement.”

On Wednesday, the UAW reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract with Chrysler after short strike that lasted less than seven hours.

The deal, if ratified, would cover about 45,000 employees. The agreement, like the UAW’s deal with GM, will allow Chrysler to shift its retiree health-care liabilities into an independent trust, known as a VEBA. The deal also includes a lower wage for new hires. A sticking point with Chrysler was that it didn’t receive the same mid-contract retiree health-care concession from the UAW that GM and Ford received in 2005. Asked by host Paul W. Smith if that issue was addressed in the agreement with Chrysler, Gettelfinger said the union followed pattern bargaining.

“There’s no question Paul W. that, again, we went after a pattern agreement and we worked our way through that, and we were able to work out a VEBA with Chrysler and we’re pleased with it,” he said.

Gettelfinger repeated his stance that he thinks moving responsibility for retiree health-care payments away from companies and into an independent trust is a good move.

Also on Wednesday, the UAW said its members at GM ratified a four-year contract with that auto maker.

Now the UAW’s attention turns to reaching a deal with Ford and getting the tentative pact with Chrysler ratified.

Although Ford’s financial condition arguably is more dire than the other two U.S. auto makers, Gettelfinger said he expects to follow the same pattern.

“Ford understands pattern bargaining,” Gettelfinger said. He added that the contract is designed so that Ford “should be able to take that agreement and put it in place there.”

Gettelfinger also noted that Ford Chairman Bill Ford Jr. said the auto maker can live with the contract as patterned with GM.

The UAW typically uses the agreement it reaches with the first of the Big Three U.S. auto makers as a pattern for the other two.

Gettelfinger said he hopes to get an agreement with Ford “without any kind of altercation.”

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