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Chrysler father or mother firm Stellantis is recalling greater than 91,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee hybrids within the U.S. resulting from a software program malfunction that will end in a lack of drive energy, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) stated on Thursday.
Some Jeep Grand Cherokee Plug-In Hybrid Electrical Automobiles, mannequin years 2022 by means of 2026, might have an overloading of the battery pack management module microprocessor, inflicting it to reset. When this occurs, the hybrid management processor can misread indicators from the battery pack management module — doubtlessly leading to a lack of drive energy, the NHTSA famous.
“An sudden lack of propulsion may cause a car crash with out prior warning,” the NHTSA famous.
Of the 91,787 probably affected autos, only one%, or round 918 of them, are believed to have the defect, in line with the NHTSA web site.
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A 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid sports activities utility car (SUV) navigates an impediment course on the 2024 New York Worldwide Auto Present on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Comparable autos that aren’t a part of this recall both shouldn’t have a hybrid management processor or had been constructed after the affected timeframe, in line with the NHTSA.
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Jeep auto showroom, constructing exterior with firm model title in Manhattan, New York Metropolis. (Plexi Photographs/GHI/UCG/Common Photographs Group through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
As of Aug. 18, Fiat Chrysler Vehicles had acquired 96 buyer complaints, 110 discipline reviews and 320 different service data linked to the difficulty. As of the identical date, the corporate isn’t conscious of any crashes or accidents linked to the issue, the NHTSA famous.
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On Sept. 11, sellers shall be notified, and car identification numbers (VINs) which can be affected by the recall shall be searchable on the NHTSA web site. Proprietor notification letters shall be mailed on Oct. 23, in line with the NHTSA.
The Jeep emblem is seen on the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee within the showroom on the Massey-Yardley Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram car dealership in Plantation, Florida on Oct. 8, 2013. ( REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photograph / Reuters)
In the same announcement earlier this yr, the NHTSA stated Stellantis was recalling greater than 63,000 Jeep Cherokees, with mannequin years 2017 by means of 2019, resulting from points with the autos’ energy switch items.
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In November, Stellantis introduced it was indefinitely shedding greater than 1,000 workers at its Jeep meeting plant in Ohio because the automaker considerably decreased its stock ranges to match demand.
Stellantis didn’t instantly reply to FOX Enterprise’ request for remark.
