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Chrysler has decided to recall 2.7 million 1993 to 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee
and 2002 to 2007 Liberty models for a potential risk relating to the fuel
tank placement between the rear bumper and rear axle. The recall is
initiated 15 days after the automaker originally denied a request following
a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation.
On June 4, one day after NHTSA's finding, Chrysler rejected the request in a
media statement, stating the NHTSA's initial conclusions are based on “
incomplete analysis of the underlying data.” Chrysler said the impacted
models met or exceeded all applicable requirements of the Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards, including the ones pertaining to fuel system
integrity.
Chrysler's denial of the request prompted concern from Jeep owners,
including Jenelle Embrey, who started a petition at Change.org that asked
Chrysler to take action.
Embrey was involved in an accident with a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a semi
truck on Oct. 5, where she says she saw a car that was rear ended go up in
flames with people trapped inside. (You can read the tale here at Change.org
but be warned, the story is graphic.)
In a statement Chrysler said Embrey's case featured a crash 23 times more
powerful than the required performance threshold, which was doubled in 2008.
On Monday, before the recall was issued, Embrey took her mother's 2004 Jeep
Grand Cherokee to a dealership in Fairfax, Va. to symbolically ask the
dealer to initiate a recall. She brought her signatures, along with pictures
of people injured by the Jeeps in question. Her campaign at the petition
site had more than 125,000 signatures.
Embrey was turned away by the dealer, who basically said at that time if
Chrysler doesn't issue a recall there is nothing that it can do.
Chrysler said today that they will inspect vehicles involved in the recall
and, if necessary, provide an upgrade to the rear structure of the vehicle
to better manage crash forces in low-speed impacts.
"Chrysler Group's analysis of the data confirms that these vehicles are not
defective and are among the safest in the peer group," Chrysler said in the
statement. "Nonetheless, Chrysler Group recognizes that this matter has
raised concerns for its customer and wants to take further steps, in
coordination with NHTSA, to provide additional measures to supplement the
safety of its vehicles."
NHTSA head David Strickland told the Detroit News last Thursday the
organization “felt very strongly that the process that we undertook and the
findings that we made [warranted] the decision to issue a recall request.
We do not take that very lightly.”
NHTSA didn't tell owners to stop driving their cars, something it has done
in the past. “They can make their own risk assessment and their own choices
,” Strickland said.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130618/carnews/130619811#ixzz2dqfMy7Wf
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