You might remember that our Pasadena auto defect lawyers wrote about a recall on the Jeep Wrangler a while back. Well now federal authorities have expanded their investigation into the Wranglers’ safety due to additional fire hazards.
An initial recall of some 67,000 Jeep Wranglers with automatic transmissions affected the 2010 models. In those vehicles, the skid plates, set in close proximity to the catalytic converters, could accumulate debris and then ignite.
The expanded federal investigation covers more than 5,000,000 (5 million) Jeep vehicles. The expended federal probe of the Jeeps follows a series of rear-impact crashes involving older model Jeeps that have exposed a potential fire danger relating to the flawed fuel tankand fuel system architecture. The NHTSA says that 15 people have died in such fires in the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Apparently the fuel system architecture represents a potential defect because it makes the vehicles particularly vulnerable to fire dangers in the event of a rear-impact crash. As the investigation is ongoing and final conclusions have not yet been reached, the NHTSA has not yet issued an official recall of the over 5 million affected vehicles.
For your information, so that you can take steps to avoid potential hazards in case you own one of these older model vehicles, the Jeeps under investigation are:
If you own one of the Jeep vehicles affected by the recall, our Pasadena auto defect lawyers suggest you continue to follow news of the federal investigation and its results. If your vehicle ultimately gets recalled, be sure to take it in for repair or other safety measures as recommended under the recall.
Contact our Pasadena auto defect lawyers for a free and confidential legal consultation if you suffer injury because of a defect in your vehicle. For more than 12 years, we’ve been helping injured victims of manufacturers’ product defects to make just financial recoveries for the harm they’ve needlessly suffered. Our skill, dedication, and experience could help you too.