Grand Cherokee Fuel Tank Fires

Government Expands Investigation Into Fire Risk of Jeep Grand Cherokee

 

More than five million Jeep vehicles are under federal scrutiny after a preliminary investigation revealed an uncommonly high occurrence of fires, some of them deadly, when the vehicles were rear-ended in crashes.

June 15, 2012
NHTSA Upgrades and Expands Jeep Fire Investigation

June 15, 2012

Letter to NHTSA Administrator Strickland Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires – 5/23/12

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Grand Cherokee Fuel Tank Fires Information

May 23, 2012
ABC 11 Raleigh Series on Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires

ABC 11 Raleigh Series on Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires

April 20, 2012
CAS Renews Request to Recall Jeep Grand Cherokee After Second 4-Year Old’s Fire Death in Child Seat in Rear Crash

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Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires Homepage

April 5, 2012
MY 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Chrysler’s Analysis of FARS Data

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February 24, 2012
Fire deaths in Jeep Grand Cherokees continue to mount, safety group reaches out to Chrysler

Click here to read the article from Consumer Reports

January 30, 2012
Letter to Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne re: Jeep Fire Crashes in 2010 FARS

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January 25, 2012
Second Letter to Chrysler Chairman Sergio Marchionne Re: Orlando Crash

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January 25, 2012
After Fire, N.H.T.S.A. to Inspect Jeep Grand Cherokee Involved in Deadly Crash

As part of an effort to determine whether millions of Jeep Grand Cherokees from the 1993-2004 model years should be recalled because their gas tanks may be susceptible to rupturing in rear impacts, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a recent crash in which a Florida man died.

“As part of our open defect investigation, N.H.T.S.A. plans to inspect the Jeep Grand Cherokee that was involved in a recent Orlando area crash,” Karen Aldana, an agency spokeswoman, wrote in an e-mail.

December 6, 2011

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