Jeep Wrangler 4xes within the 2022 and 2023 mannequin years have been recalled for doubtlessly dangerous battery packs, in line with paperwork filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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As far as remembers go, this one sounds to be on the minor facet of issues, although, like all remembers, must be remedied by house owners at their first alternative. From the NHTSA paperwork:
Some 2022 – 2023 MY Jeep Wrangler Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (“PHEV”) might have been constructed with incorrect fasteners securing the 200 amp fuse within the excessive voltage (“HV”) battery.
The suspect interval started on January 10, 2022, when incorrect fasteners securing the 200-amp fuse had been launched into car manufacturing, and ended on September 20, 2022, when the inaccurate fasteners had been not used. The suspect inhabitants was decided utilizing car and provider manufacturing data.
Similar automobiles not included on this recall had been constructed earlier than or after the suspect interval, had been included in 22V-768 (Z71), had been constructed with right fasteners securing the 200 amp fuse, or weren’t PHEVs.
Usually extra attention-grabbing in recall studies is the chronology, and this one is not any completely different:
• On February 2, 2023, the FCA US LLC (“FCA US”) Technical Safety and Regulatory Compliance (“TSRC”) group obtained a report of a fuse melting within the HV battery of a 2022 MY Jeep Wrangler PHEV.
• On February 20, 2023, the FCA US TSRC group opened an investigation after receiving a second report of a fuse melting within the HV battery of a 2022 MY Jeep Wrangler PHEV.
• On March 2, 2023, FCA US TSRC obtained fuse tray and battery pack hint knowledge from the provider.
• On March 28, 2023, FCA US TSRC recognized extra automobiles affected by this concern.
• As of April 11, 2023, FCA US is conscious of zero buyer data, zero guarantee claims, and two subject studies doubtlessly associated to this concern for all markets with dates of receipt starting from February 2, 2023 via February 20, 2023.
• As of April 11, 2023, FCA US shouldn’t be conscious of any accidents or accidents doubtlessly associated to this concern for all markets.
• On April 20, 2023, FCA US decided, via the Vehicle Regulations Committee, to conduct a voluntary security recall of the affected automobiles.
FCA says it should notify house owners starting on June 16, and can treatment the issue by changing the fuse meeting or whole battery pack meeting if want be. Get your remembers executed.
Source: jalopnik.com