Jeep Grand Cherokee: Fire May Occur
Recall Summary Jeep is recalling 1,401 Grand Cherokee vehicles distributed in the United Kingdom because the sun visor wiring may short circuit after service work, potentially causing the vanity lamp to stop working or creating an electrical fire. The manufacturer will replace the sun visors, modify related sheet metal, and install wiring guides to fix the issue.
- Recalling firm
- JEEP
- Product
- Vehicles: JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. Units affected: 1,401
- Reason
- The sun visors may experience a high resistance short at the sun visor vanity lamp wiring after a service repair to the sun visor headliner or while gaining access above the headliner. This may result in an inoperative vanity lamp and/or an electrical fire. Remedy: Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected and replace the sun visors modify the surrounding sheet metal and install vanity lamp wiring guides.
- Classification
- Class I
- Category
- vehicle recall
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Agency
- UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Recall date
- 2016-10-21
- Status
- Ongoing
- Distribution
- United Kingdom
Official recall notice from UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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