Stellantis, the automotive group that owns Jeep, amongst different automobile manufacturers, is recalling over 44,000 plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe SUVs worldwide as a result of their high-voltage battery pack might catch hearth.
The corporate issued an announcement yesterday, saying {that a} routine assessment of buyer knowledge led to an inside investigation that found eight car fires. All had been parked and turned off, whereas six had been linked to chargers.
The recall impacts sure 2021-2024 model-year Jeep Wrangler 4xe models: 32,125 in america, an estimated 3,856 in Canada, and 9,249 outdoors North America.
Stellantis says the affected vehicles could also be pushed, however advises house owners to “chorus from recharging these hybrid autos, and to park them away from buildings and different autos till they’re remedied.”
The repair includes a software program flash, but when a sure error code is noticed (it was undisclosed by Stellantis), the entire battery pack shall be changed. The American automaker estimates one p.c of the affected autos might have the defect. Clients shall be contacted and knowledgeable about once they can schedule the service process.
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Revealed on the finish of 2020, the Jeep Wrangler 4xe is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four engine that works along side a motor generator unit built-in into the eight-speed computerized transmission. The hybrid system has a mixed output of 375 horsepower, whereas the high-voltage battery feeding the electrical motor contained in the gearbox has a capability of 17 kilowatt-hours, sufficient for an all-electric vary of 21 miles on a full cost.
Within the third quarter of this yr, the Wrangler 4xe was the best-selling plug-in hybrid passenger automobile in america with 17,662 models bought. By comparability, Toyota and Lexus mixed managed to promote simply 12,678 PHEVs within the U.S. in Q3.