Jeep Cherokee Complaints (2015)
1,794 consumer complaints on file.
- #10819842January 12, 2016POWER TRAIN
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES OF SLOW RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. HEADING SOUTH AT A HIGHWAY INTERSECTION WHERE CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP, I WAITED AT THE STOP SIGN UNTIL TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR TO THE EAST. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND DIDN'T GET MUCH RESPONSE UNTIL TRAFFIC WAS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT I DEBATED ABOUT NOT CROSSING AND THE CAR SUDDENLY MOVED INTO THE LANES OF TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO CROSS TO THE DIVIDER BEFORE BEING BROADSIDED BECAUSE TRAFFIC SLOWED FOR ME. ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVES PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I LIVE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY SO I AM VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN I PULL OUT. AS I TURNED RIGHT FROM MY DRIVEWAY MY CAR DIDN'T DO MORE THAN CREEP ALONG EVEN THOUGH IT HAD GONE DOWN THE DRIVE JUST FINE. I GOT THE RPM UP TO 6 ON THE GAUGE (7 IS RED) WHEN IT SUDDENLY "CAUGHT" AND TOOK OFF. A CAR THAT HAD BEEN A LONG DISTANCE BACK CAME VERY CLOSE TO REAR-ENDING ME. ON ANOTHER OCCASION AS I PULLED UP BEHIND A CAR AT A LIGHT, MY CAR WAS STOPPING AND THEN SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HADN'T STOPPED BRAKING OR PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR. I WOULD HAVE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IF I HADN'T BEEN LEAVING A FAIR AMOUNT OF ROOM BETWEEN US. THE VARIABILITY AND UNPREDICTABILITY OF THIS CAR IS WHAT MAKES IT SO DANGEROUS. IT HAS SMALL ISSUES LIKE DIFFICULTY CLIMBING HILLS ON OCCASION OR JUMPING WHEN IT SHIFTS DURING NORMAL DRIVING BUT I HAVE CHANGED MY ROUTES (CHOOSE STOPLIGHTS TO CROSS HIGHWAYS) AND DRIVING STYLE (LEAVE LOTS OF ROOM BETWEEN IT AND OTHER CARS) TO ACCOMMODATE DAILY INCONVENIENCE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10819212January 10, 2016ENGINE
I WAS TRAVELING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I PUT THE JEEP'S TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND IT WOULD NOT START. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY SINCE IT WAS VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC. I TRIED STARTING THE JEEP WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER IN PARK AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I REMOVED THE KEY FOB FROM THE START/RUN SWITCH AND TRIED LOCKING & UNLOCKING THE CAR DOORS, AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED THE REMOTE START BUTTON,AND AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENED. MY WIFE GAVE ME HER KEY FOB AND THE JEEP STARTED RIGHT UP AND RAN OKAY. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH SHOWING ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION AFTER ANOTHER 10 MINUTES OF TRAVEL I TRIED MY KEY FOB AGAIN AND THE JEEP STARTED OKAY. I USED MY KEY FOB ON THE RETURN TRIP OF 67 MILES WITH NO PROBLEMS. THERE IS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. COULD IT BE THE KEY FOB OR THE ELECTRONICS THAT CONTROL ENGINE RUNNING MODE?
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10818895January 8, 2016ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V676000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10818579January 7, 2016POWER TRAIN
DANGEROUS 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE WITH 853 MILES. FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP I NOTICED A VERY ODD SHIFTING WERE THE JEEP WOULD LUNG FORWARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AT ABOUT 5MPH, HARD SHIFTS, AND WAS STRUGGLING TO FIND GEARS AT 35-40MPH ALONG WITH A NONRESPONSIVE GAS PEDAL THAT SPOOKED ME DURING MANY ACCELERATION INSTANCES OF SLOW SPEEDS AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TOOK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT FROM AND EXPLAINED WHAT WAS BEING EXPERIENCED, WITH THE BACK UP CAMERA BEING SATURATED WITH LIGHT, AND GAS DOOR THAT WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE BODY. THEY CHECKED FOR CODES BUT A SERVICE LIGHT NEVER APPEARED. WAS TOLD THERE WERE UPDATES THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED. AFTER THE UPDATE,WHICH I ASSUMED WAS A POWER TRAIN UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. LEFT DEALERSHIP AND IT ALL STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SO WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE REP NEED TO LET THE TRANSMISSION LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS WHITH NO HARSH ACCELERATION BECAUSE OF THE 350 MILE BREAKIN PERIOD. DROVE FOR A WHILE TOO SEE IF IT WOULD SMOOTH OUT. NOPE IT DIDN'T IT STARTED HAVING AN ODD FEELING WHEN PUT IN DRIVE AND MOVING FORWARD LIKE THE CLUTCHS IN THE TRANSMISSION WERE SLIPPING WHICH GIVES THE SENSATION OF WOBBLE VIBRRATION. RETURNED IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR SECOND TIME DUE TO WHEN IN THE MID DEL OF AN INTERSECTION WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH APPROPRIATE THROTTLE APPLIED IT SUDDENLY LOSS POWER WITH TRAFFIC COMING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION SO I HAD TO WOT THE GAS PEDAL TO GET IT TO MOVE THEN IT RESPONDED WITH ME OVER ACCELERATING INTO A TURN AND IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE GAS AND HAD TO APPLY BRAKE PRESSURE AND CONTROL STEERING. IT HAPPENDED QUIET A FEW TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY GOT FRUSTRATED WITH IT AND RETURNED TO DEALER FOR SERVICE 3RD TIME. WAS TOLD COULDN'T DUPLICATE,SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT. FILED COMPLAINT WITH FCA FOR REMEDY. THIS JEEP MAKES ME FEAR DRIVING IT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10818737January 7, 2016POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO THIRD GEAR AND DOWNSHIFTED TO THE NEXT GEAR ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WAS UPDATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. ...UPDATED 02/03/16 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL AND WIRING HARNESS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME HARD SHIFTING AND THE DOWN SHIFTING FROM 5TH TO 1ST WAS SLOW AND SOMETIMES NON-EXISTENT. UPDATED 02/09/16*JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10818492January 6, 2016POWER TRAIN
I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWNSHIFT FROM 5TH TO 4TH GEAR, THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE PEDAL. SOON AFTERWARD THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT IN ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH NO RESULTS. AFTER THE THIRD SERVICE THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I PICKED MY CAR UP THE LURCHING FROM 5TH TO 4TH GEAR WAS GONE, BUT A NEW AND MORE AGGRESSIVE LURCH TAKES PLACE EVERY TIME IT SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 1ST. I'VE ALSO NOTICED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VIBRATION THAT WAS NOT PRESENT BEFORE THE NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER THIS 3RD SERVICE I DECIDED TO FILE A LEMON LAW REPORT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10818567January 6, 2016POWER TRAIN
ERROR LIGHT COMES ON TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AT 6000 MILES, REPLACED TRANSMISSION, HAVE HAD MULTIPLE SHIFTING ISSUES AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. REALLY DISCOURAGED AND FRUSTRATED WITH CHRYSLERS LACK OF RESPONSE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10818035January 5, 2016POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION HARD SHIFTS WHEN DECREASING SPEED REACHES JUST UNDER 20 MPH. THE THUNK IS LOUD AND HARD ENOUGH TO MOMENTARILY SHAKE THE JEEP. THIS MODEL WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE SOFTWARE ISSUES AFFECTING OTHER PRODUCTION RUNS, BU IT IS CLEARLY PRESENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY RESET THE SHIFT POINTS. NOW THE TRANSITION THUNKS COMING FROM 4TH INTO 3RD. THE INITIAL COMPLAINT WAS 3RD INTO 2ND. THIS HAPPENS THE MAJORITY OF DOWNSHIFTS. IF THE AUTO-ENGINE OFF SWITCH IS ENGAGED (AUTO-OFF DISABLED) THE RATIO OF HARD SHIFTS TO CLEAN SHIFTS IMPROVES BY ABOUT 20%. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN UNREPORTED SOFTWARE ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THAT IF THERE IS NO ERROR CODE THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE GOING ON HERE. THE FORCE OF THESE HARD SHIFTS ARE PUTTING ENORMOUS STRAIN ON THE POWER TRAIN.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10817635January 4, 2016ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED WHILE DRIVING, SHE BLACKED OUT AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER STERNUM, HEAD AND LEGS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,000.
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10816389December 28, 2015POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. NUMEROUS DIFFICULT SHIFTING ISSUES, PARTICULARLY AFTER STOPPING AND RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK AT LEAST THREE TIMES FOR REPROGRAMMING BUT THE CONDITION STILL EXISTS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10816273December 26, 2015VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SIDE VIEW MIRRORS' PLACEMENT BLOCKS VISIBILITY PARTICULARLY WHILE MANEUVERING IN PARKING LOTS CREATED SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. MIRROR SHOULD BE MOUNTED HIGHER TO ELIMINATE VISION BLOCKAGE WHILE IMPROVING VISIBILITY.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10816275December 26, 2015VISIBILITY/WIPER
UCONNECT SYSTEM AND THE SCREEN PLACEMENT IS A DISTRACTION THAT CAUSES THE DRIVER TO LOSE SITE OF THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC. A RELOCATION AND REDUCED SCREEN SIZE COULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. ONCE THERE WERE LAWS PROHIBITING SUCH DEVISES TO BE VISIBLE TO THE DRIVER WHILE DRIVING???
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811804December 22, 2015POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE HAS ROLLING STOP CONDITION (DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY JEEP TECHNICIAN) WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 1 AND 3MPH. VEHICLE COMES TO A ROLLING STOP, TRANSMISSION WILL STAY IN THIRD GEAR AND HOLD THIRD GEAR. WHEN THE THROTTLE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED TO COMPLETE A TURN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. THEN SUDDENLY A VIOLENT TRANSMISSION KICK DOWN OCCURS CAUSING THE CAR TO DOWNSHIFT IN TO FIRST GEAR CAUSING THE JEEP TO LUNGE FORWARD AND SQUEAL THE TIRES. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS SECOND GEAR HAS BEEN ELIMINATED IN THE SOFTWARE UPDATE CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. MY JEEP HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES. CHRYSLER IS NOW INVOLVED BECAUSE CROSSING INTERSECTIONS WHILE TURNING BELOW FOUR MPH IS UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE WHEN DRIVING. WHEN THERE ARE PASSENGERS IN THE CAR (EXTRA WEIGHT) OR A INCLINE THE CONDITION IS EVEN WORSE. IT SEEMS EVERYTHING HAPPENED AFTER FIRST SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS DONE. MY JEEP HAD NO ISSUES OF ANY KIND BEFORE THIS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811819December 22, 2015POWER TRAIN
WHEN AN OPERATOR SLOWS DOWN TO 5MPH TO A YIELD SIGN OR UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION, AND THEN ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE THE JEEP STICKS IN A HIGHER GEAR SUCH AS 3RD GEAR OR 4TH AND KEEPS AT A CONSTANT 5MPH SPEED AS IT ENTERS AN INTERSECTION. THE OPERATOR NOTICES THIS ISSUE AND PRESSES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HARDER TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AFTER A FEW SECONDS WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR THE JEEP FINALLY DOWNSHIFTS TO 1ST GEAR, SQUEALS THE TIRES AND ACCELERATES HARD THROWING THE OPERATOR AND OCCUPANTS INTO THE SEAT IN A WHIPLASH FASHION. THIS ALL HAPPENS IF THE OPERATOR IS NOT STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. OPERATORS THIS PARTICULAR JEEP CHEROKEE ARE USE TO OTHER VEHICLES THAT ACCELERATES NORMALLY UNDER THIS CONDITION. THE JEEP HAS BEEN INTO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES AND THEY STATE "THE JEEP IS ACTING AS DESIGNED". A JEEP CARE NUMBER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE ISSUE BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THIS DATE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811219December 18, 2015POWER TRAIN
MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK HAS 5000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS REALLY HARD AND AT TIMES ON TAKE OFF IT STALLS REALLY BAD,ALMOST GOT ME HIT BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING AND PERFORMIMG LIKE IT SHOULD. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING VERY OFTEN. IM AFRAID ONE DAY ITS GONNA GET ME KILLED OR INJURED .
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810868December 17, 2015STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR HATCH DOOR DID NOT OPEN ALL THE TIME. THE LAST TIME IT OPENED, IT CAME DOWN UNINTENTIONALLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE THE DOOR CAME DOWN ON HIS LEG. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT WAS TREATED AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810645December 16, 2015EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHTS ARE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIM BY DESIGN. ALMOST DROVE OFF THE ROAD SO DIM. CAN'T SEE PEDESTRIANS OR STREET SIGNS.AFRAID OF HITTING SOME ONE CROSSING THE STREET OR GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE SAID LIGHTS ARE WORKING AND ADJUSTED AS DESIGNED. HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN VARIOUS ONLINE FORUMS. PLEASE RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES. IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. DIM LIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN THE CITY ,HIGHWAY, GOOD WEATHER, BAD WEATHER. TOTALLY INADEQUATE AND DEADLY DANGEROUS UNDER ALL CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810746December 16, 2015POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE LUNGES AND OR JERKS FORWARD NEARING AND OR AT A COMPLETE STOP. IT HAPPENS THE MAJORITY OF DRIVING TIME AND HAS BEEN IN THE JEEP DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810496December 15, 2015EXTERIOR LIGHTING
JUST PURCHASED A LOADED JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK AND NOTICED IMMEDIATELY DURING FIRST NIGHT DRIVE THAT HEADLIGHTS ARE HUGELY UNDERPOWERED. THE ROAD IS DARK AND I'D SAY THEY HAVE LESS THAN HAVE THE BRIGHTNESS OF MY LAST CAR. I ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT THE FIRST NIGHT AS I COULD NOT SEE WHERE THE CENTER OF THE LANE WAS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. I SUBSEQUENTLY GOT ONLINE AND READ A TON OF COMPLAINTS OVER NEW CHEROKEE (2014-2016) HEADLIGHTS. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS AND UNACCEPTABLE AND YES, THE HEADLIGHTS ARE WORKING AND I AM OPERATING THEM CORRECTLY.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10809917December 13, 2015POWER TRAIN
MY JEEP CHEROKEE I4 LATTITUDE FWD WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN THROUGH 3RD-2ND-1ST. THIS RESULTS IN A CONSTANT "LUNGING OF THE VEHICLE" (DUE TO VEHICLE TORQUE WHEN GOING 5MPH IN 3RD) WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO PARK OR WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND COMING TO A STOP BEHIND A VEHICLE (CAUSING A NEAR COLLISION) THE SHEER MASS OF THE VEHICLE REMAINING IN 3RD GEAR AT 5MPH RESULTS IN MANY UNNERVING INCIDENTS THAT WOULD BE AVOIDED IF THE VEHICLE GEARED DOWN. IT IS BEYOND OBVIOUS THAT CHRYSLER/ JEEP HAS CORRECTED THIS ISSUE IN 2016 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME POWERTRAIN BUT APPEARS TO LEAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PRODUCT BUILD WITH THE ISSUE FROM THE 2014-2015 PERIOD. CHRYSLER ACTUALLY MAY HAVE DESIGNED A SOFTWARE UPDATE (R01) UNDER THE GUISE OF RESOLVING "DURABILITY ISSUES" AND INJECTED THIS PARTICULAR SAFETY ISSUE INTO VEHICLES. THEY NOW APPEAR TO HAVE NO INTEREST IN ACTUALLY FIXING THE ROOT PROBLEM. WILL NHTSA WAIT UNTIL SOME CHILD IS HIT IN A DRIVEWAY DUE TO ONE OF THESE "LUNGES"?
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0