FCA recalls three cars over safety issues

A starring carmaker has recalled 3 SUVs for superior information issues that successful immoderate cases could pb to a hazard of “serious injury” oregon “death”.

Fiat-Chrysler Australia says its large Jeep Grand Cherokee has suspension flaws that could origin the wheels to autumn off, literally.

The authoritative callback notice states the precocious power limb retaining bolts whitethorn person been damaged during conveyance assembly and that “this whitethorn origin the wheels to detach from the conveyance portion driving, resulting successful a nonaccomplishment of control”.

“A nonaccomplishment of conveyance power increases the hazard of an accident, causing superior injuries oregon decease to the operator and/or conveyance occupants oregon different roadworthy users,” the announcement says.

The contented affects astir 3000 cars made betwixt 2021 and 2023.

A larger recall of 10,160 cars involves smaller Jeep Cherokee models made betwixt 2013 and 2015.

This occupation centres astir the imaginable for a abbreviated circuit successful the car’s powerfulness tailgate system.

It sounds harmless, but Jeep warns that it “may effect successful a conveyance occurrence with the ignition turned connected oregon off”.

The callback announcement states that “a conveyance occurrence could summation the hazard of an accident, causing superior wounded oregon decease to conveyance occupants, different roadworthy users, bystanders, and/or harm to property”.

The 3rd callback involves a hazard of crushing the fingers of radical who enactment their hands done the sunroof opening.

FCA Australia says 202 examples of the 2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale – an Italian babe Jeep – person a sunroof that “can summation the hazard of superior wounded to conveyance occupants”.

As the callback states, “due to bundle settings, if a conveyance occupant places an obstruction specified arsenic a assemblage portion betwixt the framework and solid erstwhile the sunroof is closing, it whitethorn not reverse until important unit is reached”.

That sounds painful.

FCA has been approached for comment.