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The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration has opened what it calls a "recall query" after
receiving eight reports of fires occurring after the recall fix
was installed. No crashes or injuries were reported in the
fires, according to the NHTSA documents.
In July 2014, FCA US, the former Chrysler, recalled about
900,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs globally from
model years 2011 to 2014 to fix wiring for vanity mirror lights
in sun visors to prevent potential short circuits and fires. Of
those, 661,888 were in the United States.
In last year's recall, fires were caused by an electrical short
in the vanity lamp wiring, according to the NHTSA documents. The
remedy FCA developed consisted of a plastic guide way installed
on each sun visor routing the wiring away from attachment
screws.
Fiat Chrysler spokesman Eric Mayne said on Wednesday the
automaker is cooperating in the new NHTSA probe and has
reiterated service instructions for dealership technicians.
(Reporting by Ben Klayman in Detroit; Editing by Alden Bentley)
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