jjsg09

Has anyone else been hearing about the gas tank issue on the Grand Cherokee/Cherokee/Liberty that rear impact ends in a blaze of fire?

PocketsEmpty

There is no issue. Only speculation with no hard facts.

jjsg09

I would agree there is no hard evidence but I will disagree with you that there is no issue. There has been a significant coincidence that these models of jeeps are having an issue with bursting into flames after being struck in the rear at highway speeds. Check out the studies they are doing, I'm talking about the ones that isn't paid by Chrysler. Its got me rethinking my Jeep.

XJPat

I think they finally admitted there may be an issue.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/au...alls.html?_r=0

XJ-92

Its a recall, go to dealership and schedule an appointment and they will fix it for free. They announced the recall for it a few months ago.

Creature85

You could say that about most vehicles with a gas tank in the rear.

jjsg09

Yes you could and I would guess attention will shift towards those vehicles also. There isn't really a whole lot of vehicles with gas tanks directly behind the rear bumper like the jeeps have.

dwright98xj

One would think the Pinto should have told designers that isn't such a great design idea, but....

muffinman

Sounds like you have already made up your mind. As XJ-92 stated it is a recall. Go to the dealer and they will put a tow hitch on it, if you don't already have one. If that is nor good enough for you, sell it. Owning a WJ,XJ and a TJ I will just keep driving these death traps.

jjsg09

No I really like my jeep and if they have a plausible fix to this problem I wouldn't mind keeping it. I have called a hand full of jeep dealers and none of them have been told about the recall.

muffinman

Ok, cool, glad you like it. The factory fix is to install a tow hitch. Do you already have one? If so you are good to go. If not install one yourself. The hitch install satisfied the feds so it's your call on if it's good enough for you.

jjsg09

Actually I have the "special edition" and the rear bumper fascia covers where a hitch could be placed....so gotta figure that one out.

XJ-92

A lot of dealers will try to do this, they do that because they are fixing a car for free and costs them a lot of money that they will not receive in return. I will get you the link to government site showing all recalls on vehicles that have been announced.


I still have an open recall on my 1992 Cherokee for a brake shift interlock. Jeep sends me emails about it all the time saying that I haven't gotten it fixed yet, so I took it to a dealership and they tried to claim there was no such recall. Took it to a bigger and better dealer and they even had the part on hand and even showed me the recall paperwork that they received on that issue for my jeep.

XJ-92

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchVehicles here is the link. Just search yurt vehicle and it will show it, also if you want just print off the page and bring it to the dealership.

muffinman

That's odd. I don't see the gas tank recall at all. Sure I read that Jeep/chrysler was going to fix it.