Jeep recalls over 62,000 Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid vehicles due to engine failure

Jeep­’s first elec­tri­fied vehi­cle did­n’t go as planned. The brand has recalled 62,909 Wran­gler 4xe SUVs due to the 2.0L plug-in hybrid engine unex­pect­ed­ly shut­ting off.

Loss of com­mu­ni­ca­tion can cause the diag­nos­tic sys­tem to react and stop the engine, which could lead to an acci­dent if the fail­ure occurs while driving.

This bug affects 2021–2023 Wran­gler 4xe vari­ants pro­duced before August 17, 2022, when Jeep began ship­ping units with updat­ed con­trol software.

Accord­ing to the Nation­al High­way Traf­fic Safe­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (NHTSA), there have been two acci­dents and one injury that may have been relat­ed to this issue, and there have been instances of cus­tomer sup­port, war­ran­ty claims and field reports. is.

Jeep will ser­vice affect­ed Wran­glers by updat­ing the hybrid con­trol and trans­mis­sion proces­sor cal­i­bra­tion software.

Own­ers will be for­mal­ly noti­fied start­ing Jan­u­ary 12th. NHTSA opened an inves­ti­ga­tion into the report as of Sep­tem­ber 2021, but it was­n’t until Novem­ber of this year that the inves­ti­ga­tion end­ed and Jeep­’s par­ent com­pa­ny, Stel­lan­tis, launched a vol­un­tary recall.

The rul­ing won’t be a major set­back for Jeep­’s elec­tric dri­ve. How­ev­er, this tim­ing is not ideal.

It comes just a few months after Jeep unveiled its Grand Chero­kee and Wran­gler Willie PHEV mod­els and pre­viewed its elec­tric SUV, the Avenger.

The Stel­lan­tis-owned brand is try­ing to estab­lish a rep­u­ta­tion in the elec­tric-vehi­cle sec­tor, and the recall does nothing.

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