Chrysler Recalls 585,000 Jeeps, Pickups
DETROIT (Reuters)
- The Chrysler arm of DaimlerChrysler AG (NYSE:DCX - news) will recall
about 585,000 Jeeps and pickups for two separate problems, federal regulators
said on Tuesday.
The U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Chrysler would recall 316,148
Jeep Wrangler sport utility vehicles made between June 1989 and December
1995 to fix parking brakes that can release on their own without warning.
Chrysler will also
recall 268,740 Dodge Ram pickups to fix an alternator wire that can
come loose and create a fire hazard. That recall covers 2001 model year
pickups built between January and August 2000.
Chrysler spokeswoman
Angela Spencer Ford said there had been 11 complaints about the Wrangler's
parking brakes, including four injuries. Dealers will install a stiffer
spring in the parking brake to fix the problem.
She said there had
been two reports of fires in Ram pickups, with no injuries. To fix the
Rams, dealers will check the wires and tighten the connections if necessary.
Federal regulators
said Chrysler had not given a timetable for performing the repairs.
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