Fire Risk Prompts Recall of Nearly 87,000 Jeeps Associated Press | 05/19/2012 DETROIT (AP) Chrysler is recalling nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere due to a risk of fires. The recall affects only Wranglers from the 2010 model year that have automatic transmissions and were built before July 14, 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted Saturday on its website. Debris can get caught between a plate that protects the transmission and the catalytic converter, causing a fire. A catalytic converter is part of the exhaust system and uses heat and precious metals to control pollution. Chrysler knows of at least 14 complaints of fires caused by the problem with 2010 Wranglers. The company says it doesn't know of any injuries. It said debris can get trapped when the SUVs are driven off-road or through tall brush. Chrysler, which makes the classic Wrangler and other Jeeps, will fix the problem free of charge by replacing the plate with a bar so debris doesn't get caught. The recall affects about 68,000 Wranglers in the U.S., 6,000 in Canada, 1,500 in Mexico and about 11,000 in other countries, Chrysler spokesman Eric Mayne said. Chrysler will contact all the owners by mail. Recall work is expected to begin this month. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also checked Wranglers from the 2007 through 2012 model years and determined that only the 2010 models had the debris problem. Mayne said the 2010 Wranglers had a transmission plate and catalytic converter that were configured differently than the Wranglers from the other model years. NHTSA said in documents that it had received 14 complaints of Wrangler fires from the other model years, but Mayne said there was no pattern or common cause in those fires. http://netscape.compuserve.com/pf/s...-f&idq=/ff/story/1001/20120519/G7117.htm&sc=f ..... OMG: Another recall by American companies for the Jeep Wranglers. They are cars I have nightmares about when I think too much about illegal aliens in our national forests in California growing marijuana, and how Jeeps would help me escape from them after grabbing a bale or two then dashing out of the brush in my get-a-way Wrangler. But hey, catching on fire as I drive pell-mell down the mountainside with my stuff, is not a good idea. Jeeps, in the current manufactured gas crisis, is a decided luxury, and for use only for people that are not working on all 4 cylinders anyway, but they do have a certain cool grandeur that peasants seek...but now we must put our childhood fantasies aside and buy electric cars from Israel who has beaten America on everything green. And now y'all must excuse me while I put my stuff in my underground bunker.....
No, you are simply being dishonest once again. No one says only Volts catch on fire. It is up to YOU to prove your outrageous claim, not me to disprove it. See how that works?
Sweetheart, after reading your two-paragraph rant of paranoia and delusions, may I suggest you run for the nearest mirror the next time you mention people not firing on all cylinders. AceFrehley Here to help the needy
But thats fine because its unwarranted anti-Obama drivel. When we use facts and free thought it usually doesn't line up with the right wing extremist talking points. So therefore its "fake".
