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RECALL ALERT: 91,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees Recalled


If you have a Jeep Grand Cherokee or know someone who has one, you may want to keep reading.

Stellantis, Chrysler’s parent company, has announced that it has recalled 91,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee hybrids in the United States.

In the recall, Stellantis announced that some Jeep Grand Cherokee hybrids have been experiencing a loss of driving power.

Fox LA reported more details on the massive recall:

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Chrysler parent company Stellantis is recalling more than 91,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee hybrids in the U.S. due to a software malfunction that may result in a loss of drive power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday.

Some Jeep Grand Cherokee Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, model years 2022 through 2026, may have an overloading of the battery pack control module microprocessor, causing it to reset. When this happens, the hybrid control processor can misinterpret signals from the battery pack control module — potentially resulting in a loss of drive power, the NHTSA noted.

“An unexpected loss of propulsion can cause a vehicle crash without prior warning,” the NHTSA noted.

Of the 91,787 possibly affected vehicles, only 1%, or around 918 of them, are believed to have the defect, according to the NHTSA website.

Similar vehicles that are not part of this recall either do not have a hybrid control processor or were built after the affected timeframe, according to the NHTSA.

ABC News reported those impacted by the recall will be notified by mail by October:

The software error is within the hybrid control processor, caused by an overloading of a microprocessor in the Battery Pack Control Module, according to the recall report.

A remedy for this defect is currently under development and impacted vehicle owners will be mailed a notice by Oct. 23, according to the recall note.

Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.

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