2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR RECALL PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE COMPLIED WITH THE RECALL NOTICE HE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE FINAL DRIVE CONTROLLER MODULE. FOUR WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, PRIOR TO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER A SHORT TIME OF DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, IT FELT AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT HIGHER GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE HIGHER GEAR WHEN HE PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO COAST. WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, HE NOTICED GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN THE GRAY EXHAUST SMOKE, TURNED BLACK. WITHIN LESS THAN A MINUTE, THE CONSUMER WAS ON THE SHOULDER AND TWO-INCH RED FLAMES BEGAN EMITTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEN THE FLAMES WERE FIVE TO SIX FEET HIGH ABOVE THE CAR HOOD. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. *JB