NHTSA complaint: 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE AND A FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000. .. UPDATED 02/19/15 *BF.....UPDATED 03-11-15 *BF ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY EAA ON 12/5/14 AND THE REPORT CONCLUDED THE CAUSE WAS THE RESULT OF FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE EXHAUST. UPDATED 05/29/15 CHRYSLER CLAIMED THE FLUID COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. UPDATED 08/05/15. *JB UPDATED 9/18/2017*CN
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation