NHTSA complaint: 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED RAPIDLY AND THERE WAS A HIGH PITCHED NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE BATTERY VOLTAGE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND CONTACTED AAA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, BUT THE BATTERY COULD NOT BE TESTED BECAUSE IT WAS LOCATED UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. AN UNKNOWN JEEP DEALER IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS BEING INVESTIGATED AND THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) MAY EXPAND TO INCLUDE THE CONTACT'S VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,400.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation