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The public might associated ignition switch recalls with General Motors - and with good cause - but that's not the only automaker calling its vehicles back in to fix that sort of issue.

Last month we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was investigating an array of Chrysler Group vehicles for electrical-related safety issues. The administration and Chrysler subsequently issued a recall for 700,000 Dodge Journey crossovers, Dodge Grand Caravan minivans and Chrysler Town & Country minivans. But while the Jeeps that were also under investigation were not covered in that recall, they are being addressed in a separate one now.

Although Chrysler reports that it is only aware of a single accident stemming from this issue, it is "committing now to conduct a recall out of an abundance of caution." The recall affects the 2006-2007 Jeep Commander and 2005-2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, of which it reports there are 792,300 on the road: 649,900 in the United States, 28,800 in Canada, 12,800 in Mexico and a further 100,800 outside of North America.

Chrysler is calling in the affected units for similar reasons it recalled the aforementioned minivans and crossovers, and for which GM has recalled millions of its vehicles: namely, that the ignition could be accidentally turned off due to excess weight (like other keys and fobs) attached to the ignition key, or from contact with the driver's knee. As a result, the engine could stall, the power brakes and steering could be disabled and the front airbags may deactivate. The automaker says its "engineers are working to develop a remedy" for the issue.

In an entirely separate announcement, Chrysler is also calling in approximately 21,000 late-model vehicles to inspect and potentially replace their shocks and/or struts. The company reports that a supplier found that the suspension components could "break free from their mounts, which could potentially lead to reduced shock damping and possible loss of vehicle control." The vehicles affected include the 2014 Ram 1500, 2015 Jeep Cherokee and 2015 Chrysler 200 - specifically those built in the 16 days leading up to June 6, 2014. Read the full details of both recalls in the announcements below.Continue reading Chrysler recalling hundreds of thousands of Jeep Grand Cherokee and Commander SUVs

Chrysler recalling hundreds of thousands of Jeep Grand Cherokee and Commander SUVs originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Hello, my name is Kyle and I'm an agent that works in customer assistance for Chrysler. I'd like to add to this note that the L25 (Wireless Ignition Switches L25) are not available as of right now- and in fact, are not even going to shop up as an active recall on the Jeep vehicles for customer's who call in to us regarding this. If you are a Jeep owner who feels are are experiencing concerns regarding this issue, we advise them to work with a dealer until further notice, which is going to be late August.

As for the N45 and N46 trailer hitch (fuel tank) recalls, customer's are now receiving their final notices and are advised to work with dealer's. If the dealer is having complications in regards to locating the installation package for the N45 trailer hitch recall, I advise you to give us a call at 1-866-426-5337. This way we can contact your dealer and have the parts expedited.

If any of you have recall concerns, we have a general recall line for all recall needs. 1-800-853-1403.