Fire

Passenger car

Jeep
Passenger car
Case number
0748/06
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
Grand Cherokee WG, Grand Cherokee WJ
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇷 Greece
Country of origin
🇦🇹 Austria
Published
2006-11-24

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of fire because the front seat electric heating elements may overheat and cause an interior fire.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Heated Seat Elements in Jeep carsThe recall concerns vehicles equipped with heated front seats built after 10 September 2002 for the WJ and after 24 January 2003 for the WG. The VIN/chassis numbers are: 1J8G2@8#?&Y* where @ = E or B, # = A or J or S, ? = 1 to 9 or X, & = 3 or 4 and * = production numbers of 6-digits.