NHTSA Defect Investigation #EA05020

FAN BLADE FAILURE (ENGINE COOLING FAN): Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Fan

CLOSED

no recall issued

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE -- DaimlerChrysler corporation (DCC) has notified the Agency that it will conduct a safety recall (06V199) of certain Jeep grand Cherokee vehicles to replace the engine's electric motor driven cooling fan. The 182,875 vehicles included in the recall are model year (MY) 2002 equipped with 4.0 liter (six cylinder) engines manufactured from February 4, 2002 through June 17, 2002; and MY 2000 equipped with either the 4.0 liter (six cylinder) or the 4.7 liter (eight cylinder) engine manufactured from January 31, 2000 through June 12, 2000. DCC noted that their analysis of failed parts showed evidence of brittle fracture of the fan blade. DCC further stated, "poor bonding between the resin material and the glass fibers was observed, which may be attributed to the injection molding process." Since the root cause of fan failure could not be conclusively identified DCC decided the recall scope would be determined by the build date range of the complaint vehicles. There were 48 reports for MY 2000, and 196 for MY 2002. ODI will continue to monitor this issue for reports on vehicles outside of the recall scope. Investigation was initiated on November 14 2005. Closed on September 12 2006. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning investigation #EA05020 »

NHTSA Defect Investigation #EA01017

ROLL-AWAY IN REVERSE WHEN PARKED: Power Train

RECALL »

Recall #02V053000

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE -- DaimlerChrysler has recalled the zj models to incorporate a secondary detent spring into the shifter. Even though the wj 6 cyl. Vehicles use the same manual detent lever that as the vehicles in the recall population, ODI believes that the wj redesigned shifter, which improves floor shifter functionality and ergonomics, helps to provide feedback to the driver to indicate whether ¿park¿ has or has not been achieved. Although the investigator was able to induce a ¿false park¿ in the wj platform for 6 cyl. Vehicles, the level of difficulty was greater than that required for all zj models, and the complaint rate was significantly lower than the recalled zj population. Further, the ODI investigator was also able to create a ¿false park¿ in peer vehicles with the same level of difficulty and frequency as the subject vehicle wj platform. The wj complaint rate was inflated due to national exposure through the press. The complaint rate prier to the July 5, 2001 media coverage for the wj vehicles is similar to the peer vehicle incident rate. Based on the above, a safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time in the wj population. Accordingly, this investigation is closed with a safety recal for the "zj" platform only. Investigation was initiated on November 01 2001. Closed on December 18 2002. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning investigation #EA01017 »