If you own an electric Jeep, you’ll want to keep it parked outside your home.
That’s the primary warning from a recall announced Tuesday for 320,000 hybrid plug-in Jeeps. The brand’s parent company, Chrysler, said it was recalling the vehicles after receiving 19 reports of fires caused by faulty batteries. Both the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe are included in the recall.
Until a fix is ready, the company is advising owners to stop driving them and keep the vehicles parked outside. One injury has been tied to the problem, and Chrysler said there was a risk of fire for the vehicles while parked or driven.
“Owners should park their vehicles outside and away from structures and other vehicles until their vehicle has been remedied,” according to the recall announcement posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). “In addition, owners should not charge unrepaired vehicle batteries because the risk of fire is higher in a charged battery than when the battery is depleted.”
This is Chrysler’s second attempt to remedy a problem that it first announced last year.
Recall Details
The recall affects 320,065 vehicles, most of them located in the U.S. That includes 228,221 of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe (model years 2020-2025) and 91,844 of the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe (model years 2022-2026). The affected vehicles “may have a battery pack with cells that have separator damage, which may lead to a vehicle fire,” Chrysler said in the announcement.
This is also the second time that Chrysler is trying to remedy a problem with the vehicles’ electric batteries. In September 2024, the company announced a recall for about 154,000 of the same vehicles, also for a fire risk associated with the batteries. Those vehicles are once again included in this recall, as its previous fix (a software update) did not actually fix the problem.
Of the 19 total fires now associated with these vehicles, nine of them occurred in vehicles that had received the fix, Chrysler said this week.
As of right now, however, a remedy is not yet available: “Owners should continue to park outside and refrain from charging until a remedy is available and performed on their vehicle,” Chrysler said.
Owners can expect to be notified by mail starting Dec. 2 and can contact Chrysler customer service at 800-853-1403.
Affected vehicle identification numbers and license plates will be searchable on NHTSA.gov starting Thursday. For more information, owners can call NHTSA’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236.
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