NHTSA Complaint #10882552 — 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ALTERNATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE POWER TO THE VEHICLE DEPLETED, AND A BURNING ODOR EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED SMOKE CONNECTED TO THE ALTERNATOR AND HEARD A SIZZLING SOUND FROM INSIDE THE ALTERNATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.