NHTSA Complaint #11352976 — 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAC HAIK JACKSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (5395 INTERSTATE 55 NORTH FRONTAGE RD, JACKSON, MS 39211) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. RECENTLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED OR DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTION IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH THE CONTACT LINKED TO THE ORIGINAL RECALL. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,500.