NHTSA Complaint #11354260 — 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT AFTER PUSHING THE REAR LIFTGATE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE LIFTGATE, THE DOOR CLOSED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS AN OBJECT PRESENT IN THE CLOSING PATH OF THE DOOR. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE SAFETY MECHANISM TO PREVENT THE DOOR FROM CLOSING ONTO THE OBJECT HAD MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE OBJECT TO BECOME STUCK BETWEEN THE DOOR. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER LEE'S SUMMIT DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 1051 SE. OLDHAM PKWY, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64081 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.