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2014 Jeep GRAND CHEROKEE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1316301
Internal NHTSA #	10904868
Manufacurer	Chrysler (FCA US LLC)
Brand	JEEP
Model	GRAND CHEROKEE
Model Year	2014
File date	11/08/16
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	After starting vehicle, driver smelled smoke, but did not know the source of smoke. (driver thought it might be something burning in the neighborhood.) by the time driver had driven 2. 2 miles on city roads (at speed <40 mph), smoke began billowing from the usb port on the front dash. Driver pulled over on the shoulder of a city street. The front dash around usb port was now glowing orange. Driver turned off vehicle, tossed a cup of water onto front dash in area of usb port, exited vehicle and called 911. Police and fire personnel responded. First responders said water extinguished fire. Vehicle owner called local jeep dealer, who said in the case of fire to call jeep customer service at 1-800-992-1997. Local jeep dealer suggested the owner also call owner's insurance company. Jeep customer service assigned a case # and said owner would be contacted in 2-3 business days. Owner had vehicle towed to local jeep dealer. Jeep fca sent a 3rd party investigator to inspect the vehicle. 21 days after fire incident, jeep fca issued a letter to owner stating, "in the absence of any substantiating evidence indicating that the cause of the fire was attributed to a condition existing in the vehicle when it left our manufacturing plant, we find it necessary to deny responsibility in this matter."
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	40000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HATTIESBURG, MS
VIN pattern	1C4RJEBG3ECXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2014 Jeep GRAND CHEROKEE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2014 Jeep GRAND CHEROKEE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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