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It appears that Jeep's repairs for nearly one million Grand Cherokees from 2002-2004 and Liberty models from 2002-2003 might not be over yet. The vehicles were first recalled in November 2012 because the front airbags could suddenly deploy without being in an accident. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening a recall query into them because of reports of inadvertent activation on some already corrected vehicles.

The original problem affected over 919,000 vehicles worldwide, including 744,822 in the US, and was caused by a degrading circuit in the wires that control the airbags. In some cases the airbag warning light would come on just before the premature activation, but in other cases it would just happen. The automaker installed an "in-line jumper harness with an integrated electrical filter" meant to eliminate the power spikes believed to be the cause.

That might not have been sufficient, though. Chrysler has reported six incidents to NHTSA of recalled vehicles still having sudden airbag deployment, even after the repair. There have been no crashes recorded so far but some alleged cuts and burns. At the moment, the investigation appears to be in the early stages with all data other than the six reports listed as "TBD."

Autoblog reached out to Jeep for more information on the problem. We will update this story, if we receive a reply. Scroll down to read NHTSA's recall query.Continue reading Airbag fault on 1M recalled Jeeps getting second look from NHTSA

Airbag fault on 1M recalled Jeeps getting second look from NHTSA originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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