Jeep refused, claiming that the Agency had not pointed to any specific problem with the SUVs and was merely interpreting crash data. The NHTSA asked Chrysler, Jeep's parent corporation, to recall 2.7 million Grand Cherokees and Liberties (built between 19, and 20, respectively), in order to deal with the issue. The problem had to do with the position of each vehicle's fuel tank, which is behind the rear axle and which the NHTSA blames for a statistically higher-than-average number of fire-related deaths in rear-end collisions involving these vehicles. Jeep and the NHTSA have reached an agreement of sorts regarding their stand-off over a safety issue that the federal regulator has identified with certain model years of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Jeep Liberty. Published on Jin Recalls by Benjamin Hunting Certain Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Liberty models will be recalled due to gas tank fire concerns.
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