US investigating 781K Jeeps over underhood fire reports (Wrangler & Gladiator) -- power steering pump electrical connector issue

[ShadowsPapa]

Any more news on this?

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[whysoserious]

Any more news on this?

I don't have access to a PACER account anymore, but based upon the Interweb and my mastery over GTS... nope.

 

[ShariP]

Don't you have smoke detectors and an escape plan, including fire ladders for 2nd story bedrooms?
We have smoke detectors all connected to each other via wireless.
If we are downstairs and the upstairs one goes off - the downstairs one will yell at us, etc.
My next step is a couple of the same ones in the garage - all connected.

Doesn't matter what vehicle you own, as former safety head for On With Life, I drilled into people - have alarms, have a PLAN, discuss and practice said plan, and if the worst happens, have compact, roll-up ladders under the bed or near a bedroom window and never sleep in a room that has no ways out other than a single door - always have egress windows.

Anyway, we DO NOT KNOW the outcome of this investigation. So far, everything is speculation - which pretty much matches everything ever posted on the internet in general as far as automotive-related forums.
People love speculation and conspiracy. We know that corporations are all evil. Just ask the internet.
My "gut" tells me they may find more than one source, and something that a reasonable person would likely not have foreseen - but again, that's not a fact............

What if you were not home (it was 10am in the morning,. Who is normally home on a weekday at 10 in the morning? I was working from home and my husband had not yet left for work) What if your two Huskies were trapped inside and we weren't there? We were extremely lucky that we were here to coral our Huskies to our storage room far from the fire. And BTW interior smoke detectors only alert when the fire is INSIDE THE HOUSE, and you are INSIDE THE HOUSE. To their credit, VRFA came in with wall sensors and checked that there were no thermal readings. And I know the outcome of OUR Jeep fire. It was a total loss. That pipe next to the Gladiator? That's our GAS LINE!

 

[ShariP]

All "spontaneous" fires have a reason. Of course, I have an escape plan. Many people that are not alive today that died in house fires had all of the proper warnings and escape plans. I'm just saying that the insurance agencies can't always replace everything you would lose in an avoidable fire. The car manufacturers have a responsibility to produce vehicles that don't just catch fire without Arsen being a factor.
So, if the fires are not spontaneous. How would you describe them??? Unintentional combustion due to lack of engendering controls???
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Don't you have smoke detectors and an escape plan, including fire ladders for 2nd story bedrooms?
We have smoke detectors all connected to each other via wireless.
If we are downstairs and the upstairs one goes off - the downstairs one will yell at us, etc.
My next step is a couple of the same ones in the garage - all connected.

Doesn't matter what vehicle you own, as former safety head for On With Life, I drilled into people - have alarms, have a PLAN, discuss and practice said plan, and if the worst happens, have compact, roll-up ladders under the bed or near a bedroom window and never sleep in a room that has no ways out other than a single door - always have egress windows.

Anyway, we DO NOT KNOW the outcome of this investigation. So far, everything is speculation - which pretty much matches everything ever posted on the internet in general as far as automotive-related forums.
People love speculation and conspiracy. We know that corporations are all evil. Just ask the internet.
My "gut" tells me they may find more than one source, and something that a reasonable person would likely not have foreseen - but again, that's not a fact............

Smoke INSIDE THE HOUSEare inside the house and only responded to by a person. What if you were not home ... and you have pets inside ...

 

[RHINO79]

When is the recall coming out?

 

[ShariP]

All "spontaneous" fires have a reason. Of course, I have an escape plan. Many people that are not alive today that died in house fires had all of the proper warnings and escape plans. I'm just saying that the insurance agencies can't always replace everything you would lose in an avoidable fire. The car manufacturers have a responsibility to produce vehicles that don't just catch fire without Arsen being a factor.
So, if the fires are not spontaneous. How would you describe them??? Unintentional combustion due to lack of engendering controls???

Our Jeep fire was in our driveway, OUTSIDE. There was no way any smoke detector inside could have warned us.

 

[NC_Overland]

Hah! Another recall mine missed out in being a 2020. The only recall mine had was the back up camera taking too long to come on or something stupid like that. They did an update when it was new and in for one of the free oil changes.

 

[LouisvEarlleJT]

When is the recall coming out?

There isn't, the numbers aren't there to warrant one yet and so far there hasn't been a common cause found between the cases.

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