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Subject Topic: Jeep recall for towbars Post Reply Post New Topic
Personamara 520
09/1/2015 at 8:50pm
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Drivers of Jeep Cherokees and Grand Cherokees going back to the mid nineties have been advised that the towbar should be removed due to fears that the fuel tank could "explode" in a rear end shunt.There have been no reported incidents in the UK but Jeep is advising this work should be done. Unfortunately the only other towbar that fits is not EU certified thus forcing owners to do without.

Jeep informed Auto Express that they were making efforts to identify and source a towbar that would meet the requirements of the recall campaign and hoped to conclude the process as soon as possible.


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The recall would only be applicable to UK supplied cars if instigated by Jeep UK. UK recalls are all on Vosa website here & there is nothing on there to concern UK users of of these cars. Awful lot of recalls on them for other things though.


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PersonAcornis
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I got a letter from Jeep, as I remember the problem was that they needed to fit a beam to the rear of the vehicle to protect the tank from rear end shunts. the beam fits to the existing bolt holes which could be being used by the tow bar. If the existing tow bar is of insufficient gauge to protect the tank then it will have to be removed unless there is sufficient clearance between the bar and the tank. Apparently there is not a tow bar that meets EU approval so Jeep will remove the tow bar and fit the beam but you could no longer tow with this vehicle (unless you sign a waiver, this seems a bit unlikely to be true). They made no distinction between petrol or diesel but it would seem unlikely that a rear end shunt on a diesel would catch fire.
I sent my letter onto the dealer who took it in. If you own a Jeep take advice from a Jeep dealership asap.

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The US take a different view to this than UK as their legal system allows for unlimited amounts of punitive damages to be paid whereas UK law only allows damages awards to compensate for loss.

The have been a number of US cases over the yrs with damages awarded for petrol tanks on various cars catching fire during rear end shunts & for other reasons as well.

Some yrs ago there was a recall for a Toyota model in the US, Toyota insisted there was no danger & intially restricted recall to US but after publicity did eventually extend recall to worldwide.

I think one would need to use one's own judgement here as there appears to be no official recall from Jeep UK but some workshops could well see this as a way to make money by offering 'modifications'.


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PersonAcornis
10/1/2015 at 10:39am
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Iam not so sure that this isn't an official Jeep uk notification,safety recall N46, workshops will only make money if Jeep agree to reimburse them, which I understand is happening. It is entirely possible that some fitted tow bars will meet the clearance and strength required. It gets more complicated than there is space here but is something that should be taken seriously by Jeep owners.

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I can't see how it would be difficult for a large European manufacturer to make a towbar of sufficient strength & get it type approved. I somehow think plenty of other European/far east built cars not sold in the US would be worse than Jeep in a rear end shunt. If this goes right back 20yrs, most cars made then were probably not as crash resistant as cars made now.


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After a bit of googling, thread on this forum provides more discussion on the matter. I think its just down to the owner here. Theres no suggestion the car is dangerous in normal use use whether towing or not.

Loads more on the net. Google 'jeep rear end recall' & read the US website links.



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