Jeep Cherokee recalled over fears due to spontaneous side airbag deployment – 228,181 units worldwide

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Units of the 2014/2015 Jeep Cherokee have been issued a recall over fears due to isolated cases of spontaneous deployment of the side-curtain as well as the seat-mounted side airbags. A total of 228,181 units are affected with 168,092 cars in North America, 19,557 in Canada, 4,133 in Mexico and 36,399 elsewhere.

The root problem stems from a malfunction of the car’s software system that controls the inflation of the airbags. During extreme cornering, the faulty sensors onboard detect an impending rollover, which leads to the deployment of said safety systems.

Owners of the Jeep Cherokee will be notified by relevant service agents and are advised to bring their cars in for a software upgrade. The rectification will “will recalibrate the threshold for deployment,” according to a statement issued by Jeep.

On the local front, Jeep Malaysia has clarified that none of the Jeep Cherokee models sold locally are affected by the recall.

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Gregory Sze

An “actor” by training, Gregory Sze realised that he has had enough of drama in his life. Following his number one passion (acting was actually number two), he decided to make the jump into the realm of automotive journalism. He appreciates the simple things in life – a simple car with nothing but back-to-basics mechanical engineering and minimal electronics on board.

 

Comments

  • Get Back To Basic on Feb 06, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    Wow.. its so intelligent that deploys itself

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  • Johan on Feb 06, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    Jeep is a failure in Malaysia. The idiots here bodoh betul, price it at RM300k and above.

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    • RM on Feb 06, 2015 at 7:18 pm

      failure not because of Jeep, but because of Ahjib…. USD is 3.6

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    • joejambol on Feb 06, 2015 at 8:20 pm

      jeep? man…no one is buying it in Malaysia coz super expensive…i just dont understand why they price it dat high..

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  • YS on Feb 06, 2015 at 7:48 pm

    none of it was affected here because none of it was sold?

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  • panjang on Feb 06, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    Wow…better do the fix fast as Malaysian luv to drive crazy fast in anything not made to be driven fast.
    Then again…not many can afford the car..

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  • Ron Nard on Feb 06, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    Jeep Malaysia says that their Cherokee isn’t affected in the local market. Of course it isn’t affected.. they haven’t sold any… thanks to that genius pricing for a Non-Luxury brand..

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  • sudonano (Member) on Feb 06, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    Again Jeep is following in the UMW path, aka announcing not affected always?

    Or rather they didn’t sell a single unit of the Cherokee? I have only seen one and that is the test drive unit. I can see why though. For the price it is pretty rubbish considering you can get the XC60 T6 or even an Audi Q5 for the price.

    The Grand Cherokee is probably the best Jeep has now, but considering it is priced like an X5, why would anyone take it over a X5. Mind you the X5 has better torque distribution considering the turbo inline 6 as opposed to the naturally asprifated 3.6 Pentastar on this.

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  • Sandiwara (Member) on Feb 07, 2015 at 1:04 am

    Yeap, ask for more airbags please ;)

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  • nabill (Member) on Feb 07, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    Did they settle the Elk test yet?

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