Jeep preliminary evaluation PE14017
Air Bag Non-deployment. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the ignition on 7 model years (2005–2007). Opened Jun 16, 2014, closed Dec 23, 2014 after 6 months. It led to safety recall 14V438000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedChrysler is conducting a safety recall of approximately 643,618 model year 2006-2007 Jeep Commander and model year 2005-2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles to address the problem of ignition turning off while driving (see NHTSA recall 14V-438 for more information).According to Chrysler, these vehicles may experience an unintended change in ignition switch position while driving, which may result in loss of engine power, power steering, and braking assist, increasing the risk of a crash and disabling one or more of the vehicle's safety features including the frontal air bags. Most of the reported incidents occurred as a result of driver interaction with the ignition key. Based on the recall action taken by Chrysler, this Preliminary Evaluation is closed. Additionalinformation on this closing resume, and the investigation are in the PE14-017 public file available online at SaferCar.gov. The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed online at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following identification numbers: 10101116 10103300 10106060 10112589 10116788 10126986 10128093 10130780 10145501 10146213 10153018 10155291 10156396 10158165 10162933 10166746 10178559 10183305 10186545 10189530 10192237 10193106 10194092 10199552 10199986 10221500 10222283 10227253 10231011 10328609 10358324 10392364 10577532 10585326 10585976 10599142 10604990 10605091 10605209 10606494 10606610 10607043 10607614 10607785 10608196 10615565 10615671 10615761 10616124 10633266 10633313 10633724 10639371 10640010 10644827 10652526 10653000 10653382 10654009 10654139 10654809 10655095 10659448 10662220 10662703
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2006 Jeep Commander; 2007 Jeep Commander; 2006 Jeep Commander 4X2; 2007 Jeep Commander 4X4; 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee; 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee; 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE14017 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 14V438000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE14017 still open?
No. It closed on Dec 23, 2014 and led to recall 14V438000.
Which vehicles does PE14017 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 7 model years: 2006 Jeep Commander, 2007 Jeep Commander, 2006 Jeep Commander 4X2, 2007 Jeep Commander 4X4, 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.