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Fiat Chrysler Recalls 300K Minivans
Fiat Chrysler recalled 300,000 minivans Thursday over air bag concerns.
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — Fiat Chrysler is recalling 300,000 Dodge Grand Caravans in North America because of air bags that can accidentally deploy. The company announced the recall Thursday and said it affects model year 2011-12 vehicles. The vast majority of the minivans are in the U.S.
“Fiat Chrysler said the injuries connected to the defect were "minor" and that it had linked no crashes to the issue. The company initially said it had identified 13 injuries connected to the defect, but later said it had new information that reduced that number to eight.
"Wiring may chafe against pieces of steering-wheel trim, potentially causing a short-circuit," Fiat Chrysler said in a statement. "This may lead to a second short-circuit that is potentially capable of producing inadvertent deployment of the driver-side front air bag."
For more, go to the Detroit Free Press.
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