Article published March 10, 2007
Fires in Durango, Jeep force Chrysler recall
WASHINGTON — After dozens of reports of fires in Dodge Durango and Toledo-built Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles, DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group recalled nearly 500,000 vehicles yesterday.
Chrysler said it had received 66 fire reports in Dodge Durango SUVs from the 2004-2006 model years because of electrical overloads. It is recalling 328,424 Durangos.
The automaker also recalled 149,605 Libertys from the 2006-2007 model years to fix the heating-ventilation-air conditioning blower motor. Chrysler had received a dozen reports of fires.
There were no crashes or injuries reported, Chrysler said.
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