Stellantis could also be happy with its EV strikes, with legacy manufacturers like Dodge and Jeep getting in on electrical energy, nevertheless it appears the transition is not with out teething points. The 2024 and 2025 Dodge Charger EV and Jeep Wagoneer S have each been recalled for points with their electrical drive modules, which might result in the automobiles rolling away when they need to be parked — a difficulty that Stellantis, particularly, is especially detest to ever endure once more.
The problem impacts solely a handful of automobiles, 75 in all between each the Charger and Wagoneer S, however they’re unfold throughout almost a full 12 months of manufacturing — August 2024 to March 2025 for the Wagoneer S, and August 2024 to April 2025 for the Charger. Should you picked up both of these fashions throughout that interval, chances are you’ll effectively have an improperly put in “park pawl return spring” that might enable your shiny new automotive to roll away whatever the gear it is in.
Not an awesome difficulty to resurface for Stellantis
Stellantis is, after all, no stranger to roll away points. Again in 2016, actor Anton Yelchin was killed by his personal runaway Jeep Grand Cherokee — a mannequin that had been recalled for a complicated gearshift, which regularly left drivers considering the automotive was parked when it was in truth nonetheless in impartial. Whereas this new difficulty has but to kill any “Star Trek” actors, not less than to my information, it is really worse than the difficulty that killed Yelchin. That drawback had drivers leaving their vehicles in impartial, whereas this one permits the automotive to roll even when you’re completely positive it is in park.
House owners of affected automobiles ought to hear concerning the recall later this month, however you may test NHTSA’s recall website now when you assume chances are you’ll be affected. Fortunately, Stellantis bought a deal with on this one fast — a lot of these automobiles are seemingly with their first homeowners, making it straightforward for the corporate to inform concerning the wanted work. Hopefully it is a straightforward repair for the affected vehicles, and drivers can get again to their dead-silent EV burnouts quickly.
