Stellantis to recall more than 91,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles over possible loss of drive power

Chrysler parent company Stellantis is recalling more than 91,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee hybrids in the U.S. due to a software malfunction that may result in a loss of drive power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday.

Some Jeep Grand Cherokee Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, model years 2022 through 2026, may have an overloading of the battery pack control module microprocessor, causing it to reset. When this happens, the hybrid control processor can misinterpret signals from the battery pack control module — potentially resulting in a loss of drive power, the NHTSA noted.

"An unexpected loss of propulsion can cause a vehicle crash without prior warning," the NHTSA noted.

Of the 91,787 possibly affected vehicles, only 1%, or around 918 of them,