Consumer Protection

Recall for 2021-2023 model year Jeep Wrangler 4xe Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles strands dangerous vehicles behind repair delays

Lieff Cabraser is investigating complaints that a recent safety recall for 2021-2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) has left owners and lessees with vehicles they cannot charge or even store at home.

The recall has warned drivers that the high voltage batteries in their Jeeps could fail and catch fire, and instructed consumers not to plug-in their vehicles or store them in a garage or near other vehicles. As a result, owners and lessees have been forced to not drive and to sequester their vehicles to try to minimize the fire danger.

As per NHTSA’s recall notice, due to the danger of sudden battery discharge, “Customers are advised to refrain from recharging these vehicles and not to park them inside of buildings or structures, or near other vehicles until the vehicle has the final repair completed.”

If you own or lease an affected Jeep Wrangler, we urge you to contact a consumer protection lawyer at Lieff Cabraser today to learn about your rights and potential recovery.

Lieff Cabraser has been fighting successfully for consumer and vehicle owner rights across the U.S. for over 50 years, including our representation of hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen vehicle owners in emissions fraud lawsuits that led to historic settlements valued at over $14 billion. At its 2018 awards ceremony, the California Daily Journal named Lieff Cabraser attorneys Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Kevin R. Budner, Phong-Chau Nguyen, and Wilson M. Dunlavey as recipients of the 2018 California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award for their work on the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Emissions Fraud MDL. The CLAY awards are given annually to outstanding California practitioners “whose extraordinary work and cases had a major impact on the law.”