{"id":3115,"date":"2016-04-23T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T04:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/chrysler-recalls-1-1-million-vehicles-to-repair-confusing-shifter-design\/"},"modified":"2016-04-23T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T04:20:24","slug":"chrysler-recalls-1-1-million-vehicles-to-repair-confusing-shifter-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/chrysler-recalls-1-1-million-vehicles-to-repair-confusing-shifter-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrysler recalls 1.1 million vehicles to repair confusing shifter design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dg014_087ch\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIyL2RlL0RHMDE0XzA4N0NILmVlYzFkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/014020aa\/953\/DG014_087CH.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Chrysler+recalls+1.1+million+vehicles+to+repair+confusing+shifter+design&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Ffca-shifter-recall%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Ffca-shifter-recall%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ever had trouble getting your Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep into park? It might not be your fault.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/10\/jeep-trailcat\/\">Jeep just put a 707-horsepower &#8216;Hellcat&#8217; V8 engine in a Wrangler<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced Friday afternoon that it is voluntarily recalling 1.1 million<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0vehicles\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">worldwide<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0(<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">811,586<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0in the U.S.) to repair a confusing shifter, which has caused 41 injuries to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The recalled vehicles span 2012 to 2014 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans and model-year 2014 to 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIyLzFlL3NoaWZ0ZXIuNThhMjgucG5nCnAJdGh1bWIJNTc1eDQwOTY-\/669d8e15\/c7b\/shifter.png\"><\/p><figcaption>\n<p>Jeep Grand Cherokee electronic shifter<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div>\n<p>Image:  FCA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The models were fitted with an electronic automatic transmission shifter that has been confusing drivers. What&#8217;s so confusing about the shifter operation?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Here&#8217;s how FCA explains the shifter&#8217;s operation, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Gear-selection is conveyed to the driver by multiple sets of indicator lights, not gear-selector position.&#8221;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/22\/fca-shifter-recall\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jeep\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jeep<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/chrysler\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Chrysler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/dodge\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Dodge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/transportation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Transportation<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/cars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Cars<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461384034' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461384034'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/P3EIvb458hU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever had trouble getting your Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep into park? 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SEE ALSO: Jeep just put a 707-horsepower &#8216;Hellcat&#8217; V8 engine in a Wrangler Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced Friday afternoon that it is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/chrysler-recalls-1-1-million-vehicles-to-repair-confusing-shifter-design\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[854,2396,2397,2395,907],"class_list":["post-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-cars","tag-chrysler","tag-dodge","tag-jeep","tag-transportation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}