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FILE - The Dodge logo is seen on a new Dodge RAM 3500 Heavy Duty pickup truck at a dealership in Springfield, Ill., Aug. 15, 2010. U.S. auto safety regulators are a step closer to seeking a recall of nearly a million Dodge Journey SUVs after a woman was trapped and died when her vehicle caught fire in 2022. The agency says in documents posted on its website Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, that it now has 19 complaints that inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the small SUVs during an emergency. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

US safety agency moves probe of Dodge Journey fire and door lock failure a step closer to a recall

U.S. auto safety regulators are a step closer to seeking a recall of nearly a million Dodge Journey SUVs after a woman was trapped and died in a 2022 vehicle fire

By AP News
Published - Aug 02, 2024, 08:39 AM ET
Last Updated - Aug 02, 2024, 08:39 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are a step closer to seeking a recall of nearly a million Dodge Journey SUVs after a woman was trapped and died when her vehicle caught fire in 2022.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration upgraded an investigation opened last year to an engineering analysis and added 11 model years to the probe.

The agency says in documents posted on its website Friday that it now has 19 complaints from owners and the automaker that inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the small SUVs during an emergency. There were no additional fires, injuries or deaths.

The probe started with Journeys from the 2009 model year, but has been expanded to include those sold through 2020. Agency documents say investigators will look at the cause of the fire “and its potential effect on the actuation of the door locks.”

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