agency s guidance and recall more than 2.7 million jeep model it is government says have a faulty gas tank design. the recall would target 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokee models in the 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties. jonathan drives a 1997 jeep grand cherokee. he had no idea there was even talk of a recall until we told him. i haven t had a problem yet. but if it s true what they said, there s damage or it can catch on fire if i m rear ended, yeah, it should be recalled. yeah, it freaks me out a little. reporter: others are taking a different stance like this driver who posted, sorry, by m not handing over my fiery death trap for such minuscule repairs. hold strong, chrysler. car sales experts say selling isn t an option now. people don t want a car that
much to both of you. speaking of maybe saying no to the government, chrysler is voluntarily recalling. different story today. they are now voluntarily recalling 630,000 newer jeeps. these are not the jeeps we talked about yesterday. possible airbag here and seat belt problems are behind the recall of some 2010 and 2012 jeep patriot and compass suvs. chrysler says seat belts and airbags may not function properly during rollovers. problems with transmission fluid leaks are behind the recall for some of the 2012 and 2013 jeep wrangler suvs. chrysler still refusing to recall nearly 3 million older jeeps that federal safety regulators have said are unsafe. they re saying no to the federal government. the feds say some older jeep cherokees and liberties have a defective gas tank design that could result in fires if the jeeps are hit from behind.
2.8 million jeep models who the government says has a faulty gas tank design. it would target 2002 to 2007 jeep liberty. and 1193 to 2004 jeep cherokee. like everyone else he asked, he had no idea that there was no talk of a recall. if it s true what they said that i mean, there is damage or it can catch on fire if i get rear ended, yeah, it should be recalled, and, yeah, it does freak me out a little. reporter: others taking a different stance, like this driver who posted on twitter, sorry, but i m not handing over my fiery death trap for such miniscule repairs, hold strong, chrysler. reporter: car sales experts say that car sale is not an option. people aren t looking for a
refusing to recall 2.7 million, that is right, jeep suvs. national highway traffic safety administration says the gas tank design used in the 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and the 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties is unsafe. government agency found more than 300 people have died when their jeep suv caught fire after rear-end collisions. jeff joining us to talk about this. i m surprised by the fact that they can refuse to recall the vehicles. i wasn t even clear that that was possible. do we know if it s even necessary? that s a good point. just like the philadelphia story is big news today, this is big news as you just mentioned. but consumers shouldn t be alarmed at this point. the reason is because i m hearing from my internal sources and from those of us who are industry analysts out in the field is that this information is inconclusive right now. so we believe this information s
more than 300 other people in similar accidents involving jeeps. so regulators want 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties recalled. but the thing is, chrysler is refusing. it contends the gas tank design is safe. let me quote the company. we believe nhtsa s initial conclusions are based on an incomplete analysis of the underlying data and wee are committed to continuing work kgt agency to resolve this disagreement. caught in the middle, jeep owners. many of you. rick newman, good to see you. so, car companies and the government usually, you know, quietly negotiate the recalls, then they announce it, we announce it to the public, but nobody has refused to issue recalls since 1996, why is chrysler doing this?