the industry average for that type of vehicle built at that time. reporter: recalls are not unusual. fwhut is the first time since 1996 that an automaker has challenged a recall demand from the nhtsa. that case also involved chrysler and the company prevailed in a two-year federal court battle. athena jones, cnn, washington. i m just looking at the value of the bailout from the american government to chrysler when it went into bankruptcy in 2009. the u.s. government gave it billions of dollars. it s interesting on the other end you got now chrysler telling the government, no. yeah, thanks for your money but, no, we re not going to take your suggestions for the recall. that s nice. good investment. a baseball bombshell. the commissioner ready to suspend 0 players for doping. 20 players. we re live with the latest. been all fun and games here at the hutchison household. but one dark stormy evening. there were two things i could tell: she needed a good meal and a good family. so w
million jeep vehicles the government claims are defective and prone to fires in rear end collisions. let s get more now from cnn s athena jones. reporter: in a rare act of defiance, car company giant chrysler refuses to recall almost 2.7 million vehicles as requested by the national highway traffic safety administration. for nearly two decades, some jeep suv models have had a tendency to burst into flames after a rear end collision. they are requesting that upgrades to the older models be installed to keep fires from starting. the definition of a safety defect is if it s a bad design, if it s harmful to people, and if it occurs repeatedly. and that s all been the fact here. reporter: the models in question are 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties. the company says it s been working with the government on the fuel tank fire issue since
also an important one for anyone who s concerned about the government s ability to regulate our roads. reporter: in a rare act of defiance, car company giant chrysler refuses to recall almost 2.7 million vehicles. as requested by the national highway traffic safety administration. for nearly two decades, some jeep suv models have had a tendency to burst into flames after a rear end collision. the nhtsa is requesting that upgrades to the older models be installed to keep fires from starting. it s a bad design. if it s harmful to people and if it occurs repeatedly. that s all been the fact here. reporter: the models in question are 1993 to 2004 cheje grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties. the company says it s been working with the government on the fuel tank fire issue since 2010. chrysler says their suvs met the
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that type of vehicle built at that time. reporter: recalls aren t unusual. but thi is the first time since 1996 that an automaker has challenged a recall demand from the nhtsa. that case also involved chrysler. and the company prevailed in a two-year federal court battle. so we could have another fight on our hands. as one analyst said, chrysler is taking a risk by taking on the government. because even if they win this battle, there s no way to predict the impact all this could have on future sales. christine, john? thanks, athena jones. singapore airlines flight was about an hour into a routine flight from singapore to london last week when suddenly this happened. look at these photos taken after the plane experienced some severe turbulence in flight. the aircraft dropped about 65 feet in five seconds. 11 passengers were injured as well as one crew member. passenger allen cross took these photos. this is what he had to say about those terrifying moments on