2007 liberties. no estimate from chrysler on what a recall would cost. likely $3 million to deal with problems. toyota lost its title as number one automaker after its big recall. this is a very big rebuff of the american government, quite frankly and of regulators in the country by chrysler. very rare for a car company not to be able to negotiate with the government and figure out a way to get this done quickly and get it done to the benefit of government. auto drivers and automaker itself, carol. christine romans reports from new york. she may be more popular than her husband, but she is not impervious to hecklers. she was reading prepared remarks last night when she was heckled. we have an obligation to stand up for those kids, and i don t care what you believe in.
administration. for nearly two decades, some jeep suv models have had a tendency to burst into flames after a rear-end collision. the ntsa is requesting upgrades to the older models be installed to stop them from firing. 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 19 knee to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep libertys. the company says it has been working with the government on the fuel tank fire issue since 2010. chrysler says they met the rear-end collisions. in a letter to chrysler the agency says, bluntly, quote the existence of a minimum standard does not require ntsa to ignore deadly problems. chrysler responded in a
safety. chrysler is refusing to recall almost 3 million jeeps because of a fire risk, despite accidents like this one. a fiery crash on a houston highway t. burned out wreck belongs to the driver of a jeep cherokee. the fire started when the car was hit from behind and burst into flames. the driver died. now he is one of the more than 50 people who have died after their jeeps caught on fire following a rear-end collision. athena jones has been following the story for us. athenna, why won t chrysler recall these vehicles? chrysler says they haven t had a full analysis of the data. i can tell you this is an unusual story. it is also important for anyone s concern for the government s ability to regulate our roads. 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
christine, why is chrysler refusing to recall these vehicles? chrysler does not agree with the u.s. government that this gas tank is a problem. they think the design of the gas tank behind the rear axle is a commonly accepted design and chrysler says almost all of the fatal accidents were the result of a high-speed accident, for example, like a tractor-trailer going 65 miles an hour, slamming into a stationary cherokee. it s the accident that causes the problem, not the fuel tank. chrysler in a statement says initial conclusions are based on inclusive analysis of under lying data. and we are committed to working with the agency to resolve this disagreement. hundreds of fires have occurred, and there is a push for a recall of these vehicles. chrysler says numbers are overstated. the vehicles in question, 1993 to 2004 jeep cherokees, 2002 to
the moose is pregnant. you know, my grandma watches this show. cnn newsroom with carol costello begins right now. happening now in the newsroom, steroids and suspensions. a possible blockbuster move by major league baseball. i m not answering any further questions regarding the whole situation. big names on the list? ryan braun, a-rod, 18 other players and the possible use of performance-enhancing drugs. we all hoped we had kind of got through it. it could be the largest wave of suspensions in sport history. we re at the miami clinic swirling at the center of the steroid storm. fire threat on four-wheel drive. jeep defying the government request to recall hundreds of thousands of cars, saying they are safe. chrysler contends their gas tanks on these vehicles were