By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Chrysler mum or dad Stellantis (NYSE:) stated Saturday it’s recalling 1.46 million automobiles worldwide on account of a software program malfunction within the anti-lock brake system that may enhance the chance of a crash.
The recall contains practically 1.23 million Ram 1500 vans from the 2019 and 2021-2024 mannequin years in the US, in addition to about 159,000 automobiles in Canada, 13,000 in Mexico and 61,000 exterior North America.
The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration stated a software program malfunction could end result within the anti-lock brake system management module disabling the digital stability management system.
The difficulty means the automobiles don’t adjust to a federal motorized vehicle security commonplace on electrical stability management techniques.
Stellantis stated if the problem happen, the ABS, ESC, Adaptive Cruise Management and Ahead Collision Warning indicator lights can be illuminated at automobile begin up, indicating the techniques should not working. Foundational braking can be working, it added.
The corporate stated it’s unaware of any associated accidents or crashes.
Stellantis additionally stated Saturday it’s recalling about 33,000 Jeep Gladiator fashions from 2020-2024 and Jeep Wrangler automobiles from 2018-2024 on account of a possible inside quick circuit difficulty within the instrument panel cluster.