(July 11, 2014) Chrysler said today it is recalling 895,000 SUVs for fire concerns and will reroute wiring for vanity-mirror lights after government regulators upgraded an investigation into the issue.

Chrysler said if a recalled SUV “was involved in a repair related to servicing the vanity mirror and/or headliner, the wiring — located inside the sun visor — may be subject to short-circuit and fire if not appropriately reassembled by the dealer. This condition is not present in vehicles which have not had the headliner or vanity mirror serviced.”

The recall campaign covers some 2011-2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs. The automaker hasn’t announced a recall repair schedule. Chrysler is aware of three related injuries — each of which involved a vehicle that had the vanity mirror and/or headliner serviced. It told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it was aware of 62 reports of fire incidents.

The recall includes 651,000 vehicles in the U.S.; 45,700 are in Canada; 23,000 are in Mexico and 175,000 are outside the NAFTA region.

Chrysler will install a spacer containing a wire guide feature that will keep the lines properly routed, preventing a potential short-circuit during reassembly. Chrysler said in “the interest of protecting our customers, this spacer will be installed in all vehicles within the range, regardless of whether or not the vanity mirror and/or headliner have been serviced.”

Source: The Detroit News