Car-Safety Chief: Decision Near on Reopening Jeep Probe

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required):  Federal regulators will decide within the next two weeks whether to reopen a probe into older Jeep models involved in fiery rear-end crashes and be “as aggressive as possible” when weighing measures to address the vehicles, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday.

“The situation has gotten worse,” said Mark Rosekind, the NHTSA head, referring to additional fatalities in Jeep fires since an array of models were recalled roughly two years ago. He described the pace of repairs on the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty models as “horrible.”

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