A total of 320,065 Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrids are under an active recall for a battery pack defect that can cause fires while the vehicle is parked or being driven, and Chrysler is directly instructing owners to park outside and away from structures until a fix is available, according to NHTSA’s recall filing. The unsettling part: nine of the fires behind this recall happened in vehicles that had already been repaired once under an earlier recall for the same general problem.

The Recall-of-a-Recall Problem

The current recall covers 228,221 Jeep Wrangler 4xe models from the 2020 through 2025 model years and 91,844 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe models from 2022 through 2026. NHTSA’s filing documents 19 confirmed fires that originated from the high-voltage battery packs, and nine of those fires occurred in vehicles that had already gone through remedy work under a prior recall campaign, identified in NHTSA’s database as 24V-720. In other words, the fix Jeep owners were told resolved the fire risk did not fully resolve it for at least nine documented vehicles. One injury has been linked to the defect so far.

The root cause, per the filing, is damaged separators inside the battery packs — a component meant to keep the battery’s internal layers from making unwanted contact. When that separator fails, it can lead to an internal short and a fire, regardless of whether the vehicle is being driven, charging, or simply sitting in a driveway.

Key Points

• 320,065 total vehicles affected: 228,221 Wrangler 4xe (MY2020-2025) and 91,844 Grand Cherokee 4xe (MY2022-2026).
• 19 confirmed battery-pack fires tied to the defect, with 9 occurring in vehicles already repaired under a previous recall.
• The defect involves damaged battery separators that can trigger a fire whether the vehicle is parked, charging, or driving.
• No permanent remedy currently exists — owners are waiting on Chrysler to finalize and distribute a fix.

What Owners Should Do Right Now

• Park outside and away from structures and other vehicles until your specific vehicle has been remedied, per Chrysler’s direction to NHTSA.
• Avoid charging the battery when possible — a fully charged pack presents a greater fire risk than a depleted one.
• Check your VIN on NHTSA’s recall lookup tool or call Chrysler customer service at 800-853-1403 to confirm whether your specific vehicle is included, especially if it was previously serviced under recall 24V-720.
• Contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 to report any battery-related incident.

For owners who already sat through one repair appointment believing the fire risk was behind them, this second notice is a harder pill to swallow. Until Chrysler finalizes a permanent remedy, NHTSA’s guidance stands: keep these vehicles outside, keep them away from anything flammable, and don’t assume a prior repair means the risk is gone.