U.S. insurance safety group says 2022 Jeep Wrangler tipped over in crash test

Stellantis logo is witnessed on the firm’s headquarters in Poissy around Paris, France, February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – The Insurance plan Institute for Freeway Safety (IIHS) stated on Thursday a 2022 Jeep Wrangler 4-doorway model tipped around in a crash take a look at, an situation that could pose protection risks to users.

The field-funded group prods automakers to make safer motor vehicles by issuing rankings after checks that are made use of by some prospective purchasers. Favourable rankings are typically touted by automakers.

IIHS explained the driver-facet compact overlap crash test showed a repeat of a challenge discovered in a 2019 Jeep Wrangler product. IIHS mentioned structural modifications manufactured by Jeep maker Stellantis (STLA.MI) did not eradicate the concern.

The 2022 Wrangler tipped onto its passenger aspect immediately after striking the barrier employed in the crash examination on March 10, ensuing in a marginal rating. The Wrangler gained great scores in four other IIHS crash assessments.

Stellantis said on Thursday it is reviewing the most current IIHS test final results but explained just after making much more than a million of these motor vehicles, “serious-planet overall performance strongly indicates they afford the amount of security our prospects need and ought to have.”

The automaker included that by a “conservative estimate, (Jeep Wranglers) have accounted for 105 billion on-highway travel miles. And we are unaware any of industry stories that correspond with the IIHS test success.”

IIHS claims even partial rollovers are harmful considering that “they improve the probabilities that an occupant may be wholly or partially ejected from the automobile.”

The Countrywide Highway Traffic Security Administration said in March that motorists killed in rollover crashes greater by 13% in 2020 to 7,107, accounting for about 18% of all site visitors deaths.

The 2019 design did not idea above in the check conducted by the organization and which was submitted to IIHS for verification, the U.S. protection team mentioned. Alternatively, it tipped in an IIHS take a look at conducted as part of an audit program and then all over again in a subsequent retest requested by the automaker, IIHS mentioned.

Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington
Editing by Matthew Lewis

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