Jeep Cherokee Production Delayed Due To "Extended Quality Validation Testing", Workers Temporarily Laid Off At Toledo

TTAC Staff
by TTAC Staff

Chrysler has decided to delay production of the Jeep Cherokee again as the company seeks to iron out further quality issues with their crucial new product.

According to the Toledo Blade, the Jeep plant will have its second shift temporarily idled, with roughly 500 workers laid off for two weeks as Chrysler conducts “extended quality validation testing”. But union officials expected the layoffs to last one week, with workers doing quality checks on the vehicles.

Production of the Cherokee began in late June, with a second shift brought on in August. Production has been delayed one more than one occassion, with issues related to fit and finish as well as the all-new 9-speed transmission blamed for the holdup. The vehicle’s media introduction was also delayed.

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  • Vulpine Vulpine on Sep 23, 2013

    Could this have something to do with that rather critical report by one of the TTAC Staff?

  • Ryoku75 Ryoku75 on Sep 23, 2013

    If the design wasn't so poorly made they wouldn't have fit n finish issues from the getgo, sooner or later I expect a recall for headlights that fail to illuminate the road ahead.

  • Transform Transform on Sep 23, 2013

    I guess I'm in the minority, I rather like the new nose. Maybe they can get it assembled nicely despite the UAW.

  • White Shadow White Shadow on Sep 23, 2013

    LOL, it doesn't matter if they delay it for a year....it's still going to be an unreliable Jeep with plenty of recalls and even more TSBs, just like every other Jeep product ever made. The day Jeep can produce a quality vehicle with any semblance of reliability will be the day pink monkeys fly out of my butt. And that ain't happening any time soon.

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    • Wheeljack Wheeljack on Sep 24, 2013

      @Corey Lewis 4.0L soldiered on in the Grand Cherokee (WJ series) through 2004 and the Wrangler (TJ series) through 2006. I own two 4.0L engines and they are simply brilliant. Diesel-like torque curve and unrivaled serviceability (can change the plugs in 15 minutes).

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