Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has announced a massive recall of 4.8 million vehicles in the United States over concerns that they could get stuck in cruise control, the company announced today. FCA is urging customers with affected vehicles to avoid using cruise control until they visit a service center to have the car’s software upgraded. Fiat Chrysler says it is “unaware of any related injuries or accidents involving the affected vehicles.”
The problem in question can arise when these vehicles accelerate while using cruise control, either by the driver applying the throttle or the system speeding up to maintain the desired speed. While unlikely, FCA says, there’s a chance that this could happen at the same time as a short circuit in a “specific...
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