Federal regulators are also investigating complaints of underhood fires in some 2021-2023 Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators.

The fatality rate fell in early 2024 but was still higher for that three-month period than in any pre-pandemic year since 2008.

The National Transportation Safety Board during a Tuesday hearing said that a combination of weak federal and state government regulations and lax safety practices at the two companies involved ...