Chrysler is taking on federal safety regulators. it's rejecting a request to recall nearly three-million jeep vehicles the government claims are defective and prone to fires in rear-end collisions. In a rare act of defiance, car company giant Chrysler refuses to recall almost 2.7 million vehicles as requested by the national highway traffic safety administration. For nearly two decades, some Jeep SUV models have had a tendency to burst into flames after a rear end collision. The NHTSA is requesting that upgrades to the older models be installed to keep fires from starting. Former NHTSA administrator Joan Claybrook says, "The definition of a safety defect is if it's a bad design, if it's harmful to people, and if it occurs repeatedly and that's all been the fact here." The models in question now are 1993 to 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2002 to 2007 Jeep Libertys. The company says it's been working with the government on the fuel tank fire issue since 2010. Read more http://www.thv11.com/news/article/267991/288/Chrysler-refuses-federal-recall-on-Jeep-model-vehicles
