The Detroit automaker is now recalling more than 1.5 million Jeeps after earlier refusing to carry out the move. Chrysler initially denied any problem existed.
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We'll kick off NPR's business news with Chrysler making a U-Turn.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Detroit automaker is now recalling more than a million and a half Jeeps, after earlier refusing to carry out that move.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: In early June, the government told Chrysler to recall almost three million Jeeps made in the 1990s and 2000, saying fuel tanks in the vehicles could explode in rear end collisions.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: Chrysler initially denied any problem existed, but has now agreed to compromise by recalling a smaller number of vehicles, which will help the automaker avoid public hearings.