Chrysler Group, a unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, announced that it will be recalling close to 10,700 sport utility vehicles due to a defect that results in unintended acceleration while the car is in cruise-control mode.
The vehicles that are being recalled include certain 2014 models of the Dodge Durango and Jeep Cherokee that were made between Jan, 16 and April 17, according to Reuters.
The recall also includes 2014 Grand Cherokees and high-performance Grand Cherokee SRTs made in the same period.
The automaker said on its website that over half of the recalled vehicles are currently with dealers or in transit to dealers, NBC News reported.
Chrysler also said that close to 6,100 of the vehicles are in the U.S., while 950 are in Canada. 425 are in Mexico, and 3,200 are outside the North American Free Trade Agreement area.
The company said it has not been informed of any accidents, injuries or complaints related to the problem. It added that it discovered that the car may accelerate for about a second when the driver engages in cruise control and overrides the system by pressing and then releasing the accelerator pedal, Reuters reported.
"In high-performance vehicles subject to the recall, the event may last up to two seconds before deceleration begins," Chrysler said.
870,000 of Chrysler's vehicles were recalled in April so the automaker could fix a problem in the brake systems, NBC News reported.
The company is also under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about its recall in 2012 of 744,822 SUVs in the U.S. The recall is being probed by safety regulators after complaints were received by six consumers about airbags inadvertently deploying even after they were fixed.
