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Pretty much any vehicle with a rear-mounted gas tank is going to have problems with rear-end collisions. FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) is installing free tra
by chiph 12y ago
Pretty much any vehicle with a rear-mounted gas tank is going to have problems with rear-end collisions. FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) is installing free trailer hitches on some Jeeps because they're vulnerable.
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType=ID&targetCategory=R&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=13V252000 http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType...
- arprocter 12y agoInteresting - I remember an old debate that having a hitch is bad in a rear collision, because energy which would've been absorbed by a crumpling bumper instead ends up being transferred to the main chassis via the hitch. Possibly the old argument is less valid due to unibody construction, but bumpers definitely exist for a reason