WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee Fuel Tank Test : Part-1

On 14 January 2011 the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) commissioned a crash test at the KARCO Engineering facility in Adelanto, California on a 1999 thru 2004 vintage WJ-Body Jeep Grand Cherokee (JGC) under the 2006 FMVSS-301 NHTSA fuel system crashworthness standard (50 mph). In this test, the entire fuel filler hose, which routs below the driver’s side frame rail in what is one of the most incompetent designs in automotive history, is completely torn out of the fuel tank. During the roll-over portion of t