Production attellantis NV’s Detroit Assembly Complex plants, which produce Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs, may stop next year, the most recent plant closures the carmaker has seen in recent months.
Production will be halted for the week of April 28 at the Mack and Jefferson North plants in eastern Detroit, with Mack also scheduled to take a year off starting on May 19. Numerous types of employees engaged in color and repair are also expected to review, according to a company notice sent to Mack employees.
The plant shutdown is related to the transition to a rejuvenated 2026 Grand Cherokee set to arrive later this year, according to a Stellantis speech. It was also revealed that the company had planned to start producing the SUV’s 2025 type for the time being.
We are expanding creation of the 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the Detroit Assembly Complex plants in order to help a successful start and ensure the highest build value of the new unit, according to a statement from Stellantis director Ann Marie Fortunate. In consequence, both Mack and Jefferson will experience a over year on April 28.
Sales for both SUVs produced at the Detroit Assembly Complex were weak in the first quarter, with the Grand Cherokee and Durango selling for a combined 11 % more than the year-over-year average of 48,465 models, respectively.
Following President Donald Trump’s 25 % tariffs on imported cars, which went into effect at the start of April, production at some Stellantis species has been reduced. The automaker  halted production at two significant assembly plants, one in Mexico and the other in Canada, which resulted in about 900 momentary layoffs at several of its British engine and printing plants.
Through the end of the month, the Mexico-based Toluca Assembly Plant may be shut down. It produces the Jeep Map cross and Van Wagoneer S electric SUV.
Following the final two months away, the Windsor Assembly Plant resumes output for two shifts on Tuesday, bringing some thousand workers who were temporarily laid off back to work. The assembly plant, which produces Chrysler minivans and the Dodge Charger Daytona electrical body vehicle, also resumes creation.
More than half of Sterling Stamping, Indiana Transmission, Kokomo Transmission, and Kokomo Casting workers who were temporarily laid off the week of April 7 will now go back to work to help the Windsor procedures, according to a statement from the organization.
Through early May, Stellantis ‘ Warren Truck Assembly Plant, which produces Van Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs, is also down. The firm claimed that the company’s production halted was caused by an engine shortage rather than tariffs because it has just switched more of its 3.0-liter Hurricane twin-turbo six-cylinder Jeep SUVs to the better-selling Ram 1500 pickups produced at the local Sterling Heights Assembly Complex.
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