A lack of carpets after one of Chrysler’s suppliers on the East Coast was hit by the tropical storm Lee has forced the automaker to slow down production and cancel shifts this week at three of its plants.
The carpeting shortage has hampered production at the Sterling Heights Assembly in Michigan, Toledo North in Ohio and Brampton Assembly in Ontario.
The models that are affected by this problem are the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Liberty and Nitro, the Chrysler 200 and 300 and the Dodge Durango, Avenger and Challenger.
However, workers at the three plants will not get a chance to rest despite the cancelled shifts as they will be reporting to work as usual in order to receive further training.
Story source: Reuters
