Sept 4 (Reuters) - Jeep's parent company Stellantis ( STLA )

is pressing pause on making two of its top-selling

U.S. models, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Factories temporarily stopped producing the Jeep Wrangler

and Grand Cherokee SUVs in the past week, the report added

citing people familiar with the matter.

Stellantis ( STLA ) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request

for comment.

Stellantis ( STLA ) confirmed "production adjustments" at two Detroit

assembly plants that make the Grand Cherokee, and another

factory in Toledo, Ohio, where the Wrangler is produced, in a

statement to the Journal.

On Tuesday, the automaker named Bob Broderdorf who was its

Ram brand operation's senior vice president and head of sales

operations at Dodge, as the head of Jeep North America.

In July, U.S. auto safety regulator opened a recall query

into 94,275 Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrid SUVs manufactured between

2021 through 2024.