Chrysler will suspend production at its Belvidere, Illinois production plant starting next Monday. The production halt — which is scheduled to last for two weeks — is to reduce inventory of unsold vehicles. The Belvidere plant employs about 3,400 workers — operating in three shifts — and produces the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot .
“It’s being done to adjust inventory levels,” Chrysler spokeswoman Michele Tinson told Automotive News.
Chrysler ’s U.S. sales were down 5% in September with the Caliber and and Compass partially to blame. According to Automotive News, September sales of both cars were down, with Caliber sales dropping by 23% and Compass sales declining by 23.5%.
