Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - COLUMN | ||||||
| DP03002 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 05/07/2003 | 07/22/2003 | STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION | ||
| Mr. larry a. sackey submitted a petition to the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) by letter dated april 18, 2003, requesting that nhtsafurther investigate the defective collapsible steering shaft system on 1987-1995 vehicles manufactured by the daimlerchrysler corporation.in part because of 49 cfr | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 06/23/2005 | 85700 | 3 | 11/21/2004 |
| Dt: the vehicle shimmies severely and when the consumer hit a pothole the vehicle went out of control and he had to stop to get control again. this happened without warning. the consumer stated this has happened one other time about a year ago, and it happened two times this past weekend. dealer said they could not duplicate the problem the first time and could not find what was wrong. the second time consumer took a tsb#190596 and the dealer said it did not apply to consumer vehicle. *jb | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | |||
| Steering was hard to control due to the wearing of the steering gear box. dealer has replaced gear box, and the problem still exists. *ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - KNUCKLE - SPINDLE - ARM | |||
| 03/22/2001 | 2 | 02/01/1994 | |
| While driving could hear noise coming from front like grinding. also, bearing and spindle broke. *ak | |||