Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||||
| 0200101 | 01/19/2001 | 618392 | Some customers may experience a situation in which the rear of the vehicle sits too high to attach their fifth wheel or goose neck trailer to the trailer hitch turnable. *jb | 04/12/2001 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | ||||||
| PE99026 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 04/16/1999 | 08/31/1999 | FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING/SHOCK ABSORBER | 99V214000 | |
| Allege failure of the coil spring/shock absorber bracket at its attachment to the vehicle frame may allow collapse of the front suspension, and potentially affect steering or braking system performance | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 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 | |||
| 07/06/2002 | 1 | 09/01/2000 | |
| Driving along i-70 i ran into a rough spot in the road. the truck ,steering wheel, steering column,front end,drive train,it felt like the whole truck started shaking so violently i thought it would fly apart. to get it to stop i had to pull over and come to a complete stop | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| While driving 40-70 mph front end of vehicle was shaking. consumer would have to slow vehicle down. dealer has been notified. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| 03/22/2001 | 2 | 02/01/1994 | |
| While driving could hear noise coming from front like grinding. also, bearing and spindle broke. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - SHOCK ABSORBER | |||
| 1 | |||
| Prior to recall the upper coil spring towers failed causing increased stopping distance. (99v-214). yh | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - STABILIZER BAR | |||
| 10/15/1999 | 2 | 10/01/1999 | |
| Stabilizer bar had to be replaced at 37,000 miles because of vibration at 35 mph. at 52,000 miles, it needed to be replaced again by dealer. *ak the vehicle shook violently due to the tracking bar failure also, the left front fender fell off. *yh | |||