EU Safety Gate · Report-2006-45
Lower Ball Joints in Jeep vehicle
Water may enter into the front suspension lower ball joints in the affected vehicles. This can cause the ball joints to corrode and separate. Ball joints separation can result in a loss of steering control and could cause a crash without prior warning.
- Published
- 17 November 2006
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0734/06
- Model
- Passengers’ Car Cherokee, type KJ
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- United States
Product description
The recall concerns vehicles built through March 15, 2006. The VIN/chassis numbers are: 1J@G$%8#?^W* where: @ = 4 or 8 $ = L or 6 % = B or N or C or E # = 1 or 7 or 5 or K ? = 1 to 9 or X ^ = 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 * = production numbers of 6-digits