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Lower Ball Joints in Jeep vehicle

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 16 Nov 2006In the weekly report of 17 Nov 2006 (week 45, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Lower Ball Joints in Jeep vehicle
Type / model
Passengers’ Car Cherokee, type KJ
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
Risk
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.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0734/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-45 (XML)
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