Jeep Liberty recall reaches nearly 347,000 vehicles
Chysler
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the lower control arms in the rear suspensions of the Libertys can rust and break, possibly causing them to crash. However, the company says it knows of no crashes or injuries from the problem. The recall involves vehicles in states where salt is used to clear ice and snow from the roads.
Chrysler said Monday that it will inspect the parts and replace them for free if needed.
The safety agency, in documents posted last weekend on its website, said that Chrysler has added the 2006 and 2007 model years to the recall. In March, the company said it was recalling about 200,000 Libertys from the 2004 and 2005 model years for the same problem.
Vehicles affected by the recall were sold or registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
The vehicles covered by the recall were built from July 3, 2003 through June 29, 2007.
The company said in a letter to NHTSA that as of February it had received no complaints about Liberty control arms from the 2006 or 2007 model years. But since April it has received eight reports of the problem, all from salt-belt states.
The company plans to notify owners of the added vehicles by the end of June. Customers with questions can call Chrysler at (800) 853-1403.
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credibility2's post is precisely correct. Costs tend to get passed to the customer but savings never do. It does end up being an inflated price and, along with lower quality goods, the lack of worker regulations -- here's an article that is brutal in many ways:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/13/general-motors-ceo-urged-to-address-indian-workers-complaints/
Excerpt:
""When companies like General Motors went global, they told the American people that by their example they would be the best human and workers' rights ambassadors, raising standards across the global economy," the institute said. "It is time for General Motors to act.""
Since then, GM acted... but not exactly in a positive manner... but I'll be digressing too much to start posting links to followups to that first article, but at this point neither Bush's stopgap or Obama's were deserved. GM has offshored and cut corners for YEARS, got bailed out, and continued more of the same. At our expense. That is simply wrong.
And people accepting lower quality has not helped. "Oh, for a $28000 car I can handle the touch screen being flaky. If this were a $70000 car..." Why do people rationalize? If you make a product and advertise it with features, do the job RIGHT. Good grief.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj-vIOMtVY0
(it's ironic as well...)