2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee recall: steering
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. Some steering gear units were assembled with internal end-of-travel-stops that missed the heat treat process, resulting in soft internal travel stops.
💥 The risk
This could result in sticking, binding, or seizing of the steering gear.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the steering gear on involved vehicles.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 99V312000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 854
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 1,259
- Component
- STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 20, 1999
- Built
- Aug 18, 1999 – Aug 20, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Daimlerchrysler recall no. 854. Owner notification began december 20, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).