NHTSA complaint: 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE — SUSPENSION:REAR
TOWING A HORSE TRAILER PLUS 2 HEAVY HORSES FULL FUEL LOAD. VEHICLE SWEAVED OUT OF CONTROL ROUND A ROUNDABOUT .DAMAGE WAS SLIGHT AS VEHICLE JACK KNIFED.THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER INFORMED ME I HAD THE EARLY SOFT SPRINGS ON THE VEHICLE NOT RECOMMENDED FORTOWING. I CONTACTED JEEP WHO INFORMED ME THAT JEEP HAD STIFFENED THE SPRINGS TO PREVENT SAGGING LEAF SPRINGS.AND IF I ORDERED A NEW PART IT WOULD REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF UNSTABLE TOWING . I NOTED THAT THE REPLACEMENT SPRING HAS STRONGER CLAMPS LONGER AND STONGER LOCATING PEGS.I ASKED IF THEIR HAD BEING A RECALL AS THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE (UK LAW)IF THE ORIGINAL SPRINGS WERE INADAQUATE TO PREVENT SEVERE SWAYING .I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A 1997 CAR OR A DIESEL VERSION INTRODUCED IN 1995 IN THE UK WHICH HAD BEING FITTED WITH STRONGER SPRINGS .I ASKED THE UK IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHY JEEP HAD LOWERED THE RECOMMENDED "TONGUE WT" ON THE 1997 VEHICLE BY 30 KGS WAS IT BECAUSE THE EARLIER RECOMMENDATIONS WER TO HIGH FOR THE "SOFT SPRINGS TO COPE WITH NO REPLY .I ASKED WHY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1995 AND 1997 OWNERS HAND BOOK WAS A LONGER TRAILER TOWING SECTION INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF THE WORDS "STRONGLY "SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ,WHY HAD THEY CHANGED THE WARNINGS HAD THERI BEING ANY REPORTED ACCIDENTS WHILE TOWING ON THE "SAGGING SPRINGS" ..THEY NOW REFUSE TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN THE UK CAN YOU HELP IN THE US ?I BELIEVE IF THE UK 4.0 JEEP IS FULLY LOADED TO ITS MAKIMUM WT IT WILL NOT BE STABEL DUE TO THE
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation