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2006 JEEP LIBERTY — SUSPENSION

crash · 928686 · 2012-07-18

Vehicle

Make
JEEP
Model
LIBERTY
Year
2006
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
SUSPENSION
Miles at failure
53,647
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I GOT A NOTICE FOR A RECALL FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION TWO WEEKS A GO, LAST WEEK I MADE AN APPT WITH MY DEALERSHIP FOR MONDAY THE 16TH, BUT SUNDAY I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHICH IS A MILE AWAYS GOING TEN MPH, I WAS GETTING READY TO PARK, BUT THEN MY FRONT END STARTED TO RATTLE, THEN MY STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKEN, THEN I HEARD A SNAP LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE, AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY WORK, I GOT OUT AND ME, THE COP, MY HUSBAND, MY BOSS, MY DAD, THE TOW TRUCK COMPANY WAS LOOKING UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE AND THE SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM WAS SNAPPED IN HALF, A CLEAN STRAIGHT SNAP, AND MY LOWER BALL JOINT WAS BUSTED, IT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGED TO MY FRONT END, KNOCKED MY FRONT ALIGNMENT OUT, IT BENT MY RIM UP SMASHED MY LEFT LIGHTS, BUSTED MY STRUTS, AND THE KNUCKLE,MY AIR BAGGED DIDN'T DEPLOY TO LOW MILE CRASH, MY CHEST WHERE THE SEAT BELT WAS IS BRUISED, AND I HAVE A GAUGE MISSING ON TOP OF MY HAND WHERE MY HAND GOT WRAPPED A ROUND THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE WAS A RECALL BACK IN 2006 FOR THIS ISSUE OF THE SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM AND LOWER BALL JOINT WHICH CAUSED MY CRASHED AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT TAKEN CARE OF BACK IN MARCH OF 2007, THEY THINK THAT IT WAS ANOTHER DEFECTED SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT PUT ON, I ALSO WAS TELLING THE POLICE AND OTHERS I WAS PLANNING ON GOING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I GOT OF WORK, IF I DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPEN I WOULD OF BEEN DEAD, OR WHAT HAPPENS IF MY KIDS WERE IN THE VEHICLE OR SOMEONE WAS CROSSING THE STREET, I TA

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
10466341
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