Consumer Complaint Detail

JEEP / GRAND CHEROKEE / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003258788 Incident Date: Jul, 24 2003
Consumer's City: PRINCETON Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: GRAND CHEROKEE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4GZ58S5WC Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 09 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 02 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The driver's door failed on my 1998 jeep grand cherokee laredo, meaning that metal fatigue and nothing more than metal fatigue caused the metal containing the door latch bold mechanism to literally deteriorate and the door had to be replaced. daimler-chrysler refused to acknowledge or pay for the defect. *ak