Consumer Complaint Detail

CHRYSLER / LHS / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005034012 Incident Date: Aug, 13 2005
Consumer's City: JACKSONVILLE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: LHS Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 14 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 09 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car has 40k miles, 1999 model, no crashes. driving down residential street, slow down and make right turn into parking lot. at completion of turn attempted to straighten wheels and lost function from steering but steering wheel turned like normal. luckily very low speed so was able to stop without crash. root cause is bolts (2) sheared below steering gear where tie rods connect. repairs in progress, will attempt to drill out sheared bolts and replace, before having to replace gearbox and bolts. *jb