NHTSA campaign 09E039000 · Equipment recall
ROCK KRAWLER/PURE PERFORMANCE GROUP, INC Recall 09E-039: AFTERMARKET PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 09E039000 is an equipment recall reported by ROCK KRAWLER/PURE PERFORMANCE GROUP, INC on June 19, 2009, with 44 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Jeep Liberty, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander for model years 2003–2009. Owners were notified on October 15, 2009, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 09E039000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
This is an equipment recall filed by ROCK KRAWLER/PURE PERFORMANCE GROUP, INC: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.
- NHTSA campaign
- 09E039000 (also written 09E-039 or 09E039)
- Filed by
- ROCK KRAWLER/PURE PERFORMANCE GROUP, INC
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 44 units (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Suspension
- Owners notified
- Recall type
- Equipment recall
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE09-005 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09E039000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09E039000.
Defect description
ROCK KRAWLER IS RECALLING 44 PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS SOLD AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON THE VEHICLE LISTED ABOVE. THESE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS WERE PRODUCED WITH GRADE 2 CARRIAGE BOLTS INSTEAD OF THE PROPER GRADE 5 CARRIAGE BOLTS. THE IMPROPER GRADE 2 CARRIAGE BOLTS COULD EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF CLAMPING FORCE FOR THE BOTTOM STRUT FORK.
Safety consequence
THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF EFFECTIVE LIFT AND LOWERING OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLE, POSSIBLY CREATING THE DRIVER TO PANIC WHICH COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
ROCK KRAWLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 15. 2008. ALL THE AFFECTED UNTITS HAVE BEEN REMEDIED. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ROCK KRAWLER AT 1-518-270-9822.
Notes
OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 09E039000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.