Jeep Grand Cherokee. Published by Transport Canada as 1994010 on 17 January 1994. System: Steering.
What the notice says The plastic retaining pins in the collapsible steering column shaft were sheared prior to installation of the column into the vehicle. this could cause the upper steering column shaft to separate from the lower column shaft, which could result in a loss of steering control.
correction: a restraining sleeve will be …
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Jeep GRAND CHEROKEE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Jeep GRAND CHEROKEE is named on 65 American notices, 43 British, 24 European and 120 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1994010
- Recall date
- 17 January 1994
- Make
- Jeep
- Models
- Grand Cherokee
- Model years
- 1993
- Vehicle class
- Minivan
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 8,097
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE PLASTIC RETAINING PINS IN THE COLLAPSIBLE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT WERE SHEARED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE COLUMN INTO THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD CAUSE THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN SHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE LOWER COLUMN SHAFT, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
CORRECTION: A RESTRAINING SLEEVE WILL BE ADDED TO THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF STEERING COLUMN SHAFT MOVEMENT.
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The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1994010.
Jeep elsewhere in this register
Jeep is named on 334 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1994112 · 17 June 1994 · Yj · Fuel System
- 1994193 · 6 December 1994 · Grand Cherokee · Emissions
- 1994195 · 12 December 1994 · Comanche, Cherokee, Yj · Emissions
- 1993148 · 5 November 1993 · Cherokee · Seats And Restraints
- 1993071 · 21 May 1993 · Alliance, Cherokee, Wagoneer · Emissions
- 1993066 · 13 May 1993 · Yj · Electrical
- 1993062 · 29 April 1993 · Grand Cherokee, Grand Wagoneer · Structure
- 1993056 · 28 April 1993 · Cherokee · Other
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1994006 · 13 January 1994 · Tracker, Sunrunner · Steering
- 1994019 · 4 February 1994 · 3900fc Bus, 3800 Bus, 3600 Bus · Steering
- 1994020 · 4 February 1994 · Topkick C7, Topkick C6, P Series · Steering
- 1994021 · 4 February 1994 · Snowmobile · Steering
- 1994031 · 14 February 1994 · Intruder (vs800gl) · Steering
- 1994032 · 14 February 1994 · Bus · Steering
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Jeep: 334 in the register, and 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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