Jeep Grand Cherokee. Published by Transport Canada as 1998014 on 27 January 1998. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with "quadra-trac" transfer case and a space saver temporary spare tire.
the front axle could overheat when the vehicle is operated using the temporary space saver spare tire when the vehicle is equipped with any of the following road tires: 225/70/r16, 225/75/r15 or 245/70/r15. an overheated …
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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.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998014
- Recall date
- 27 January 1998
- Make
- Jeep
- Models
- Grand Cherokee
- Model years
- 1996
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 6,173
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH "QUADRA-TRAC" TRANSFER CASE AND A SPACE SAVER TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE.
THE FRONT AXLE COULD OVERHEAT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED USING THE TEMPORARY SPACE SAVER SPARE TIRE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ROAD TIRES: 225/70/R16, 225/75/R15 OR 245/70/R15. AN OVERHEATED AXLE MAY FORCE AXLE FLUID OUT OF THE SEALS RESULTING IN AN INCREASED CHANCE OF FIRE.
CORRECTION: TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A FULL SIZED SPARE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
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 1998014.
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.
- 1998012 · 23 January 1998 · Premier, Yj, Cherokee · Brakes
- 1998036 · 23 February 1998 · TJ, Cherokee, Grand Cherokee · Brakes
- 1998054 · 27 March 1998 · TJ · Seats And Restraints
- 1998073 · 17 April 1998 · TJ, Cherokee · Seats And Restraints
- 1998215 · 9 November 1998 · Cherokee, TJ, Grand Cherokee · Emissions
- 1998226 · 20 November 1998 · Grand Cherokee · Emissions
- 1998232 · 24 November 1998 · Grand Cherokee · Seats And Restraints
- 1997208 · 21 November 1997 · Grand Cherokee, Cherokee · Fuel System
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998006 · 20 January 1998 · 4800 · Suspension
- 1998007 · 20 January 1998 · Acl, Wah, VNL · Suspension
- 1998009 · 20 January 1998 · CH613 · Suspension
- 1998035 · 20 February 1998 · Ranger · Suspension
- 1998045 · 19 March 1998 · F-800, F-700 · Suspension
- 1998107 · 25 May 1998 · Legacy · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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