Jeep Liberty. Published by Transport Canada as 2003270 on 7 November 2003. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the front lower control arm ball joints may be susceptible to a loss of lubrication which can lead to corrosion, accelerated wear and possible separation from the steering knuckle. A ball joint which has separated from the knuckle, may result in a loss of vehicle directional control with minimal …
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Jeep LIBERTY in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Jeep LIBERTY is named on 9 American notices, 2 British, 7 European and 10 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
- 2003270
- Recall date
- 7 November 2003
- Make
- Jeep
- Models
- Liberty
- Model years
- 2002 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 29,011
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the front lower control arm ball joints may be susceptible to a loss of lubrication which can lead to corrosion, accelerated wear and possible separation from the steering knuckle. A ball joint which has separated from the knuckle, may result in a loss of vehicle directional control with minimal advanced warning. Correction: Dealers will replace both front lower ball joints and install ball joint boot heat shields on all 2002 and early 2003 model year vehicles. On later 2003 model year vehicles, the dealer will first inspect to determine if ball joint replacement is required. Any ball joints that do not pass the inspection will be replaced. All vehicles must have the ball joint boot heat shields installed.
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 2003270.
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.
- 2003067 · 17 March 2003 · Grand Cherokee · Steering
- 2004087 · 8 March 2004 · Grand Cherokee · Other
- 2004089 · 9 March 2004 · Liberty · Other
- 2004228 · 7 July 2004 · Liberty · Electrical
- 2002074 · 17 April 2002 · Grand Cherokee, TJ, Cherokee · Engine
- 2002067 · 8 April 2002 · Grand Cherokee · Other
- 2002051 · 19 March 2002 · TJ · Electrical
- 2002025 · 14 February 2002 · Yj · Brakes
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.
- 2003305 · 27 November 2003 · Chief, Scout, Spirit · Suspension
- 2003306 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Spirit, Scout Centennial · Suspension
- 2003308 · 27 November 2003 · Chief · Suspension
- 2003251 · 21 October 2003 · G4500 · Suspension
- 2003243 · 14 October 2003 · KVF400, KVF300 · Suspension
- 2003314 · 5 December 2003 · CX, CH · 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 Liberty, 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 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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