The defect
STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS REMAINED IN ACID ETCHING BATH TOO LONG. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: COUPLERS COULD BE OUT OF TOLERANCE RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL MISALIGNMENT WITH EVENTUAL LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
The remedy
REPLACE OUT OF TOLERANCE STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Jeep Cherokee | 1986, 1987 |
| Jeep Comanche | 1986, 1987 |
| Jeep Wagoneer | 1986, 1987 |
Components: STEERING:LINKAGES
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeep Cherokee | 1986 | 21 | 4 |
| Jeep Cherokee | 1987 | 57 | 5 |
| Jeep Comanche | 1986 | 6 | 6 |
| Jeep Comanche | 1987 | 5 | 5 |
| Jeep Wagoneer | 1986 | 5 | 5 |
| Jeep Wagoneer | 1987 | 10 | 6 |
Other steering recalls in 1986
23 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1986 concerned the steering; CHRYSLER CORPORATION filed 640 campaigns in all.
| 86V173000 30 Dec 1986 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 86V171000 23 Dec 1986 | FLXIBLE CORPORATION |
| 86V170000 22 Dec 1986 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 86V157000 25 Nov 1986 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 86V145000 3 Nov 1986 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 86V144000 28 Oct 1986 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 86V138000 20 Oct 1986 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 86V134000 7 Oct 1986 | CARPENTER BDY WRKS, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1986