NHTSA Complaint #10476829 — 2011 CHRYSLER 200

HEARING FRONT END CLUNKING SOUNDS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP AND SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, AND ALSO NOTICING SLIGHT PULL ON STEERING, I BROUGHT MY CAR TO CHRYSLER DEALER IN AVONDALE, AZ. SINCE MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, ONLY 15 MONTHS OWNERSHIP AND UNDER 22K MILES, I AM CONCERNED. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY CAR HAS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS; FIRST WAS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH FELL APART AT ONE WEEK AND 500 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME BY THIS DEALER. MY CONCERN NOW IS THE FRONT END - I WAS ADVISED THE INNER TIE ROD ENDS ARE DEFECTIVE AND MUST BE REPLACED; ITEMS ARE ON BACKORDER. WHY WOULD TIE ROD ENDS BE DEFECTIVE, SO SOON, WITH NOT EXCESSIVE MILEAGE AT THIS TIME? THE SERVICE MANAGER VERBALLY NOTED THAT MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND YET, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AT THIS TIME - WHY NOT? SHOULDN'T THE TIE RODS ALSO BE REPLACED SINCE THEY'RE NOT AFFECTED BY THE DEFECTIVE TIE ROD ENDS? IN MY OPINION, A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED FOR SAFETY CONCERNS RE: TIE ROD ENDS ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR