NHTSA Complaint #10559993 — 2006 JEEP LIBERTY

WE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING ON OUR 2006 JEEP LIBERTY UNTIL WE HAD A SEVERE COLD SNAP (JEEP WAS BOUGHT IN FL AND NOW RESIDES IN DE) AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DEVELOPED A SCREECHING, STRAINING NOISE IN THE STEERING AND ALL AROUND DRIVING.IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED WE DROVE THE NOISE WAS ALWAYS THERE AND CONSISTENT, WHETHER YOU TURNED A CORNER, PUT ON THE BRAKES, BACKED UP OR DROVE ON THE ROAD NORMALLY ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE THE BRAKES WERE DRAGGING BUT WE HAD THE BRAKES CHANGED IN APRIL 2013. TOOK JEEP TO OUR AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH BAD UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BUT IN ENDED UP A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. ENJOY OUR JEEP BUT IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS FOR BALL JOINTS WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. *TR