NHTSA Complaint #10745934 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

SHORTLY AFTER STARTING OUR 1500 MILE TRIP ON JULY 14 CROSSING A BRIDGE THE MONACO DIESEL PUSHER MOTORHOME TOWING A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4 LATITUDE WITH ACTIVE DRIVE II SHOOK BADLY FRONT-TO-BACK AND SIDE-TO-SIDE AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NORMALLY A BUMP WILL CAUSE THE MH TO SHAKE FRONT-TO-BACK MOMENTARILY. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED AROUND AND UNDER BOTH VEHICLES AND FOUND NOTHING AMISS. GOT IN AND HEADED ON OUR TRIP. A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT DAY THE MH SHOOK WHEN HITTING A BUMP BUT NOT AS VIOLENTLY AS EARLIER. NO MORE SHAKING ON THE TRIP AND NO APPARENT DAMAGE. THE JEEP HAD BEEN DISENGAGED AND REENGAGED FROM THE MOTORHOME A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO SIGN OF DAMAGE. WE TRAVELED FROM BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK TO CAPITAL REEF NP ON 20 JULY OVER A CURVY, HILLY HIGHWAY. AT CAPITOL REEF WE DISCONNECTED THE JEEP AND FOUND THE PASSENGER SIDE TOW BAR/TAB HAD DAMAGED THE SHROUD IN THE FRONT OF THE JEEP. WE DROVE THE MH AND JEEP SEPARATELY TO MOAB, UT FOR REPAIRS. WHEN THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE LOWER FRONT SHROUD ON THE JEEP AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE HE FOUND THE WELDS ON THE JEEP ALUMINUM BRACKET THAT THE TOW-BAR BASE-PLATE WAS FASTENED TO WERE BROKEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CRACKED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WE CONTINUED DRIVING BOTH SEPARATELY TO OUR HOME.