NHTSA Complaint #10778901 — 2007 JEEP LIBERTY

THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AT ARBITRARY TIMES AND THEN REMAINS ON FOR THE REMINDER OF MY DRIVE. WHEN MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS AT SPEED, THERE IS A "GRINDING" NOISE THAT EMINATES FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE & ALMOST FEELS LIKE I WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND DIAGNOSTIC REVEALED IT WAS A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR IS ERRATIC, THEREBY CAUSING THE SLIPPAGE. PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR A *MINUMUM* OF THREE WEEKS FROM THE MANUFACTURER - WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE 113 OF THESE BACKORDERED PARTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR BEING A RECALL ISSUE. THE ISSUE OF THE SLIPPAGE ONLY HAPPENS WHILE MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS AND NEVER WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS ISSUE IS TO ALMOST LITERALLY STOP ON BUSY ROADWAYS TO THEN TURN RIGHT. WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE SAFE ON WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS AND AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CONSIDERING THE UPCOMING INCLEMENT WEATHER WE ARE EXPECTING AS A RESULT OF THE HURRICANE, BUT YET IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK.