NHTSA Complaint #11031941 — 2013 ECLIPSE ATTITUDE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 ECLIPSE ATTITUDE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUSPENSION EQUALIZER HAD CRACKED AND THE SHACKLE BOLTS BETWEEN THE WHEELS WERE WORN AND FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE FAILURES. LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE REAR PASSENGER WHEELS. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE EQUALIZER FRACTURED AND CRACKS WERE VISIBLE IN THE CHASSIS AND CROSS MEMBERS OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.