2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — Complaint #632514
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER filed July 31, 2007
NHTSA complaint #632514 (ODI reference 10197928) concerns a 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE and was filed on July 31, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 28, 2007. The vehicle had 45,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:hubcap/cover, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE cohort independently describe similar wheels:hubcap/cover failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PLACING NEW TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE BOLT MOVED OUT OF POSITION. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE CENTER LINE AND THE BOLT. WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BOLT TO SEE IF IT WAS TIGHT ENOUGH, IT FELL OFF. HE NOTICED THAT THE BOLT WAS RUSTED AND DISINTEGRATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TWO END PIECES OF THE CENTERLINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 45,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 632514 |
| ODI Number | 10197928 |
| Date Filed | July 31, 2007 |
| Failure Date | July 28, 2007 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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