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Service bulletin 03-007-16

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10121893
Published by NHTSA2017-11-03
Manufacturer's number03-007-16
Manufacturer's date2016-11-30
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

Front Of Vehicle Lateral Vibration During Low Speed Acceleration This bulletin involves replacing both front half shafts. The customer may describe a lateral wiggle, wobble, shake, shimmy, or shudder type vibration in the vehicle while accelerating at low speeds, typically between 16-32 kph (10-20 mph).

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
JEEP CHEROKEE2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20152922015-06-29. Suspension
20142762014-07-03. Suspension
14V3920002014-07-02. SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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