Severe problem towing 2014 Jeep Cherokee
I have a 2014 Latitude V6 with Active Drive II. While towing behind my motorhome on a 5000 mile trip last summer I experienced a severe side to side shaking in the front wheels of the Jeep about 7 tim...
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webslave wrote:
If I had to guess what their fix will be..."This vehicle is not intended to be towed recreationally and such use will not be supported by the manufacturer" will be added to the owner's manual. All automobiles are designed for independent use and as such, I don't believe that any of the regulatory agencies can mandate a fix for a use the vehicle wasn't expressly designed for. I am also sure that there is small print somewhere that says that the information and specs can be changed at any time.
I am not demeaning nor minimizing the issues you and the other 39 people are experiencing, but, 40 people having the issue is a small number compared to the number of units that aren't experiencing the problem. There are currently now six of us snowbirding in this park...zero issues. Comparing the 40 having the issue for a use the vehicle wasn't expressly designed for to the 100,000 or more Cherokee units on the road that are perfectly stable for the purpose the vehicle was designed for means that their is no impetus for Fiat/Chrysler to do anything at all. As many manufacturers have already demonstrated, recreational towing is not a large enough market segment to be concerned with. I suspect the NHTSA won't have any control over it either since, again, the Cherokee is safe for the intended use for which it was designed.
I wish you, the 40 or so, all the luck in the world, but, the money just isn't justifiable, from a corporate standpoint, to bring many, if any, engineering assets to bear for an unintended use of the vehicle.
Having worked for the worlds largest automotive manufacturer, the above is absolutely 100% correct. No manufacturer gives 2 cents about the toad market, NONE OF THEM. IF their products are towable behind a motorhome OK, but they are not going to spend a penny to correct any towing issues, that is not the intended purpose of their vehicles. I would be very surprised if the NHTSA even acknowledges any complaints, since again the vehicle is not being used for it's intended purpose. Sorry but this is the facts of life in the corporate world from someone who spent 37 years in the automotive manufacturing business.
