The company has identified an assembly error that can allow the stabilizer links to detach from the front of the vehicle, potentially interfering with steering and requiring increased steering effort.
“Unexpected increased handling effort may lead to a crash without warning,” the company wrote in its defect notice to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The problem was first spotted during test drives, after drivers noticed a noise coming from the front axle. Engineers traced the problem to loose stabilizer fasteners, which had not been torqued to the proper specifications by factory workers.
Service centers have been instructed to completely replace the stabilizer links and install new mounting nuts to the proper torque specs. The vehicle has not been on the market for very long, limiting the campaign to approximately 2,000 vehicles.
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