Jeep Cherokee Complaints (1995)

608 consumer complaints on file.

#864098June 22, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELT WOULD NOT STAY LATCHED, WOULD COME UNLATCHED WHENEVER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER BELT FROM A USED VEHICLE. IT WORKED FOR A WHILE AND IT STARTED TO UNLATCH. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. OWNER HAS REPLACED BELT LATCH. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863956June 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 99V340000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 747. DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN JANUARY. CONSUMER NOTED THE LAST CONTACT WITH THAT DEALER WAS IN NOVEMBER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863994June 21, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE SEPARATING FROM FRAME OF VEHICLE. NOT ABLE TO LOCK DOOR PROPERLY DUE TO UNEVENESS. HINGES' SCREWS ARE COMING OUT & ARE ALSO BENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863655June 15, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & HIT A POTHOLE. HEARD FUNNY NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC & IT WAS PLACED ON A LIFT.CONSUMER WAS INFORMED MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SNAPPED & BROKE OFF, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP. BOLTS HAD STUCK IN THE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724001June 14, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WELD OF TOP HINGE OF DRIVERS DOOR IS BREAKING. DOOR WILL SOON BE UNUSABLE, OR WORSE FALL OFF WHILE I'M DIRVING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT CHRYSLER HAS DONE TO FIX THIS SITUATION WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863581June 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENIGINE MOUNT SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD HAVE HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. ENGINE WAS BEING HELD ON BY THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863170June 7, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
BECAUSE DOOR WAS MANUFACTURERED AT AN ANGLE, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BROKE OFF AT THE HINGES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723649June 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TRAVELING DOWN A CITY STREET AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WE HIT A SMALL GROOVE IN THE ROAD AND THREE OF THE FOUR MOTOR MOUNTS SNAPPED IN HALF. DEALER CLAIMS THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE HITS SOMETHING REALLY HARD OR DROPS DOWN ON SOMETHING HARD. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS HAPPENING. IF THE FOURTH BOLT HAD LET GO 3 PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862814May 31, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DOOR KEEPS FALLING OFF DUE TO THE HINGES BREAKING OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862139May 18, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
PE95047, FAILURE OF DOOR ASSEMBLY WELDS: DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR EXPERIENCED WELD BREAKAGE, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING CRACKS IN THE WELDS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722724May 15, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE ENGINGE TO DROP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722236May 3, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
"ROTATIONAL THUMPING" SOUND DURING ACCEL FROM STOP. ESPECIALLY NOTICABLE DURING ACCEL UPHILL FROM STOP. THUMPING SOUND UNTIL 15MPH OR SO. SOUND FROM BELOW DRIVERS SIDE. ORIGINALLY NOTICED PROBLEM MID TO LATE LAST YEAR. DEALER HAD OTHER JEEPS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. SAID THEY TRIED REPLACING STEERING DAMPENER, U-JOINTS...ETC BUT PROBLEM CAME BACK. SAID THEY HAD SAME TYPE TRANSFERCASE. THEY FIXED OTHER JEEPS BY REPLACING TRANSFERCASE. ALSO NOTICE SLIGHT REAR WOBBLE WHEN ACCEL AND THUMPING NOISE. U-JOINTS OK. GOT NEW WHEELS, ALIGNED & BALANCED & NEW STEERING DAMPENER(OLD ONE LEAKING). PROBLEM BARELY NOTICABLE BUT WAS STILL THERE. MORE NOTICABLE AROUND FEB. CONTACTED DEALER AT THAT TIME. SAID THEY WOULD CALL IF FOUND A SOLUTION BUT HASN'T CALLED YET. NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. DEALER SAID EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND HARD TO FIND PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861364May 3, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES, FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES BECAUSE ROTORS HAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, NO INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860883April 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
PASSENGER'S SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THEN CAR STARTED VIBRATING. ALSO, FAN BLADE HIT FAN SHROUD, AND VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVEABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721721April 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
STRUCTURE, DOOR : BOTH DOORS HAVE CRACKED WELDS WHERE TOP & BOTTOM HINGES ATTACH TO CHASSIS. ENGINE : BOLTS ATTACHING RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS TO ENGINE SHEARED OFF (DEALER IMPLIED FACTORY SUPPORT, DEMANDED PAYMENT AFTER WORK COMPLETED). BRAKES DISC : BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED OUT WELL BEFORE 3 YEAR, 36,000 WARRANTY, DEALER DENIED COVERAGE. BRAKE ROTORS LATER SUBJECT TO INSPECTION & REPLACE AS NEEDED RECALL, EXCEPT OWNER REPAIRS PRIOR TO RECALL NOT COVERED! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860632April 20, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UPON SHFTING TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE GEAR VEHICLE SUDDENDLY TOOK OFF, HITTING 3 PARKED VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860394April 14, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WOULD START VIBRATING THROUGH STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, COULD HEAR IT INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721364April 12, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WAS WOUNDERING IF THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE EVERY BEEN RECALLED ON THIS MODEL? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859542March 31, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
NONE OF THE DOORS ARE ABLE TO BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED AUTOMATICALLY. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551571March 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-340. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Jeep Cherokee