Jeep Cherokee Complaints (1989)

191 consumer complaints on file.

#566298June 27, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER HAD A MECHANIC TO CHECK THE BRAKE LINES AND PUT ON NEW BRAKE SHOES. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER OR THE POWER BOOSTER. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING $2000 WORTH OF WORK DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A SECOND OPINION. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER, THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE BRAKE ACTUATOR PISTON ASSEMBLY AND THE PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY. THERE IS A RECALL FOUND ON THE INTERNET PERTAINING TO THE SAME YEAR, MAKE/MODEL OF CONSUMERS VEHICLE. CONSUMER IS HAVING A PROBLEM CONTACTING THE CHRYSLER CORP. PERTAINING TO THE RECALL. *JG UPDATED *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758209February 14, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE TWO PART MACHINED, ONE PART PLASTIC ONE PART METAL. THEY WILL SEPARATE AND CAUSE FIRE. THIS WILL CAUSE DEATH AND COST MONEY. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, IM ASTONISHED IT HAS NOT YET BEEN. THIS COSTS THE CONSUMER 80$ EACH, AND IN THE END IT ADDS UP TO ALMOST BUYING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS EQUASION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003784February 8, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
WHILE STARTING ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. MECHANIC FOUND DEFECT WITHIN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757810February 5, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS SYSTEM IN THIS JEEP HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 3 TIMES! EACH TIME THE BRAKES FAILAGAIN. THIS TIME WE ARE BEING CHARGED FOR THE ACCUMULATOR WHICH IS AN INTERGRAL PART OF THE ABS SYSTME WHICH KEEPS FAILING. A PREVIOUS OWNER HAD TAKEN THIS JEEP IN SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE SAME FAILING SYSTEM BUT T WAS BEFORE THE RECALL WENT INTO EFFECT... CHRYSLER WILL NTO PAY TO REPLACE THE ACCUMULATOR EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT "NORMAL " WEAR AND TEAR! THIS JEEP IS A DEATH TRAP AND AFTER 3 TRIPS TO THE JEEP DEALER HAS YET TO BE FIXED. NOW IM HAVING TO PAY FOR WHAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECCALL! THE LAST TIME THE BRAKES "WENT OUT" /FAILED I HAD MY TODDLER IN THE CAR... I WONT ALLOW CHRYSLERS NEGLEGENCE TO HARM MY CHILD. I WOUDL SELL THIS BUT THEN SOMEONE ELSE WOULD END UP WITH A DEATHTRAP AND I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO SLEEP. I JUST WANT IT FIXED... FOR FREE SINCE THE PROBLEM IS IN THE MANUFACTURING!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899936December 6, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AT START UP RPMS GO TO 3000-3500 WITHOUT APPLYING ACCELERATOR, THEN RPM'S STAY UP 80 % OF TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899218November 16, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN TRYING TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE INSTANTLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS AT FULL SPEED INTO HOUSE, DAMAGING VEHICLE AND KNOCKING DOWN THE DECK. *AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748927July 22, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK, WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WHILE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROX. 60 MPH WHILE FOOT WAS PRESSED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON BRAKES AND WAS ONLY STOPPED BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. ENGINE WAS STILL RACING AT FULL THROTTLE UNTIL SHUT OFF. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC WHERE THE PROBLEM IS STILL BEING DIAGNOSED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747631June 30, 2001
TIRES
THIS TIRE AND RIM IS THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN NEW. SPARE TIRE WAS MOUNTED ON REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE FOR FIRST TIME USE. AFTER A FEW MILES OF USE, NOTICED A TIRE WOBBLE CONDITION. THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES SO REPLACED THEM WITH NEW. PROBLEM PERSISTED. SWAPPED OUT REAR TIRES AND RIMS WITH OTHERS AND ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE NOS SPARE THAT I HAD JUST PUT ON 100 MILES EARLIER. WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING THE TIRE/RIM TO A TIRE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, REMOUNTED THIS TIRE/RIM IN THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED. FORTUNATELY A WINDOW WAS LEFT DOWN. OTHERWISE, ALL THE VEHICLE GLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT FROM THE EXPLOSION, POSSIBLY INJURING A PEDESTRIAN NEARBY. IF A PERSON HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TIRE, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED SEVERELY OR LOST THEIR EARDRUMS. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE FOR INSPECTION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: M3CC861X3 TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745496May 18, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES! THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ALSO. REPLACING THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR SOLVES PROBLEM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745140May 10, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
DISCOVERED DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS LEAKING GASOLINE FROM THE TWO-PIECE BODY OF TWO OF THE FUEL INJECTORS ONTO HOT ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHEN ENGINE WAS IN OPERATION, AND AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE ENGINE WAS COOLING . DEFECTIVE INJECTORS WERE LEAKING QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF ENGINE. CONTACTED LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE PROBLEM. THE JEEP SERVICE MANAGER AND MECHANICS APPEARED TO BE WELL AWARE OF THESE DEFECTIVE LEAKING INJECTORS AS OCCURRING ON OTHER JEEP CHEROKEES WITH 4.0L ENGINE. I THEN CONTACTED OTHER JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS ON WEB FORUMS WHO REPORTED THAT DEFECTIVE LEAKING INJECTORS ON EARLIER PRODUCTION JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE CAUSED ENGINE FIRES IN SEVERAL VEHICLES. DEALER RECOMMENDED ALL INJECTORS BE REPLACED AS SAFETY PRECAUTION. DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM WORK FREE OF CHARGE. I DECLINED THEIR REPAIRS AS TOO EXPENSIVE ($820.00). INCURRED $220 IN MATERIAL COSTS TO REPLACE ALL 6 BENDIX INJECTORS, INCLUDING THE TWO LEAKING INJECTORS WITH REPLACEMENT, NON-LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS. SUGGEST NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR REPORT FOR POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION AS BOTH A SAFETY-RELATED AND EMISSIONS-RELATED MANDATORY RECALL. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880003February 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
ENGINE IDLES REAL HARD WHEN STARTING IT UP, AND SITTING STILL. RECALL 90V177000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 301T DOESN'T AFFECT THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558471December 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER HEARS LOUD NOISE FROM THE ABS PUMP, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE THE PUMP, BUT WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD NOT DO SO, CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 96V026 AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY COULD HEAR THE NOISE, BUT COULD NOT REPLACE THE PUMP BECAUSE THEY DID NOT READ THE PROPER CODES, IN NOVEMBER OF 99, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN TO LIGHT, THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A RUSTY TONE WHEEL THAT COULD NOT BE CLEANED, THE CONSUMER CLEANED THE WHEEL AND THE NOISE HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736557November 19, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734034October 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
CALIPER PINS HAD COME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WHEEL KNUCKLE ALLOWING CALIPER TO MOVE AND RUB ON ROTOR AND BANG ON DISK PAD SLIDING SURFACES. UPPER PIN WAS MISSING, LOWER WAS STILL IN RUBBER BUSHINGS ON CALIPER. NO THREAD DAMAGE TO EITHER THE LOWER PIN OR HOLES ON WHEEL KNUCKLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872524October 8, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 45 MPH, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL AND FORCE OVER TO PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND HIT SIDE WINDOW. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#871812September 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870898September 19, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS TRAVELING 50MPH & HAD HEARD A NOISE. STARTED TO HAVE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHECKED TIRES. LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT & THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED & WAS SHREDDED. HAD TO GET TIRE REPLACED, BUT DID NOT HAVE TIRE. TIRES WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE JEEP CHEROKEE. FIRESTONE ATX, 0235/75RF15 WITH 20,000 MILES ON A 1989 JEEP, CHEROKEE.*AK FIRESTONE REPLACED THE THREE TIRES AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870608September 15, 2000
TIRES
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT; TIRE EXPLODED WHILE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK TIRE WAS A MICHELIN XW4 (P205 75 R15) DOT #M3CC861X508, MICHELIN WILL NOT COVER COSTS OF VEHICLE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED TO THE INSIDE OF THE ROOF, THE DOME LIGHT, AND THE ROOF LINER DUE TO THE EXPLOSION OF THE TIRE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731300September 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868953August 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. CONSUMER COULD KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FIRESTONE 15. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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