Jeep Cherokee Complaints (1991)

233 consumer complaints on file.

#746231June 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
AS I CAME TO A STOP ON 5/31/2001 ABS PUMP GOT VERY LOUND AND THEN ALL THE BRAKES FAILD. I SEE FLUID COMING FROM MASTER CYLENDER AND FROM ABS PUMP. I ALMOST HAD A WRECK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888230May 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING ABS INDICATION LIGHT WAS FLASHING, AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES PEDAL BECOME HARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560999May 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER STATES ABS INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME AND THE POWER BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING BUT THAT THE BASE MANUAL BRAKES SEEMED TO BE WORKING SLIGHTLY, THE BRAKES WERE INSPECTED BY MECHANIC AND CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE ANITLOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT HAD EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BRAKE ACTUATOR PISTON SEAL WEAR AND THAT CAUSED THE ACTUATOR PUMP MOTOR TO DETERIORATE, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS A RECALL FOR BRAKES AND TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DELAERSHIP, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED ALREADY AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, MECHANIC ALSO CALLED DEALERSHIP AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN BUT WAS TOLD THAT RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO BRAKE SYSTEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740785February 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
"CHECK ANTI-LOCK" LIGHT COMES ON, BRAKES GET STIFF AND VIBRATE WHEN PRESSED, AND BRAKES BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PRESS. DIAGNOSTIC TEST DECLARED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER/POWER BOOSTER ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876070December 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. CONSUMER WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE & GRADUALLY CAME TO A STOP. DEALER WENT TO EXPENSE TO INSPECT IT, AND REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT DEALER WOULD HAVE TO HOOK IT UP TO A COMPUTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555694October 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING CONSTANT BRAKE PROBLEMS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870637September 15, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
AFTER MARKET TIRE, P235/75R15, DOT#HY. THREE OF THE TIRES HAVE STARTED TO CRACK ALONG THE SIDEWALL. *AK THE DOT # PROVIDED BY BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE IS HYHL1PY029. THE CUSTOMER REQUESTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR COST OF REPLACING THE TIRES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731267September 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I RECEIVED A RECALL #747- FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND THE DEALER DID NOT WANT TO HONOR IT . I HAD TO PAY FOR THE JOB AND PARTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730978September 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SELFTEST OF THE BCU SEEMS TO WORK FINE, BUT THE BCU DOESN4T DETECT IT WORKS BAD (IN THE FINAL PHASE OF THE BRAKING ACTION, WHEN ALMOST STOPPED, THE PRESSURE ON THE SYSTEM IS COMPLETLY RELEASED!!!, AND NO BRAKING EFFECT!!. THIS PROBLEM IS ELIMINATED BY REMOVING THE FUSE OF THE ABS, BUT THE BCU STILL DOING THE AUTO TEST OK!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727931August 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE ENGINE IS ROUGHER SOUNDING FOR THE LOW MILES, EVEN THE GEARS SOUND TOO WORN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726289July 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE JEEP CHEROKEE EQUIPPED WITH THE AW4 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ALL AUTO VEHICLES MANUFACTURED SINCE THE BEGINING OF THE 1987 MODEL YEAR HAVE A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT WILL CAUSE UNWANTED AND DANGEROUS AUTOMATIC DOWNSHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR FROM SECOND GEAR AT AN UNACCEPTABLE HIGH RATE OF SPEED. IF THE OPERATOR HAS MOVED THE SHIFT LEVER INTO THE 1-2 GEAR SHIFT POSITION FOR BETTER CONTROL AND ENGINE BRAKING AND THE VEHICLE SPEED DROPS BELOW 28 TO 23 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL WITHOUT WARNING ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. IF THE VEHICLE IS ON WET, ICY OR GRAVEL COVERED ROADS IT WILL GO INTO A SKID CONDITION USUALLY WITH LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIX THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM AND CONTACTED CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER REPLYED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATION AS PER ITS DESIGN. OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DIRECTLY INCLUDING THEIR ENGINEERS. THE SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DESIGN DEFECT, HOWEVER NOT ENOUGH CUSTOMERS HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CONDITION TO WARRANT THEM TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM. OF COURSE IT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THEIR OPERATORS MANUAL, AND IF SOMEONE LOST CONTROL THEY WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT HAD CAUSED IT. I THEN CAME UP WITH ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM. I OFFERED IT TO THE COMPANY IN 1992 SO THEY COULD MAKE IT EITHER AVAILABLE TO THEIR PAST CUSTOMERS AND TO RE-DESIGN THE CIRCUITRY INTO THE NEW CHEROKEES PRODUCED SINCE THAT TIME. THEY DECLINED THE OFFER. THE DESIGN CHANGE WOULD NOT HAVE COST THEM MORE THAN $10.00 PER VEHICLE FOR RETROFITTING PAST VEHICLES AND LESS THAN $5.00 PER VEHICLE TO INCORPORATE THE CIRCUITRY INTO NEWLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLES. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFO AND CHRYSLERS RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM AT HTTP://WWW.CHEROKEE-JEEP.COM THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865912July 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND HEAR NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES, AND IT HAPEND JUST LIKE RECALL 98V005000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552063May 3, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE RELEASE LATCH BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH OR LOCK, CONSUMER PURCHASED AND REPAIRED SEATBELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859286March 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
RECALL 98V005/ FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. PARTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO REPAIR THE RECALL ARE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720367March 20, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
MY CAR HAD BEEN PARKED AND 30 MINUTES LATER AFTER RETURNING TO MY CAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PUTTING OUT AN ENGINE FIRE. STILL AWAITING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720038March 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857052February 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MANUFATURER HAS NOT SUPPLIED THE DEALER WITH THE REPAIR PART FOR NHTSA RECALL 96V260000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 702/ABS BRAKES. DEALER IS COOPERATING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549649November 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER, CALIPER, PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852993November 16, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 97-110:ABS SYSYTEM FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM THEY NEED TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WHICH WOULD COST $233.00. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY. BEFORE RECALL REPAIRS CAN BE DONE. CONSUMER SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. CAN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE PROVIDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#783578November 7, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE FIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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