Jeep Cherokee Complaints (1987)

57 consumer complaints on file.

#722679May 15, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
BALL BEARING BUSHINGS RESTRAINED BY METAL BAND IN STEERING COLUMN BOTH SEPARATED AS WELL AS ELONGATE ALLOWING BALL BEARINGS TO FALL OUT, RESULTING IN STEERING LOCKING, POPPING NOISES AND LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN. CAN BE EASILY DETECTED BY JIGGLING THE STEERING WHEEL, STEERING WHEEL WITH MOVE UP AND DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE ONCE BEARINGS HAVE DISLODGED. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE THIRD INCIDENT, SO I VISITED A JUNKYARD, I INSPECTED 7 JEEP CHEROKEE'S STEARING COLUMNS AND 2 HAD THIS PROBLEM. MY LAST INCIDENT WITH THIS PROBLEM WAS IN FEBRUARY 2000, I DISPOSED OF THIS VEHICLE IN APRIL 2000 DUE TO THIS REOCCURING PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551979April 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POSSIBELE ENGINE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND OVER HEATED, CATCHING FIRE AND RSULTING IN TOTAL DAMAGE. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720152March 15, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SUSPENSION:FRONT
1. ACCELERATOR STICKS INTERMITTENTLY, HAVE TO RESTART JEEP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO IDLE DOWN. IF I AM TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD IT WILL ACCELERATE BY ITSELF UP TO 3500 RPM MAKING BRAKING DIFFICULT. HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART JEEP UNTIL IT UNSTICKS ITSELF. 2. HAVE NOTICED REALLY LOOSE FRONT END FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT IT FROM DEALER. I REPLACED A TRACKING ARM AND FRONT SHOCKS, NOW IT IS MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE AT LOW SPEED TURNS, I READ UNDER NHTSA DEFECTS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS STEERING PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841619July 2, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEED CONTROL WOULD ENGAGE BY ITSELF WHENEVER VEHICLE REACHED 50-55 MPH, AND ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RELEASE UNTIL VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF NHTSA RCALLS # 87V-022 000, EQUIPMENT/SPEED CONTROL; AND 87V-035 000 : THROTTLE LINKAGES & ACCELERATOR. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EITHER RECALL DUE TO VIN. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#840890June 23, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH TOOK FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE STAYED OPEN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707608June 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
EACH TIME THE ENGINE COOLANT RESERVOIR BEGAN LEAKING AT THE SEAM WHERE IT IS PUT TOGETHER, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AT THE DEALERSHIP THE MAN AT THE PARTS DEPT. SAID THAT THIS HAPPENED ALOT AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837750May 11, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN TWO RECALLS ALTHOUGH EXPERIENCEING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS. RECALLS 87V035000, THROTTLE AND 88V106000, BRAKES. *AK THE DEALER STATED THAT VIN NUMBER FOR THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706121April 29, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#781806January 10, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
REPLACED IDLE SPEED UNIT AND THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR (TPS).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#781757December 28, 1998
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN BOLT LOOSENED, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO COME APART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#780615October 1, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED.*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537055June 25, 1998
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE'S STABILITY IS VERY POOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER DURING A COLLISION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#535361May 8, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
REAR BRAKES FAILED FIVE TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#517696December 18, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523597October 1, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHILE WIFE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED VEHICLE SHE WAS REAR ENDED. THE GAS TANK, LOCATED IN THE REAR RUPTURED, CAUSING A FIRE AND SUFFERED A FATALITY WHEN THE FIRE BLEW OUT ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS THAT WAS SITTING IN REAR SEAT. CLAIMS THAT PLACEMENT OF TANK IN REAR OF VEHICLE IS A SERIOUS DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#522822September 30, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS AT STOP SIGNS AND SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING CORNERS INTERMITTENTLY, TESTED EEC, REPLACE VALVE ASY, SENSOR ASSY-EXH GAS, REPLACE EGR AND EVP OPEN AT ALL TIMES ROAD TEST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#812786June 4, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE HAS UNWANTED ACCELERATION WITH OUT ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPLICATION, THE CAR WILL RUN BY ITSELF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#515356February 26, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
VEHICLE STALLS AT IDLE SPEEDS OF 2000-3000 RPMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808238February 26, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE DRIVER 'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE, UNBLE TO UNLOC K SEAT BELT TO REMOVE IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546760February 17, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ENGINE RACES (2500 - 3000 RMP) ON START-UP FOR ONE TO 15 MINUTES THE SETTLES TO NORMAL. OCCASSIONAL UNWANTED ACCELERATION - BRAKES HAVE LITTE EFFECT. DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE. SUSPECT THROTTLE LINKAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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