Jeep Cherokee Complaints (1998)

399 consumer complaints on file.

#8002505January 18, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATEED ON DASHBOARD, ONCE THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES OTHER LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE AND THEN BLINK ON AND OFF, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER.*AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE AIR BAG, DUE TO DISCOVERING THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE AIR BAG SENSOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, ALSO THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO WHEN DRIVING.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756870January 15, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING,I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE TIRE. WHEN I PULLED OVER, THE TREAD FROM THE CENTER OF THE TIRE HAD COME LOOSE. I DROVE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD IT CHECKED. THERE WAS SBOUT TWO INCHES OF TREAD MISSING. I COULD PUT MY HAND IN THE HOLE AND UNDERNEATH THE TREAD THAT REMAINED. THESE TIRES HAD BEEN BOUGHT LESS THA TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THEY WERE BOUGHT AT AND INSTALLED BY A GOOD YEAR DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005138January 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND DRAGGED OWNER TEN FEET, RESULTING IN HITTING A STACK OF HARDWOOD LUMBER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8001342January 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS HAVE PREMATURELY CORRODED, CAUSING CENTER OF HUB TO SEPARATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001182December 28, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WHICH COULD CAUSE AIR BAGS TO INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY, VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V105000 DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001215December 28, 2001
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V10500. DUE TO ROAD SALT AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE COULD LEAD TO CORROSION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001216December 28, 2001
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V048000. FRONT SEAT BELT SHOULDER TURNING LOOP ANCHORS WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756102December 27, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
TO AVOID ACCIDENT MY SON SWERVED & DID A 180 & CAME TO A STOP & WAS HIT BY A FORD PICKUP HEAD ON. JEEP WAS TOTALED. NIETHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#8000738December 14, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
ELECTRICAL SYSYEM WILL GO ON AND OFF AT TIMES. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING FOG LIGHTS WILL GO OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755594December 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
MY VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON IN PARK; WHILE IN PARK FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE; VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY HITTING A TREE. NOW MY TRUNK IS DAMAGED, AND MY POWER LOCKS DON'T WORK; IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THERE IS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION GOING ON WITH MY PARTICULAR BRAND OF JEEP; THE DEALER SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX MY JEEP; SO WHAT I AM SUPPOSE TO DO. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755138November 30, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
I HAD PURCHASED A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE NEW FROM THE DEALER. SEVERAL TIMES I BROUGHT IT IN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD CUT OUT, STALL AND BECOME SLUGGISH. THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM, OR IN SOME CASES THEY JUST STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. OF COURSE AFTER THE WARRANTEE RAN OUT BY TIME AND MILES THE CAR WENT DEAD ON ME AND I WAS ADVISED THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK IS DESIGN SUCH THAT IT DETERIORATES AND PLUGS THE FUEL PUMP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I LEARNED THIS THROUGH PARTS SUPPLIERS WHO WERE UNWILLING TO GIVE A GUARRANTEE ON THEIR PUMPS KNOWING THE TANK WOULD CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AND PLUG THE PUMP. THE DEALER TOLD ME HE WANTED OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE TANK BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION. HE REFUSED TO REPLACE ONLY THE FUEL PUMP AND TOLD ME THE TANK WAS DEFECTIVE. OF COURSE THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION REFUSED TO WARRANTEE THE PRODUCT AFTER THE TIME AND MILES WERE UP. MY QUESTION IS THIS: IF THE FUEL TANK IS DETERIORATING BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FAULT IS THAT A SAFETY PROBLEM. I MYSELF HAVING A LIMITED MECHANICAL BACKGROUD WOULD THINK SO. THESE TANKS ARE DETERIORATING IN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES AND CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DOUBT A FUEL TANK IS A CRITICAL PART OF A VEHICLE, AND I DON'T THINK JEEP IS GOING TO CON THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS INTO CHANGING THEIR FUEL TANKS. AT THIS TIME I NEED A VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND I AM GOING TO REPLACE MY FUEL PUMP NOT THE TANK. HOWEVER IF THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHY ISN'T JEEP VOLUNTARILY TAKING CARE OF IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. BRENDAN FINNERTY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754823November 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC WHEN VEHICLE MADE LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR END. IT HAD NOT BEEN SHIFTING BADLY OR MAKING ANY UNUSUAL NOISES. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AT ALLEN SAMUELS CHRYSLER JEEP ON HWY 3 HOUSTON, TEXAS IN JUNE. THEY CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NEVER INIDCATED ANY THING ELSE NEEDED TO BE DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION. .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754249November 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISION FAILURE CAUSED VEH. TO CONTINUE TO MOVE WHILE SHIFT WAS IN (P) PARK POSITION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898789November 6, 2001
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, CONSUMER APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE BUTTON AND SPRING POPPED OUT. DEALED ORDERED THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY .*AK THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS FIXED, BUT THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE WAS NOT SATISFIED. THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WAS NOT CLOSING PROPERLY DUE TO MISSING BOLTS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898813November 6, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, PARKING BRAKE
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH DUE TO A FAULTY GAS GAUGE.*AK BUTTON POPPED OFF EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563805November 1, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE COMSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WENT IN REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, ONCE VEHICLE STOPPED, CONSUMER CHECKED THE GEAR SHIFT AND IT WAS STILL IN PARK.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897762October 15, 2001
SUSPENSION
UNDER ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL TO RIGHT, AND DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753215October 14, 2001
TIRES
THIS WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE RECALL TIRES. I HAVE MADE TWO ATTEMPTS WITH FIRESTONE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A LETTER DISCRIBING THE PROBLM OF TREAD SEPERATION AND ONLY ASKING FOR $330 NEED TO REPLACE TIRES. THIS WAS A TREAD SPERATION AT 65MPH. NOT A BLOW OUT. CAN PROVIDE LETTER WITH FACTS OF CASE WITH PICTURES UPON REQUEST. PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS MATTER. THANKS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNHL-4100 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753142October 12, 2001
SEATS
LEFT FRONT ATTACHMENT OF DRIVER'S SEAT TORE LOOSE. HOLE FOR ATTACHMENT BOLT WAS VERY NEAR EDGE OF PART ALLOWING (STARTING?) TEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9004679October 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN
POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TRANSMISSION WENT FROM PARK INTO GEAR BY ITSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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