Jeep Cherokee Complaints (1993)

418 consumer complaints on file.

#8010128May 20, 2002
STRUCTURE
FRAME RAIL CRACKED, WHERE STEERING ASSEMBLY IS ATTACHED TO IT, MAKING IT DIFFCULT TO STEER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003357January 31, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES ARE CORRODED. EVERY THOUSAND MILES BRAKES ARE REPLACED, AND THEY ARE WARPED. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755881December 20, 2001
TIRES
DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE TIRE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE SIDEWALL GAVE AWAY. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT ON RECALL AND IT MUST OF BEEN A ROAD HAZARD PROBLEM OF WHICH I COULD NOT FIND . I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND AND DEALER. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE IN POSSESION. THE OTHER 3 TIRES ARE STILL ON THE VEHICLE AND APPEAR TO BE IN GREAT CONDITION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: HYHL1PY049 TIRESIZE: P23575R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755041November 28, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE FROM PARK IN DRIVEWAY. WITH BRAKES STILL APPLIED, ENGINE RACED AND TIRES BEGAN SPINNING. CAR RACED IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET,HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. DRIVE SHAFT NOTED HANGING FROM VEHICLE. CHRYSLER MECHANIC REPLACED REAR DRIVE SHAFT, DIFF. YOKE, THOUGH REPORT "NO HIGH IDLE CONDITION FOUND" AND THAT "THROTTLE BODY IS OPERATING CORRECTLY". MECHANIC DID EXPLAIN THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT AND DAMAGE TO DRIVE SHAFT COULD BE ENGINE RACING WHILE BRAKES STILL APPLIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897421October 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING WHILE IN PARK WITH HAND BRAKE ENGAGED. SUDDENL VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS ABOUT 70FEET BEFORE HITTING A UTILITY POLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003401October 3, 2001
TIRES, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
FIRESTONE TIRE SEPERATION INCIDENT. HAVE TO PUT GAS IN THE AIR CONDITION SYSTEM EVERY YEAR AND IT STILL LEAKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752776October 1, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DOOR SEALS AND WIND NOISE HAVE BEEN A CONTINUAL PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752591September 26, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TOP BRACKET HAS TORN AND DETACHED AWAY FROM BODY OF JEEP DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION, CAUSING DOOR TO ALMOST FALL OFF. BRACKETED AREAS ARE NOT EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS AND OWNER'S JEEP HAS BEEN GARAGED 85% OF THE TIME IN TEXAS CLIMATE. DEALER'S BODY SHOP BELIEVES THIS IS UNUSUAL PROBLEM IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY AND FEELS IT'S A MANUFACTURING DEFAULT. BODY SHOP ALSO NOTICED RUST STARTING IN OTHER BRACKETS IN DOORS. OWNER TOOK JEEP TO DEALER, BUT DEALER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, UNLESS IT'S AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. OWNER CONTACTED DAIMLER/CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER ASSIST. CTR. AT 800-992-1997, WHICH ALERTED OWNER TO NHTSA'S INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM. JEEP OWNER BELIEVES A RECALL IS IN ORDER. EACH JEEP DOOR HAS TWO BRACKETS. AT THIS TIME, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO CORRECT DEFECT AT THEIR EXPENSE UNLESS A RECALL IS ORDERED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896226September 12, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WELDS ON DRIVER'S DOOR CAME APART, DOOR IS HANGING. IN APRIL 2001 WELDS OFF DRIVER'S SIDE/ REAR DOOR FAILED. ON 11 SEP 2001, TAILATE WELDS FAILED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895902September 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50-60 MPH, THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON NINE OCCASIONS, DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895071August 23, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
EA-01-005. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR COMES OFF TRACK WHICH PREVENTS DOOR FROM CLOSING SECURELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894641August 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND RUNNING WITHOUT ANY PASSENGERS, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, AND ROLLED DOWN INTO A TREE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894077August 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT/SIGN WHEN VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL FROM DRIVE ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AFTERWARDS. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT DUE TO BACK SHIFTING INTO ANOTHER GEAR ON INTERSTATE WHILE GOING 65MPH. HAD NO PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS REBUILT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893363August 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK IT WOULD SHIFT BY ITSELF INTO REVERSE. LEVER DOES NOT MOVE. VEHICLE WOULD THEN MOVE BACKWARDS IF FOOT IS OFF BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562201July 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
WHILE ALIGNING THE CAR UP NEXT TO A GAS PUMP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED AT CONSIDERABLE SPEED INTO REVERSE AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND CAUSING INJURY TO PASSENGER.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#747921July 5, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS SEPARATED TWICE. WAS REPAIRED AT 1ST SEPARATION AT OUR COST BY A JEEP DEALER. STEERING COLUMN WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND STEERING WAS VERY STIFF. WAS REPAIRED AT MY COST BY HAVING THE SPRING RETAINER AND COVER REPLACED. IT HAS FAILED AGAIN . ORIGINAL FAILURE 10/99. NEW FAILURE 6/01.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891315June 26, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
EA 01 005; WHILE OPENING T DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, IT DISCONNECTED FROM HINGES DUE TO A BROKEN WELD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALLS. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746605June 8, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
TOOK CAR IN FOR TUNE UP, SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MISSING. SPENT $1200, CAR STILL SOUNDED POOR, DEALER SAID IT WAS CATYLITIC CONVERTER PLUGGAE, FIXED THAT FOR $170, STILL MADE NOISE, DEALER INVESTIGATED SIAD LOW COMPRESSION IN CYLINDER, THEN FOUND CRACKED HEAD, FIXED THAT FOR $900, STILL SOUNDED BAD, DEALER INVESTIGATED, STATED THAT LIFTER ROD FAILED, CAM GRINDED ROD AND SCORED CAM, REQUIRING NEW ENGINE. FREIND IN VA HAS SIMILAR INCIDENT, SAID JEEP WAS AWARE OF FAILURE AND HAD A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON PROPER REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889911June 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DISC BRAKE ROTORS; VEHICLE ALMOST HIT A CHILD BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP.*AK THE BROKEN DISC BRAKE WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON DISC BRAKE BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE LIST. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889780June 5, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FELL OFF IN JUNE OF 1997, AND FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR TOP HINGE HAS DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2001. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. NO CAUSE OR REASON FOR THIS DEFECT OCCURRING IN VEHICLE WAS GIVEN TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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