1997 Jeep Cherokee complaints

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND MAKING A LEFT TURN CONSUMER LOSES POWER WHEN GAS TANK GETS DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A TANK OF GAS. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE FRONT END COLLISION. MJS

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES, THERE IS ALOT OF VIBRATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE. ON LAST INSPECTION ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE REAR BRAKE PADS FELL APART UPON REMOVAL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE WILL JUST SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME HARD AND THE BRAKES INOPERATIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

RECALL # 97V19402, FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT. CONSUMER RECEIVED FIRST NOTICE IN MARCH AND SECOND NOTICE IN JUNE . THE DEALER WILL NOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY CLAIM TO BE TOO BUSY SINCE MARCH. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *K

WARPED DISC ROTORS, CAUSING SEVERE PULSATION WHEN BRAKING ABOVE 40 MPH. *AK

CONTACTED DEALER 20 TIMES AND MFG. 5 TIMES. BOTHE LIVE ON DIFFERENT PLANETS. NO DEFECT STATED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

RECALL REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WHICH STILL EXISTS. RECALL NUMBER 97V194002. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDOW SEAL IS CRIMPED. MJS

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING ,CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

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FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS PREMATURELY FAILED, CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATION TO OCCUR WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

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THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE FUEL SENSOR AFTER A FEDERAL MANDATED RECALL WAS POSTED, I HAVE HAD THE PART REPLACED THREE TIMES UNDER THE RECALL NOTICE AND THE ISSUE IS STILL NOT RESOLVED.

DIFFICULTY HAVING FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL DUE TO UNVAILABILITY OF PARTS. PRIOR TO RECALL FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT FAILED AND REPLACED, HOWEVER NOT WITH PROPER RECALL COMPONENT PART.

STARTER FAILED. *YC

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE RELEASE BUTTON FAILED. MJS

GAS GAUGE FAILED. YH

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE GEAR. YH

ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT PANEL NOT WORKING. YH

CD PLAYER FAILED. *YC

THE BOLT IN THE STEERING COLUMN KEEPS COMING LOOSE, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE VERY BADLY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER AND TIGHTEND UP 5 TIMES, AND THE WHOLE COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. *AK

VIBRATING OF FRONT END, FRONT ROTORS AND REAR DRUMS REPLACED AT 11K MILES FOR BEING WARPED. VIBRATING BEGAN AGAIN AT AROUND 21K MILES. SUSPECTED FRONT ROTOR WARPED AGAIN. VIBRATION SO BAD AT HIGH SPEEDS THAT IT ALMOST SHAKES STEERING WHEEL OUT OF HAND. PLAN TO CONTACT DEALER, BUT DOUBT DEALER WILL CORRECT WITHOUT COST DUE TO MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY ON BRAKES IS ONLY FOR 12K. LOOK AT YOUR LIST OF COMPLAINTS. THIS APPEARS TO BE REOCCURRING PROBLEM. *AK

FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILED, RECALL WORK PERFORMED HOWEVER CONTINUES TO FAIL AFTER TWO REPLACEMENTS.

RECALL REMEDY DID NOT SUFFICIENTLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM WHICH HAS REOCCURRED. THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT IS NOT REGISTERING THE CORRECT LEVELS OF FUEL .ALSO EVERY TIME STOP THERE IS A LAUD GURGLING SOUND COMES FROM THE GAS TANK. RECALL NUMBER 97V-194.002. *AK.ET.

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AFTER EVERY 500 TO 1000 MILES. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED ABOUT 10 TIMES. THE BRAKE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ACTIVATED EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT APPLIED. *AK

COMPLETE LOST OF POWER IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

FIRST INCIDENT: FUEL TANK WAS FULL AND NEEDLE WENT TO EMPTY. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT. SECOND: RAN OUT OF GAS WITH GAUGE AT 1/4 TANK. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT. THIRD: FUEL GAUGE DROPS TO EMPTY FROM 1/4 TANK AND BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT. FOURTH: FUEL GAUGE INACURATE. NEEDLE SHOWS DIFFERENT LEVEL WHEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF GAS IS PUT IN. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT AND FUEL GAUGE CLUSTER. FIFTH: FUEL GAUGE DROPS FROM 1/4 TO EMPTY. SEEKING ARBITRATION.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY DUE TO A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS WHICH CAUSED THE FUSE TO BLOW OUT. DEALER REPLACED AND REPAIRED THE WIRING HARNESS 3 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO REPORT AN INCIDENT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DEATH. THE REAR WINDOWS IN THIS VEHICLE CAN CLOSE WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT CAN STRANGLE, DECAPITATE, SUFFOCATE OR COLLAPSE THE AIRWAY OF A CHILD. MY CHILD ALMOST DIED AS A RESULT OF AN INADVERTANT CLOSING OF THE WINDOW WITH THE CHILD'S HEAD STICKING OUT OF THE WINDOW WHILE PARKED. GARAGE DOORS HAVE A SAFETY MECHANISM TO PREVENT CRUSHING OR DEATH, WHY NOT AUTO WINDOWS! I WILL BE FORWARDING MY CONCERNS TO THE DETROIT FREE PRESS. PLEASE RESPOND.

INCIDENTS OCCURED WHILE DRIVING IN ABOUT 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW ON CITY STREETS. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN A CORNER AT INTERSECTIONS THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP AND PLOWED THROUGH THE SNOW. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STEERED, AND I HAD TO COME TO A STOP TO AVOID CRASHING INTO CURB. THIS OCCURED VIRTUALLY EVERY TIME I ATTEMPTED RIGHT OR LEFT TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS IN THE SNOW.

THE CAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AFTER BEING PUT INTO PARK, THEN RAN OVER THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE BEFORE STOPPING. DRIVER HAS FRACTURED HIP. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK

THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT CHASSIS WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP AND WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER. THEIR ATTEMPTED FIX WAS FOR THEIR REPAIR SHOP TO 'TURN' THE FRONT ROTORS. THE NOISE REMAINS AND I AM SHOCKED THAT THE LIFE OF MY BRAKE ROTORS WERE SHORTENED AS AN ATTEMPTED FIX. I AM AFRAID TO TAKE MY VEHICLE BACK FOR THAT KIND OF REPAIR. THE TAILGATE WOULD NOT SECURELY LATCH AND WITHOUT A WORKING 'TELL-TALE' DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR, THE EXHAUST SMELL AND RATTELING NOISE WAS AN ALERT TO THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER TELLS ME THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TAKEN APART FOR THEM TO CORRECT THE LOOSE HINGE PROBLEM ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. I HAVE SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT THE REPAIR CAPABILITY OF THIS DEALERS REPAIR SHOP AND THE USEFULLNESS OF THE CHRYSLER WARRANTY. CAN YOU HELP? THERE ARE MORE CONCERNS BUT THESE ARE MOST IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, /S/ EMORY TANOS

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRUNK LATCH. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE TRUNK FLEW OPEN AND THEIR DOG ALMOST FLEW OUT. THE TRUNK LATCH WAS DISCOVERED BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF. STARTING TO BACK UP AND THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF. *AK

VEHICLE LEAKING FUEL DUE TO A CRACK IN FUEL TANK. WHENEVER VEHICLE IS TURNED ON,CAUSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL TO BE WAISTED FOR POSSIBLE FIRE. *AK

CONSUMER HAS EXPRIENCED PROBLEM WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKAGES DUE TO A CRACK IN FUEL TANK. WHENEVER VEHICLE IS TURNED ON, CAUSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL TO BE WAISTED ON THE GROUND. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

VEHICLE HAS NO PROVISION FOR 2ND GEAR HOLD. THE CONCERN HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

VEHICLE HAS NO SECOND GEAR HOLD ON IT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND PARKED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE STORE, AND WHEN TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE UP, THERE WAS NO POWER AT ALL. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING BEFORE WHEN LOST ALL POWER, AND THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES, AND THE VEHICLE IS BACK IN THE SHOP. *AK

WAS SHIFTING INTO REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. HAD FOOT ON BRAKES AT TIME & NOT ABLE TO STOP. BEFORE ACCELERATION , A LOUD ROARING (LIKE REVVING) SOUND HEARD. HAD HIT BRICK WALL. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT.*AK

GAS GAUGE FAILED.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL REPAIR FAILURE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED. CURRENTLY, WHENEVER VEHICLE FUEL GAUGE IS USED, IT REGISTERS BETWEEN EMPTY AND 1/8 OF THE TANK. CONSUMER PUT IN 4 GALLONS OF GAS, APPROXIMATELY $5.00 OF FUEL INTO TANK, BUT FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED 1/2 TANK OF GAS. THIS WAS NOT CORRECT. INFORMED DEALER, AND DEALE REPLIED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. *AK

RECALL WORK ON THE GAS GAUGE FAILED, CONSUMER WENT IN A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES FOR THE RECALL WORK TO BE COMPLETED PROPERLY.

VEHICLE IS INCLUDED UNDER RECALL 97V194. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPAIRED THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT FOUR TIMES UNDER RECALL AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK

HOT AIR FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS BLOWING INTO THE CAR FROM THE FLOOR VENT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE MAKING THE CAR UNBEARABLY HOT AND CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FEEL FAINT.

VEHICLE LEAKS WATER FROM THE RIGHT PASSENGER'S FRONT DOOR, RAIN WATER , CAR WASH WATER, ETC, COMES INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS *AK.

CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AT 75 MPH IN WHICH THE VEHICLE BECAME AIRBORNE THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NOR DID THE SEAT BELTS RETRACT, CAUSING THE OCCUPANTS SERIOUS INJURIES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK