2001 Jeep Cherokee complaints

CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, CLAIM 45-8024-144. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING OUTSIDE WALL OF DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL (DOTM69LDYWR2900). *AK NLM

REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND MIDDLE REAR LAP SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED THE PARTS UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

THE SHAKING IS GETTING WORST EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE CAR, IT IS GOING TO THE CAR DEALER IN MY AREA TO HAVE IT FIX, I WANT THIS TO BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY SINCE I HAVE ONLY OWE THE CAR FOR 5 MONTHS.

WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE STARTS SHIMMYING WITH GREAT FORCE AT HIGH SPEEDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND SHAVED DOWN ROTORS.*AK CONSUMER HAD A 1997 GRAND CHEROKEE THAT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE SHAKING UPON BRAKING MAKES VEHICLE SEEM UNSTABLE. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THERE WASN'T ANYONE INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND IT STOPPED ON IMPACT WITH A FENCE.*AK

JEEP PULLS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. IT DOESN'T DRIVE RIGHT AND VIBRATES. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS NOT RIGHT. CHECK BY MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP. NOTHING COULD BE DONE. JEEP IS HAZARDOUS ON THE ROAD WITH THE WAY IT DRIVES AND PULLS. ANOTHER MECHANIC SAID A BELT WAS BROKE IN THE RIGHT TIRE

SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON THREE OCCASIONS WITHIN EVERY 3,000 MILES. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A NOISE COME FROM THE FRONT RIGHT. THE JEEP THEN PULLED HARD TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. BY LOOKS, THE SUSPENSION, STEERING, AND DRIVELINE COMPLETELY BROKE OR DETACHED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.

THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT FAIL, BUT THE BELT WOULD CATCH ON THE DOOR LATCH AND WAS RUBBING HOLES INTO THE BELT. JEEP WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON 2/14/01, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT IT WAS A "DESIGN FLAW" BUT UNTIL MORE COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. DEMONTROND WAS ALSO ADVISED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT, IT WOULD COST ME FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. THE JEEP HAS BEEN "TRADED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY. WHILE SPEEDOMETER READS 55 MPH, VEHICLE IS ONLY TRAVELING AT 52 MPH. *AK DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT UNLESS THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF BY 5 MILES MPH, IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE OKAY. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE VIBRATES. DEALER HAD SURFACED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, BUT PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED.*AK HUMMING NOISE FROM STEERING WHEN MAKING SHARP LEFT TURNS. FRONT WINDOW SKIPS WHEN PUTTING WINDOW DOWN WITH AUTO, DEALER LUBED WINDOW TRACKS. *SLC

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SECURE LOADS TO THE ROOF RACK, THE TIE-DOWN HOLES ARE NOT DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SLIDE RAILS, IT IS TOO SHORT, AND THE CROSSBARS COVER THE TIE DOWN HOLES WHEN SPREAD TO THE LAST POSITION AT EACH END, CONSUMER STATES HIS PREVIOUS 1993 CHEROKEE HAD TIE DOWN HOLES THAT WERE DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SLIDE RAILS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO PROPERLY SECURE LOADS WITH NO PROBLEM. *SLC

ALSO A BRAKE PROBLEM THAT THEY SAID THEY FIXED BY ROTATING AND CLEANING THE ROTORS. IS THIS FIXED?*AK

ALSO A BRAKE PROBLEM THAT THEY SAID THEY FIXED BY ROTATING AND CLEANING THE ROTORS. IS THIS FIXED?*AK

FRONT END PROBLEMS CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL AT ANY SPEEDS SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT OR HARD TO THE LEFT, POSSIBLY DUE TO OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHICH DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX 3-4 TIMES, BUT CANNOT FIX DEFECT. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A FAULTY FUEL LINE, CLAIM 06-5384-812. *SLC

OWNERS MANUAL STIPULATES THAT "END CAPS SHOULD NOT BE USED AS HOLD DOWNS. TIE DOWN HOLES ARE PROVIDED AT THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE SLIDE RAILS." THE TIE DOWN HOLDS ARE NOT USABLE BECAUSE THE HOLES DO NOT GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH SLIDE RAILS.*AK

THE HORN CAN ONLY BE SOUNDED IN A CERTAIN SMALL AREA ON THE STEERING WHEEL, IT HAS TO BE FORCEFULLY COMPRESSED WITH THE HEEL OF THE HAND FOR IT TO SOUND. NLM

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN ENGINE FIRE STARTED, CLAIM 38-J660-506. *SLC

STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH IS RUSTING OUT. ALSO, BRAKE LINE IS CORRODED/ EXHAUST IS PITTED, AND STEERING SPINDLE RUSTED AND CORRODED. FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION ARE CORRODED ALSO. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING ONE INJURY, UPON IMPACT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER HAD BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO TAILLIGHTS INOPERABLE AND HEADLAMPS INOPERABLE PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, DEALER REPLACED FUSES AND FOUND CONNECTOR'S LOOSE. CONSUMER STATES FRONT END PULLED TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES ON NORMAL BRAKING, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND DURING ABOVE MENTIONED ACCIDENT BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING A BLOCK OF SKID MARKS, PRIOR TO ACCIDENT WHEN DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS WITH ABS OR HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAD STALLED ON 2 OCCASIONS AT STOPS, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM AND 3000 MILES LATER THE STALLING OCCURRED AGAIN, HOWEVER DEALER STILL COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEM. *SLC

VEHICLE WILL NOT TRACK, CONSTANTLY PULLS RIGHT, DEALER ADDRESSED AND IT STILL PULLS RIGHT. VIBRATION FELT BETWEEN 35-50 MPH FROM REAR, DEALER REPLACED MANY AXLE PARTS, VIBRATION STILL FELT*AK

CONSUMER WAS WORKING UNDER HOOD WITH A WRENCH, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, FELL ONTO BATTERY POSITIVE CONNECTOR, AND STARTED A SHORTAGE WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE. DAMAGES WERE $770. MANUFACTRES HAS NO PLANS OF ADDING RUBBER OVER CONNECTOR THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WAPRED AFTER ONLY 5000 MILES RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER ON BRAKING

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONT COLLISION, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CHRYSLER IS SENDING INVESTIGATORS. VEHICLE MOST LIKELY TOTALLED. *AK THE AIR BAG FAILURE RESULTED IN PASSENGERS INJURY. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH VEHICLE STARTED WANDERING SIDE TO SIDE UNTIL LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WENT OFF, AND AVOIDED CRASHING. THEN, DEALER HAD CHECKED BRAKES, BUT DID NOT FOUND THE CAUSE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. THERE WAS VIBRATION INSIDE OF VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR TIRE, 15INCH TIRES.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND WIRING HARNESS. CONSUMER HAS PURCHASED VEHICLE A WEEK AGO, AND WITHIN 4 DAYS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER HAS SINCE KEPT VEHICLE WITH NO REMEDY. PERIODICALLY, THE POWER WINDOWS DID NOT WORK. AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF, AND AIR CONDITIONER WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD A GAS FUME SMELL AFTER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.*AK