Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1991 Jeep Comanche

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body › door › hinge and attachments. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
100
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly1
000
Parking Brake › Conventional1
000
Parking Brake1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor98V005000
Filed Jan 12, 1998293,369 vehiclesChrysler Corporation

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER AND MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, OR WISCONSIN, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS CAN EXPERIENCE SEVERE CORROSION IF OPERATED FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD IN THE "SALT BELT." IF THE ROTORS ARE NOT REPLACED, THE CORROSION CAN EVENTUALLY COMPROMISE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE STAMPED STEEL CENTER HUB SECTION OF THE ROTOR.

Risk. THE REDUCED STRENGTH CAN ALLOW THE CAST IRON WEAR SURFACE TO SEPARATE FROM THE HUB, REDUCING THE BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VEHICLE.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THESE ROTORS WITH ROTORS THAT ARE COATED WITH A CORROSION PROTECTION.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Parking Brake › Conventional
Filed Sep 7, 200450,000 milesNV

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD.WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR IS CLOSED IT RELEASES.THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO ROLL.THIS IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › RotorCrash
Filed Nov 12, 2002186,000 milesOK

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A TELEPHONE POLE WITH IT'S REAR QUARTER PANEL, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #747 BUT WAS REFUSED REPAIR, THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE PADS AND ROTOR HIMSELF AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. MR *NLM

Parking Brake
Filed Oct 25, 2002PA

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGES AND THIS CAN CAUSE A ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Jul 17, 1998WA

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SPRING HAS BROKEN, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO DETACH FROM BELT BUCKLE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Apr 29, 1996PA

FAILURE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FELL OFF DUE TO A BROKEN HINGE. *AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19922000Routine
1991 — this page5100Routine
199011200Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jan 12, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.