1994 Jeep Laredo

Routine

Owners filed 16 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission4
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Tires › Sidewall1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Seat Belts1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch1
100
Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seat Belts
Filed Aug 12, 2004NV

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S SAFETY BELTS. *MR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS SHOULDER (UNIBELTS) DID NOT LOCK WHEN PULLED WITH A QUICK PULL. *SC *JB

Suspension › Front
Filed Jun 10, 2004138,000 milesOH

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WOULD BE A HEAVY VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 24, 2004UT

I BOUGHT A USED 1994 JEEP. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO WORK AND PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF OUR GARAGE WHEN THE CAR TOOK OFF BACKWARDS FULL THROTTLE IN REVERSE. THERE WERE TWO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, NEITHER WERE DONE BY ORIGINAL OWNER. I HAVE HAD ONE OF THE TWO DONE AND AM AWAITING PARTS FOR THE OTHER PROCEDURE. THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM AND NOT SENSATIONALISM BY THE NEWS PEOPLE. PEOPLE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THEIR RECALLS AND KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THIS HAPPENS TO THEM. ONCE IS TOO MUCH. *NM

Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Feb 26, 2004120,000 milesCA

WHILE PARKED AT THE CURB , THE CONSUMER WAS USING A CELL PHONE AND WITH OUT WARNING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER, WHO INSTRUCTED HIM TO CUT THE AIR BAG FREE AND DRIVE TO THE SHOP. *AK *JB

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Oct 14, 2003168,000 milesTX

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING (A/C) ON THERE IS A CONSTANT DRIPPING OF FLUID ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE VEHICLE. WHILE THE A/C IS OFF THE DRIPPING IS MORE PROFUSE. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock SwitchCrash
Filed Jul 11, 2002MN

VEHICLE WAS PARKED/ RUNNING AND GEAR SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN THE STREET AND HIT TWO MAILBOXES.*AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Nov 17, 2000NJ

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, THERE WAS A CLUTCH DEFECT AND WHILE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE, A SQUEALING NOISE WAS HEARD. STEERING PUMP WENT OUT. *AK FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED, ROTORS WERE ALSO RESURFACED. SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED. TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED. *SLC

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Dec 13, 1999FL

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND THE RPMS WENT TO A HIGH POINT OF THE ENGINE. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 26, 1999NJ

REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFTING INTO GEAR BY ITSELF, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT 65,000 MILES. AT APPROIMATELY 73,000 MILES OF WEAR THE SAME PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Mar 25, 1999OH

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN. NO STEERING CAPABILITY. DEALER CONTACTED, AND IS AWARE OFPROBLEM, A COMPUTER DEFECT. PROBLEM CANNOT BE REMEDIED AND STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 2, 1998PA

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

Tires › Sidewall
Filed Oct 14, 1997NY

TIRES (ALL 4)CRACKED/DRY ROTTED. GOODYEAR WRANGLER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 6, 1997NJ

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT WHEN BRAKES ARE USED THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT DEALER CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. PROBLEM OCCURS AT ANYTIME. *AK

Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.Fire
Filed Mar 25, 1996IN

RADIO WOULD START AND STOP, THEN IT STARTED TO SMOKE. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 14, 1995CA

THE TRANSMISION BLEW UP, NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION . *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed May 12, 1995NY

PURCHASE JEEP NEW THE STEERING WAS LOOSE TOO MUCH PLAY . TT

16 of 16 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200620000Routine
200357010Routine
200280020Routine
200170010Routine
200081010Routine
199960010Routine
199833010Routine
199738000Routine
199647000Routine
199520030Routine
1994 — this page16010Routine
199326030Routine
19926000Routine
199110010Routine
199014010Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.