1995 Jeep Laredo

Routine

Owners filed 20 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front2
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission2
000
Air Bags › Frontal2
201
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor1 injured
Filed Jan 18, 200884,211 milesCA

ALL FOUR OF THE SEATBELT ASSEMBLY HAVE FAILED, THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED SWIFTLY MY SON RECEIVED VERY MINOR INJURIES BUT THIS INCIDENT PROMPTED US TO HAVE ALL BELTS CHECKED AT THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP AND ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS WERE DISCOVERED TO BE FAULTY NOT WORKING. THIS IS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH ONLY 84,000 MILES. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS I AM SCARED THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR FAILED SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY'S THAT WILL ONLY BE DISCOVERED NOT TO BE WORKING IN AN EMERGENCY WHEN THEY NEED TO WORK THE MOST, I THINK ALL VEHICLES OF A SIMILAR AGE FITTED WITH THIS BRAND OF SEAT BELT SHOULD BE CHECKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core
Filed Dec 7, 2007OH

NO HEAT! NO HEAT EVEN AFTER REPLACING THERMOSTSAT TWICE. *TR

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 22, 2007130,000 milesPA

TRANSMISSIONS FAILS WHEN STOPPING FOR A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND WHEN READY TO DRIVE TRANSMISSION DRAGS THEN POPS INTO GEAR I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN 2ND GEAR TO TAKE OFF THEN PUT INTO TO DRIVE AND THIS IS A AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS THE CAR SLIDES. *TR

Steering
Filed Aug 11, 2005106,000 milesNY

I PURCHASED A USED SUV AND NOTICED THAT AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROX. 30 MINUTES THE CAR APPEARS TO HAVE DIFFICULTY MAKING A TURN. WHEN I DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH TWO OTHER PERSONS WHO HAVE THE SAME CAR AS I, I WAS INFORMED THAT THEIR CAR HAS THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM. ONE OWNER HAS HAD THE PROBLEM CORRECTED BY THEIR MECHANIC, THE OTHER CANNOT FIND THE REASONING. *NM

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 19, 2004NY

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. HOWEVER, THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFTED GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Nov 26, 2003115,000 milesTX

THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY LEAKED WATER FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER. THE WATER WAS LEAKING BETWEEN THE FIRE WALL AND THE FLOOR. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED THAT A HOLE BE DRILLED NEAR THE CONDENSER SO THE WATER COULD DRIP OUT THEN SEAL THE HOLE UP. THIS SOLUTION DIDN'T WORK AND WITHIN THREE MONTHS THE WATER WAS THERE AGAIN. *NLM

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Apr 11, 2003CA

CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *JB

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jan 18, 2002NY

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TURNING INTO LANE. TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SLID INTO OTHER VEHICLE. AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHED ON DASHBOARD PANEL, BUT AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Sep 12, 2000MN

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHILE BACKING UP VERY SLOWLY. NLM

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jul 17, 2000NY

WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPING AT A TOLL BAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT COME DOWN. CONSUMER FELT THAT WHEN DOORS OPENED AND CLOSED AND WIRES WERE BEING FOLDED, CAUSING THEM TO SHORT OUT AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO SPARK, AND NOT WORK PROPERLY.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Feb 1, 2000MI

CONSUMER VEHICLE REQUIRED A NEW FUEL PUMP AND GAS TANK DUE TO THE CORROSION OCCURING BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE GAS USED. NLM

Unknown or Other
Filed Mar 18, 1999IN

THROTTLE STICKS FULL ON DURING ACCELERATION WHEN THE FACTORY FLOOR MAT MOVES SLIGHTLY AND LOCKS THE THROTTLE IN THE FULL ON POSITION.

Suspension › Front
Filed Jan 19, 1999GA

TIRES OFF BALANCED AND MISALIGNED CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY, SHAKE, AND BOUNCE WHILE ACCELERATING UP A HILL BETWEEN 30-55 MPH, ALMOST TO THEM POINT OF LOSS OF CONTROL.

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Oct 15, 1998TX

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 58 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE, ALMOST LOST CONTROL. ABLE TO GET OFF OF FREEWAY,. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, THE PLASTIC CLIP WAS REDRILLED TO HOLD TOGETHER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Aug 27, 1996IL

SUSPENSION PROBLEMS.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jul 19, 1996NM

CRUISE CONTROL VACUUM RESERVOIR LEAKED, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL TO FAIL.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 6, 1996AR

WHILE TRYING TO PUT VEHICLE IN GARAGE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CAR TO RUN INTO GARAGE AND DURING IMPACT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Feb 7, 1996NJ

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD

Parking Brake › Conventional
Filed Jan 11, 1996CA

PARKING BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *AW

Fuel System, GasolineFire
Filed Jun 9, 1995NJ

CUSTOMER STS JEEP LAREDO CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN PARKING LOT AFTER BEING DRIVEN 3 OR 4 HOURS SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A SPONTANEOUS. TT

20 of 20 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200620000Routine
200357010Routine
200280020Routine
200170010Routine
200081010Routine
199960010Routine
199833010Routine
199738000Routine
199647000Routine
1995 — this page20030Routine
199416010Routine
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.