1993 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

GOT IN CAR, PUT SEAT BELT ON,STARTED VEHICLE, PLACED FOOT ON BRAKE PLACED IN REVERSE AND THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL,WAS PUMPING BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET AND CATAPAULTED ME INTO NEIGHBORS HOUSE AT UNDETERMINED SPEED. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, ,DRIVER PUT GEAR INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, RUNNING THROUGH A HOUSE . DRIVER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT, AND EVEN TRIED TO PUMP BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRYED TO PUT IT INTO 4X4 AND IT MADE A SOUND LIKE IT WAS FALLING APART IT JERKED HARD AND WOULD NOT MOVE

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH CONSUMER COULD HEAR A NOISE, LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL ON THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO BRAKES, REQUIRED ADDITIONAL COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS. *MJS

I BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE APPROXMATELY 2 MONTHS AGO. I TOOK MY JEEP TO JIM COGDILL DODGE. THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAUS. AFTER TWO TRIPS THERE, THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO A JEEP DEALER. SINCE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT DELMAR HAYNES, I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE THERE FOUR TIMES NOW. THE FIRST VISIT, THEY MADE REPLACMENTS TO PARTS THAT COGDILL FELT WERE NOT NECESSARY FROM THERE INVESTIGATION EARLIER. I MADE THE SECOND TRIP. THEY LOOKED AT IT FOR OVER 2 HOURS AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. I LEFT AND DECIDED TO RETURN BACK THE NEXT DAY. I ASKED THEM TO COLD START AND SEE IF THEY COULD SEE THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD BEEN DESCRIBING. THEY FOUND A FUEL INJECTOR BAD. THAT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF 88.00, PLUS 60.00 FOR THE RENTAL CAR FOR TWO DAYS. THE PARTS HAD TO BE SHIPPED IN FROM ATLANTA. I DROVE THE JEEP AND SMELLED ODORS BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THAT WOULD OCCUR DUE TO THE MAINTAINCE THAT WAS PERFORMED. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS I BEGAN TO SMELL THE GASOLINE AGAIN. I PUT UP WITH IT FOR A WEEK, AND DECIDED THAT I DID NOT WANT MY VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE AND CAUSE LOSS OF HOME AND POSSIBLY BODY LOSS AS WELL. I RETURNED MY JEEP TO DELMAR HAYNES ON 1-12-00. I ASKED THEM TO COLD START IT AGAIN AND SEE IF THEY COULD SEE THE TROUBLE. GUT FEELING ON MY PART WAS THE FUEL INJECTORS WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. BINGO!! I GOT THE CALLED EARLIER TODAY AND THAT TH THE NEED F REPAIR. AT A COST OF $88.00 PER, YOU CAN SEE THAT I HAVE PAID QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR THE REPAIR THAT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN PLACE ON THE EARLIER VISITS. I LIKE MY JEEP. IT IS PAID FOR AND I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO GO TO THE LARGE EXPENSE OF PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP OR INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE ME IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE IN SAFE RUNNING CONDITION. DELMAR HAYNES HAS THE VEHICLE AT THE PRESENT TIME. I HAVE A LOANER TO DRIVE ANDWAS ASSURED THERE WOULD BE NO COST FOR LABOR OR THE CAR.

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION THAT CAUSED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

SEATBELT BUCKLE IS DEFECTIVE. BUCKLE MAY SEEM AS THOUGH IT IS LOCKED. BUT WITH MOVEMENT, BUCKLE BECOMES UNLOCKED AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER. *AK

MY JEEP'S DOORS ARE FALLING OFF IN THE FRONT AT THE HINGES. THE WELDS THAT HOLD THE HINGES TO THE FRAME ARE CRACKING. AS FOR THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM IT SOMETIMES CLUNKS WHEN I GO OVER A BUMP OR TURN A CORNER. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT BUT THEY CAN NOT FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THE STARTING PROBLEM IS NOT ALL THE TIME MOST OF THE TIME IT STARTS RIGHT UP, BUT SOMETIMES IT WON'T START. I TRY IT TWO OR THREE TIMES AND THEN IT STARTS. I HAVE HAD THE STARTER REPLACED AND IT STILL DOES IT. *AK

PE 95 047/FAILURE OF DOOR ASSEMBLY WELDS: VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BROKEN WELDS; DOOR ATTACHMENT HAVE BEEN WELDED ON TWO OCCASION DUE TO PROBLEM WITH RUST/CORROSION. THIS CONDITION CAUSES THE DOOR TO DROP AND HARD TO SECURE WHEN CLOSING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK