1997 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

RECALL 97V194000. THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED. FUEL TANK MOUNTED FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT ACCURACY CAN DEGRADE OVER TIME, INDICATING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FUEL IN RESERVE THAN ACTUALLY IS PRESENT.*AK *JB

THE PROBLEM NOTICED WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE BRAKES, AND AFTER MANY SHOP VISITS HAVING NEW BRAKES PUT ON WITH PADS, AND EVEN A NEW SET OF TIRES, THE DEFECT IN THE FRONT DRIVERS WHEEL WAS STILL NOTICED WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT IT WAS. *AK

FUEL SENSOR GAUGE HAS FAILED, CAUSING INCORRECT FUEL GAUGE READINGS. PRIOR TO INCIDENT, GAUGE WAS REPLACED ONCE AT 4,000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THEN, WHEN PARKED FOUND A BROKEN BOLT THAT HAD FALLEN FROM STEERING BOX. *AK DEALER INSTALLED NEW GEAR BOX, BOLTS AND ADDED FLUID. *SLC

ORIGINAL GAS GAUGE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. REPLACEMENT HAS NOW FAILED AND DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE REPLACEMENT PART TO THE DEFECTIVE ORGINAL PART.

HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR BRAKE REPAIRS ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS - TWICE WHILE IN WARRANTY AND ONCE AFTER WARRANTY - ROTORS WERE FINALLY REPLACED ON LAST VISIT AFTER COMPLAINING PERSISTANTLY AND SPEAKING WITH THE GM AT DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM IS OCCURING AGAIN AND IS WORSE THAN EVER. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES AND TRY'S TO VEAR OF COURSE TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. IT IS MORE PRONOUNCED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HEAVY PRESSURE MUST BE APPLIED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND THERE IS A NARROW WINDOW OF WHEN IT'S JUST ENOUGH PRESSURE TO STOP NORMALLY AND WHEN THE BRAKES WANT TO GRAB TO QUICKLY..*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 00V136000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 879. CONSUMER BELIEVED DEALER DID NOT REPLACE ROTORS. *AK THE CALIPER WAS LOOSE AND APPEARED TO BE JUST SITTING ON THE TIRE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS EXAMINING THE VEHICLE FOR RUBBING NOISE. THE RIM WAS ALSO STUCK TO THE ROTOR AND REMOVING THE TIRE WAS EXTREMELY HARD. FROM THESE OBSERVATIONS, THE CONSUMER CONCLUDED THAT THE DEALER HAD NOT DONE THE RECALL JOB ON BRAKE ROTORS. *YH

GAS GUAGE WOULD BECOME STUCK IN ONE POSITION WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION, NOT ALLOWING CORRECT LEVEL OF FUEL TO BE SHOWN. CONSUMER WAS LEFT STRANDED TWICE, IN APRIL AND JULY OF 2000. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF VEHICLE WAS A PART OF RECALL 97V194002. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS PRODUCED ONE MONTH AFTER RECALL ENDED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE, DROPPED 3 INCHES ON RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED 3 OF THE BOLTS HOLDING ENGINE HAD BROKEN OFF. *AK RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS BROKE OFF IN THE BLOCK, CAUSING A BROKEN FAN SHROUD, FAN BLADE WAS HITTING INNER FENDER WALL. *SLC

ENGINE BOLTS THAT HOLD ENGINE UP HAVE BROKEN OFF AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE. CONTACTED A DEALER.*AK