1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS GOING 30-35MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISON HITTING SIDE DRIVER'S DOOR OF OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING CONSUMER'S HEAD AND FACE TO HIT WINDSHIELD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS INACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND A NEW FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS INSTALLED.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN STARTING AND STOPPING, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *JB

RECALL 00V136000 REPAIRS HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE RECALL PROBLEM. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE FIRST TAKEN INTO DEALER FOR RECALL. *AK BATTERY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. DASH GAUGES MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO CLUSTER HARNESS FAILURE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. FOG LAMP SWITCH FAILED. THE FRONT PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE BUCKLE FOR REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT BROKE. *YH

CONSUMER STATES A MOLD ODOR HAS DEVELOPED IN VEHICLE. DEALER FUMIGATED, THEN REMOVED CARPET, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

PLACED GEAR SHIFT IN PARK, THEN WALKED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND RAISED THE HATCH. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD TOWARD THE OWNER, OWNER JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY AND THE VEHICLE PROCEDED INTO ONGOING TRAFFIC. MANAGED TO JUMP IN AND PULLED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO FORWARD GEAR AND PULLED BACK TO SID OF ROAD, NARROWLY MISSING A SEMI-TRUCK.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND HAD BOTH FRONT ROTORS TURNED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI

FRONT WINDSHIELD LAMINATES, MAKING BUBBLES, AND CAUSING DIFFCULTIES FOR DRIVER TO SEE THROUGH WINDSHIELD WHEN LIGHT REFLEXES OFF IT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER TURNED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE, HOWEVER VEHICLE SKIDDED, HIT A GUARDRAIL, AND THEN ROLLED OVER, THE ORANGE BUTTON TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT WAS PULLED UP 1/4-1/2 INCHES, SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE TOSSED AROUND DURING VEHICLE ROLLOVER, CLAIM 47-4282-720. *SLC

TRANSMISSION SLIPS, WHEN PLACING IT IN PARK, IT SLIPS BACK INTO REVERSE, IN OTHER WORDS IT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. HE WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE IS NOT IN RECALL.*AK VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER HAD PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK WHEN IT STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED INTO THE REVERSE POSITION. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRUCK PISTON, THAT HOLDS UP THE TRUCK SNAPPED, WITHOUT ANY EFFORT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TRUCK TO STAY UP WHEN OPEN, WHICH MAY CAUSE BODILY HARM IF RELEASED. NLM