1996 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. DRIVER LEFT VEHICLE, WHEN IT STARTED TO MOVE BACKWARDS. DRIVER MANAGED TO GET INTO VEHICLE, AND NOTICED SHIFT LEVER WAS IN REVERSE POSITION, EVENTHOUGH VEHICLE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. MANAGED TO SHIFT BACK INTO PARK.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND WITH ENGINE RUNNING VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAME OUT OF PARK WENT INTO REVERSE, AND HIT TWO VEHICLES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PE01021; VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF WHILE CONSUMER HOOKED A BOAT TO THE BACK OF VEHICLE. BOAT WEIGHED LESS THAN A 1,000 LBS. VEHICLE ROLLED BACK, HITTING SIDE OF THE TRAILER AND INTO LAKE HOUSTON UNDER 12FT OF WATER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER HAD NOT MADE ANY CONTACTS TO MANUFACTURER AND DEALER AT THIS TIME*AK. CONSUMER STATES WHILE LOADING BOAT ONTO THE TRAILER, ALL 4 WHEELS OF THE JEEP WERE NOT IN THE WATER, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS PULLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, CONSUMER LEANED IN VEHICLE TO TURN KEY OFF WHEN IT BEGAN TO MOVE BACKWARD, BOTH THE TRAILER AND THE JEEP WENT COMPLETELY UNDERWATER, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OUT, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ON AND THE TIRES WERE ROLLING. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH MOTOR RUNNING WHEN IT SUDDENLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS.EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. CONSUMER RAN AFTER VEHICLE, JUMPED IN AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. NO ACCIDENT.*AK

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM AS PER THE NEWS ON 07/04/2001 FITS THE INCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, A TEENAGE FRIEND WAS DRIVING ALONE. HE BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THE DOG WAS OUT OF THE YARD. HE SAID HE PUT IT IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO GET THE DOG. THE JEEP INADVERTENTLY ROLLED IN REVERSE INTO A NEIGHBORS FENCE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER AND EXHAUST SYSTEM. I HAD TO PAY THE NEIGHBOR FOR THE DAMAGE TO HIS FENCE. INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED AS I DEEMED IT HIS ERROR AND DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL.*AK

WHEN IT RAINS OR SNOWS AN D WHEN ONSUME R APPLIES BRAKES FRONT WHEELS SLIDE BACK AND FORTH. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT DOESN'T FUNCTION AT ALL.ALSO, THERE IS SQUEAKING/ PULSATING NOISE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE CLOSING DOOR NOTICED THAT DOOR WAS UNATTACHED FROM FRAME OR BODY OF VEHICLE, CAUSING DOOR TO HANG OFF, UNABLE TO CLOSE. *AK HINGE BECAME LOOSE WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE AND SOON BECAME COMPLETELY UNATTACHED FROM THE FRAME, CONSUMER HAD TO MANUALLY LIFT DOOR INTO LATCH AND LOCK IT TO CLOSE THE DOOR, CHRYSLER CLAIMED NO RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMER HEARD FROM OTHER REPAIR SHOPS THAT THIS WAS A FREQUENT PROBLEM. *SLC

THE DRIVER'S SEAT CUSHION FRAME BROKE AT THE WELDS. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT MOUNT OF THE CUSHION FRAME TO FRACTURE. THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING THE WELDS HAD FRACTURED UNTIL THE LOWER MOUNT FINNALLY GAVE OUT. I WAS LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHEN I JUST GOT INTO THE JEEP. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, AND THE SEAT BROKE, I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL. I WENT THE MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP, SHOWED THEM THE BROKEN SEAT. THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD, BUT WERE WILLING TO ORDER THE PART. OF WHICH THERE WERE ONLY THREE AVAILABLE IN THE NATION. I TRIED TO LOCATE THE PART USED ON THE NATIONAL WEB OF SALVAGE YARDS. ON EVERY JEEP OF THIS YEAR AT THE SALVAGE YARD, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT WAS ALREADY MISSING. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. I STILL HAVE THE BROKEN SEAT CUSHION FRAME FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. I JUST WONDER HOW MANY ACCIDENTS THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED, AND WERE BLAMED ONTO SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR READING AND CONSIDERING THIS NOTE.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. AIRBAG LIGHT AND LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WENT OUT. VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPED AND FLAKED DUE TO RUST. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK