1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING,I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE TIRE. WHEN I PULLED OVER, THE TREAD FROM THE CENTER OF THE TIRE HAD COME LOOSE. I DROVE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD IT CHECKED. THERE WAS SBOUT TWO INCHES OF TREAD MISSING. I COULD PUT MY HAND IN THE HOLE AND UNDERNEATH THE TREAD THAT REMAINED. THESE TIRES HAD BEEN BOUGHT LESS THA TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THEY WERE BOUGHT AT AND INSTALLED BY A GOOD YEAR DEALER. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND DRAGGED OWNER TEN FEET, RESULTING IN HITTING A STACK OF HARDWOOD LUMBER.

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE PREMATURELY CORRODED, CAUSING CENTER OF HUB TO SEPARATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V048000. FRONT SEAT BELT SHOULDER TURNING LOOP ANCHORS WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V10500. DUE TO ROAD SALT AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE COULD LEAD TO CORROSION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WHICH COULD CAUSE AIR BAGS TO INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY, VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V105000 DUE TO VIN. *AK

TO AVOID ACCIDENT MY SON SWERVED & DID A 180 & CAME TO A STOP & WAS HIT BY A FORD PICKUP HEAD ON. JEEP WAS TOTALED. NIETHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

ELECTRICAL SYSYEM WILL GO ON AND OFF AT TIMES. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING FOG LIGHTS WILL GO OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

MY VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON IN PARK; WHILE IN PARK FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE; VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY HITTING A TREE. NOW MY TRUNK IS DAMAGED, AND MY POWER LOCKS DON'T WORK; IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THERE IS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION GOING ON WITH MY PARTICULAR BRAND OF JEEP; THE DEALER SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX MY JEEP; SO WHAT I AM SUPPOSE TO DO. *AK

I HAD PURCHASED A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE NEW FROM THE DEALER. SEVERAL TIMES I BROUGHT IT IN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD CUT OUT, STALL AND BECOME SLUGGISH. THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM, OR IN SOME CASES THEY JUST STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. OF COURSE AFTER THE WARRANTEE RAN OUT BY TIME AND MILES THE CAR WENT DEAD ON ME AND I WAS ADVISED THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK IS DESIGN SUCH THAT IT DETERIORATES AND PLUGS THE FUEL PUMP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I LEARNED THIS THROUGH PARTS SUPPLIERS WHO WERE UNWILLING TO GIVE A GUARRANTEE ON THEIR PUMPS KNOWING THE TANK WOULD CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AND PLUG THE PUMP. THE DEALER TOLD ME HE WANTED OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE TANK BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION. HE REFUSED TO REPLACE ONLY THE FUEL PUMP AND TOLD ME THE TANK WAS DEFECTIVE. OF COURSE THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION REFUSED TO WARRANTEE THE PRODUCT AFTER THE TIME AND MILES WERE UP. MY QUESTION IS THIS: IF THE FUEL TANK IS DETERIORATING BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FAULT IS THAT A SAFETY PROBLEM. I MYSELF HAVING A LIMITED MECHANICAL BACKGROUD WOULD THINK SO. THESE TANKS ARE DETERIORATING IN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES AND CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DOUBT A FUEL TANK IS A CRITICAL PART OF A VEHICLE, AND I DON'T THINK JEEP IS GOING TO CON THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS INTO CHANGING THEIR FUEL TANKS. AT THIS TIME I NEED A VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND I AM GOING TO REPLACE MY FUEL PUMP NOT THE TANK. HOWEVER IF THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHY ISN'T JEEP VOLUNTARILY TAKING CARE OF IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. BRENDAN FINNERTY