1995 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

OVER LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS RUNNING WITH THE BLOWER MOTOR ON HIGH, IGNITION WIRING GOT HOT AT IGNITION SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK

THREE BOLTS TO THE ENGINE MOUNT BROKE WHILE ON FREEWAY, AND ENGINE POPPED. ALSO, COOLING FAN CUT TRANSMISSION HOSE SO THAT FAN COULD NOT TURN, AND CAR OVERHEATED. CONSUMER HAD TO EXIT IMMEDIATELY, AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.*AK

IN APRIL 2000 MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TRIBORO IN RESPONSE TO THE RECALL THAT CALLED FOR THE ROTORS TO BE REPLACED. IN SEPTEMBER 2000 I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO TRIBORO A UNRELATED REPAIR AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. UPON RETURNING HOME WE REALIZED THAT THE ROTORS WERE "ALLEDGEDLY NEW" HOWEVER A BRAKE REPAIR SHOP RELATED THAT THE ROTORS APPEAR TO BE OLD AND NOT THE NEW COATED ROTORS REQUIRED UNDER THE RECALL. UPON CONTACT WITH TRIBORO AND HAVING THEM CHECK THEIR COMPUTER TO CONFIRM THE "NEW ROTORS" WE WERE TOLD THAT WE PROBABLY WORE THEM OUT WITH BAD PADS. WE TRYED TO REASON WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF NEW ROTORS NEEDING REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 10,000 MILES, BUT THEY WERE UN YIELDING. IN CONTACTING THE CHYSLER CORPORATION RECALL DIVISION, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND GET A ESTIMATE ON THE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES AND THE CONDITION OF THE ROTORS, AT OUR EXPENSE. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED NOW ABOUT HAVING TO PUT OUT MONEY TO CONFIRM THAT THE RECALL REPLACEMENT WAS NOT PERFORMED. IN CONTACT WITH OUR LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE HAS INFORMED US THAT IT IS BEST TO CONTACT THIS OFFICE AND THAT THE NECESSARY ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN TO CORRECT THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ANTICIPATED COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.*AK

LEFT FRONT TIRE DELAMINATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH IN MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE ROAD WAS PAVED AND I WAS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHEN IT DELAMINATED. ALL OUR TIRES ON ALL OUR PATROL VEHICLES ARE FIRESTONE WILDRENESS AT AND I AM CONCERNED THAT MORE MAY FAIL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HF TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)

TOWING A HORSE TRAILER PLUS 2 HEAVY HORSES FULL FUEL LOAD. VEHICLE SWEAVED OUT OF CONTROL ROUND A ROUNDABOUT .DAMAGE WAS SLIGHT AS VEHICLE JACK KNIFED.THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER INFORMED ME I HAD THE EARLY SOFT SPRINGS ON THE VEHICLE NOT RECOMMENDED FORTOWING. I CONTACTED JEEP WHO INFORMED ME THAT JEEP HAD STIFFENED THE SPRINGS TO PREVENT SAGGING LEAF SPRINGS.AND IF I ORDERED A NEW PART IT WOULD REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF UNSTABLE TOWING . I NOTED THAT THE REPLACEMENT SPRING HAS STRONGER CLAMPS LONGER AND STONGER LOCATING PEGS.I ASKED IF THEIR HAD BEING A RECALL AS THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE (UK LAW)IF THE ORIGINAL SPRINGS WERE INADAQUATE TO PREVENT SEVERE SWAYING .I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A 1997 CAR OR A DIESEL VERSION INTRODUCED IN 1995 IN THE UK WHICH HAD BEING FITTED WITH STRONGER SPRINGS .I ASKED THE UK IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHY JEEP HAD LOWERED THE RECOMMENDED "TONGUE WT" ON THE 1997 VEHICLE BY 30 KGS WAS IT BECAUSE THE EARLIER RECOMMENDATIONS WER TO HIGH FOR THE "SOFT SPRINGS TO COPE WITH NO REPLY .I ASKED WHY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1995 AND 1997 OWNERS HAND BOOK WAS A LONGER TRAILER TOWING SECTION INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF THE WORDS "STRONGLY "SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ,WHY HAD THEY CHANGED THE WARNINGS HAD THERI BEING ANY REPORTED ACCIDENTS WHILE TOWING ON THE "SAGGING SPRINGS" ..THEY NOW REFUSE TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN THE UK CAN YOU HELP IN THE US ?I BELIEVE IF THE UK 4.0 JEEP IS FULLY LOADED TO ITS MAKIMUM WT IT WILL NOT BE STABEL DUE TO THE AGREED FAULT THAT 1992/3/4/5 SPRINGS "SAG DUE TO EARLY FATIGUE PROBLEMS.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF SUDDEN HEARD NOISE. VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND STARTED TO OVERHEAT. ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS, ALL THREE OF THEM BROKE OFF, AND ENGINE DROPPED TWO TO THREE INCHES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE HINGE CAME UNDONE, AND IT WAS RUSTED. AND IF OPENING THE WHOLE DOOR, IT MAY COME OFF.*AK

BROUGHT JEEP INTO LAWLESS FOR RECALL THEY SAID THE ROTORS WERE OK ON AUG 28,2000.AFTER 2 WEEKS AND 400 MILES THE FRONT LEFT ROTOR SPLIT DURING A STOP AT INTERSECTION WHICH MADE VEHICLE NOT STOP. LUCKILY FOR MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER THE OTHER CAR WAS ABLE TO STOP.THE MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED ROTORS 2 WEEKS PRIOR SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER NOTICED PULSTATION IN BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING POOR BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL AND REAR BRAKES. *AK

WHEN BLOWER MOTOR IS OPERATED AT FULL POWER IGNITION SWITCH GETS VERY HOT AND MELTS WIRING HARNESS NEAR SWITCH. CHRONIC PROBLEM SWITCH REPLACED AND OTHER COMPONENTS 5 TIMES. IT EVEN BURNED A HOLE IN THE STEERING COLUMN COVER AND BURNED MY HAND. HARNESS RELACED ONCE AND NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN AFTER JUST 2 YEARS.