1996 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED. VEHICLE WOBBLED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. A MECHANIC FOUND THAT BRAKE ROTORS WERE RUSTED & PITTED. CONSUMER LOCATED A RECALL ON THE BRAKE ROTORS 00V136000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 879. BUT THIS STATE WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

HEARSAY IS THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER JEEP CHEROKEES BEING FIXED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AT THE SAME TIME.NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BRAKE REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO RECALL 00V-136 OF THE BRAKE ROTORS, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

THE SHEARING OF THE RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT TO ENGINE BOLTS COULD HAVE ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO DROP DOWN ONTO THE STEERING MECHANISM THEREBY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. DUE THE THE ENGINE DROPPPING DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE REAR TRANSMISION MOUNT WAS TORN FROM THE CROSS MEMBER AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED RIGHT WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A DRIVE SHAFT DISCONNECTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE ENGINE SHIFT COULD HAVE IMPACTED THE THROTTLE LINKAGE. THIS SHEARING OF THE 3 MOUNTING BOLTS WAS NOT CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AS THE BOLTS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE BOLTS WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY HARDENED, OR POSSIBLY OVER TIGHTENED AT ASSEMBLY CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ESSENTIALLY DISABLED AND THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE ENGINE IN PLACE WAS THE DISTRIBUTOR LANDING ON THE CHASIS MOUNT HANGER.

WATER PUMP WENT, CAUSING THE ENGINE COOLANT SENSOR TO GO, TIRE ROD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TOLD THIS WASN'T USUAL UNLESS A LOT OF MILEAGE. COULD THE MILEAGE BEEN ALTERED? WAS THIS VEHICLE IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT?

I PURCHASED ALL 4 TIRES IN MARCH 1999. ONLY ONE IS PART OF THE RECALL, BUT THE OTHER 3 ARE SHOWING CRACKS ALONG THE SEAM OF THE OUTER TREAD. FIRESTONE DEALER AND THE 800 NUMBER ARE REFUSING TO REPLACE/REBATE THE TIRES BECASE THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER 3 TIRES AND WANT THEM REPLACED. (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE ENGINE CYLINDERS WERE BAD, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED CAUSING COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. *MJS

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V136, HOWEVER COULDN'T GET REPAIRS DONE DUE TO LACK OF PARTS, THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE ROTORS ELSEWHERE BECAUSE THEY WERE NO SAFE TO DRIVE ON, CONSUMER IS BEING REFUSED A REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE A CERTIFIED DEALER DID NOT DO THE RECALL REPAIRS.

ROTORS SEPARATED, CONSUMER TRIED TO BRAKE, AND VEHICLE WENT TO THE SIDE. CONSUMER DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT SIDE. *AK

CONSUMER REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS PRIOR TO RECALL 00V136, DEALER IS REFUSING REIMBURSEMENT, THE ROTORS REPLACED WERE NOT THE CORROSION RESISTANT BRAKE ROTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. *SLC