1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN IT RAINS BRAKES BECOME DEFECTIVE AND ITHARDER TO SLOW DOWN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS HAD A CAR CRASH DUE TO FAULTY BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKI

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP INTO VEHICLE, AND WAS INJURED WHEN THROWN FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK *SLC

CAR AMOST RAN OVER ME, STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. WAS PLACED IN PARK AND JUMPED OUT. DID A MODERATE AMT OF DAMAGE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. I DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG AND IT WAS NOT THE CAR IT WAS ME THE DRIVER. TOLD ME THE JEEP PASSED INSPECTION AND THAT I JUST THOUGHT I PUT IT IN PARK. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON 7/1/01 AGAIN, HOWEVER THE JEEP WAS STOPPED BEFORE STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALL OF THIS INFROMATION CAN BE VERIFIED BY A POLICE REPORT AND INSURANCE INFORMATION. THIS CAUSED A MODERATE AMT OF DAMAGE. IF SOMEONE WAS BEHIND THE CAR, IT COULD HAVE CRUSHED THEM. I HAD MINOR SCRAPES FROM TRYING TO GET BACK IN VEHICLE AND STOP IT TO AVOID A COLLISION. THIS HAS COST ME AN INCREASE IN INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND ALSO A WRECK ON MY RECORD. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY INCIDENT. HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP CONVINCED ME IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR. HOWEVER, AFTER THIS HAPPENED AGAIN LAST WEEK, I AM NOT SO SURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING STICKS AND THEN THUG'S INTO POSITION AND VEHICLE DRIVES. *AK

RAN OUT OF FUEL, GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK, NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLISION ON INTERSTATE IN 65 MPH TRAFFIC, THIRD FAILURE; ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN DASHBOARD GUAGES GO BLANK WHILE DRIVING. *AK

AT 13,395 MILES CLUSTER GAUGE ON DASH WENT OUT. NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST VEHICLE WAS GOING BECAUSE INSTRUMENTS ON DASH STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER CLEANED CONNECTORS/ ADDED ELECTRO LIGHTS, AND RECONNECTED PLUGS. HOWEVER, SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED. CONSUMER FELT THERE WAS PROBLEM WITH CONNECTOR. *AK TSB 08298 DEALS WITH PROBLEMS CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING, HOWEVER ON THE SECOND FAILURE, CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR REPAIRS. BOTH INNER FRONT AXLE SEALS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING. *SLC

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT INDICATE WHEN VEHICLE IS ON EMPTY. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED GAS GAUGE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE PREVIOUS YEAR JEEPS HAD EXACT SAME PROBLEM, HOWEVER THOSE WERE RECALLED. *SLC

: FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BOLT HAS CAME THROUGH THE LEFT PART OF THE FRAME OF THE SEAT WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO FALL BACK AND TO THE RIGHT, CONSUMER STRONGLY BELIEVES THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE, CUST TOOK VEH TO DLR, DLR STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE TO ANOTHER JEEP I SAW IN THIS SITE. CONSUMER SEEKS TO HAVE THE SEAT REPAIRED AT NO COST AS THIS IS CLEARLY UNSAFE IF VEH WAS TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

THE CAR DIES EVERY TIME A LEFT TURN IS MADE, EVEN WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS 1/4 FULL. IT IS IN MY OPINION THAT THE MANUFATURER SHOULD HAVE PLACED THE FUEL PICKUP IN THE CENTER OF THE TANK TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF POWER DURING A TURN. IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER DURING AN EVASIVE MANUVER, THEREBY LOSING BOTH BRAKING AND STEERING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE, THE MANUFATURER HAS INSTALLED THE FUEL PUMP IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE AFTERMARKET CANNOT MAKE A REPLACEMENT PART. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR IS LEAKING, IT WON'T HOLD ANY TYPE OF FLUID. CHRYSLER STATED THERE WERE OTHER EVAOPATOR PROBLEMS ON OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES, BUT NOT THIS SPECIFIC MODEL.*AK