1995 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED, THE LOW AND HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WOULD FAIL SPORADICALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED THREE RECALLS RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 11V279000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING), 09E025000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) AND 09E012000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) BUT DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN ANY. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165. UPDATED 06/05/14*LJ

REPETITIVE "DEATH WOBBLE." FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN MOTIVATED BY BUMP OR ROAD VIBRATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN A CHILD RAN IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE CHILD, THE CONTACT SWERVED AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. ONE OF THE TIRES RUPTURED AND THE AIR BAGS ALSO DEPLOYED. THE AIR BAG STRUCK THE CONTACT IN THE FACE, CAUSING INJURY TO THE CONTACT'S EYE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH A SPARE AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT WAS 240,778.

DRIVING 25 MPH ON CITY STREET RAN OVER A SINKHOLE/POTHOLE AND ENGINE BOLTS SHEARED OFF AND ENGINE SHIFTED. JEEP HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR

I HAVE A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHEN REPLACING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LIGHT, I NOTICED THAT THE CONNECTOR THE BLOWER SWITCH WAS BURNT TO A CRISP. I PROCEEDED TO REPLACE THE CONNECTOR BY OBTAINING A CONNECTERS FROM A SALVAGE YARD. I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SEVERAL CONNECTORS, HOWEVER THESE CONNECTORS WERE ALSO BURNT AND MELTED. I AM CURIOUS IF WHETHER A DEFECT COMPLAINT HAS EVER BEEN LOGGED CONCERNING THE A/C, HEATER BLOWER SWITCH OR THE CONNECTOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE ON MARCH 3, 2009, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LANDED IN A DITCH AT LESS THAN 40 MPH. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN, WHICH CAUSED THE HEAD GASKET TO FAIL. THE DEALER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 180,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE STEERING BOX FAILED AND SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE STEERING BOX WAS HANGING BY THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME CRACKED AND CAUSED THE BOLTS TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE STEERING BOX; THEREFORE, THE REPAIRS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER CALLED THE DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND CALLED THE CONTACT BACK TO INFORM HIM THAT NO REPAIRS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. IN ADDITION, NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 198,000.

AFTER MY ACCIDENT BACK IN APRIL 2000 EXITING THE EXPRESS WAS I WAS SLOWING DUE TO A RED LIGHT, A CAR FROM BEHIND REAR ENDED MY 1995 CHRYSLER JEEP . AT THE TIME I HAD NOT RELATED THE FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT CONTROL LATCHES TO ANYTHING. I KNEW MY BODY HAD GONE FORWARD I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME. UNTIL MY, DAUGHTER LATER DIED FROM SKULL DAMAGE. I WAS 5 MONTHS INTO MY FIRST PREGNANCY ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE BABY DIED. THE SONOGRAM SHOWED SKULL DAMAGE. I STILL AT THE TIME HAD NOT BUT THE CONNECTION TO THE SEAT BELT BEING UNSECURED LATCHES, I HAD NOTICE IT BUT REALLY WASN'T CONCERN AT THE TIME. I LATER FILED A COMPLAINT WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER CONCERNING THE SEAT BELT THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER HOWEVER, I NEVER HEARD FROM THEM. THEN I CAME ACROSS THE CASE WHERE THE LADY WAS SUITING OVER THE SEAT BELTS, HOWEVER THE ATTORNEY DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CASE AT THE TIME. I WAS IN FLORIDA AND THEY WERE FROM TEXAS. NOR COULD I FIND ANYONE WHO WOULD TAKE THE CASE TO PURSUIT THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER COMPANY AT THE TIME. THE COMPLAINTS WITH THE SEAT BELTS WHERE NOT SO PLENTIFUL AS THEY ARE NOW, I STILL FEEL TO THIS DAY (SERRIA) WOULD BE ALIVE IF THE SECURITY OF THE SEAT BELT HARNESS WHERE LOCKING PROPERLY, MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY. MY BACK WOULD NOT HAVE 2 DISK OUT OF PLACE, AND THE NEED OF BACK SURGERY. *TR

CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR BURNS OUT. GOT IT FIXED AT DEALER, BUT IT IS OUT AGAIN 5 YEARS LATER. *TR

RADIO HAS BEEN ERRATIC IN WORKING, FOR YEARS - IT WILL START WORKING AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR 20 MINUTES OR IT NOT WORK AT ALL. NO PATTERN TO IT NOT WORKING. *TR