1997 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

AIR CONDITIONER IS LEAKING FLUID. VEHICLE WILL BE COLD ONE MINUTE, AND THE NEXT MINUTE IT IS HOT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, AND THE EVAPORATOR COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

2ND FAILURE OCCURRED ON 01-20-1999 @ APPROX. 53,000 MILES. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF ROTORS AND PADS WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT USED, AND PREVOUISLY WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS MAKING A U TURN INTO AN INTERSECTION TO GO ON TO THE OTHER SIDE IN ORDER TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC WHILE IT WAS RAINING. CONSUMER HIT THE CURB. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. *AK

ROTORS HAVE WARPED 4 TIMES IN 48,000 MILES WITH REGULAR DRIVING. WARPED ROTORS CAUSE SEVERE SHAKING IN FRONT END AND DIFFICULTY IN HANDLING. DEALERSHIP/MANUFACURER HAVE REPLACED THREE TIMES BUT HAVE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM WITH THE PART OR THAT SOMETHING ELSE MAY BE CAUSING THE WARPING. DEALERSHIP BLAMES IN-TOWN DRIVING FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE FILLING UP GAS TANK UP TO FULL CAPACITY, GAS GAUGE GAVE WRONG READING, INDICATING TANK WAS EMPTY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

AFTER A HEAVY RAINFALL, MY WIFE AND I PROCEED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AT THE CORN OF OUR STREET AND RECEIVED DOWN POURING OF WATER THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY, WHILE MY WIFE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN AT ANOTHER CORNER. REPORTED TO THE DEALER, WHO CHECKED IT OUT, AND TOLD US THAT IT WAS THE DOOR SEAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. ANOTHER DAY I RETURNED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, NOW THEY SAY IT WAS THE SKY LIGHT WINDOW SEAL. 05/04/00. SEAL ORDERED BUT NOT WARRANTED. I MUST PAY . PART OREDED AND REPAIRING IN PROGRESS EVEN AS I TYPE. JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NO. NO DAMAGE TO EITHER ME NOR MY WIFE.

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SETS OF WHEEL BEARINGS. WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE MAKES KNOCKING NOISE. *AK

RAN OUT OF FUEL IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, BUT THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK. THE READING HAD BEEN ACCURATE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, AND HAS BEEN INACCURATE SINCE. COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. JEEP HAS A RECALL DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, FOR THIS MODEL YEAR, BUT MY VIN IS NOT COVERED. I PROPOSE THAT THE VINS COVERED IS NOT SUFFICIENT, OTHER VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED IN RAINY WEATHER, THE BRAKES ARE EXTREMELY "GRABBY". DURING A MODERATE EFFORT STOP, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID (LOCKED TIRES). THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE NEW. HAD DEALER LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. BRAKES BECOME LESS GRABBY IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED MOMENTARILY WHILE DRIVING (THROTTLE AND BRAKE APPLIED AT SAME TIME) FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CORROSION BUILD UP THAT IS WORN AWAY AFTER BRAKES ARE APPLIED SEVERAL TIMES. A PANIC STOP UNDER GRABBY CONDITIONS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT!