2001 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

THE SHAKING IS GETTING WORST EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE CAR, IT IS GOING TO THE CAR DEALER IN MY AREA TO HAVE IT FIX, I WANT THIS TO BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY SINCE I HAVE ONLY OWE THE CAR FOR 5 MONTHS.

WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE STARTS SHIMMYING WITH GREAT FORCE AT HIGH SPEEDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND SHAVED DOWN ROTORS.*AK CONSUMER HAD A 1997 GRAND CHEROKEE THAT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE SHAKING UPON BRAKING MAKES VEHICLE SEEM UNSTABLE. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THERE WASN'T ANYONE INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND IT STOPPED ON IMPACT WITH A FENCE.*AK

JEEP PULLS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. IT DOESN'T DRIVE RIGHT AND VIBRATES. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS NOT RIGHT. CHECK BY MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP. NOTHING COULD BE DONE. JEEP IS HAZARDOUS ON THE ROAD WITH THE WAY IT DRIVES AND PULLS. ANOTHER MECHANIC SAID A BELT WAS BROKE IN THE RIGHT TIRE

SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON THREE OCCASIONS WITHIN EVERY 3,000 MILES. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A NOISE COME FROM THE FRONT RIGHT. THE JEEP THEN PULLED HARD TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. BY LOOKS, THE SUSPENSION, STEERING, AND DRIVELINE COMPLETELY BROKE OR DETACHED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.

THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT FAIL, BUT THE BELT WOULD CATCH ON THE DOOR LATCH AND WAS RUBBING HOLES INTO THE BELT. JEEP WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON 2/14/01, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT IT WAS A "DESIGN FLAW" BUT UNTIL MORE COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. DEMONTROND WAS ALSO ADVISED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT, IT WOULD COST ME FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. THE JEEP HAS BEEN "TRADED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY. WHILE SPEEDOMETER READS 55 MPH, VEHICLE IS ONLY TRAVELING AT 52 MPH. *AK DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT UNLESS THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF BY 5 MILES MPH, IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE OKAY. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE VIBRATES. DEALER HAD SURFACED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, BUT PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED.*AK HUMMING NOISE FROM STEERING WHEN MAKING SHARP LEFT TURNS. FRONT WINDOW SKIPS WHEN PUTTING WINDOW DOWN WITH AUTO, DEALER LUBED WINDOW TRACKS. *SLC

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SECURE LOADS TO THE ROOF RACK, THE TIE-DOWN HOLES ARE NOT DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SLIDE RAILS, IT IS TOO SHORT, AND THE CROSSBARS COVER THE TIE DOWN HOLES WHEN SPREAD TO THE LAST POSITION AT EACH END, CONSUMER STATES HIS PREVIOUS 1993 CHEROKEE HAD TIE DOWN HOLES THAT WERE DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SLIDE RAILS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO PROPERLY SECURE LOADS WITH NO PROBLEM. *SLC