1999 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE THERE IS A CLUNKNIG NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON WET PAVEMENT, VEHICLE HIT A TREE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER FEELS THE LOSS WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT, CLAIM 13-7350-903. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK WHILE PUTTING ON SEATBELT. SUDDENLYAND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES, HARD TO STOP. IN THE PROCESS DRIVER HAD INJURED HIS BACK DUE TO JERKING OF THE VEHICLE AND BRAKES BEING APPLIED.*AK

SINCE 37,000 MILES, ROTORS WERE WARPED, WITH BRAKING PULSATION-MACHINED. #2 WARPED ROTORS WITHIN 3 MO. NEW ROTORS. WARPED ROTORS WITHIN 3 MO. ROTORS MACHINED-NEW BRAKE PADS. ANOTHER THREE MONTHS ROTORS WARPED. AND GRINDING NOICE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL FULLY ENGAGED. BELIEVE A DESIGN FLAW TO BE PRESENT CAUSING THE ROTORS TO WARP CONTINUALLY. THIS MANIFESTS INTO PULSATION WHEN BRAKING MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V136000. CONTACTED DEALER, AND TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS. OLD ROTORS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW GOLDEN BROWN ROTORS. NEW ROTORS WOULD CHUG OR DRAG WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. CONTACTED MECHANIC, AND INFORMED CONSUMER WILL NOT REPLACE PADS OR ROTORS. NEW ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE DUE TO BEING COATED. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WENT INTO A SPIN, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. HAD TRIED TO CORRECT STEERING WHEEL, BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. BUT, DID REPAIR TIE ROD DAMAGED DUE TO CRASH. A FEW DAYS LATER , STEERING LOCKED UP AGAIN WHILE TURNING FROM ONE STREET INTO ANOTHER. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY TO WORK AT 6AM, IN LIGHT TRAFFIC. HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW UP, BLOCKING MY VISION, SLAMMED AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE JEEP AND FOLDED. I SLOWED DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING, OR BEING HIT BY ANY OTHER VEHICLES, IN SPITE OF SEVERELY IMPAIRED VISION! WE HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. USAA (OUR INSURANCE) HAS PAID FOR ALL REPAIRS WITH EXCEPTION OF THE $250 DEDUCTABLE. THE MANUFACTURER IS CLAIMING "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". WHAT WOULD THEY BE SAYING IF THERE HAD BEEN A FATALITY, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CERTAIN DURING PEAK TRAFFIC.*AK

SEVERE VIBRATION WAS DETECTED COMING FROM THE FRONT END, CORRECT ROTORS. PASSENAGER POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT OPERATE WITH OUT MESSING WITH THE WINDOW LOCK BUTTON, THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.

PASSENGER'S DOOR DOESN'T OPEN, AND ALARM SYSTEM GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, MUFFLER SYSTEM DRAGS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLOOR. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE, CAUSING INJURIES.*NLM (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT).