1994 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ERRATIC OPERATION AFTER VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP AND STARTS TO TAKE OFF. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP, AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

3 RIGHT SIDE BOLTS HOLDING ENGINE TO FRAME SHEARED OFF, ALLOWING ENGINE TO DROP IN CHASSIS. HAPPENED AT VERY LOW SPEED JUST AFTER PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT. RUST ON ONE OF THE BROKEN OFF BOLTS INDICATED THAT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN FOR A WHILE. THE OTHER TWO WERE SHINNING FROM BREAKING RECENTLY. ANGLE OF ENGINE AFTER FAILURE MADE 5TH GEAR AND REVERSE UNAVAILABLE. *AK

WHILE TURNING A CORNER CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG ,AND THE MOTOR MOUNT BOLT IN THE ENGINE BLOCK ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAME OFF. *AK

POOR DESIGN HAS DOOR HINGE WELDED TO UNSUPPORTED SHEET METAL. DOOR COMES LOOSE AND SOMETIMES FALLS OFF. DEALER DENIED IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT AND WANTED AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT TO REPAIR IT. HAD OUR LOCAL BODY SHOP REPAIR IT. IT HAS FAILED 3 TIMES. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP ALLUDED THAT THEY RECEIVE SEVERAL OF THESE A MONTH.

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DOOR HINGES. HINGES ON DRIVER'S DOOR ARE CORRODED. ONE OF THE HINGES IS BROKE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE DEFECTS DESCRIBED COMPLY WITH INVESTIGATION NUMBER PE95047. *AK

WHILE OPENING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THE DOOR TORE AWAY FROM THE METAL POST ON ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH LEFT THE HINGES STILL ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. BODY SHOP DETERMINED THE WELD WAS DEFECTIVE. *ML

DRIVERS/PASSENGERS AND THE BACK DOOR HAS FALLEN OFF DUE TO THE WELDS CRACKING ON THE HINGES. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

LEFT DOOR PULLING AWAY FROM WELD, DIFFICULT TO CLOSE, RAIN LEAKS IN, LOUD WIND SOUNDS, RIGHT DOOR STARTING TO DO SAME THING.

DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE DOOR WELD, THE DOOR FELL OFF WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. (PE95047) PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS HAVE DISENAGED FROM THE HINGES, CAUSING THE DOORS TO FALL OFF.