1994 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE AND CAR LURCHED AND ACCELERATED AND BRAKES FAILED CAUSING SEVERAL CRASHES INTO CARS AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

ON 12 OCCASIONS BETWEEN 11/24/98 AND 12/23/98, THE ENGINE HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE ROADWAY. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HOWEVER ISN'T AFFECTED. THE RADIO, LIGHTS, GAUGES, ETC CONTINUE TO WORK. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AND THEN STARTED UP AGAIN. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE HAS HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC/DEALER. I HAVE CURRENTLY HAD THE FUEL PUMP, THE FUEL PUMP STRAINER, THE FUEL FILTER AND THE SPARK PLUG AND COIL WIRING REPLACED (AT THE DIRECTION OF MY LOCAL DEALER.) THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED I WAS ASSURED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. AT THIS POINT I LACK CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE. EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE RESTARTS ITSELF AFTER SHUTING DOWN, THERE EXISTS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR CONTROLING THE VEHICLE.

VEHICLE PARKED. POWER ADJUSTING SEAT DID NOT WORK. HAD NEW ELECTRICAL BREAKER PUT IN. STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE WHICH BILLOWED VERY HEAVY (GRAY/BLACK). FLAMES CAME FROM UNDER SEAT. REACHED UNDER SEAT & PULLED WIRES OUT. *AK

DOOR HINGE WELDS ON BOTH FRONT DOORS BREAKING LOOSE. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR. REAR SPRINGS SAGGING CAUSING VEHICLE TO SIT LOWER ON DRIVERS SIDE.

THE DOORS ARE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY MOUNTED TO THE BODY. THE DOOR HINGES, ~3/8 INCH THICK, ARE WELDED TO THE SHEET METAL OF THE BODY. THE SHEET BRITTLE FRACTURES AT EACH OF THE WELD POINTS. LAST YEAR THE DOOR BROKE LOOSE. WHILE I WAS GETTING INTO THE JEEP. I SCRAMBLED TO GET THE RUBBER WIRE HARNESS BOOT AND WIRES DISCONNECTED, WHILE MY SON HELD ONTO THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. THE DOOR BROKE LOOSE, STRIKING DOWN ACROSS MY RIGHT ARM. THE JAGGED EDGES OF SHEET SNAPPED FROM THE BODY STRUCK MY ARM, PUNCTURING TWO HOLES IN THE TOP OF MY FOREARM. MY ARM WAS MOMENTARILY PINNED BETWEEN THE DOWN FALLING DOOR AND THE THRESHOLD OF THE BODY DOOR OPENING. I SUFFERED A CONTUSION, A BRUISED BLOOD VESSEL, TENDONS, MUSCLE AND BRUISED/FRACTURED BONE. NOW A YEAR LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS BREAKING LOOSE. WHEN I TALKED TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP, THEY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH A DEFECT OR OCCURENCE WITH JEEP DOORS FALLING OFF. THE BODY SHOP THE DEALERSHIP DIRECTED ME TO FOR REPAIRS, AT MY EXPENSE, SAYS THE DOOR FAILURE IS COMMON. THE BODY SHOP SAYS THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED MANY OF THESE OCCURRENCES THEMSELVES.

THERE IS A HOLE IN THE FLOORBOARD DUE TO THE EXHAUST NOT HAVING A HEAT SHIELD. THE FLOORBOARD RUSTED OUT, THE CARPET DROPS THROUGH THE HOLE ONTO THE CATALYTIC ONVERTER. DEALER SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX DUE TO EXPIRED WARRANTY. *AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANGING BY HINGE. PIN HOLDING DOOR WELDING CAME OFF. MECHANIC SAID POOR WELDING JOB. THE DOOR HINGE HAD BROKEN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING FROM A PARKING LOT AND DRIVER'S DOOR FELL OFF AND THE HINGES WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AT THIS TME. *AK

ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ENGINE MOUNT BOLT HAS FAILED IN THE YEAR THAT I OWNED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THIS BREAKS THE MOTOR DROPS OFF THE MOUNTM PULLING THE SHIFTER TO THE RIGHT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE.

THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR DOOR HINGES. THE DOOR WOULDN'T SHUT PROPERLY. WHEN THE CONSUMER LOOKED FOR THE PROBLEM, NOTICED THAT THE DOOR HINGES WERE CRACKED. CONSUMER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK