1996 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON A WET ROAD JEEP SPRUNG AROUND AND FLIPPED OVER ON DRIVER'S SIDE. OWNER BELIEVED THAT JEEP TURNED OVER DUE TO FAULTY BRAKE ROTORS. THE JEEP WAS TOTALLED. *AK *ML

RECALL 00V136000/FRONT BRAKE ROTORS: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION, TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THAT VIBRATION MAY BE CAUSED BY FAULTY ROTORS. NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER, IN TURN, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

HEARD A SNAP AND AUTOMOBILE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, AND LOST CONTROL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK POSITION AND JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, ROLLING BACKWARDS, AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, MY JEEP WILL NOT GO, IT HESITATES BADLY, SEEMS TO HAVE NO POWER. IT DOES THIS DAILY. NOT EVERY TIME FROM A STOP BUT QUITE OFTEN. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO A DEALER IN GERMANY WHILE STATIONED THERE AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT OR HAVE ANY EXPLAINATION ON WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. MY JEEP HAS LESS THAN 42,000 MILES ON IT NOW AND WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN IT FIRST STARTED DOING THIS, IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. IT IS SCARY TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND HAVE THE CAR GO NO WHERE, IT IS NOT STALLING, IT SEEMS TO LOOSE GO-POWER, MAYBE NOT ENOUGH FUEL. I HAVE AM THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS VERY OFTEN. IS ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM? PLEASE HELP. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED, AND SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS CAN WE GET SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THESE FEW PROBLEMS . THIS VEHICLE WAS A MOTHER'S DAY GIFT. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR WAS COMING OFF FROM BROKEN WELD. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED BY DEALER DUE TO CORROSION, VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL (99V340000) DUE TO MODEL YEAR. NLM

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID DOES NOT COME OUT WHEN CONSUMER PRESSES THE BUTTON TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD, BECAUSE OF A PIECE OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT CRACKED AND BROKE OFF. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT IT. *AK.ET.

FELT A THUNK BENEATH THE JEEP, DISCOVERED THE BOLTS HOLDING THE ENGINE IN PLACE (3) HAD SHEARED OFF ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO DROPDOWN ON ONE SIDE.