1994 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

BOTH FRONT DOORS WERE SEPARATING FROM THE FRAME, DOORS DROPPED IN PLACE AND WERE IN DANGER OF FALLING OFF. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER WHO TOLD CONSUMER THIS HAD BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, AND OFFERED TO COVER HALF OF THE COST OF REPAIR. *AK *ML

AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON AND WOULD WORK FINE FOR A SECOND. THEN IT WOULD BLOW OUT HOT AIR. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPAIR AT $600.00 EXPENSE. *AK

WHILE COMING DOWN A MAJOR HILL OCCUPANTS HEARD A POP COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THEN THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE RIGHT WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED WITH THE RIGHT SIDE SMOKING HEAVILY. THE RIGHT ROTOR SPLIT IN HALF AT THE CENTER. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 30 MPH AND WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. FOR THE SAME REASON THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER HAD AN ACCIDENT. SHE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD CHECKED ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS AND SAW A HUB SEPARATED ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK

LOUD NOISE UPON BREAKING, CAUSED BY THE SUSPENSION COMPRESSING AND FORCING THE DRIVESHAFT CV JOINTS TO BIND WHILE ENTERING THE TRANSFER CASE.

ENGINE SHUTS DOWNS AT 55 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR. MUST STOP VEHICLE TO RESTART ENGINE.

THE PIN IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BROKE IN HALF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LIFT UP THE DOOR TO CLOSE IT . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE DOOR HINGES BECAME UNWELDED FROM THE FRAME. THE BOTTOM HINGE IS STILL IN TACT. *AK *SLC

THE FRONT RIGHT BOLTS THAT HOLD THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOTOR MOUNTS CRACKED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FALL AND ROTATE, ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BACKED DOWN DRIVEWAY, STOPPED THEN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. DRIVER HEARD POPPING NOISE, CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER BEING TOWED TO GARAGE, DEALER STATES THAT PINION GEAR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS BROKEN, PINION GEAR WAS ALL SHRAPNEL. BECAUSE CASING WAS BROKEN, REAR AXLE MUST BE REPLACED. THIS MAJOR COMPONENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 31,000+ MILES.