1997 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD THE CODE READ AND IT SAID THE COOLANT TEMP SENSOR WAS BAD, CHANGED THAT STILL SAYS THAT SENSOR IS BAD. I CANNOT PASS EMISSIONS AND INSPECTION TO GET LICENSED. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, HOWEVER; THE CODE THAT COMES UP IS FOR THE IGNITION WHICH WAS ALREADY REPAIRED AND NOT THE ISSUE CAUSING AT HAND. THIS MALFUNCTION IS FREAKISHLY COMMON WHEN I LOOK IT UP ONLINE FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT MAY OR CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF IN INTERSECTION OR BUSY ROAD/HIGHWAY. PLEASE NOTIFY ME OF ANY SOLUTIONS OR INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. WE HAVE ALSO CHANGED SPARK PLUGS AS WELL AS WIRES & COIL. *TR

VIC DISPLAY SHOW "COOLANT SENSOR BAD." ONLINE INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL MANY OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM OVER THE YEARS. THEIR TRIAL SOLUTIONS HAVE RANGED FROM REPLACING THE "COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR," THE COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR," REPLACING "CONNECTING WIRING" TO THE VIC, AND TO REMOVING THE VIC TO REPAIR SOLDER JOINTS AND CRACKS AT THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT IS LOCATED IN THE VIC. MOST REPORT THAT THE FIRST THREE ATTEMPTED REMEDIES DID NOT RESOLVE THE DEFECT. SOME REPORT SUCCESS IN RE-SOLDERING JOINTS ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD. THE LATTER,--REMOVING THE VIC AND REPAIRS AT THE CIRCUIT BOARD-- IS AN INVOLVED PROCESS AND REQUIRES EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. ALL REPORT THAT THIS CONDITION LEFT UNRESOLVED COULD LEAD TO THE ENGINE OVERHEATING AND/OR FAULTY DATA SENT TO THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, AND POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS DEFECT, A RECALL OR A MANUFACTURE REPAIR BULLETINS, SHOULD BE ISSUED AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, HOWEVER; THE CODE THAT COMES UP IS FOR THE IGNITION WHICH WAS ALREADY REPAIRED AND NOT THE ISSUE CAUSING AT HAND. THIS MALFUNCTION IS FREAKISHLY COMMON WHEN I LOOK IT UP ONLINE FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT MAY OR CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF IN INTERSECTION OR BUSY ROAD/HIGHWAY. PLEASE NOTIFY ME OF ANY SOLUTIONS OR INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *TR

WENT OUT TO GO SOMEWHERE AND IT HAD A HARD TIME STARTING. AS I BEGAN TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD MY JEEP STARTED TO BACKFIRE, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IT WAS DARK SO I COULD OF BEEN INJURED. WHEN I GOT IT TO CRANK BACK MY ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON EVER SINCE AND WE HAVE BOUGHT ABOUT 5 HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PARTS AND TRIED EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO EVEN THE MECHANICS WE HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT HAVE NO ANSWERS FOR US, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NO ONE WANTS TO BUY IT FROM US BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR JEEP! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE READING FLUCTUATING. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 97V194000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY) AND HAD REPAIRS PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE CONTACT ASSUMING OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

1997 JEEP CHEROKEE DRIVERS SEAT BACK BROKE DURING LOW SPEED REAR END COLLISION. 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SLID ON SLUSH AT STOPLIGHT. 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE HAD NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED A CRACKED TAIL LIGHT, AND MINOR SCRATCHES ON TOW HITCH, AND REAR BUMPER SKIN, IN ADDITION TO THE SEATS BEING DAMAGED. THE 04 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX REQUIRED A HOOD AND BUMPER-SKIN, BUT NO BUMPER SUPPORT, RADIATOR SUPPORT, AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT OR OTHER DAMAGE. THE PASSENGER SEAT FRAME OF THE 1997 JEEP IS BENT AND PRESUMABLY BROKEN. BOTH REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL RE-WELDING AND REPAIR, ESTIMATED AT $250 PER SEAT. SETTLED WITH DRIVER OUT OF COURT FOR WISCONSIN MINIMUM DAMAGE WAIVER OF $1000 MODERATE BACK PAIN RESULTED FROM COLLISION FROM THE DRIVER, PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. THE VEHICLE HAS NO RUST, AND IS IN GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THIS WAS AN OBVIOUS RESULT OF POOR MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES USED IN THE SEAT CONSTRUCTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THROTTLE BODY WERE GREASED. A WEEK LATER, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE; THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCELERATOR CABLE STUCK. ALSO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,202.

FISK CLASSIC RADIAL P235/75RI5MS108S + S TIRE BURST ON VEHICLE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR THREE WEEKS DUE TO THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VEHICLE. THANK GOD IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVEN. *TR

CAR STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR MOST OFTEN WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN AND WHEN THE GAS TANK IS AT 1/2 TANK OF GAS OR LESS. ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS. *TR