1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

A DRIVERS SEAT FRAME WELD HAS FAILED, CAUSING THE SEAT TO BECOME UNSTABLE. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. *TR

THE BUTTON AND SPRING POPPED OUT OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE. IT APPEARS THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE NHTSA INCIDENT NUMBER APPLIED FOR EARLIER MODEL YEARS. THAT NUMBER 95RV172000 WAS OBTAINED VIA INTERNET SEARCH OF JEEP OWNER WEBSITES AND COMMERCIAL AUTOMOTIVE MAGAZINE INFORMATION. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS INOPERABLE WITHOUT THE RELEASE BUTTON, HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME THE BRAKE IS IN THE RELEASED POSITION AND VEHICLE IS DRIVABLE. *TR

A RECALL BASED ON 37 FATAL ACCIDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS, INVOLVING MILLIONS OF CARS AND BILLIONS, POSSIBLY TRILLIONS, OF MILES DRIVEN IS ABSURD. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT A PERSON WOULD BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THAN DYING IN A FIRE CAUSED BE A CAR CRASH. I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST TEN OTHER CARS WITH A SIMILAR INCIDENCE OF FIRE AND FATALITY AFTER A CRASH. *TR

RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED THAT AT SPEEDS OF AROUND 50-60 MPH MY JEEP CHEROKEE BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR AFTER PASSING OVER A BUMP. WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE I HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT ARE BEING CHARACTERIZED AS "DEATH WOBBLE." THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND APPEARS TO BE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO FAULTY FRONT END COMPONENT DESIGN ON JEEP CHEROKEES/WRANGLERS. I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I AM NOT BRACED AND PREPARED FOR THIS, THAT THIS COULD EASILY ESCALATE INTO A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT/CRASH. WHILE RESEARCHING ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON CONDITION AMONG JEEP OWNERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER. *TR

I NOTICED MY SEAT LEANING TO THE SIDE. LOOKING UNDER THE SEAT, I SAW WHERE THE METAL RAILS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT, WHERE IT ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR MOUNT, TO HAVE COMPLETELY BROKEN AWAY FROM THE BOLTS. I NOW HAVE A ROCKING DRIVERS CHAIR. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE LAYING ON YOUR BACK. *TR

1998 JEEP CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BLINKING AIRBAG LIGHT *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

I JUST FOUND OUT I HAVE A CRACKED MANIFOLD, MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS BROKEN PUT A NEW PART IN IT AND NOW THAT IS BROKEN,I HAVE ALSO HAD TO PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN IT WITH ONLY 148,000.00 MILES. IN 2006 I HAD TO FIX THE GAS TANK BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN TOO. IS THIS NOT A RECALL PROBLEM????? ANY OF THESE, I HAVE HAD THE JEEP SINCE 2000 AND I BOUGHT IT WHEN IT HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT. PLEASE HELP BECAUSE THIS IS 2012 AND I ONLY HAVE 156,000 MILES ON IT NOW. THANK YOU. *JS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ONLY OPERATE SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT NOT REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND/OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 05/03/11*LJ UPDATED 05/16/11

MY 1998 CHEROKEE CLASSIC IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. THE ISSUES INVOLVE THE SPEED AND TACH GAUGES DROPPING TO ZERO, THE REST OF THE DASH GAUGES NOT RESPONDING FROM WHATEVER POSITION THEY ARE IN WHEN REST OF GAUGES GO SOUTH, THE "IDIOT" LIGHTS DON'T WORK, AND THE WRETCHED AIRBAG LIGHT LUMINATES THE WHOLE TIME ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS GOING ON. THE SPEED IS NOT A FACTOR. IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED, EVEN WHEN I FIRST START THE VEHICLE. IT CAN HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE TO SEVERAL TIMES IN A MILE, CUTTING IN AND OUT. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON EVEN LONGER THAN WHAT I LISTED. FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR IS WHEN IT STARTED BEING MORE THAN A ONCE IN A WHILE, SPORADIC ISSUE. BEFORE THEN, IT HAPPENED LESS THAN 10 TIMES, SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE LATE 2007. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL NOT RESPONDING AFTER PASSING SELF DIAGNOSTIC TEST ALL FUSES WERE CHANGED AS WELL. *TR