1991 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

CHEROKEE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, TRAPPING DRIVER. DRIVER WAS THROWN ONTO CONCRETE AND JEEP DROVE OVER LEFT LEG, CRUSHING IT.

CONSUMER WAS GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE AND LOST MAJORITY OF BRAKING POWER. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GARAGE. GARAGE WAS NOT ABLE TO FIXED VEHICLE BECAUSE CHRYSLER STAR PROGRAM ONLY ALLOWED JEEP REPRESENTATIVE TO PURCHASE THE PARTS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS WITHIN 3 MONTHS. CURRENTLY, AT A JEEP DEALER. VEHICLE CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE PROBLEM IS TO ADVANCED FOR DEALER TO FIX.*AK

VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. TRANSMISSION IN PARK. PAKING BRAKE ON. DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE TO OPEN REAR LIFTGATE. AS SOON AS DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING BACKWARDS. THE DRIVER DOOR KNOCKED THE DRIVER TO THE PAVEMENT AND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE ROLLED OVER PART OF THE DRIVER'S BODY. DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL AND KNEE INJURIES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION AND 3 MORE FOLLOWUP SURGERIES. MORE FACIAL SURGERY MAY BE REQUIRED. THE DRIVERS VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN THE REAR STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARCKED ON LEVEL PAVEMENT. WITTNESSES WERE PRESENT. *AK

AS I CAME TO A STOP ON 5/31/2001 ABS PUMP GOT VERY LOUND AND THEN ALL THE BRAKES FAILD. I SEE FLUID COMING FROM MASTER CYLENDER AND FROM ABS PUMP. I ALMOST HAD A WRECK. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABS INDICATION LIGHT WAS FLASHING, AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES PEDAL BECOME HARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES ABS INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME AND THE POWER BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING BUT THAT THE BASE MANUAL BRAKES SEEMED TO BE WORKING SLIGHTLY, THE BRAKES WERE INSPECTED BY MECHANIC AND CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE ANITLOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT HAD EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BRAKE ACTUATOR PISTON SEAL WEAR AND THAT CAUSED THE ACTUATOR PUMP MOTOR TO DETERIORATE, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS A RECALL FOR BRAKES AND TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DELAERSHIP, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED ALREADY AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, MECHANIC ALSO CALLED DEALERSHIP AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN BUT WAS TOLD THAT RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO BRAKE SYSTEM. *JB

"CHECK ANTI-LOCK" LIGHT COMES ON, BRAKES GET STIFF AND VIBRATE WHEN PRESSED, AND BRAKES BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PRESS. DIAGNOSTIC TEST DECLARED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER/POWER BOOSTER ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. CONSUMER WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE & GRADUALLY CAME TO A STOP. DEALER WENT TO EXPENSE TO INSPECT IT, AND REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT DEALER WOULD HAVE TO HOOK IT UP TO A COMPUTER. *AK

AFTER MARKET TIRE, P235/75R15, DOT#HY. THREE OF THE TIRES HAVE STARTED TO CRACK ALONG THE SIDEWALL. *AK THE DOT # PROVIDED BY BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE IS HYHL1PY029. THE CUSTOMER REQUESTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR COST OF REPLACING THE TIRES. *YH

I RECEIVED A RECALL #747- FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND THE DEALER DID NOT WANT TO HONOR IT . I HAD TO PAY FOR THE JOB AND PARTS.*AK