1996 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL PUMP FAILED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING AND EXPERIENCING LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE PRESSURE READING WAS LOW ON THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER AGAIN. THE MECHANIC CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE PRESSURE READING ON THE FUEL PUMP WAS LOW AGAIN. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE MECHANICS BECAUSE THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT RESULTED IN FIRE THAT COMPLETELY DESTROYED VEHICLE. FIRE STARTED BEHIND THE DASHBOARD, PASSENGER SIDE. ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE, AND BURNING SMELL WAS NOTED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DRIVER PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER QUICK INSPECTION UNDER THE HOOD, DRIVER WALKED AROUND THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH POINT THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD BURST INTO FLAMES. *JB

UNIVERSAL COLUMN WAS CRACKED. REPAIR SHOP (MONRO BRAKES & MUFFLERS) SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 1996 JEEP. I LOOKED UP ON THIS WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVE.COM/1996/12/JEEP/CHEROKEE/RECALLS/INDEX.HTML.

1996 JEEP CHEROKE WHILE DRIVING WITH BLOWER ON (AIR) , STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING AND MELTING THE PLASTIC HOUSING. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT HEAVY DUTY ENOUGH TO HANDLE BLOWER MOTOR CURRENT AND THE WIRES IN THE HARNESS BURNED AND MELTED. WIRES AND SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND 1 YEAR LATER SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN CAUSING THE INTERIOR TO FILL WITH SMOKE WHILE DRIVING AND THE WIRING HARNESS TO BURN UP AGAIN. A MECHANIC AT A DEALER TOLD ME THIS WAS A NOT UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT JEEP MODEL. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CHRYSLER VAN USED THE SAME SWITCH AND HARNESS AND THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THEM BUT NOTHING WAS EVER DONE ABOUT THE JEEP CHEROKEE !!

DT: CONSUMER'S CHILDREN WERE IN JEEP AND IT WAS RUNNING IN PARK. CONSUMER WAS GOING TO GET THEM OUT AND THE CAR JUMPED FROM PARK AND ROLLED INTO A DRIVE GEAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE OVERHEATED. IT ONLY HAPPENED WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP ONE OF THE ATTACHMENT BOLTS HOLDING THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT TO THE SLIDE RAILS TORE THROUGH THE SHEET METAL ON THE LEFT FRONT ATTACHMENT POINT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE SEAT, BROKEN WELDS WERE FOUND ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE FRAME AND PART OF THE FRAME WAS CRACKED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING A BOLT FROM THE STEERING BOX SHEARED OFF. *AK THE STEERING BOX FELL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL STEERING. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO RESTRAINT ON THE STEERING GEAR, THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED TOO FAR, BREAKING THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH CAUSED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE AIR BAGS. *SC

ALL 4 PIRELLI SCORPION ST TIRES, SIZE LT235-75-15 THAT WERE PURCHASED 9/02 HAVE DRY ROT. DRY ROT WAS FIRST NOTICED 4/04 (19 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE). THE TIRE SELLER VIEWED THE TIRES 11/13/04 AND IS NOTIFYING PIRELLI AND WILL ADVISE ME OF MY OPTIONS. THE TIRES HAVE 11/32 TREAD REMAINING AND HAVE BEEN ON FOR 10,000 MILES. THE DOT MARKING ON 2 OF THE TIRES ARE: XL M3 8789 0402 AND XL M38789 3901. THE DOT MARKINGS ON THE OTHER 2 TIRES ARE APPARENTLY ON THE INSIDE. *AK

WHILE BRAKING THERE WOULD BE A GRINDING NOISE, THEN VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK BRAKE ROTOR SEPARATED WHILE VEHICLE IN OPERATION. VEHICLE , SOUDS LKE METAL RUBBING METAL. *TC