1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

INTEMITTENT FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER AS WELL AS THE AIR BAG WARING LIGHT TURING ON. THESE CONDITIONS WERE APPARENTLY CAUSED BY A FAULTY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED WITH PART NUMBER 05016261 TO CORRECT THE FAULT. IT APPEARED THAT THE SERVICE PEOPLE WERE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CONDITION AND ITS' CAUSE.*AK

I PURCHASED THE 1998 JEEP BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER (6/22/98). ON APPROXIMATELY 2/22/01 THE REGULATOR THAT OPERATES THE LEFT FRONT (DRIVER'S SIDE) POWER WINDOW FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER PERFORMED THIS AND SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THERE WAS NO CHARGE. NOW ON 1/26/05 THE REGULATOR ON THE RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW ALSO FAILED. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THIS REGULATOR AND I WAS CHARGED $407.40 FOR THIS. IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT THIS REFLECTS AN OBVIOUS VEHICLE PART DEFECT. FOR BOTH TO FAIL COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE SEEMS TO INDICATE A DEFECTIVE PART RATHER THAN NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE A 1989 OLDS THAT MY FATHER PURCHASED NEW, AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ANY PARTS OF THE POWER WINDOW UNITS. I REQUEST THAT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF $407.40 FOR THE SECOND INCIDENT. *AK *SC *JB

I PURCHASED A USED 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE AN THE TURN SIGNALS DON'T CUT OFF AFTER GOING AROUND CORNERS BECAUSE THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND CLOCK SPRING ARE BAD AND THE DEALER SAID THAT I NEED TO FIX THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SHORT OUT AND DEPLOY THE AIRBAG WHILE DRIVING. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY IT WAS HARD TO UNLOCK THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE IN PARK. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY DEFECTS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER SWIRLED IN ORDER TO AVOID A PEDESTRIAN AND ANIMAL. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A MEDICAL TECHNICIAN WAS ON DUTY FROM THE AMBULANCE, AND EXAMINED THE DRIVER, WHO WAS OKAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FUEL GAGE FLUCTUATES LEAVING THE CONSUMER WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE GAS TANK. ALSO, THE ELECTRICAL LOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE DOORS MALFUNCTIONED. UPON USING THE AUTOMATIC LOCK BUTTON, IT WILL NOT LOCK UNLESS CONSUMER GETS OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND USES THE KEY. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS TO USE THE KEY TO LOCK THE TAILGATE. *AK THE CONSUMER SITED THE RECALL FOR THE FUELGAGE NEEDED TO FIX THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL FOR THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. *TC

I OWN A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. I NOTICED RECENTLY A WIRING PROBLEM TO BOTH THE FRONT DOOR SPEAKERS. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS COMMON FOR THERE TO BE SHORTS IN THE WIRES THAT GO FROM THE BODY INTO THE DOOR. THEY SAID THEY USUALLY SEE THE FAILURES IN THE DOOR LOCK WIRING OR THE POWER WINDOW WIRING. THE SPEAKER WIRING TRAVELS THE SAME ROUTE INTO THE DOOR. I REALIZE THAT THE POWER IN A SPEAKER WIRE WONT PROBABLY CAUSE A FIRE, BUT THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR IS 25 AMPS AND IT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR FIRE IN THE WIRING IF SHORTED. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE COST TO REPLACE JUST THE SPEAKER WIRING WOULD BE $140 PER DOOR IN LABOR ALONE. IF THERE WERE EVER SOMETHING THAT RECALLS WERE MEANT FOR, THIS IS IT. I AM HAVING THE SPEAKER WIRING REPLACED AT AN AUDIO STORE, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE POWER WINDOWS OR DOOR LOCKS AT THIS POINT. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL. I JUST CANT AFFORD TO DO IT ON MY DIME. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD THE DRIVER'S SEAT REPAIRED THREE TIMES BECAUSE THE ANCHORAGE BROKE. ALSO, PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BROKE. MANUFACTURER REPAIRED THE SEAT THE FIRST TIME. THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES CONSUMER REPAIRED THE SEAT. *AK