2001 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE STRUCK TREE, THEN METAL POLE AT 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT COMPONENT FAILURE AT THIS TIME. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WEEK OF 1/1/07 THE DRIVER WENT TO START A 2001 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT WHEN A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND VIBRATIONS FELT. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED HER THAT THE CAM SHAFT WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CAM SHAFT WAS REPLACED AND THE CONTACT DOES HAVE THE DAMAGED PARTS. THE DEALERSHIP DID INFORM THE CONTACT THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM.

AT 20,000 MILES MY JEEP CHEROKEE SHUTTERED WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT WAS SO VIOLENT IT ALMOST THREW MY JEEP INTO THE DIVIDING WALL. I TOOK THIS TO MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A $700 REPAIR TO REPLACE MY ROTORS AND BREAK PADS. THIS IS COVERED UNDER A JEEP SERVICE BULLETIN BUT WAS NOT A RECALL. JEEP KNEW BEFORE MY VEHICLE ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS WARPED UNDER CONDITIONS OF HIGH HEAT OR THE USE OF SALT ON THE HIGHWAYS. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMPOSITE METAL OF THE ROTOR. I THEN TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND HAD THE ROTORS REPLACE WITH CHRYSLER PARTS. ONCE AGAIN I AM EXPERIENCING THE VIBRATION AT 54,000. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAME THING. I AM NOW KEEPING A COLLECTION OF WARPED JEEP ROTORS IN HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB

HORN FAILURE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OCCASION OF THIS EVENT. THE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC WAS AT STOPPED DUE TO A WRECK AND A SEMI TRUCK ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE. I ATTEMPTED TO SIGNAL THAT THE LANE WAS OCCUPIED BY BLOWING THE CAR HORN AND AFTER PRESSING ON THE HORN LOGO IN THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL NOTHING. LUCKILY THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI FINALLY LOOKED AND STOPPED BEFORE PUSHING MY CAR INTO THE CENTER CONCRETE DIVIDER. IT IS A VERY FRUSTRATING FEELING TO SEE AN IMPENDING CASH AND TO HAVE NO MEANS TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS. *NM

CONSUMER MOVED STEERING WHEEL FORWARD UPON EXITING 2001 JEEP CHEROKEE. NOW THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. *KB WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MOVED FORWARD THE CONSUMER HEARD A FUNNY NOISE. NOW THE STEERING WHEEL CANNOT BE MOVED BACK TO IT'S NORMAL DRIVING POSITION. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER AND WA GIVEN THE MANUFACTURERS CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. *NM

2001 JEEP CHEROKEE REAR BRAKE AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS REPEATEDLY BURN OUT. *KB *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE LOW BEAM STOPPED WORKING. BOTH PROBLEMS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE EITHER PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S REAR BRAKE LIGHTS BURNS OUT REPEATEDLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERS FOR FURTHER.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MAKING A CLICKING SOUND WHILE TURNING. THE TILT STEERING WHEEL THEN LOCKED IN THE FORWARD POSITION. A SERVICE DEALER WAS CONSULTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE FRONTAL AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED, NO INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.