1994 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

FUEL TANK HAD HOLE BURNT IN IT BY LEAKY EXHAUST PIP. EXHAUST PIPE CLOSE TO FUEL TANK.

MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR STARTED TO SAG/FALL OFF IN MAY OF 1999. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY PROCEEDED TO WELD IT FOR ME. IT IS SAGGING AGAIN. OF MORE CONCERN, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS FALLING OFF. I HAVE A SMALL CHILD AND AM AFRAID FOR HER SAFETY. WIND RUSHES IN WHILE DRIVING. CHRYSLER SAYS YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH A RECALL BEFORE THEY WILL FIX IT AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THE COST TO BE AROUND $700. AFTER RESEARCHING THE WEB I HAVE FOUND 149 OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS YEAR. I HAVE READ THAT BODY SHOP PERSONNEL REPORT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A 2-DOOR JEEP WITH THE DOORS NOT FALLING OFF. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT OUT LIVE THE DOOR HINGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN RESOLVING THIS.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BECOMES UNBUCKLED WHEN THERE IS TENSION USED CAUSING SPRING IN THE LOCK TO WEAKEN. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THAT SEAT BELT WILL BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THE WIRE LINE CONNECTOR IS SHORTING OUT FROM GETTING WET, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF FRONT PARKING LIGHTS, AND DRIVING LIGHTS, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT IT WAS DUE TO A BAD ENGINEERING DESIGN. *JG

DOOR HINGE FAILURE, CAUSED DOOR TO NOT LATCH CORRECTLY AND OPEN WHILE MAKING A TURN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHILE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER MADE A SUDDEN STOP. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. *AK

ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGH. ALSO, THERE IS SOME OIL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ,AND MECHANIC STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE MOTOR MOUNT BOLT BROKE THREE TIMES (FIRST TIME) I FIXED IT WITH THE DEALER RIVERDALE CHRYSLER JEEP AND THE SECOND TIME I FIXED IT IN OCEAN AVENUE GAS CORP. AND THE THIRD TIME I WENT TO RIVERDALE CHRYSLER JEEP AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIX IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE WELDED. I WENT TO THE WELDING PLACE (ABLE WELDING PLACE) AND THEY STATED THIS CANNOT BE WELDED. YOU NEED ANOTHER MOTOR BLOCK, I RETURNED IT TO THE BANK BECAUSE THE CAR IS UNSAFE.*AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE WELD FAILED IN 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES. REPAIR MADE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED FROM DEALERSHIP. PASSANGER DOOR FAILURE ESTIMATED TO HAVE OCCURED APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS AGO, BUT DUE TO LIMITED USE OF PASSANGER SIDE DOOR, FAILURE OF WELD WENT UNNOTICED. THIS IS NOT A WEAR RELATED FAILURE, BUT ESSENTIALLY A DEFECTIVE WELD JOINT BETWEEN THE HINGE AND BODY. CHYSLER HAS REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS, ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 7 YEARS. TECHNICALLY, THE CAR IS 7 MONTHS OUT OF ITS EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND DRIVER DOOR HAD THE IDENTICALLY SAME FAILURE.*AK

I WORK FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PARKING DEPARTMENT. WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE A JEEP CHEROKEE WAS ROLLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PARKED ON A UPSLOPED RAMP, AND THEN BEGAN TO SLOWLY ROLL BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE. THE ROLLOUT WAS VERY GRADUAL. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PLACING BRICKS BEHIND THE TIRES. WHEN THE OWNER CAME TO GET HIS VEHICLE, I WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM SINCE HE SPOKE SPANISH.*AK