Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
VEHICLE FAILED EMISSIONS DUE TO A HIGH HYDROCARBON OUTPUT/ PROBLEMS WITH LIGHTS, BRAKES, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, STARTER, AND SEAT BELTS. *MR THERE WAS A CRACK FOUND IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *SCC *JB
VEHICLE STALLS OCCASIONALLY AFTER CLIMBING GRADES OR QUICK STOPS. *AK
ENGINE IDLES DANGEROUSLY HIGH AT TIMES. WILL GO TO 3000RPM AND STAY THERE. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT MAKING VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE/UNRELIABLE/USELESS. DEALER REFUSED TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR DUE TO WIRING HARNESS BEING TAMPERED WITH BUT THE DEALER DID THIS ON PREVIOUS REPAIRS.
EXHAUST MANIFOLD KEEPS CRACKING. WAS REPLACED TWICE. CHECKED ALL RECALLS ON VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT CALIFORNIA HAD RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM BECAUSE OF BAD OXYGEN SENSOR. IN CALIFORNIA THEY WILL REPLACE MANIFOLD BTU ON EAST COAST THEY WON'T. IF IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM, WHY WON'T THEY REPLACE THE MANIFOLD ON THE EAST COAST. CALIFORNIA RECALL NUMBERS ARE 316T AND #562. EAST COAST RECALL NUMBER IS#561. WOULD APPRICIATE A RESPONSE. THANK YOU. SINCERELY, DAVID L. SLAGLE. *AK
THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY CAME OFF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN NO POWER STEERING WHILE BEING DRIVEN. DLR HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING AND PULLING INTO A STOP, VEHICLE BECAME FILLED WITH SMOKE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK *SLC
FAILURE ON THE THROTTLE, WHEN YOU PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK THE ENGINE RACES TO 1500 RPM; ALSO, REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR. *AK
THE DESIGN OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND LEAKING EXHAUST MANIFOLD. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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