Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 45 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.
The 25 most recent of 45, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, IT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED TO 22 MPH OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO SEIZE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO TRAFFIC, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITY. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE REV'S TOO HIGH AND WILL NOT COME DOWN TO NORMAL IDLE. THE CONSUMER HAS TO TURN OFF ENGINE/KEY TO GET VEHICLE TO IDLE DOWN. MR THE SAFETY RECALL; THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE. *SCC
AT START UP RPMS GO TO 3000-3500 WITHOUT APPLYING ACCELERATOR, THEN RPM'S STAY UP 80 % OF TIME.*AK
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN TRYING TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE INSTANTLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS AT FULL SPEED INTO HOUSE, DAMAGING VEHICLE AND KNOCKING DOWN THE DECK. *AK *TT
VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK, WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WHILE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROX. 60 MPH WHILE FOOT WAS PRESSED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON BRAKES AND WAS ONLY STOPPED BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. ENGINE WAS STILL RACING AT FULL THROTTLE UNTIL SHUT OFF. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC WHERE THE PROBLEM IS STILL BEING DIAGNOSED. *AK
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES! THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ALSO. REPLACING THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR SOLVES PROBLEM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. *AK
ENGINE IDLES REAL HARD WHEN STARTING IT UP, AND SITTING STILL. RECALL 90V177000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 301T DOESN'T AFFECT THIS VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS AND GAUGE LIGHTS TO FAIL, ALSO THE DRIVERS POWER WINDOW WIRES CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM
THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES & THROTTLE WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. *AK
ABS SYSTEM REPEATEDLY FAILS, EVEN AFTER RECALL WORK DONE. CHRYSLER ONLY PAYS FOR 1ST REPAIR. THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR HAS BEEN REPACED 5 TIMES IN 4 YRS. CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED BEFORE RECALL FOR THIS PART. THEY ARE WRONG!!! THE REPEATED FAILURE OF THIS PART HAS MANY TIMES CAUSED VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL!!!
NO PROBLEMS WERE SUGGESTED BY ANY DEALER IN MY AREA SOUGHT OUT (TWO DEALERS),PROBLEMS IN THESE REPORTS THAT I HAVE FILED WERE FIXED BY MY SELF(OWNER)''''. PLEASE ADVISE FOR RECOURSE IF ANY? NO DEFECT (S) MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK
DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL 97V1002000 PROBLEM UNTIL OTHER PARTS WERE PAID FOR. *AK
THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR EXPERIENCED FAILURE CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION, WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE. HOWEVER CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIUE RECALL NOTICE (90V177000), DENIED DUE TO VIN #,WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INCIDENT. *YC
IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE HIGH ENGINE IDLE OCCURRED WHICH RESULTED IN SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FUIRTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE REPORT WHICH CAME BACK TO ME ON THIS PROBLEM WAS NUMBERED, CAMPAIGN ID #90V177000. THE FAILED PART IS "THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR". WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT THE CHRYSLER CORP. HAD TO PROVIDE THIS RECALL, BUT ACCORDING TO THE RECALL HISTORY ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THERES BEEN A FEW. WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS IF I CAN GET THESE PROBLEMS OR PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ACCIDENT, BY THAT I MEAN THAT THE ENGINE KEEPS RACING AFTER I START IT, I HAD THE IDLE MOTOR REPLACED AT 179.00 DOLLARS AND ITS STILL RACING OR IDLING FAST. THANK YOU.
WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND ENGINE IS NOT FULLY WARMED UP, THE RPMS DROP, APPEARS AS IF VEHICLE IS STALLING, THE IT SURGES UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD A LITTLE UNLESS DRIVER HOLDS DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL. ALSO WHEN DRIVING AT FULL SPEED VEHICLE STALLS/BUCKS FOR NO REASON.
THE THROTTLE WOULD KEEP STICKING. IT SHIFTED ERRATICALLY ON ITS OWN & REVVED UP. THE SPEED COULD VARY FOR PROBLEM TO EXIST. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN PARK POSITION,CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON BRAKES TO CHANGE GEAR. THE MOMENT IT WENT INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE FOOT WAS STILL ON BRAKE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING MALFUNCTIONING OF FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. ALSO, DEFECTIVE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IS CAUSING INTERMITTENT HIGH ENGINE ACCELERATION AND HIGH IDLE SPEED IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE DOES NOT COME UNDER RECALL. *AK
IDLE SPEED CONTROL FAILED, FIXED TWICE AND STILL FAILING.
ENGINE WILL SURGE WITHOUT WARNING TO 3000+ RPM, AT OTHER TIMES IT WILL SURGE THEN STALL. CHRYSLER CLAIMS RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE.
IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNIT FAILED, CAUSING HIGH ENGINE IDLE PRIOR TO RECALL (90V-177).
DRIVING THE TRUCK IN CRUISE CONTROL THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, APPLIED FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING POWER. THE PEDAL WAS HARD. HAS HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE. *AK
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