Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. 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. 15 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
THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE TWO PART MACHINED, ONE PART PLASTIC ONE PART METAL. THEY WILL SEPARATE AND CAUSE FIRE. THIS WILL CAUSE DEATH AND COST MONEY. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, IM ASTONISHED IT HAS NOT YET BEEN. THIS COSTS THE CONSUMER 80$ EACH, AND IN THE END IT ADDS UP TO ALMOST BUYING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS EQUASION.*AK
WHILE STARTING ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. MECHANIC FOUND DEFECT WITHIN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK
DISCOVERED DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS LEAKING GASOLINE FROM THE TWO-PIECE BODY OF TWO OF THE FUEL INJECTORS ONTO HOT ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHEN ENGINE WAS IN OPERATION, AND AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE ENGINE WAS COOLING . DEFECTIVE INJECTORS WERE LEAKING QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF ENGINE. CONTACTED LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE PROBLEM. THE JEEP SERVICE MANAGER AND MECHANICS APPEARED TO BE WELL AWARE OF THESE DEFECTIVE LEAKING INJECTORS AS OCCURRING ON OTHER JEEP CHEROKEES WITH 4.0L ENGINE. I THEN CONTACTED OTHER JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS ON WEB FORUMS WHO REPORTED THAT DEFECTIVE LEAKING INJECTORS ON EARLIER PRODUCTION JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE CAUSED ENGINE FIRES IN SEVERAL VEHICLES. DEALER RECOMMENDED ALL INJECTORS BE REPLACED AS SAFETY PRECAUTION. DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM WORK FREE OF CHARGE. I DECLINED THEIR REPAIRS AS TOO EXPENSIVE ($820.00). INCURRED $220 IN MATERIAL COSTS TO REPLACE ALL 6 BENDIX INJECTORS, INCLUDING THE TWO LEAKING INJECTORS WITH REPLACEMENT, NON-LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS. SUGGEST NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR REPORT FOR POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION AS BOTH A SAFETY-RELATED AND EMISSIONS-RELATED MANDATORY RECALL. THANK YOU.*AK
FUEL INJECTORS FAILED, CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *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
THE VEHICLE HAD STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHILE LEAKING GAS FROM THE FUEL INJECTION ONTO THE MANIFOLD, WHICH CAUSED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE IS TOTALED. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH DISCONNECTED.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE NOTICED EXHAUST GASES INSIDE VEHICLE; HAD VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER & WAS INFORMED IT HAD A CRACKED MANIFOLD. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR, BUT GAVE ESTIMATE INSTEAD. *AK
FUEL INJECTOR LEAK CAUSED FIRE.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. MFR SAID THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE LEAKING. *AK
WHEN STARTING THE JEEP THE ENGINE RACES, CONSUMER HAD THE SAME THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL ON THE FUEL INJECTION #90V177000 . *AK
THE NEW STATE OF CALIFORNIA FORMULATED GASOLENE STANDARDS, ACCORDING TO MECHANICS, CAUSE PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF FUEL INJECTORS, RESULTING IN FUEL INJECTOR LEAKS AND FUMES ENTERING THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER SATES FAILURE EXTENDED BEYOND JUST REPLACING THE FUEL INJECTOR SEAL, ALSO HAD TO REPLACE ALL SIX FUEL INJECTORS.*JB
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, POSSIBLE DUE TO FUEL INJECTOR AREA. TT
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON HWY AT 55MPH AND CAR EXPLODED SHORTLY AFTERWARD. TT
FUEL INJECTORS LEAK GAS ONTO ENGINE/ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS, RESULTING IN HIGH IDLE/HARD STARTING, ALSO GAS FUMES, CAUSING HEADACHES/DIZZINESS/NAUSEA. *AK
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.
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