1989 Jeep Cherokee Problems

I HAD MY JEEP TOWED TO THE DEALER AS I HAD NO BRAKES AND THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON. I RECEIVED A CALL STATING THAT THE ABS PUMP AND COMPONENTS WERE BAD, AND IT WOULD COST $1600 TO CONVERT IT TO NON ABS WITH MASTER CYLINDER, BOOSTER AND CUSTOM BRAKE LINES. I ASKED WHY IT WASN'T COVERED AS THE RECALL STATED THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD PICK UP MY JEEP AND THEY COULD ORDER THE PARTS, BUT THEY WOULD NEVER ARRIVE. I THEN CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE ONLY TO BE GIVEN THE RUN AROUND FOR 10 DAYS. AFTER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE, I DEMANDED A SUPERVISOR WHO ALSO STATED THEY COULDN'T HELP ME DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE(1989 JEEP CHEROKEE). I EXPLAINED THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE UNDER MY VIN THAT THE RECALL STATED IT WAS COVERED FOR LIFE, MEANING AGE DIDN'T MATTER. THEY STATED THAT I WAS ON THE HOOK FOR THE REPAIR AND THEY COULDN'T CONTACT THE DEALER TO REDUCE THE COST, AND OFFERED NO HELP WHATSOEVER. HOW IS THIS LEGAL? THIS ISN'T A LOCK OR HINGE, IT'S MY ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM.

DEALERSHIP CAN NOT GET PARTS TO FIX THE ABS BRAKES WHICH WERE RECALLED AND HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY. MY JEEP HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE NOVEMBER 2015 WAITING FOR PARTS. NOW THEY TELL US THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THEM. I HAVE PAID ABOUT $350 TOWARDS ABS PARTS DURING THE TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE PARTS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

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

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

WHILE FRONT END FELL OFF VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING.CONTACTED DEALER. COOLING RESERVIOR CRACKED.DEALER SAID THIS WAS A COMMON,EVEN WITH NEWER MODELS. *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

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

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND THERE WAS A FIRE. DRIVER DID NOT DISCOVER FROM WHERE THE FIRE CAME FROM. BUT WAS AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT UNDER THE HOOD FIRES. *AK

CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER(CMC) PRESSURE FAILED AT HOME; DISCOVERED CLUTCH PEDAL PIVOT BRACKET CRACKED AND BROKEN WHEN REPLACING CMC. DISCOVERED ONLY TOP HALF OF BRACKET WELDED TO PIVOT WHICH CAUSED STRESS IN THE LOWER HALF AT THE DIAMETER CROSS SECTION. FORTUNATELY, TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS NOT DRIVING AT TIME OF FAILURE. BROKEN PARTS REMOVED TO WELDING SHOP FOR CORRECT REPAIR. *NM

WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PAINT IS PEELING BADLY AND DISCOLORED.

BRAKE PADS WORN/FAILED.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 45 MPH, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL AND FORCE OVER TO PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND HIT SIDE WINDOW. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RECEPTACLE FAILED, PREVENTING PROPER LATCHING.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHOCK ABSORBER FAILS INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THERE ARE THREE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE STEERING FRAME TOGETHER, AND ONCE THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE STEERING FAILS ALSO. HE STATED THAT THREE OF THE BOLTS HAVE FAILED AND CAUSED A NEAR CRASH DUE TO THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY RE-WELDED THE BOLTS TO THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE VIN AND SPEED WERE UNKNOWN AND MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN DUE TO A CRACKED ODOMETER.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM. WHEN MAKING A TURN THE WHEELS MADE A NOISE. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 30 MPH VEHICLE SHOOK. CONSUMER ALREADY PURCHASED 2 SETS OF BALL JOINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 4/6/2006 - *NM

RIGHT FRONT OUTSIDE MIRROR, DUE TO DESIGN, CANNOT BE ADJUSTED WITH THE CONTROL KNOB CAUSING THE DRIVE TO TURN HEAD AROUND IN TRAFFIC TO SEE BLIND SPOT. NLM

CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH DISCONNECTED.

THERE WAS A SHORT CIRCUIT THAT SET A FIRE UNDER THE DASHBOARD IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT.

THIS TIRE AND RIM IS THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN NEW. SPARE TIRE WAS MOUNTED ON REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE FOR FIRST TIME USE. AFTER A FEW MILES OF USE, NOTICED A TIRE WOBBLE CONDITION. THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES SO REPLACED THEM WITH NEW. PROBLEM PERSISTED. SWAPPED OUT REAR TIRES AND RIMS WITH OTHERS AND ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE NOS SPARE THAT I HAD JUST PUT ON 100 MILES EARLIER. WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING THE TIRE/RIM TO A TIRE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, REMOUNTED THIS TIRE/RIM IN THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED. FORTUNATELY A WINDOW WAS LEFT DOWN. OTHERWISE, ALL THE VEHICLE GLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT FROM THE EXPLOSION, POSSIBLY INJURING A PEDESTRIAN NEARBY. IF A PERSON HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TIRE, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED SEVERELY OR LOST THEIR EARDRUMS. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE FOR INSPECTION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: M3CC861X3 TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)

WAS TRAVELING 50MPH & HAD HEARD A NOISE. STARTED TO HAVE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHECKED TIRES. LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT & THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED & WAS SHREDDED. HAD TO GET TIRE REPLACED, BUT DID NOT HAVE TIRE. TIRES WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE JEEP CHEROKEE. FIRESTONE ATX, 0235/75RF15 WITH 20,000 MILES ON A 1989 JEEP, CHEROKEE.*AK FIRESTONE REPLACED THE THREE TIRES AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER. *YH

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. *AK

HEAD LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHOCK ABSORBER FAILS INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THERE ARE THREE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE STEERING FRAME TOGETHER, AND ONCE THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE STEERING FAILS ALSO. HE STATED THAT THREE OF THE BOLTS HAVE FAILED AND CAUSED A NEAR CRASH DUE TO THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY RE-WELDED THE BOLTS TO THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE VIN AND SPEED WERE UNKNOWN AND MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN DUE TO A CRACKED ODOMETER.

STEERING COLUMN IS CRACKED FROM COLUMN ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. OWNER HAS BEEN TO DLR 6 TIMES. *AK

I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2016 AND I DROVE IT FOR 6 WEEKS. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT 75 MPH WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DELAMINATED AND CAUSED A WRECK IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED 3 TIMES I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITH MINOR INJURYS. THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE DOT STAMP IS AS FOLLOWS.BEYK8L1328.

DISABLED DRIVER, CLAIMS WAS CHEATED BY CHRYSLER AND FORCED TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR A NEW VEHICLE. WAS TOLD THAT HER ORIGINAL VEHICLE HAS A SAFETY DEFECT; THE WHEELS WOULD FALL OFF. *AK

BRAKE PADS WORN/FAILED.

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.