Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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 CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING, HE SAT FOR A WHILE AND JIGGLED THE GEAR SHIFT AND IT STARTED. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO HIS MECHANIC HE WAS TOLD THAT THE GEAR SHIFT CONSOLE WAS BELIEVED TO BE DEFECTIVE, AND THERE WAS A RECALL. NO SIMILAR RECALLS FOUND. *NM
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. WITHOUT WARNING THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK A FEW HUNDRED FEET INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD WITH CONSUMER'S CHILD IN THE CAR. TS
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING. DRIVER WAS OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE WHEN TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. THIS WAS SECOND OCCURRENCE.DEALER WAS INFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
GEAR SHIFT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO GO INTO DRIVE WITHOUT EITHER PRESSING ON THE BRAKES OR TURNING THE KEY IN IGNITION, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE BY ACCIDENTLY HITTING GEAR SHIFT. ALSO, DEALER FOUND THAT THE RAMP IN WHICH THE LOCKING MECHANISM FITTED INTO WAS WORN OR DESIGNED AT AN EXTREME AN ANGLE, ALLOWING THE RAMP TO BE PUSHED INTO THE REVERSE POSITON. IN 1998, DEALER INSTALLED A SHIFT INTERLOCK SYSTEM. *AK
MY PROBLEM MATCHES NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 90V177000 EXACTLY, INCLUDING MAKE, MODEL, ENGINE, AND TRANSMISSION SPECIFICATIONS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, ACCORDING TO MY VIN, MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. *AK
10 TO 15 ESCOND CRANKING TO START, ON START UP IDLES AT 2000 TO 2500 RPM'S FOR 2 TO 4 MINUTES, DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS WONT LOCK OR UNLOCK DOOR OR REAR HATCH, LINKAGE BINDS, NO BACK UP LIGHTS, BOTH FT WIND WING WINDOWS LEAK AIR & WATER, CLUNKING WHEN STARTING & STOPPING FROM TRANSMISSION AREA, FUEL PUMP NOISY, FUEL INJECTORS LEAK RAW FUEL ON HOT DAYS *AK
MUFFLER AND TAIL PIPE FAILED. MJS.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE ROTORS. EXPANSION TANK EXPLODED UNDER THE HOOD. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MALFUNCTIONING WHEN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE KICKS OUT, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
TRANSFER CASE VACUUM SWITCH FAILED, CAUSING PART-TIME 4X4 WARNING LIGHT TO STAY ON.
SLAVE CYLINDER FOR CLUTCH LEAKS FLUID WHICH LEFT DRIVER STRANDED NOT ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *SD
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ACTUATOR/MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AFTER RECALL (91V-063) WORK PERFORMED. *SKD
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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