1994 Jeep Cherokee Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK CASE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000...UPDATED 02/01/16 *BF UPDATED 02/05/16*LJ, 04/19/18 *JB *JS

NHTSA ID

10781739

Incident

Oct 9, 2015

Mileage

164,000 mi

DRIVING UP HILL, JUST STARTING OUT LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE FAN HITTING THE FAN SHROUD AND RADIATOR. FOUND 3 RIGHT SIDE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS THAT ATTACH MOUNT TO BLOCK BROKEN AND MOTOR DROPPED DOWN ABOUT 2 INCHES. SCALDING COOLANT CAUSED MINOR BURNS ON HANDS. *NM

NHTSA ID

10144414

Incident

Dec 2, 2005

Mileage

235,000 mi

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AFTER STARTING IT. ONCE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT ALSO CUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC.*AK

NHTSA ID

10115142

Incident

Mar 7, 2005

Mileage

120,000 mi

WORKING 450 MILES FROM MY HOME I WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION I HEARD AN AWFUL SOUND OF METAL CLUNKING AROUND IN ENGINE (LOUD). PULLED INTO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A VERY BAD EXHAUST LEAK. THE RATTLING HAS STOPPED UPON MY ARRIVAL SO HE NEVER HEARD IT. MAN INFORMED ME TO TAKE IT SLOW ON WAY HOME BUT GET IT LOOKED AT VERY SOON.ON MY WAY BACK, THE RADIATOR FAN STARTED MARKING A NOISE LIKE IT WAS HITTING SOMETHING. PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT A BOLT WAS READY TO FALL OF THE FAN. TIGHTENED AS BEST AS I COULD &. ALSO NOTICED THAT A BOLT TO THE SHROUD MISSING. ALSO SAW THAT THE FAN BLADES HAS SHEARED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE SHROUD. CUT WAS FRESH. NOW THE FAN WAS STILL HITTING THE SHROUD BUT ONLY WHEN I ACCELERATED FOR TAKE OFF. NEXT DAY, JEEP RUNNING LOUD & ROUGH.UPON RETURNING HOME, MECHANIC CRAWLED UNDER AND IMMEDIATELY COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT. HE THEN LOOKED AT THE ENGINE AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS NOT SITTING LEVEL. CONCLUSIONS WERE FORMED THAT DUE TO THE ENGINE DROPPING FROM 3 BOLTS SHEARING OFF THE RIGHT MOUNT (ONLY ONE BOLT REMAINED!), EVERYTHING HAD STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. THE EXHAUST LEAK WAS DUE TO THE SHIFTING OF THE ENGINE. ALSO, BRAKES WERE STARTING TO FAIL. FAN HITTING DUE TO THE ENGINE SHIFT. WILL INFORM YOU OF THE ACTUAL NECESSARY REPAIRS AS I AM MADE AWARE OF THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS. MY JEEP HAS 121,000 MILES ON IT. 1994 JEEP CHEROKEE COUNTRY SPORT 2 DOOR. I NEVER GO OFF-ROADING AND MY JEEP IS USED TO TRANSPORT ME TO WORK. ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING EXCEPT SOME CITY ROADS. AFTER REVIEWING OTHER COMNSUMER COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE, IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A DEFECT FROM THE CHRYSLER CORP. WHAT IS BEING DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION?*AK

NHTSA ID

10080378

Incident

Jul 2, 2004

Mileage

115,000 mi

VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING A LOT OF OIL. OIL WAS LEAKING OUT AND GOING THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, PER SEVERAL MECHANICS.*AK

NHTSA ID

10048773

CATALYTIC CONVERTER MOTOR FAILED. PARTS HAD BEEN REPAIRED; HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

10040033

Incident

Sep 15, 2003

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TS

NHTSA ID

8022424

Incident

Oct 26, 2002

WHILE BEING DRIVEN 25-30 MPH, THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE BLOCK ON SHEERED OFF CAUSING THE ENGINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TO JUST DROP. THIS OCCURED WITH NO WARNING AND THE ONLY THING SHE RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURE IS A LETTER OF APOLOGY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS

NHTSA ID

8019456

Incident

Sep 24, 2002

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED ON A DAILY BASIS. DEALER CANNOT FIND A CAUSE.*AK

NHTSA ID

8012761

Incident

Jun 20, 2002

ENGINE BURNS A LOT OF OIL!-1-1/2 QTS ADDED EVERY MONTH. NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKS IN PARKING GARAGE. *AK

NHTSA ID

759304

Incident

Jan 1, 1995

ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGH. ALSO, THERE IS SOME OIL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ,AND MECHANIC STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001178

Incident

Dec 21, 2001

THE MOTOR MOUNT BOLT BROKE THREE TIMES (FIRST TIME) I FIXED IT WITH THE DEALER RIVERDALE CHRYSLER JEEP AND THE SECOND TIME I FIXED IT IN OCEAN AVENUE GAS CORP. AND THE THIRD TIME I WENT TO RIVERDALE CHRYSLER JEEP AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIX IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE WELDED. I WENT TO THE WELDING PLACE (ABLE WELDING PLACE) AND THEY STATED THIS CANNOT BE WELDED. YOU NEED ANOTHER MOTOR BLOCK, I RETURNED IT TO THE BANK BECAUSE THE CAR IS UNSAFE.*AK

NHTSA ID

755334

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH FRONT OF VEHICLE DROPPED ON RIGHT SIDE WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. TOWED TO DEALER, MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS HAD BROKEN.*AK

NHTSA ID

895428

Incident

Aug 19, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

746827

Incident

May 24, 2001

PARTS WITHIN INSIDE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER LOOKED LIKE A HONEYCONE PIECES OF MATERIAL WHICH WAS BEING HELD BY ASBESTOS. PIECE HAS STARTED TO COME APART, CAUSING MATERIAL TO BECOME FREE. ALSO, THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. ALSO, ASBESTOS WAS GOING OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE WHICH COULD CAUSE A HEALTH HAZARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

877915

ENGINE STALLS AT RANDOM TIMES AND RANDOM SPEEDS UNDER RANDOM CONDITIONS. JEEP HAS NO IDEA WHY AND HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS DEALERS AND REPLACED EVERY THING THEY SAID MIGHT CAUSE THIS SITUATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

731081

ENGINE CUTS OUT/STALLS W/O WARNING AT FREEWAY AND SURFACE-STREET SPEEDS. SURFACE STALLS MAY OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES ON A 3-MILE TRIP, FREEWAY STALLS AS OFTEN AS 4 TIMES A WEEK (OVER A 60 MILE RT COMMUTE). DEALER CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

730783

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

NHTSA ID

727288

CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

NHTSA ID

725565

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKS ALLOWING EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE DRIVER COMPARTMENT DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. YH

NHTSA ID

552466

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN EITHER HESITATING OR CUTTING OFF FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MY MECHANIC TWICE AND CLAIMS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. HE IS AWARE THAT JEEP CHEROKEE'S HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT THE SOLUTION. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. AT THE BEGINNING IT WOULD HESITATE THEN CORRECT ITSELF. THEN IT STARTED CUTING OFF 1OR 2 TIMES IN A DRIVING SESSION (20 MINUTES) AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. NOW ITS CUTTING OFF 2 TO 3 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME IT WON'T RESTART WITHOUT A JUMP. I SEARCHED YOUR PRIOR COMPLAINT SECTION AND SAW THAT THERE WERE REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

NHTSA ID

721705

WATER PUMP REPLACED. *MJS

NHTSA ID

551772

Incident

Feb 26, 1999

AT LOW SPEEDS VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO REASON. *AK

NHTSA ID

858011

Incident

Feb 6, 2000

MOTOR MOUNTS SHEARED OFF. THIS MAY TILT THE MOTOR AND CAUSE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

857958

Incident

Mar 5, 2000

ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS FAILED 2ND. TIME ON 1-27 00 CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE BLOCK AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED .BLOCK MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $2000 MY AUTO INSURANCE IS INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGE AS OF 2-4-2000. *AK

NHTSA ID

718299

Incident

Dec 30, 1996