Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 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
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 97V069000 CONCERNING THE STEERING GEAR BOX. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.*AK UPDATE 1/11/2006 - *NM
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE STEERING BOLT BROKE LOOSE AND IT IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JUMP AROUND CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ISN'T COVERED BY RECALL# 9V069000. SCC
WHEN TURNING HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF FRAME RAIL THAT STEERING BOX WAS ATTACHED TO CRACKED, AND SPLIT IN TWO.*AK
WHEN TURNING THE CORNER AT 25 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. CONSUMER BACKED UP AND STARTED DRIVING WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE. CONSUMER GOT OUT AND VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE.*AK
STEERING MECHANISM BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ONLY, T VEHICLE WILL EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. POWER STEERING WENT OUT, AND VEHICLE'S POWER DIED, BUT WOULD PICK BACK UP. TO KEEP POWER DRIVER HASTO PLAY WITH THE ACCELERATOR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WITH THE LISTING OF SO MANY OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOOR HINGE FAILURES FOR 1994 JEEP CHEROKEES, IS THERE ANY KIND OF FACTORY RECALL ON THIS?
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ALL AT ONCE STEERING GEAR BOX BROKE. DEALERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED PROBLEM. *AK
STEERING MAKES FUNNY NOISE WHEN CORNERING. *AK
LEAK
POWER STEERING HOSE PULLED AWAY AND CAUSED AN ENGINE FIRE. *AK CONSUMER WAS IN THE PARKING LOCK WHEN SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, WHEN CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, FIRE WAS SHOOTING UP FROM TWO SPOTS ON THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE, CONSUMER MANAGED TO PUT OUT FIRE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE STEERING HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB
VEHICLES STEERING COLUMN BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND DRIVER LOST STEERING CAPABILITY. TT
POWER STEERING FAILURE. *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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