Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, DRIVERS DOOR PIN HINGE WOULD WORK ITSELF OUT. REPLACED IT TWICE. IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS DOOR HAS BEEN CREAKY AND NOW SAGGING SO IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE. NUMEROUS SLAMS OF THE DOOR WILL GET IT TO CLOSE. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE CLOSING/LOCKING LATCH IS FRACTURED. THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER CLOSE AND LOCK. HE HAS USED A ROPE AROUND THE DOOR POST AND PILLAR. CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY WILL ADDRESS THE SITUATION. THE PURCHASE DATE AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 140,000.
RECENTLY, WHILE ON I-75 N IN ATLANTA, GA A VEHICLE SWERVED IN FRONT OF ME. I VEERED TO AVOID IMPACT AND THE DRIVERS SEATBEAT BUCKLE ON MY VEHICLE BECAME DISLODGED AND HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE THIS DATE.*AK
CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE TO WARM IT UP AND DASHBOARD BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE WIRING IN THE DASHBOARD MELTED, AND DAMAGED THE HEATING SYSTEM. *AK
ON 9/30/03 WIRING TERMINATIONS AT IGNITION SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN FAILED. EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS ARCING AND DEFORMATION OF WIRING, CONNECTOR, AND PLASTIC COVER OVER STEERING COLUMN WERE PRESENT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING AS THEY HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE AND HAVE PRESCRIBED A FIX FOR THE SITUATION THAT DEVIATES FROM REPLACING THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS. IF THIS IS THE CASE THEY THERE MUST BE QUITE A FEW CHEROKEES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I MY SELF HAVE NOTICED QUITE A FEW BURNT UP INTERIORS AT LOCAL SALVAGE YARDS WHERE I DO BUSINESS MY SELF. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOME ONE DIES IN A FIRE CAUSED BY ELECTIRAL WIRING INSIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN SHOULD BE GIVEN. I HAVE CONTACED DCX AND THEY GAVE ME CLAIM NUMNBER 11700403 FOR MY COMPLAINT WITHIN THERE ORGANIZATION
MY DRIVER'S SIDE IS LITERALLY FALLING OFF THE HINGES. I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER OF A JEEP CHEROKEE THAT HAS THAT PROBLEM.
CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO LOCK THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS DUE TO THE WIRING HARNESS SHORTAGE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS
CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING A RATTLING NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE. NLM
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, SEATBACK FOLDED FORWARD, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THE DOOR LATCH THERE ARE 3 BOLTS HAVE PULLED THROUGH, EXPOSING THE SHEET METAL. THE SHEET METAL IS RIPPED. IT IS NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO PROPERLY LOCK. CONTACTED DEALER IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
VEHICLE FIRE OCCURRED WHILE PARKED IN DEALER'S SHOP. CAUSES APPEAR TO BE A SHORT IN POWER SEAT MOTOR. *AK
REAR POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE. *SD
FUEL GAUGE FAILED.
RIGHT SHOULDER BELT REVERSED. *DH
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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