Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. 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. 10 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
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH ONLY 14,500 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE SOFTWARE THAT WEEK. A FEW DAYS AFTER PICK UP, I NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM: DOWN SHIFTING, NOT SHIFTING, TRANSMISSION REVING UP AND NOT ENGAGING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING SOME NOISE IN REAR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED SPIDER GEAR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK
WATER PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING. *SLC
CORROSION CAUSED FAILURE OF SEAM ALONG INTERIOR OF DRIVESHAFT TUNNEL. *AK
WHEEL LOCK WHILE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE ON WET ROAD. CAR SPUN 220 DEG AND PLOWED SIDEWAYS ONTO LAWN. CRACKED FRONT LEFT WHEEL AND RIPPED TIRE OFF. DID NOT ROLL OVER. *AK
MOTOR MOUNTS ON RIGHT SIDE BROKE WHEN A SMALL BUMP WAS DRIVEN OVER. TORQUE PUSHED MOTOR INTO FAN SHROUD. DOOR WELD BROKE ON DRIVERS DOOR, CAUSING MISALIGNMENT SHAFT SEAL ON TRANSFER CASE RUPTURED, SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK
DRIVESHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 27 TIMES FOR SERVICE. ALSO, CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING COLUMN/HEADLIGHT'S AND RADIO AND SQUEAKING AND NOISY TRANSMISSION. *AK
THE BOLTS HOLDING THE YOKE AXLE SHEARED OFF, DISENGAGING THE DRIVESHAFT FROM THE CAR, DISABLING THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVE SHAFT BROKE AND CAME OUT.
THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FROZE UP AFTER VEHICLE ON ROAD LONG DISTANCE. TT CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SEEMS TO DRAG, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE AND WHEELS GRAB, WHEELS GRABBED WHILE GOING UP A HILL AND ON FLAT ROAD AFTER DRIVING LONG DISTANCE. *SLC
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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