1995 Jeep Cherokee Suspension Problems

REPETITIVE "DEATH WOBBLE." FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN MOTIVATED BY BUMP OR ROAD VIBRATION.

NHTSA ID

10522359

Incident

May 15, 2013

Mileage

222,500 mi

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE STARTED JERKING AND VIBRATING, THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015038

Incident

Jun 1, 2002

TOWING A HORSE TRAILER PLUS 2 HEAVY HORSES FULL FUEL LOAD. VEHICLE SWEAVED OUT OF CONTROL ROUND A ROUNDABOUT .DAMAGE WAS SLIGHT AS VEHICLE JACK KNIFED.THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER INFORMED ME I HAD THE EARLY SOFT SPRINGS ON THE VEHICLE NOT RECOMMENDED FORTOWING. I CONTACTED JEEP WHO INFORMED ME THAT JEEP HAD STIFFENED THE SPRINGS TO PREVENT SAGGING LEAF SPRINGS.AND IF I ORDERED A NEW PART IT WOULD REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF UNSTABLE TOWING . I NOTED THAT THE REPLACEMENT SPRING HAS STRONGER CLAMPS LONGER AND STONGER LOCATING PEGS.I ASKED IF THEIR HAD BEING A RECALL AS THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE (UK LAW)IF THE ORIGINAL SPRINGS WERE INADAQUATE TO PREVENT SEVERE SWAYING .I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A 1997 CAR OR A DIESEL VERSION INTRODUCED IN 1995 IN THE UK WHICH HAD BEING FITTED WITH STRONGER SPRINGS .I ASKED THE UK IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHY JEEP HAD LOWERED THE RECOMMENDED "TONGUE WT" ON THE 1997 VEHICLE BY 30 KGS WAS IT BECAUSE THE EARLIER RECOMMENDATIONS WER TO HIGH FOR THE "SOFT SPRINGS TO COPE WITH NO REPLY .I ASKED WHY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1995 AND 1997 OWNERS HAND BOOK WAS A LONGER TRAILER TOWING SECTION INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF THE WORDS "STRONGLY "SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ,WHY HAD THEY CHANGED THE WARNINGS HAD THERI BEING ANY REPORTED ACCIDENTS WHILE TOWING ON THE "SAGGING SPRINGS" ..THEY NOW REFUSE TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN THE UK CAN YOU HELP IN THE US ?I BELIEVE IF THE UK 4.0 JEEP IS FULLY LOADED TO ITS MAKIMUM WT IT WILL NOT BE STABEL DUE TO THE AGREED FAULT THAT 1992/3/4/5 SPRINGS "SAG DUE TO EARLY FATIGUE PROBLEMS.

NHTSA ID

732246

Incident

Aug 8, 2000

"ROTATIONAL THUMPING" SOUND DURING ACCEL FROM STOP. ESPECIALLY NOTICABLE DURING ACCEL UPHILL FROM STOP. THUMPING SOUND UNTIL 15MPH OR SO. SOUND FROM BELOW DRIVERS SIDE. ORIGINALLY NOTICED PROBLEM MID TO LATE LAST YEAR. DEALER HAD OTHER JEEPS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. SAID THEY TRIED REPLACING STEERING DAMPENER, U-JOINTS...ETC BUT PROBLEM CAME BACK. SAID THEY HAD SAME TYPE TRANSFERCASE. THEY FIXED OTHER JEEPS BY REPLACING TRANSFERCASE. ALSO NOTICE SLIGHT REAR WOBBLE WHEN ACCEL AND THUMPING NOISE. U-JOINTS OK. GOT NEW WHEELS, ALIGNED & BALANCED & NEW STEERING DAMPENER(OLD ONE LEAKING). PROBLEM BARELY NOTICABLE BUT WAS STILL THERE. MORE NOTICABLE AROUND FEB. CONTACTED DEALER AT THAT TIME. SAID THEY WOULD CALL IF FOUND A SOLUTION BUT HASN'T CALLED YET. NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. DEALER SAID EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND HARD TO FIND PARTS.

NHTSA ID

722236

Incident

Jul 1, 1999

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WOULD START VIBRATING THROUGH STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, COULD HEAR IT INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

860394

Incident

Apr 14, 2000

I HAVE BEEN HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END, TRIED NUMEROUS CURES, AND AM STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT END WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE, WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO 30-35MPH, IT WILL GO AWAY. IT IS NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM, BUT WILL HAPPEN AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. I HAVE REPLACED FRONT ROTORS DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, HAD AN INDEPENDENT CHANGE THIS TIME. NOW AM EXPERIENCING A CONSTANT NOISE FROM FRONT END. *AK

NHTSA ID

718062

DRIVING VEHICLE 40MPH; HIT A BUMP; HEARD A LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE; TOOK TO MECHANIC & HAD ON LIFT & INFORMED LEAF SPRING HAD BROKEN. TOOK TO NON-DEALER FOR REPAIR. PROBLEM REOCCURRED. 3 MONTHS LATER CHECKED & FOUND OTHER LEAF SPRING HAD BROKEN & HANGING OFF. *AK

NHTSA ID

815824

Incident

Mar 6, 1997

LEFT FRONT SHOCK FAILED.

NHTSA ID

601974

Incident

Dec 10, 1995

FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID

479887

Incident

Apr 1, 1995