Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, MY VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLABLY AND I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY TO STOP THE CAR SO THE SHAKING WILL STOP. I HAVE HAD A NUMBER PARTS REPLACED SUCH AS THE STEERING STABILIZER, AND THE STEERING ROD. *JB
WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR AN HOUR, VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT ON FIRE ABOVE THE MANIFOLD. THE FIRE SMOLDERED AND PUT ITSELF OUT. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SENT AN ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE. OWNER WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND ADVISED THE OWNER TO SEEK LEGAL COUNCIL. *AK THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE, ACCELERATOR CABLE AND HOOD LATCH CABLE. *BF
CRASH - I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. I WAS BRAKING WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, DRIVING ME INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT ONLY THIS TIME DID IT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED JEEP DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECK IT OUT. THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I AM PRETTY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. I KNOW HOW HARD I WAS BRAKING, AND IT JUST DIDN'T MATTER. THE CAR WAS WORKING AGAINST ME. I HAD TO THROW IT INTO PARK JUST TO STOP THE CAR. *AK
WHILE DOWN SHIFTING TO SECOND GEAR AT 40 MPH, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED AT A HIGHER RATE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND DID NOT PLAN ON CONTACTING THE JEEP DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED DOWN WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING, IT WAS THEN SWITCHED TO A LOWER GEAR AND PROCEEDED, THEN WAS PLACED BACK INTO DRIVE IN WHICH IT WAS SLOWED DOWN AND THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING AGAIN IN A LOWER GEAR BUT DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND KNOCK WHEN PLACED IN THE ENGINE WHEN PLACED IN PARK. (THE U-JOINT FAILED) *SC THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OXYGEN SENSOE. *JB
ERRATIC, INTERMITTENT INSTRUMENTATION CLUSTER, FAILURE (SHUT-DOWN) WHILE DRIVING, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, AMP GAUGE, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, ODOMETER,GAS GAUGE AND TACHOMETER GAUGE. ISOLATED OCCURRENCES WITHOUT WARNING MADE IT DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN. BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS THIS EQUIPMENT FAILURE AS NOTED IN COMPANY SERVICE BULLETINS (081599) SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE VEHICLE OWNERS AND REPAIRED AT CHRYSLER EXPENSE.*AK
VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO ERRATIC ACCELERATION WITH NO WARNING. TIRES SQUEAL AFTER A DELAYED REACTION WHEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR, LUNGING HARD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
CONSUMER HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE AND IS CURRENTLY IN NEED OF NEW ROTORS AGAIN. *JG
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING VEHICLE RACED TO 3000 RPMS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK.ET.
EXITTING CARWASH, ATTENDENT PLACED VEHICLE IN DRIVE. IT THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT FOOT ON ACCELERATOR UNTIL SHUTOFF WITH KEY. VEHICLE TRAVELLED ~40 FEET. NO COLLISION AND ONE OTHER ATTENDENT WAS DRAGGED ~10 FEET, NO INJURY
VEHICLE WAS INVOLED IN SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVINGON HWY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. AS SOON AS DRIVER LIFTED FOOT OFF BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF OUT OF CONTROL, HIT A PARKED VEHICLE BEFORE STOPPING. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
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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