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1996 Jeep Laredo Brakes Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Brakes reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
9
Latest Aug 20, 2004
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
19%
of 47 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
1
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Jeep Laredo submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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.

Owner reports naming brake

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

BrakesSuspension
Filed Aug 20, 2004
Crash reported

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ABS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE VEHICLE HIT A FENCE.THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, THERE WERE SHAKES THAT HAD GONE AWAY. THE CONSUMER SLOWED THE VEHICLE WHEN SEEING BUMPS, BUT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE AGAIN ON THE BUMPY ROAD, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP. THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A FENCE. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID
10083847
Incident
Jun 20, 2004
Mileage
142,000 mi
BrakesDriver assistance
Filed Feb 26, 2002

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT STARTED GOING BACKWARDS. BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
8004579
Incident
Feb 24, 2002
Brakes
Filed Jun 19, 2000

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKES. MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT IT HAD BEEN DONE. ROTORS WERE CRACKED. CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL #879 CONCERNING BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

NHTSA ID
863810
Incident
Jan 1, 2000
BrakesEngineSteering
Filed Apr 5, 2000

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED. MJS

NHTSA ID
548990
Incident
Jan 1, 1999
Brakes
Filed Oct 2, 1998

BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOOSE PRESSURE CAUSING DRIVER TO PUMP BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID
541595
BrakesSteeringTires & wheels+2 more
Filed Sep 1, 1998

VEHICLE STEERS TO THE LEFT/EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN BRAKING/REAR WIPER ONLY OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY/BUTTON ON GEA RCHANGE LEVER JAMS ANDEXCESSIV ELEFT FRONT TIRE WEAR.

NHTSA ID
780262
Brakes
Filed Jul 27, 1998

OWNER LOST BRAKES WHEN APPLYING THEM. CAUSE OF PROBLEM CONTAMINATION OF BRAKE FUILD. DEALERS HAVE ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

NHTSA ID
825867
Brakes
Filed Aug 29, 1997

BRAKE FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
603514
Incident
Feb 1, 1996
BrakesElectricalTransmission
Filed Feb 12, 1997

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

NHTSA ID
602698
Incident
Aug 1, 1996

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Transmission12Body & structure8

Elsewhere on this vehicle

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