Consumer Complaints
Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
04/28/2004 | 1 | ||
Consumer complained about a front suspension problem. when making a turn the wheels made a noise. also, while driving above 30 mph vehicle shook. consumer already purchased 2 sets of ball joints for this vehicle. *ak updated 4/6/2006 - *nm | |||
07/14/2002 | |||
While front end fell off vehicle started smoking.contacted dealer. cooling reservior cracked.dealer said this was a common,even with newer models. *ak | |||
06/05/1996 | 1 | ||
Vehicle vibrates at highway speeds. | |||
SUSPENSION - FRONT - SHOCK ABSORBER | |||
01/01/2004 | 2 | 06/01/1995 | |
Tl*the contact owns a 1989 jeep cherokee. the contact stated that the shock absorber fails intermittently and causes the vehicle to shake violently. there are three bolts that hold the steering frame together, and once the failure occurs, the steering fails also. he stated that three of the bolts have failed and caused a near crash due to the loss of steering control. he took the vehicle to a repair shop where they re-welded the bolts to the vehicle. the repair shop stated that the failures were due to a design flaw. the vin and speed were unknown and mileages were unknown due to a cracked odometer. | |||
SUSPENSION - REAR | |||
07/21/1998 | 1 | 09/09/1989 | |
Rear axle engulfed in flames within seconds of stopping the vehicle which was totally destroyed. | |||
SUSPENSION - REAR - SHOCK ABSORBER | |||
07/16/1996 | 1 | ||
Shock absorbers failed. |