1989 Jeep Cherokee

CONSUMER HAD A MECHANIC TO CHECK THE BRAKE LINES AND PUT ON NEW BRAKE SHOES. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER OR THE POWER BOOSTER. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING $2000 WORTH OF WORK DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A SECOND OPINION. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER, THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE BRAKE ACTUATOR PISTON ASSEMBLY AND THE PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY. THERE IS A RECALL FOUND ON THE INTERNET PERTAINING TO THE SAME YEAR, MAKE/MODEL OF CONSUMERS VEHICLE. CONSUMER IS HAVING A PROBLEM CONTACTING THE CHRYSLER CORP. PERTAINING TO THE RECALL. *JG UPDATED *JB

THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE TWO PART MACHINED, ONE PART PLASTIC ONE PART METAL. THEY WILL SEPARATE AND CAUSE FIRE. THIS WILL CAUSE DEATH AND COST MONEY. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, IM ASTONISHED IT HAS NOT YET BEEN. THIS COSTS THE CONSUMER 80$ EACH, AND IN THE END IT ADDS UP TO ALMOST BUYING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS EQUASION.*AK

THE ABS SYSTEM IN THIS JEEP HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 3 TIMES! EACH TIME THE BRAKES FAILAGAIN. THIS TIME WE ARE BEING CHARGED FOR THE ACCUMULATOR WHICH IS AN INTERGRAL PART OF THE ABS SYSTME WHICH KEEPS FAILING. A PREVIOUS OWNER HAD TAKEN THIS JEEP IN SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE SAME FAILING SYSTEM BUT T WAS BEFORE THE RECALL WENT INTO EFFECT... CHRYSLER WILL NTO PAY TO REPLACE THE ACCUMULATOR EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT "NORMAL " WEAR AND TEAR! THIS JEEP IS A DEATH TRAP AND AFTER 3 TRIPS TO THE JEEP DEALER HAS YET TO BE FIXED. NOW IM HAVING TO PAY FOR WHAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECCALL! THE LAST TIME THE BRAKES "WENT OUT" /FAILED I HAD MY TODDLER IN THE CAR... I WONT ALLOW CHRYSLERS NEGLEGENCE TO HARM MY CHILD. I WOUDL SELL THIS BUT THEN SOMEONE ELSE WOULD END UP WITH A DEATHTRAP AND I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO SLEEP. I JUST WANT IT FIXED... FOR FREE SINCE THE PROBLEM IS IN THE MANUFACTURING!

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK, WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WHILE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROX. 60 MPH WHILE FOOT WAS PRESSED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON BRAKES AND WAS ONLY STOPPED BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. ENGINE WAS STILL RACING AT FULL THROTTLE UNTIL SHUT OFF. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC WHERE THE PROBLEM IS STILL BEING DIAGNOSED. *AK

THIS TIRE AND RIM IS THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN NEW. SPARE TIRE WAS MOUNTED ON REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE FOR FIRST TIME USE. AFTER A FEW MILES OF USE, NOTICED A TIRE WOBBLE CONDITION. THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES SO REPLACED THEM WITH NEW. PROBLEM PERSISTED. SWAPPED OUT REAR TIRES AND RIMS WITH OTHERS AND ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE NOS SPARE THAT I HAD JUST PUT ON 100 MILES EARLIER. WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING THE TIRE/RIM TO A TIRE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, REMOUNTED THIS TIRE/RIM IN THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED. FORTUNATELY A WINDOW WAS LEFT DOWN. OTHERWISE, ALL THE VEHICLE GLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT FROM THE EXPLOSION, POSSIBLY INJURING A PEDESTRIAN NEARBY. IF A PERSON HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TIRE, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED SEVERELY OR LOST THEIR EARDRUMS. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE FOR INSPECTION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: M3CC861X3 TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)

DISCOVERED DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS LEAKING GASOLINE FROM THE TWO-PIECE BODY OF TWO OF THE FUEL INJECTORS ONTO HOT ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHEN ENGINE WAS IN OPERATION, AND AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE ENGINE WAS COOLING . DEFECTIVE INJECTORS WERE LEAKING QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF ENGINE. CONTACTED LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE PROBLEM. THE JEEP SERVICE MANAGER AND MECHANICS APPEARED TO BE WELL AWARE OF THESE DEFECTIVE LEAKING INJECTORS AS OCCURRING ON OTHER JEEP CHEROKEES WITH 4.0L ENGINE. I THEN CONTACTED OTHER JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS ON WEB FORUMS WHO REPORTED THAT DEFECTIVE LEAKING INJECTORS ON EARLIER PRODUCTION JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE CAUSED ENGINE FIRES IN SEVERAL VEHICLES. DEALER RECOMMENDED ALL INJECTORS BE REPLACED AS SAFETY PRECAUTION. DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM WORK FREE OF CHARGE. I DECLINED THEIR REPAIRS AS TOO EXPENSIVE ($820.00). INCURRED $220 IN MATERIAL COSTS TO REPLACE ALL 6 BENDIX INJECTORS, INCLUDING THE TWO LEAKING INJECTORS WITH REPLACEMENT, NON-LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS. SUGGEST NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR REPORT FOR POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION AS BOTH A SAFETY-RELATED AND EMISSIONS-RELATED MANDATORY RECALL. THANK YOU.*AK