1988 Jeep Cherokee

WHEN I COME TO A STOP SIGN, AND AM STOPPED,AND I HAVE TO TURN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS SLIGHTLY TURNED AND I RELEASE THE FOOT BRAKE AND APPLY THE GAS, THE ENGINE WILL COMPLETLEY STALL, UNLESS I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL MORE AND THEN IT MAY CATCH AND START RUNNING AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION I ATTEMPT TO TURN AND THE STALLING MAY PUT ME A FEW FEET OUT INTO THE LINE OF TRAFFIC. I HAVE TO QUICKLY PUT THE SHIFT GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH AGAIN AND THE ENGINE WILL EIMMEDIATELY START. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THE ENGINE WILL EVER STALL, BUT IT PUTS ME IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH THE STALLING AND THE CERTAIN POSITION THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. I THINK I REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT FORD ALSO HAD SOMEWHAT SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THEIR ENGINE STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING AND ACCIDENTS HAPPENING. HAS JEEP EVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS SUCH AS WHAT I HAVE? AS IS, I CAN NOT DEPEND ON ENTERING A TRAFFIC PATTERN EITHER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT IF I WILL NEED TO READILY GET INTO THE DESIRED LANE, FOR FEAR THAT THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND I'LL GET HIT BY SOMEONE WHO FAILS TO NOTICE THAT I HAVE STALLED OUT.*AK

VEHICLE PURCHASED IN 1996 WIRING HARNESESS IN ENGINE HAVE CRIMP CONNECTORS COVERED WITH STANDARD OFF THE SHIEF DUCT TAPE . THIS IS FACTORY AND DEALER SAID THIS WAS DONE AT MANUFACTURE. THE TAPE HAS DRY ROTTED AND PROVIDES NO PROTECTION. 4 TIMES WIRES HAVE GROUNDED OUT TWICE CAUSING SMALL FIRES. ALL VEHICLES OF THIS ERA HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND MOST OF THE VEHICLES IN SALVAGE YARDS HAVE EVIDENCE OF FIRE DAMAGE FROM THESE CONNECTIONS. I REPAIRED EVERY CONNECTION AND SAVED THE FAILED CONNECTORS FOR EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH PURPOSES.

I PURCHASED FOUR NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES FROM A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ IN OCTOBER OF 1999. I RECENTLY DISCOVERED, AFTER ALL THE NEWS COVERAGE, THAT ALTHOUGH MY TIRES DO NOT SHOW THE CODE FOR THE DECATUR PLANT, THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES ARE CRACKING AT THE POINT WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. THE CRACKING APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TREAD FAILURE OF FIRSTONES RECALLED TIRES. THIS DEFECT IN SUCH RELATIVELY NEW TIRES IS WORRISOME TO ME ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I AM IN NO FINANCIAL POSITION TO REPLACE THE TIRES ON MY OWN. I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE SOON.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 75 R15 )

I CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OF THE RECENTLY RECALLED FIRESTONE ATX P235 75/R15 TIRES. I PURCHASED THESE TIRES IN OCTOBER OF 1995. I HAD TO REPLACE ONE OF THESE TIRES WHEN THE SIDEWALL RUPTURED WITH APPROXIMATELY 31K MILES (I HADN'T HIT ANYTHING TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE ... I THOUGHT POTENTIALLY IT WAS CAUSED BY VANDALS BUT ODD THAT ONLY ONE TIRE WAS DAMAGED AND THE AREA I WAS AT THE TIME OF THE FLAT WAS A QUITE PEACEFULL NEIGHBORHOOD). IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER TO REPLACE ANOTHER TIRE SINCE VARYING TREAD LIFE COULD PRESENT A HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. WITH RESPECT TO THE RECALL, I WAS WONDERING IF CLAIMS WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR POTENTIALLY FAULTY TIRES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON A STATE ROAD AND VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO RIGHT, AND SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDERS. LEFT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO A TIRE PLACE TO HAVE THEM INSPECTED. TIRE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT FIXABLE. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE #ATX. *AK