1991 Jeep Cherokee

THE ONE PROBLEM I HAVE HAD IS WITH THE ABS NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP. IT HAPPENED EARLY DECEMBER 2001. IT WAS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE AS IT IS UNDER LIFETIME WARRANTY. THINKING ALL IS OK I DRIVE MY CAR AND ON MARCH 30, 2002 MY BRAKES AGAIN FAILED. HAD IT FIXED UP FROM THE DEALER AND DROVE IT ABOUT A MILE ONLY TO HAVE NO BRAKES AGAIN. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE PART HAS BEEN REPLACED. I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. ****DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****7650836. *AK *JB

I WAS DRIVING IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 6:45AM AND WAS ON THE ROAD FOR APPROX. 10 MINS. I SMELLED A STRONG BURNING SMELL, THEN NOTICED DARK BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD BY THE FRONT WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A SAFETY ZONE, A FIRE HAD STARTED AND FLAMES AND MELTED PLASTIC STARTED DRIPPING TO THE FLOORBOARD. WITHIN 20-30 SECONDS, THE FLAMES HAD ENGULFED THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE AND WAS SHOOTING UP FROM THE CEILING OF THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND RUN UP THE EMBANKMENT ON THE FREEWAY. IN THIS VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,THE JEEP WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND THE ENTIRE CAR BURNT TO THE FRAME. TOTAL TIME OF VISABLE SMOKE TO FIRE IN THE DASH WAS LESS THAN A MINUTE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. I TURNED THE DIMMER CONTROL AND THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD ONLY BE ON FULL BRIGHTNESS OR OFF, THERE WAS NO DIMMER CONTROL. APPROXIMATELY 60 SECONDS LATER WE COULD SMELL SOMETHING HOT. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER WE NOTICED A GLOW COMING FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH BOARD. WE WERE CLOSE TO OUR HOME AND TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, AT WHICH TIME I WAS FORCED TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DUE TO BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING VENT. I PULLED UP TO THE GARAGE,SHUT OFF THE IGNITION, PULLED THE HOOD RELEASE AND EXITED THE CAR. MY WIFE GOT OUT OF THE PASSENGERS SIDE AND IMMEDIATLY HEADED FOR THE HOUSE TO GET WATER. I HURRIED INTO THE GARAGE TO RETRIVE A PAIR OF PLIERS TO PULL THE BATTERY GROUND CABLE. AS I EXITED THE GARAGE FLAMES WERE VISABLE ABOVE THE DASH INSIDE THE JEEP. I POPPED THE HOOD AND PULLED THE GROUND CABLE OFF, BY THIS TIME THE FLAMES WERE REACHING THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. I MOVED AROUND TO THE DRIVERS DOOR AND OPENED IT AS MY WIFE ARRIVED WITH A BUCKET OF WATER AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL; IN EXTINGUISHING THE FLAMES. THE REOSTAT FOR THE DASH LIGHTS HAD SHORTED OUT AND DID NOT BLOW THE FUSE. THE LIGHT SWITCH BECAME HOT ENOUGH TO IGNITE THE PLASTIC SURROUNDING THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS ABOVE IT, MELTING THE AIR CONDITIONER VENT, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH AND BURNING THE HEADLINER AND SUN VISOR. HAD WE NOT BEEN CLOSE TO HOME I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BURNED COMPLETELY AS WE WOULD HAVE HAD NO MEANS OF PUTTING OUT THE FIRE. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE TOLD ME HE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIANCE WITH A 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE. I HAVE REMOVED THE DASH AND WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND WOULD HAVE IT AVAILABLE IF ANYONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE?*AK

WHEN THE JEEP HITS A HARD BUMP THE RIGHT REAR BUMP STOP WILL CONTACT THE BRAKE FLUID LINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAD THE JEEP LOADED AND WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED UNDER THE JEEP AND I FEEL IF THE JOUCE BUMPER ITS THE BRAKE LINE HARD ENOUGH IT WILL CUT OFF FLUID TO THE BRAKE ON THAT SIDE. THAT WOULD CAUSE PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKES AND COULD KILL ME.*AK

CONSUMER WAS GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE AND LOST MAJORITY OF BRAKING POWER. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GARAGE. GARAGE WAS NOT ABLE TO FIXED VEHICLE BECAUSE CHRYSLER STAR PROGRAM ONLY ALLOWED JEEP REPRESENTATIVE TO PURCHASE THE PARTS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS WITHIN 3 MONTHS. CURRENTLY, AT A JEEP DEALER. VEHICLE CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE PROBLEM IS TO ADVANCED FOR DEALER TO FIX.*AK

VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. TRANSMISSION IN PARK. PAKING BRAKE ON. DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE TO OPEN REAR LIFTGATE. AS SOON AS DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING BACKWARDS. THE DRIVER DOOR KNOCKED THE DRIVER TO THE PAVEMENT AND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE ROLLED OVER PART OF THE DRIVER'S BODY. DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL AND KNEE INJURIES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION AND 3 MORE FOLLOWUP SURGERIES. MORE FACIAL SURGERY MAY BE REQUIRED. THE DRIVERS VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN THE REAR STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARCKED ON LEVEL PAVEMENT. WITTNESSES WERE PRESENT. *AK