1998 Jeep Laredo

FUEL INDICATOR GAUGE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN FUEL SUPPLY AND EMPTY, AND LOW FUEL ALARM ACTIVATES EVEN WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL. ATTEMPTED TO TRACK ACTUAL FUEL SUPPLY BY OVERHEAD CONSOLE DISPLAY, BUT THAT DISPLAY FLUCTUATES WITH FUEL INDICATOR GAUGE ALSO. WHILE DRIVING, EVEN WITH FULL TANK, FUEL INDICATOR GAUGE AND LOW FUEL ALARM KEEPS ACTIVATING. THE ONLY TIME IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE SURE OF FUEL SUPPLY IS WHEN FUEL TANK IS REFUELED. TOLD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF PROBLEM WHILE IN FOR SERVICE, BUT THEY STATED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INDICATOR GAUGE. FOLLOWING THIS, I WROTE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP. IN 2002 INFORMING THEM THAT I WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH NOT ONLY MY PERSONAL JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO, BUT ALSO WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S VEHICLE. I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER CONCERNING MY LETTER, AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM. UPON SPEAKING TO OTHER OWNERS OF JEEP CHEROKEES, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH IS NOT ONLY A SOURCE OF AGGRAVATION, BUT ALSO A DISTRACTION WHEN THE ALARM ACTIVATES. ONE INDIVIDUAL I SPOKE TO INFORMED ME THAT WHEN SHE COMPLAINED OF THE PROBLEM AT HER DEALERSHIP, SHE WAS TOLD THAT WHEN SHE FUEL HER VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE GAS CAP AND TURN IT UNTIL IT CLICKED 3 TIMES, WHICH IS LUDICROUS. *JB

OUR JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO (72994 MILES AS OF YESTERDAY 5/6/03) WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, PRESSURE IS JUST LOST; NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE SPEED WILL JUST DROP DOWN TO ZERO. THEN IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET IT TO MOVE AT ALL. WE HAD TAKEN IT TO THE MECHANIC, NOT BEING ABLE TO PINPOINT WHY (BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WAS NOT DOING THAT) THEY DID A FEW TEST AND A TUNE UP. AFTER A FEW DAYS, SAME THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AGAIN. NOW WHEN IT HAPPENS IT WILL TAKE 45 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR TO GET IT TO STAY STARTED FULLY (INSTEAD OF ON/OFF). WE TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALER (SALERNO DUANE JEEP-EAGLE), THEY TEST DRIVE IT AND TRIED EVERYTHING THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY TO DRIVE IT AND FRUSTRATING TOO BECAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. MAYBE WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN GET TO THE MANUFACTURER BEFORE IT GEST WORSE AND THE PROBLEM CAN BE DETECTED AND FIXED. ANY SUGGESTIONS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL AND APPRECIATED. YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT MY HUSBAND, EXCELLENT OCCEAN, AT WORK IF NECESSARY: 908-918-9547. REGARDS, KETTLY M. OCCEAN

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT SUDDENLY TOOK OFF. LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW IN THE PROCESS.*AK THERE IS A RECALL CAMPAIGN 02V053000 REGARDING THIS CONDITION. PHOTOS ATTACHED. FRONT SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED. VEHICLE WON'T GO OVER 20 MPH AFTER ENGINE IS WARMED. FUEL PUMP REPLACED. SERPENTINE BELT HAD TO BE REPLACED. FRONT AND REAR PADS WERE REPLACED AND FRONT AND REAR ROTORS RESURFACED. *TT