| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005031331 | Incident Date: Jul, 27 2005 |
| Consumer's City: FORT RUCKER | Consumer's State: AL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: CHEROKEE | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4FF48S3YL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 30 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 03 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My vehicle has been losing coolant for quite some time. it has relatively low mileage to have head problems, but i now have coolant in my oil. i have done some research and found that daimler-chrysler used 0331 cast heads on this model cherokee (2000 w/ 4.0l engine). it turns out that these heads were a poor cast allowing cracks to form near the #3 cylinder area allowing coolant to flow into the oil. this results in a drop in oil pressure and eventually bearing and engine failure. i consider myself somewhat lucky that i discovered this problem before the engine seized up on me, however i am now looking at over $1000 in repairs that should not be necessary for a vehicle with just over 50k miles. i am very disappointed since i believed jeeps to be reliably built vehicles. i sincerely hope that someone from daimler-chrysler will read this and rectify the situation before the engine failure leads to an accident or death. *jb |
