Consumer Complaint Detail

JEEP / CHEROKEE / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999036974 Incident Date: Jun, 30 1999
Consumer's City: MADISON Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: CHEROKEE Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission:lever and linkage:column shift
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4FJ67S0SL Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 02 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: "rotational thumping" sound during accel from stop. especially noticable during accel uphill from stop. thumping sound until 15mph or so. sound from below drivers side. originally noticed problem mid to late last year. dealer had other jeeps with similar problem. said they tried replacing steering dampener, u-joints...etc but problem came back. said they had same type transfercase. they fixed other jeeps by replacing transfercase. also notice slight rear wobble when accel and thumping noise. u-joints ok. got new wheels, aligned & balanced & new steering dampener(old one leaking). problem barely noticable but was still there. more noticable around feb. contacted dealer at that time. said they would call if found a solution but hasn't called yet. not under warranty anymore. dealer said expensive to fix and hard to find parts.