10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 1
Average Mileage:
115,949 miles

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problem #3

Jan 201998

(reported on)

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Vehicle pulls to the left when driven above 25 miles per hour. The power steering pump leaked fluid and the fuel gauge is inoperable (even after repair).

- San Dimas, CA, USA

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problem #2

Nov 111998

Grand Cherokee 4WD

  • miles
The problem is a sudden loss of steering control when the right wheels drive over periodically spaced bumps in road (like road repairs) at 55 mph. Whole vehicle shakes in an increasingly stronger harmonic, until driver brakes to about 20 mph. There is no problem at 40 mph, and no problem with road repair that are not periodically spaced. Has happened 3 times in same road section, and the effect verified by an engineer. Jeep contacted - they refused to take a report (but I will try again in writing). This is a road hazard. We speculate the problem may be in the ABS faulty slip sensing, differential slip transmission control, or steering system.

- South San Francisco, CA, USA

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problem #1

Apr 241998

(reported on)

Grand Cherokee 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Transmission/ABS brakes/suspension and steering failed.

- Astoria, NY, USA

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