While driving at 65 MPH, and with no warning hood flew open.
1996 Jeep Cherokee body complaints
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While driving 55 MPH the motor mount bolts sheared off without warning and caused engine to drop three inches.
Door hinge has repeatedly broken away from frame at tack weld making use of driver's door impossible.
The vehicles door hinges separated from the welds.
Driver door hinges are wearing out. It is hard for door to stay closed/ can open door while driving. Dealer notified.
Driver's side door hinge is wearing out, and it is hard to shut door. Door can open while driving at any speed. Dealer notified.
While driving 65 MPH and without warning sunroof and frame came of vehicle.
Hinges on driver's door are rusted, top hinge is broken.
The front left corner of the drivers seat has broken loose from the adjustment slide. This causes the seat to tilt back when accelerating. The metal is torn from around the bolt. The bolt is still intact. The upper left door hinge is also coming loose from the body. The weld that secures the hinge to the body is failing. I contacted the local dealer (not the one who I bought the car from) and the service manager told me that he had not seen these problems before. Since it is out of warranty he suggested I take it to a body shop. The fellow at the body shop informed me he has seen quite a few door hinge failures. He even had a cherokee in the shop with the same problem. He also said the seat failure is not uncommon. I feel these are safety issues and the manufacturer should at least reimburse part of the cost of repair, if not fix it at no charge. The seat in particular is dangerous because if the other side breaks, I'll be laying down trying to drive!
Dealership said they would take photo and refer to oem, contacted local garage per dealership reference to repair and garage said they have fix 3-4 of this type failure. The door would fall off if not fixed.
Since purchase of vehicle, consumer has replaced brake rotors on numerous occasions, consumer was told by dealer that vehicle is rusted underbody which can cause brake problems, dealer sprayed underbody with coating, but brake problems still occur.
Top hinge on driver's door broke, door was hanging by bottom hinge.
While closing door noticed that door was unattached from frame or body of vehicle, causing door to hang off, unable to close. *ak hinge became loose without any knowledge and soon became completely unattached from the frame, consumer had to manually lift door into latch and lock it to close the door, chrysler claimed no responsibility, consumer heard from other repair shops that this was a frequent problem.
Driver's side door top hinge separated from vehicle. Spot weld came apart, and only thing that held door were the screws. But bottom hinge kept door up. Defect may have caused entire door to separate from vehicle without prior warning.
Flooding water is entering driver's side of vehicle. Also, ice is forming on inside of windshield. Consumer has contacted dealer. *ak all 4 goodyear wrangler tires with less than 13000 miles had to be replaced. Consumer states that the service manager will not return the calls concerning making an appointment to have vehicle fixed, dealer is requesting that consumer pay for all repairs, labor, and parts.
The top hinge weld broke away from door frame!
Consumer's door panels on all 4 doors are peeling. Manufacturer will not assist consumer financially. Cost to repair is approximately $500.
The tack weld that holds the hinge side of the door to frame of the jeep, over time became looser and looser. I realized the door didn't seem to fit as tightly, but I didn't appreciate how much it corroded until it collapsed, totally separating that section from the body of the car. The covered hinge is still holding the door in place, but without the uncovered hinge bracing the door, the door closes, but during driving-gusts of wind can separate the top of the door framing the window from the car.
Air conditioner evaporator failed.
In november of 1998, the door hinges were repaired under warranty, now the pin within the door has failed, causing the driver's door to completely separate from the hinge.
Driver's door hinges which were welded to frame broke off, causing door to fall off. Please provide further information.
Driver's door was coming off from broken weld. Dealer was not contacted at this time.
Panels on the inside of the door kept coming apart. Each time door was opened the panels came down, causing the foam to be exposed. Child pulled foam out & stuffed it in his mouth. Front panels on the doors were repaired. However, rear doors panels are currently having the same problem as the front. Contacted manufacturer & informed consumer nothing could be done, but knew of problem.
Rain water leaks in under dash on driver's side soaking floorboard. Feet become wet making brake and gas pedals slippery. Dealer attempted to fix two times under warranty, but dealer and chrysler corp. Refuse to fix problem now the vehicle is not under warranty. The leak is most severe when vehicle is parked during heavy rain.
Left and right door arm rest brackets need to be metal rather than plastic inorder to stand pressure. Yh
Defective paint. Paint has "spyder" cracks on 100% of the engine hood and on 25% of the remainder of the vehicle. These cracks have increased in number and size since purchase of vehicle.
Water leaking in by the back tail light on drivers side and also in the front floor on drivers side
Rear suspension experiences extreme vibration.
Vehicle grinds while traveling between 40 and 55 MPH, even when shifted to neutral. Owner is concerned about the transmission. The consumer also stated the hydraulic struts failed on the rear hatch. Updaed 02/13/06.
The hydraulic cylinders to the rear door broke and the door collapsed on the naney's back, causing injury to her back. Dealer has not seen.
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