1995 JEEP CHEROKEE Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD A DELAYED DEPLOYMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SOME BROKEN RIBS AND INJURIES TO THE NECK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 99V340000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND 95V057000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 294,000. UPDATED 08/02/16*LJ

Mileage: 294,000

DT: THE CONTACT NOTICED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 A CUSTOMER BROUGHT IN A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE ROTORS CAME APART IN TWO PIECES WHICH WAS NOT DUE TO WEAR. THE CONTACT WAS AN AUTOMOBILE TECHNICIAN FOR THIRTY YEARS. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR NOISE PRIOR. PUT BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING ONE COULD SEE HAPPENING. . THE METAL WAS SO THIN THAT AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME IT JUST CAME APART AND WAS JUST FROM NORMAL BRAKING. WHEN IT CAME APART APART IT PUT ALL OF THE PRESSURE ON THE OTHER BRAKE WHICH WASON ONE BRAKE. THIS WILL CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK AND COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FLIP. *SC. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, BUT REAR BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP. *AK

Mileage: 109,597

THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDETN. (NHTSA # 99V340000) *SCC *DT

WHEN OWNER MADE ATTEMPT TO APPLY BRAKES HEARD A THUMP, THEN A GRINDING SOUND. FRONT SETS OF BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS ALONG WITH ADJUSTING BRAKES WERE DONE. WITHIN SIX MONTHS, SAME REPLACEMENT WAS REPAIRED FOR THE REAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR MANUFACTURES RECALL 747 REPAIRS. CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER A YEAR LATER, FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS TO REPLACE ROTORS, CONSUMER WAS GETTING A PULSATING NOISE, AND WHENEVER PUTTING ON BRAKES WOULD HEAR A LOUD BANG. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER THINKS CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HEAVILY FINED FOR SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN (98V-005), CONSUMER STATES THAT MOST VEHICLE HAS ALREADY HAD THEIR BRAKES SERVICED. *CJ

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION 99V-340, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

IN APRIL 2000 MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TRIBORO IN RESPONSE TO THE RECALL THAT CALLED FOR THE ROTORS TO BE REPLACED. IN SEPTEMBER 2000 I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO TRIBORO A UNRELATED REPAIR AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. UPON RETURNING HOME WE REALIZED THAT THE ROTORS WERE "ALLEDGEDLY NEW" HOWEVER A BRAKE REPAIR SHOP RELATED THAT THE ROTORS APPEAR TO BE OLD AND NOT THE NEW COATED ROTORS REQUIRED UNDER THE RECALL. UPON CONTACT WITH TRIBORO AND HAVING THEM CHECK THEIR COMPUTER TO CONFIRM THE "NEW ROTORS" WE WERE TOLD THAT WE PROBABLY WORE THEM OUT WITH BAD PADS. WE TRYED TO REASON WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF NEW ROTORS NEEDING REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 10,000 MILES, BUT THEY WERE UN YIELDING. IN CONTACTING THE CHYSLER CORPORATION RECALL DIVISION, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND GET A ESTIMATE ON THE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES AND THE CONDITION OF THE ROTORS, AT OUR EXPENSE. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED NOW ABOUT HAVING TO PUT OUT MONEY TO CONFIRM THAT THE RECALL REPLACEMENT WAS NOT PERFORMED. IN CONTACT WITH OUR LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE HAS INFORMED US THAT IT IS BEST TO CONTACT THIS OFFICE AND THAT THE NECESSARY ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN TO CORRECT THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ANTICIPATED COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.*AK

BROUGHT JEEP INTO LAWLESS FOR RECALL THEY SAID THE ROTORS WERE OK ON AUG 28,2000.AFTER 2 WEEKS AND 400 MILES THE FRONT LEFT ROTOR SPLIT DURING A STOP AT INTERSECTION WHICH MADE VEHICLE NOT STOP. LUCKILY FOR MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER THE OTHER CAR WAS ABLE TO STOP.THE MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED ROTORS 2 WEEKS PRIOR SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER NOTICED PULSTATION IN BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING POOR BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL AND REAR BRAKES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

RECALL99V340000, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; RECEIVED RECALL IN DECEMBER, ABLE TO FINALLY GET AN APPOINTMENT IN AUGUST 9, 2000. WENT TO DEALER @ LUCHETTI JEEP, WYOMING AVENUE, WEST PITTSON, PA, 570-655-1433, AND LET TWO PERSONS IN FRONT OF HIM AT 8:00AM. GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, AND DEALER DID NOT REMEDY RECALL, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION AND IS HAVING TROUBLE RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. (99V-340) *MJS

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 99V340000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 747. DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN JANUARY. CONSUMER NOTED THE LAST CONTACT WITH THAT DEALER WAS IN NOVEMBER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES, FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES BECAUSE ROTORS HAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, NO INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES, FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES BECAUSE ROTORS HAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, NO INJURIES. *AK

STRUCTURE, DOOR : BOTH DOORS HAVE CRACKED WELDS WHERE TOP & BOTTOM HINGES ATTACH TO CHASSIS. ENGINE : BOLTS ATTACHING RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS TO ENGINE SHEARED OFF (DEALER IMPLIED FACTORY SUPPORT, DEMANDED PAYMENT AFTER WORK COMPLETED). BRAKES DISC : BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED OUT WELL BEFORE 3 YEAR, 36,000 WARRANTY, DEALER DENIED COVERAGE. BRAKE ROTORS LATER SUBJECT TO INSPECTION & REPLACE AS NEEDED RECALL, EXCEPT OWNER REPAIRS PRIOR TO RECALL NOT COVERED! *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION, REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. (99V-340) *MJS

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-340. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (99V-340). *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, HOWEVER DENIED REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO FAILURE PROBLEM. *MJS

BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPOSITION BECAUSE IT WAS RUBBING STEERING SHAFT. NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL (99V-340) FOR BRAKE ROTORS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DUROCHER JEEP EAGLE DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER RECEIVED INVOICE SAYING WORK WAS DONE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC TO HAVE NEW PADS PUT ON, AND THEY POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS CRACKING AROUND THE HUB. CONSUMER CALLED JEEP MANUFACTURER TO COMPLAIN, AND WAS TOLD TO TALK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER & IF THAT DIDN'T WORK, TO CALL THE OWNER OF THE DUROCHER DEALERSHIP. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS NOT INCLUDED IN CAMPAIGNID#99V340000. I JUST HAD TO HAVE MY ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED AT ONLY 54,000MILES BECAUSE OF RUST DAMAGE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, DAMAGE TO OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS DUE TO DEFECT, OWNER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. (99V-340) *MJS

CONSUMER VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN SELECTIVE RECALL FOR THE DISC BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CONSIDERD DELEWARE TO BE A PART OF THE SALT BELT, 99V-340. *ET

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, DUE TO RUST. (99V-340) *MJS

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FOUND TO BE CORRODED BUT NOT WORN, IMHO NOT SAFE TO REUSE. MINNESOTA NOT CONSIDERED IN THE RUST BELT TO BE COVERED UNDER CURRENT RECALL, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA ARE DRIVING AROUND ON CORRODED FRONT ROTORS LIKE I FOUND ON MY JEEP AND ARE NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THE DANGER. *AK

FRONT BRAKE FAILED. YH

PRIOR TO RECALL FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED (99V-340). YH

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, RUSTED ROTORS SEPARATED FROM THE HUB (99V-34). YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. (99V-340) *MJS

I HAVE BEEN HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END, TRIED NUMEROUS CURES, AND AM STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT END WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE, WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO 30-35MPH, IT WILL GO AWAY. IT IS NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM, BUT WILL HAPPEN AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. I HAVE REPLACED FRONT ROTORS DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, HAD AN INDEPENDENT CHANGE THIS TIME. NOW AM EXPERIENCING A CONSTANT NOISE FROM FRONT END. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING RUST ON BOTH REAR ROTORS. MANUFACTURER CONTRACTED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT (99V-340). *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEAR ACCIDENT. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-340), ADDITIONAL REPAIR OF THE PADS DUE TO FAILURE. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-340), ADDITIONAL REPAIR OF THE PADS DUE TO FAILURE. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS. MJS

WHEN TRAVELING 35 MPH & UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL RIGHT FRONT ROTORS BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

THE FRONT ROTORS BROKE JAMMING THE FRONT WHEEL AND CAUSING THE DRIVER TO VEER OFF THE ROAD. YH

I ACQUIRED THIS VEHICLE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT HAD 4-WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. A FEW WEEKS AGO, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I HAD TO PERFORM A "HARD BRAKE" TO AVOID HITTING THREE DEER. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, I HAD "HARD PEDAL" BUT VIRTUALLY NO BRAKES! I NARROWLY AVOIDED ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND LIMPED INTO MY DRIVEWAY. NOONE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW I COULD HAVE HARD PEDAL WITHOUT BRAKES. (ALL RELAYS PROVED TO BE OKAY.) I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL TIRE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY COULD DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY WERE ASTONISHED TO FIND THAT BOTH ROTORS HAD SEPARATED FROM THEIR HUBS AS THE RESULT OF THE HARD BRAKE. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE A DEFECT IN THE METAL AND ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER, COOPER MOTORS, IN STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT COOPER MOTORS WAS SO ASTONISHED TO SEE THE SEPARATED PARTS, THAT HE CALLED ALL THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS TO THE COUNTER TO SEE THE PARTS. HOWEVER, MOST OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE ON A ROUTINE BASIS. IF JEEP ROTOR ARE SEPARATING FROM THEIR HUBS AND CAUSINIG ACCIDENTS, WHO WOULD KNOW? IF IT WERE DISCOVERED DURING A CRASH INVESTIGATION, IT WOULD BE ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE ACCIDENT, WHILE, IN FACT IT MAY ACTUALLY BE THE CAUSE! JEEP'S COMMENTS WERE TO ADVISE ME THAT ROTORS WERE ONLY WARRANTEED TO 10,000 MILES; NO MENTION THAT ONE SHOULD EXPECT ROTORS TO DIS-ATTACH!

WHILE DRIVING DISC BRAKES SEPARATED FROM THE HUB ON THE ROTOR, CAUSING A LOSS OF THE BRAKES. THIS HAPPEN EDON BOTH OF THE FRONT WHEELS, BUT AT SEPARATE TIMES. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL AT A FAIRLY SLOW SPEED AND TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THEY SUDDENLY FAILED. BOTH FRONT ROTORS BROKE. *AK *ML

WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT VEHICLE'S LEFT FRONT WHEEL ROTOR CRACKED,SPLIT IN TWO. DEALER NOTIFIED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE 1994 & 1989 VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR ROTORS. *AK

FRONT ROTOR SEPARATED FROM THE DRUM, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO MALFUNCTION. THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR WHILE TRAVLEING AT 30MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER SLIDING ABOUT 20FT. AFTER APPLYING BRAKES, THEY PULLED TO THE LEFT BUT STILL WORKED. *AK

BRAKE ROTOR DISC SEPARATED.

ROTORS HAD WARPED BADLY. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHANGE. DEALER CALLED MANUFACTURER & WAS TOLD WAS THE WAY VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY OWNER THAT CAUSED THE ROTORS TO WARP. *AK

BRAKES LOCK UP AT RANDOM.

BRAKES FAILED.

PREMATURE WEAR OF FRON TBRAKE PADS. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS PITTED/NOISY.

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

ACCIDENT DUE TO FAILURE OF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.

VEHICLES FRONT DISC ROTORS ARE FLAKING PIECES OF METAL OFF AND WARPING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND SEVERE FRONT END VIBRATION. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN VEHICLE GOES OFF ROAD.

VEHICLE'S ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 25,000 DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR.THIS WAS CAUSING A JITTERY EFFECT WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *AK*JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND BRAKES .*AK *JB

ON SOME OCCASION WHEN BRAKING, THE JEEP PULL TO THE LEFT. *AK

ON SOME OCCASION WHEN BRAKING, THE JEEP PULL TO THE LEFT. *AK

ATTEMPTED TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TT

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

BRAKES FAILED.

HAND BRAKE HANDLE THUMB RELEASE BUTTON FAILED. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN COMING TO A STOP, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACE. TT

BRAKES FAILED DURING PANIC STOP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURIES. *SKD

EXPERIENCE TOTALLED BRAKE FAILURE, DUE TO CONTAMINATED IN BRAKE FLUID, POSSIBLE FILLED BRAKE FLUID RESERVIOR WITH POWER STEERING FLUID. TT

TEVES MARK IV DESIGN; ABS BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS W/POOR RESPONSE TO PEDAL TRAVEL. TT

ABS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. *AK

DEFECTIVE BRAKES CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL TO LEFT WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. (2ND VEHICLE ON 482368) *AW

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE COMPLETE LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS WHILE DRIVING, IN FOR REPAIR DEFECT MASTER CYLINDER AND VACUUM BOOSTER SEALS. TT

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE COMPLETE LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS WHILE DRIVING, IN FOR REPAIR DEFECT MASTER CYLINDER AND VACUUM BOOSTER SEALS. TT

APPLIED THE BRAKE AND IT SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

WHILE IDLING AT STOP, GOT BACK IN VEHICLE AND PUT FOOT ON BRAKES FAILED AND VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. TT

BRAKES DID NOT HOLD VEHICLE BACK FROM HITTING BUILDING. *AK