1997 JEEP CHEROKEE Fuel System, Other Problems

FUEL GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF INACCURACY. A RECALL 97V194000 WAS ISSUED FOR THE FUEL SENDING UNITS, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 82,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.*AK

THE FUEL GAUGE READS OUT FALSE SIGNAL IF THE VEHICLE HAS A HALF OF TANK OR 3/4 OF TANK, WHILE TURNING LEFT VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER. *AK

AFTER RECALL REPAIRS 97V194002 ON FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT HAS BEEN PERFORMED CONSUMER WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. TS. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD RUN OUT OF GASOLINE WHILE GAS GAUGE INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 97V194002 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIOIN / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD RUN OUT OF GASOLINE WHILE GAS GAUGE INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 97V194002 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIOIN / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE GAS GAUGE IN THE VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE, THE GAUGE WILL READ THAT THE FUEL TANK IS FULL BUT THEN THE CONSUMER RUNS OUT OF GAS. *AK *YH

IN FEBRUARY OF 1998 WE RECEIVED A LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 19, 1998. THE LETTER DESCRIBED A POSSIBILITY OF AN INACCURATE FUEL GUAGE DUE TO A FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD TO WAIT FOR NOTIFICATION FROM THE FACTORY. NOTIFICATION NEVER CAME. WE CHECKED ON OTHER OCCASIONS BY PHONE OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE. WE WERE TOLD NOTHING. ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONE RECENTLY OUR VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FOR A NO START CONDITION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED IT WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF FUEL (ON BOTH OCCASIONS). WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RECTIFIED AND WAS TOLD OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # (97V194000). WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WERE TOLD IN SO MANY WORDS "SORRY WE CAN NOT HELP". I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE RECEIVED THE LETTER IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND SECONDLY WHY THE VEHICLE WOULD BE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE LETTER AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE RECALL BULLETIN SAYS IT WILL DO.*AK

THE VEHICLES GAS GUAGE IS INACURATE AND SHOWS MORE FUEL THAN ACTUALLY IN TANK. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER RECALLS FOR THE FUEL SENDING UNIT FOR THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER CHRYSLER SAYS MY MANUFACTURE DATE DON' T FALL IN THE RECALLS TIME FRAME. *AK

MY 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE GAS GUAGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.WHEN IT GETS TO A QUARTER OF A TANK YOUR REALLY ON EMPTY.I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN 3 RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM,HOWEVER ACCORDING TO MY CHRYSLER DEALER MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THESE RECALLS. *AK

FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR INDICATES SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FUEL IN RESERVE THAN IS ACTUALLY PRESENT. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

FUEL TANK WILL REGISTER A HALF OF TANK AND LIGHT UP LIKE THERE WAS NO GASOLINE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

RECALL 97V194000. THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED. FUEL TANK MOUNTED FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT ACCURACY CAN DEGRADE OVER TIME, INDICATING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FUEL IN RESERVE THAN ACTUALLY IS PRESENT.*AK *JB

ORIGINAL GAS GAUGE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. REPLACEMENT HAS NOW FAILED AND DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE REPLACEMENT PART TO THE DEFECTIVE ORGINAL PART.

GAS GUAGE WOULD BECOME STUCK IN ONE POSITION WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION, NOT ALLOWING CORRECT LEVEL OF FUEL TO BE SHOWN. CONSUMER WAS LEFT STRANDED TWICE, IN APRIL AND JULY OF 2000. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF VEHICLE WAS A PART OF RECALL 97V194002. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS PRODUCED ONE MONTH AFTER RECALL ENDED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ENGINE DIES WHEN MAKING A TURN WITH A 1/4 TANK OF GAS OR LESS. ENGINE WILL RUN AS LONG AS YOU DRIVE WITHOUT MAKING ANY SHARP TURNS. HAVE NOT RUN OUT OF GAS EVEN WHEN THE GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY AS LONG AS YOU DRIVE STRAIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER TO CHECK FOR ANY RECALLS( SPIRIT CHRYSLER AND JEEP). THE RESPONSE WAS , A RECALL ON DEFECTIVE FUEL GAUGE ONLY AND WOULD NOT COVER MY PROBLEM. ALSO THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IT IS A WEAK FUEL PUMP AND IT WOULD COST $495.00 TO REPLACE. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT MOST OWNERS NEVER LET THEIR GAUGE GO BELOW 1/2 BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM . I DON'T BELIEVE A WEAK FUEL PUMP WOULD CAUSE THIS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FUEL PICKUP IS LOSING PRIME BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BAFFLES IN THE TANK TO KEEP THE FUEL FROM MOVING. THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM MY DAUGHTER AND SHE ADVISED ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE LAST 30000 MILES. BEEN. *AK

WHILE FILLING UP GAS TANK UP TO FULL CAPACITY, GAS GAUGE GAVE WRONG READING, INDICATING TANK WAS EMPTY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILED, RECALL WORK PERFORMED HOWEVER CONTINUES TO FAIL AFTER TWO REPLACEMENTS.

GAS GAUGE FAILED.

RECALL WORK ON THE GAS GAUGE FAILED, CONSUMER WENT IN A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES FOR THE RECALL WORK TO BE COMPLETED PROPERLY.

FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

FUEL INDICATOR FAILURE.

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR RECALL NO. 97V194002, CONCERNING THE GAS GAUGE SENDING UNIT. DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM, BUT IT RETURNED. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED THAT THE TRUCK HAD A HALF OF A TANK OF GAS WHEN THE TRUCK STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARTS TO FIX TRUCK. RECALL #97V194. *AK

FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

HAD CALLED DEALERSHIP AFTER RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE #97V194002, FUEL SENDING UNIT. DEALERSHIP HAD NO PARTS, AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE. WOULD CONTACT OWNER WHEN PARTS COME IN. ALSO, GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSED VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS TWICE. *AK

VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF GAS WHEN GAS GAUGE SHOWS IT STILL HAS GASOLINE. HAS VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP NOW. (97V1940002). *AK *SLC

WHEN TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY UPON AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING DUE TO GAS GAUGE INDICATOR WHICH SHOWED MORE FUEL THAN ACTUALLY PRESENT. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER REPLACED PARTS. *AK

GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED; FAILED TO INDICATE THAT VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN A QUARTER TANK OF GAS WAS EMPTY OF GAS WHILE THE GAS GAUGE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH GAS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE READ THAT THERE WAS GAS IN VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS. DEALER REPLACED GAUGE. *AK

GAS GAUGE DOESN'T REGISTER AND THE TRUCK RAN OUT OF GAS. IT APPEARS ON THE GAUGE TO BE MORE GAS IN THE TRUCK THAN WHAT REALLY IN THE TRUCK. IT APPEARS THAT REPLACEMENT PART IS ALSO FAILING. *AK

FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT FAILURE.

DP97003, FAULTY GAS GAUGE INDICATOR; GAS GAUGE SHOWED 1/8 OF A TANK WHEN THE TANK WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY, CAUSING OWNER TO RUN OUT OF GAS ON HIGHWAY. NEXT TIME GAS INDICATOR SHOWED 3/8 OF A TANK WHEN IN FACT IT WAS EMPTY. THIS HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 28, 1997. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *SLC

FUEL LEVEL TANK SENSOR (SENDER) UNIT FAILED RESULTING IN GAUGE FAILURE.

WHEN TRAVELING ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF DUE THE FAULTY GAS INDICATOR WHICH READS THE VEHICLE HAS FUEL, DA97-003. DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE ANY PARTS. *AK

FUEL TANK: FAULTY GAS GAUGE. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE JUST DIED IN THE FAST LANE WITH NO WARNING . THERE WAS NO GAS IN THE VEHICLE, IT WAS READING BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 TANK. *AK

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO RUN OUT OF GAS BECAUSE OF GAS GAUGE FAILURE. *AK

DRIVING 65MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE & STALLED ON HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE & HAD COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. NOTICED GAUGE SHOWING 1/4 TANK OF GAS. TOW DRIVER SAID VEHICLE WAS OUT OF GAS. *AK *SLC

FUEL GAUGE FAILED.

GAS GAUGE FAILED, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS.

FUEL GAUGE FAILED, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS.

FUEL GAUGE FAILED, REGISTERS 1/3 FUEL WHEN IT IS EMPTY.

THAT THE GAS GAUGE INDICATOR INACCURATELY READS THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CUT OFF. *AK *JB

GAS GAUGE INACCURATELY READS THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND CUT OFF. *AK

FUEL: DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY APPROXIAMTELY 55MPH AND VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN , PRESSED FOOT HARDER ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN FINALLY GOT TO CURB. HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND WAS TOLD THE GAS GAUGE WAS BROKEN AND WAS OUT OF GAS. *AK

DP97-003; DEFECTIVE GAS GAUGE INDICATOR CAN MAKE IT APPEAR THAT THE GAS TANK HAS MORE GAS THAN ACTUALLY IS IN THE TANK, WHICH CAN CAUSE A ACCIDENT IF THE VEHICLE WAS TO STALL. *AK

CONSUMER EXPRIENCED FALSE INDICATIONS OF GAS GAUGE TWICE. SHE PURCHASED VEHICLE JANUARY 1997, AND ON AUG. 19-97, SHE RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN INDICATOR SHOWED APPROXIMATELY ONE-EIGHTH FULL. AGAIN ON AUG. 25/97, THE INDICATOR SHOWED ONE-FOURTH FULL. THE JEEP SHUT DOWN ON FREEWAY. CONSUMER WAITED 15 MINUTES JEEP STARTED, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT DOWN AGAIN. THEY PUT 2-5DOLLARS OF GAS IN JEEP, DROVE TO GAS STATION. JEEP TOOK ONLY $10.00 OF GAS AND STARTED TO SPILL OUT OF TANK. THE INDICATOR SHOWED HALF-FULL. THE NEXT DAY SHE DROVE TO GAS STATION, TANK TOOK $25.00 MORE AND INDICATOR SHOWED FULL. *AK *SLC

THE DEFECTIVE SENSOR IN THE FUEL TANK CAUSED TO HAVE A FAULTY GAS GAUGE INDICTOR TO APPEAR. THE GAS TANK HAS MORE GAS THAN IS ACTUALLY IN THE TANK, RESULTING IN STALLING ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE REGISTERS A QUARTER FULL, AND THE COMPUTER REGISTERS THAT THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 63 MILES LEFT BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF GAS. THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

WHEN GAS GAUGE REGISTERS A QUARTER OF FUEL LEFT, THE TANK IS ACTUALLY EMPTY AND TRUCK RUNS OUT OF GAS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T READ THE FUEL LEVEL IN THE CAR. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 35MPH WHEN IT RAN OUT OF GAS. GAS GAUGE HAD SHOWN 1/4 TANK OF GAS WHEN IT HAPPENED.*AK

DRIVING VEHICLE 60MPH WHEN IT RAN OUT OF GAS; GAS GAUGE INDCATES STILL HAD OVER 1/4 TANK; NO WARNING LIGHT APPEARED OR ANYTHING TO INDICATE LOW ON GAS; CALLED DEALER & INFORMED KNEW WHAT PROBLEM WAS. DEALER SAID WILL REPAIR GAS GAUGE PROBLEM.