1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

IN JUNE 2013 A SAFETY RECALL NUMBER N45/NHTSA 13V-252 WAS MADE FOR MY VEHICLE. I GOT NOTICE THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. IT IS NOW MARCH 2014, 9 MONTHS SINCE THE SAFETY RECALL AND I HAVE YET TO HAVE THE CORRECTION ON MY VEHICLE MADE! HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THE PARTS THEY NEW? HOW LONG CAN THEY DRAG THEIR FEET AT THE POSSIBLE EXPENSE OF SOMEONE'S LIFE? *TR

I JUST FOUND OUT I HAVE A CRACKED MANIFOLD, MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS BROKEN PUT A NEW PART IN IT AND NOW THAT IS BROKEN,I HAVE ALSO HAD TO PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN IT WITH ONLY 148,000.00 MILES. IN 2006 I HAD TO FIX THE GAS TANK BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN TOO. IS THIS NOT A RECALL PROBLEM????? ANY OF THESE, I HAVE HAD THE JEEP SINCE 2000 AND I BOUGHT IT WHEN IT HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT. PLEASE HELP BECAUSE THIS IS 2012 AND I ONLY HAVE 156,000 MILES ON IT NOW. THANK YOU. *JS

Mileage: 156,000

STANDARD JEEP CHEROKEE (HAD BEEN MAINTAINED BY US GVT. UNTIL I BOUGHT) HESITATES OR STALLS WHEN TURNING WHEN GAS TANK BELOW 25-35% . IS HAZARDOUS AND HAVE NEARLY BEEN REARENDED A FEW TIMES, FROM 2003 THRU 2009. CHRYSLER SAYS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FUEL FILTER/PUMP 'SOCK'--BUT NO ASSISTANCE IN THE 500$ PLUS POTENTIAL REPAIR COSTS. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SAFETY PROBLEM I HAVE EVER HEARD OF IN A MODERN CAR AND IT'S RAMPANT AMONG CHEROKEE OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

1998 JEEP CHEROKEE SE HAS HAD A FUEL PUMP REPLACED (5 YEARS AGO) BEFORE THE RECALL OF SAME AND NOW THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE HAS TO BE REPLACED (BOTH TIMES AT A COST OF $1000+ WHICH IS EXCESSIVE AND REALLY MADDENING. *JB

Mileage: 175,000

1998 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED 4.0 - WHEN TURNING LEFT AND THE FUEL LEVEL IS BELOW APROX 1/3 FULL THE ENGINE STALLS AND STOPS RUNNING. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC. I AM AWARE THAT MANY JEEP OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH LEADS TO A CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

ENGINE COMPLETELY DIES WHILE NEGOTIATING SHARP LEFT OR LEFT U-TURN WHEN FUEL GAUGE READS .25 TANK OR LESS REMAINING. *NLM

Mileage: 159,000

WHEN THE GAS GAUGE WAS AT A QUARTER TANK, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *JB

THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T SHOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE MOST OF THE TIME. THE GAUGE FLOATS BACK AND FORTH FROM EMPTY TO HALF EMPTY, OR DOESN'T REGISTER THE PROPER AMOUNT WHEN I PUT GAS IN THE TANK. *NLM

THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO START IT, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE GAS TANK WHICH HAD DISINTEGRATED AND CLOGGED UP THE FUEL LINES.*JB

Mileage: 46,000

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF RECALL 97V194002 (FUEL SENDING UNIT) BUT THE DEALER WILL NO REPAIR THE VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. *NLM

GAS TANK HAS A HOLE ON TOP OF TANK AND IS LEAKING GASOLINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH SPEED, AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

FUEL TANK BEGAN TO SPONTANEOUSLY LEAK FROM THE TOP WHEN FILLING THE TANK COMPLETELY FULL. DEALERSHIP REMOVED TANK, INSPECTED, AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE OR WEAR AND HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE LEAK. JUST AS WITH COMPLAINT ODI ID: 755138, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY SPECULATE THAT THE TANK MAY BE DEFORMING UNDER LOAD (I.E., A FULL TANK OF FUEL) CAUSING THE LEAK. IF TRUE, THIS WOULD SUGGEST STRUCTURAL FAILURE OR MATERIAL DEFECT OF THE TANK AS SUGGESTED IN ODI ID: 755138. IN SUMMARY, THE PROBLEM IS ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL TO ODI ID: 826441.*AK

FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS INACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND A NEW FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS INSTALLED.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN STARTING AND STOPPING, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *JB

FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS INACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND A NEW FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS INSTALLED.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN STARTING AND STOPPING, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *JB

WHILE IN MOTION CONSUMERS VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED. TEH VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS BAD. AT THAT TIME IT WAS CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS FINE UNTIL AROUND 55000 MILES. AT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED MISFIRING AND HESITATING AT LOW FUEL LEVELS, BUT ONLY WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. NOW THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED. WHEN TURNING LEFT WITH LOW FUEL, THE VEHICLE NOW STOPS RUNNING. CONSUMER IS FORCED TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP CHANGED AGAIN. *JG

WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, A SEVERE FUEL ODOR/FUMES ARE GETTING INTO VEHICLE. THE GAS TANK SEAL AT THE TOP DOES NOT SEEM TO SEAL PROPERLY. CHRYSLER WAS NOTIFIED. *JG *AK

I HAD PURCHASED A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE NEW FROM THE DEALER. SEVERAL TIMES I BROUGHT IT IN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD CUT OUT, STALL AND BECOME SLUGGISH. THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM, OR IN SOME CASES THEY JUST STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. OF COURSE AFTER THE WARRANTEE RAN OUT BY TIME AND MILES THE CAR WENT DEAD ON ME AND I WAS ADVISED THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK IS DESIGN SUCH THAT IT DETERIORATES AND PLUGS THE FUEL PUMP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I LEARNED THIS THROUGH PARTS SUPPLIERS WHO WERE UNWILLING TO GIVE A GUARRANTEE ON THEIR PUMPS KNOWING THE TANK WOULD CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AND PLUG THE PUMP. THE DEALER TOLD ME HE WANTED OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE TANK BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION. HE REFUSED TO REPLACE ONLY THE FUEL PUMP AND TOLD ME THE TANK WAS DEFECTIVE. OF COURSE THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION REFUSED TO WARRANTEE THE PRODUCT AFTER THE TIME AND MILES WERE UP. MY QUESTION IS THIS: IF THE FUEL TANK IS DETERIORATING BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FAULT IS THAT A SAFETY PROBLEM. I MYSELF HAVING A LIMITED MECHANICAL BACKGROUD WOULD THINK SO. THESE TANKS ARE DETERIORATING IN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES AND CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DOUBT A FUEL TANK IS A CRITICAL PART OF A VEHICLE, AND I DON'T THINK JEEP IS GOING TO CON THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS INTO CHANGING THEIR FUEL TANKS. AT THIS TIME I NEED A VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND I AM GOING TO REPLACE MY FUEL PUMP NOT THE TANK. HOWEVER IF THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHY ISN'T JEEP VOLUNTARILY TAKING CARE OF IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. BRENDAN FINNERTY

AS I HAVE REPORTED, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I DO NOT FEEL IT IS A SAFE CAR. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN RECALLED TWICE, FOR FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND DEFECTIVE AIR BAG MODULE, (REPLACED AND MOVED FROM UNDER THE PASSANGER SEAT FRONT TO UNDER THE CONSOLE). I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. WITH THIS SAME INFORMATION AND MY FEELINGS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AND AM AWAITING A REPLY. I DO NOT EXPECT ANY MONETARY OR NEW VEHICLE ETC., I'M JUST REPORTING THE SAFETY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE TO ANY AND ALL AGENCIES TO HAVE SOMETHING ON RECORD. I WISH TO STATE ALSO THAT THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM HAVE BEEN VERY ACCOMODATING AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THEM AT ANY TIME.*AK

RAN OUT OF FUEL, GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK, NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLISION ON INTERSTATE IN 65 MPH TRAFFIC, THIRD FAILURE; ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN DASHBOARD GUAGES GO BLANK WHILE DRIVING. *AK

THE CAR DIES EVERY TIME A LEFT TURN IS MADE, EVEN WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS 1/4 FULL. IT IS IN MY OPINION THAT THE MANUFATURER SHOULD HAVE PLACED THE FUEL PICKUP IN THE CENTER OF THE TANK TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF POWER DURING A TURN. IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER DURING AN EVASIVE MANUVER, THEREBY LOSING BOTH BRAKING AND STEERING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE, THE MANUFATURER HAS INSTALLED THE FUEL PUMP IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE AFTERMARKET CANNOT MAKE A REPLACEMENT PART. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WILL ONLY RUN PROPERLY ON PREMIUM UNLEADED GAS, OTHERWISE POOR PERFORMANCE. *SLC

FUEL GUAGE READS THAT TANK HAS A QUARTER OF GAS WHEN IT WAS ON EMPTY. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO RUN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT NOTICE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

FUEL LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN VEHICLE NEEDS GAS, RUNS OUT OF GAS AT A QUARTER TANK. *AK THE FUEL WARNING LIGHT FAILED WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING. *YH

GAS TANK LEAKING GAS. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE OUT & THEY FOUND THAT HOSE GOING INTO THE SPOUT CAME APART ON THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK. DEALER SAID IT COULD BE A DEFECT, BUT MANUFACTURER WAS NOT STANDING BEHIND THE PRODUCT.*AK

GAS GAUGE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *MJS

WHEN I CALLED A JEEP DEALER TO REPORT THAT MY 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE HAD JUST STOPPED RUNNING ON A VERY BUSY STREET, HE SAID RIGHT AWAY THAT MY FUEL SENDING UNIT MUST HAVE FAILED AND THAT, ALTHOUGH MY GAS GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK OF GAS REMAINING, I WAS OUT OF GAS. HE WAS SO ADAMENT ABOUT THIS THAT HE MUST HAVE SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER 1998 CHEROKEES. I HAVE ALSO HEARD OF OTHER 1998 CHEROKEES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SINCE CROWN CHRYSLER (NOT THE SELLING DEALER) REPLACED THE FUEL SENDING UNIT, MY GAS GAUGE NOW DROPS FROM 1/2 TO EMPTY AND I'M WORRIED ENOUGH TO DRIVE RIGHT TO A SERVICE STATION. THE GAUGE IS APPARENTLY STILL DEFECTIVE, AS FILLING UP THE TANK AT THESE TIMES REQUIRES ONLY 8 GALLONS. I'M A SINGLE WOMAN WHO HAS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH A GAS GAUGE I CAN'T TRUST.

FUEL SYSTEM FAILED. MJS

GAS GAUGE FAILED. YH

ON HOT DAYS THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE, CAUSING LININGS TO SMOKE. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON, THE COMPRESSOR KICKS IN AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON. WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, THE FILLER PIPE MAKES A SLURPING SOUND, CAUSING THE GASOLINE TO SLUSH BACK AND FORTH IN THE GAS TANK.

CONSUMER CAN ONLY PUT $15.00 OF GAS IN A 20 GALLON TANK ANY MORE IT WILL LEAK OUT OF THE BACK UNDERNEATH THE JEEP. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FUEL GAUGE FAILED.

FUEL FILLER NECK BROKE.