1995 JEEP CHEROKEE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE ON MARCH 3, 2009, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LANDED IN A DITCH AT LESS THAN 40 MPH. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN, WHICH CAUSED THE HEAD GASKET TO FAIL. THE DEALER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 180,000.

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

THE VEHICLES OIL CHANGE GAUGE WAS INOPERATIVE. *NLM

RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME - THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE . NOTICED THAT ENGINE MOUNTS HAD BROKEN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK ALL THREE MOTOR MOUNTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE LOOSE. THEY HAD SHEARED. THE MECHANICAL FAN BLADE HAD MOVED FORWARD AND TORE THE SHROUD IN HALF AND WAS AT THE RADIATOR SURFACE. WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE MOTOR ROSE 10 - 12 INCHES. CONSUMER HAS THE BOLTS AND WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE TESTED FOR METAL FATIGUE. *JG

MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS KEEP SHEARING PREMATURELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING MOTOR MOUNTS/ BOLTS BROKE , ENGINE SHIFTED TO ONE SIDE, CAUSING DRIVER TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE NOW HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR MOUNTS ON MY 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE 3 TIMES IN 4 YEARS. EACH TIME I WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 40 MPH AND ON PAVED ROADS IN GOOD CONDITION. FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED AT THIS POINT, BUT THE POSSIBLILTY IS THERE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE NHTSA SITE WHICH CONTAINS MANY OTHER REPORTS (<100) OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING TO OTHER PEOPLE, IN MANY CASES HAPPENING MULTIPLE TIMES LIKE MY CASE. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW THAT IS CASUING THIS PROBLEM.*AK

UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP GOING 30 MPH, SHEARED MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS OFF RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE. ENGINE DROPPED AND HIT CHASSIS WITH CLUTCH FAN. RADIATOR, SERPANTINE BELT AND FAN SHROUD ALSO DAMAGED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED IN 4 YRS, FORTUNATELY WITH NO INURIES BUT REQUIRING COSTLY REPAIRS AND INCONVENIENCE

MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE KEEPS BREAKING. LAST TIME THEY BROKE IT WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2000.*AK

THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF IN AN ACCIDENT ENGINE COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THIS WAS SECOND TIME THAT MOUNTS HAVE BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE AND ENGINE DROPPED, PREVENTING CONSUMER FROM SHIFTING OUT OF SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT 3 BOLTS THAT HOLD MOTOR MOUNT WERE SHEARED OFF, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP. *AK *YH

PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS BROKE IN OCT OF 1998. DRIVER'S SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS BROKE ON 5 SEP 2001.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A SMALL BUMP (CULVERT UNDER ROAD) AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A LARGE POT HOLE HAD BEEN HIT. LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, THE DRIVER SAW (AND LATER RETRIEVED) A BOLT BOUNCING DOWN THE ROAD. ENGINE SOUNDED DEEPER INITIALLY, AND THEN A LOUDER KNOCKING SOUND STARTED. THE DRIVER STOPPED AND NOTICED THAT THE FAN WAS HITTING THE SHROUD AND CALLED A WRECKER. THE BOLTS TO THE MOTOR MOUNT HAD BROKEN AND THE ENGINE HAD DROPPED SEVERAL INCHES. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED.16 DAYS LATER THE TOP WELD ON THE DRIVER'S-SIDE DOOR HINGE BROKE AWAY, LEAVING ONLY THE BOTTOM HINGE HOLDING THE DOOR IN PLACE.*AK

BOLTS FOR MOTOR MOUNTS SHEARED OFF WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHERE FAN MOVED UP AND STARTED HITTING CASING. ON 05/08/2001, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, SAME DEFECT HAPPENED WHERE ENGINE SHIFTED FORWARD WHEN MOTOR MOUNTS SHEARED OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEARD A LOUD BANG,FOLLOWED BY LOUD RUBBING SOUND FROM THE FAN.HARD FLUTTER IN ACCELERATION.THE MOTOR MOUNT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE. UPON A VISUAL IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE TOP TWO BOLTS HAD BROKEN OFF PREVIOUSLY DUE TO DIRT BUILD UP AND RUST.THE BOTTOM BOLT HAD BROKEN FROM THE STRESS OF THE TWO PREVIOUSLY BROKEN BOLTS WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO TILT.ALL THREE BOLTS HAD BROKEN OFF INSIDE THE MOTOR.*AK

3 ENGINE MOUNTS SHEARED DURING NORMAL USE. THIS JEEP HAS NEVER BEEN USED OFF-ROAD. ITS VERY DANGEROUS - SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING MY JEEP CHEROKEE LAST FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2000, I HEARD A SUDDEN AND DRASTIC CHANGE IN ENGINE NOISE. THE THREE BOLTS SECURING THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE MOUNT TO THE ENGINE BLOCK HAD SHEARED OFF IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE ENGINE HAD SHIFTED SO FAR IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THAT THE FAN BLADES HAD STRUCK THE FAN HOUSING AND SEIZED UP, BREAKING ONE OF THE BLADES OFF. SINCE FRIDAY, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CHEROKEES - THE PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS SHEARING OFF UNDER NORMAL USE. WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE? I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS WHO HAVE USED THIS FORM TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT. IS JEEP GOING TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT? THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS...

ENGINE MOUNTS/ BOLTS ON RIGHT SIDE SHEARED OFF, CAUSING ENGINE TO CUT INTO THE FAN BELT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK

BOLTS HOLDING ENGINE MOUNT SHEARED DURING NORMAL USE - NO OFF ROAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. OCCURRED BOTH TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. MOTOR TILTED AND DROPPED.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN THREE ENGINE MOUNTS SHEARED OFF,DUE TO EXTREMELY LONG BOLTS THAT WILL NOT SUFFICIENTLY TIGHTEN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE MOUNTS SHEARED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. FORCE FROM ENGINE MOVING CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL INTO ANOTHER LANE. WITH 104 COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE FOR MODEL YEARS 1994-1996, I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL DRIVERS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. THESE BOLTS ARE DEFECTIVE!!!!!!*AK

WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND NOTICED MOTOR MOUNT BROKE. HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 3 BOLTS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP. MECHANIC HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY.*AK TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT BUMP IN ROAD. *YH

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THERE ARE ONLY 3 BOLTS THAT HOLD MOTOR MOUNT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I BELIEVE THERE ARE DEFECTIVE BOLTS HOLDING ENGINE IN PLACE. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK

THREE BOLTS TO THE ENGINE MOUNT BROKE WHILE ON FREEWAY, AND ENGINE POPPED. ALSO, COOLING FAN CUT TRANSMISSION HOSE SO THAT FAN COULD NOT TURN, AND CAR OVERHEATED. CONSUMER HAD TO EXIT IMMEDIATELY, AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF SUDDEN HEARD NOISE. VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND STARTED TO OVERHEAT. ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS, ALL THREE OF THEM BROKE OFF, AND ENGINE DROPPED TWO TO THREE INCHES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING BOLT WHICH HELD AND SUPPORTED ENGINE IN PLACE CAME UNATTACHED, CAUSING ENGINE TO FALL DOWN.ALSO, A PROBLEM WITH DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, DOOR HINGES CAME OFF WHICH PREVENTED DOOR FROM CLOSING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE RIGHT SIDE 3 MAIN BOLTS SUPPORTING THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAD SNAPPED OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. INDICATION WAS DEFECTS IN BOLTS OR BOLTS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY WHICH CAUSED THEM TO SNAP.*AK

BOLTS HOLDING MOTOR MOUNT TO BLOCK FAILED. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT THE MOTOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

TRAVELING DOWN A CITY STREET AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WE HIT A SMALL GROOVE IN THE ROAD AND THREE OF THE FOUR MOTOR MOUNTS SNAPPED IN HALF. DEALER CLAIMS THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE HITS SOMETHING REALLY HARD OR DROPS DOWN ON SOMETHING HARD. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS HAPPENING. IF THE FOURTH BOLT HAD LET GO 3 PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & HIT A POTHOLE. HEARD FUNNY NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC & IT WAS PLACED ON A LIFT.CONSUMER WAS INFORMED MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SNAPPED & BROKE OFF, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP. BOLTS HAD STUCK IN THE ENGINE. *AK

ENIGINE MOUNT SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD HAVE HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. ENGINE WAS BEING HELD ON BY THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE ENGINGE TO DROP. *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

ENGINE MOUNT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING NOISE TO COME FROM THE ENGINE. NLM

PASSENGER'S SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THEN CAR STARTED VIBRATING. ALSO, FAN BLADE HIT FAN SHROUD, AND VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVEABLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 35MPH VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER . DEALER NOTICED THAT ENGINE MOUNT FELL OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS THAT HOLD MOTOR IN PLACE SHEARED OFF. *AK

RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT SHEARED OFF, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE MOTOR TO TILT, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SLIGHT ACCELERATION. *AK *ML

ENGINE MOUNT, BOLTS WERE LOOSENING, AND ENGINE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

I HAD MY MOTOR MOUNTS BREAK ON ME, LEAVING ME STRANDED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ONCE WHILE TRAVELING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR AT A SPEED OF 20 MILES PER HR., GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP. THE NEXT OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK - DOWNTOWN, WASHINGTON, DC WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE. I WAS PROBABLY GOING AT A SPEED OF 30-35 MILES THIS TIME. ITS BEEN BETWEEN THIS A THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND THIS ONE 16 MONTHS. THE NEXT AND FINAL STRAW THAT LEAD ME HERE, OCCURRED WHILE DRIVE AGAIN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 20 MILES PER HR. THIS OCCURRENCE HAPPENED 14 MONTHS BETWEEN THE LAST. I AM VERY ANNOYED AT THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS VEHICLE. DO I HAVE TO EXPECT THE MOTOR MOUNTS TO BRAKE EVERY OTHER YEAR? I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THOUGHT THAT THE JEEP WAS RUGGED AND WAS BUILT FOR OFF...

THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS TO SHEAR OFF, THE ENGINE DROPPED 3 INCHES FALLING ON TOP OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS SMASHED INTO THE FIRE WALL. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURY / DEATH. *YC

WHEN GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP LAST BOLT, THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE, GAVE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISION TO FAIL. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A BODY SHOP LAST THAN TWO MILES AWAY FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BOLTS TO MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. NLM

MOTOR MOUNTS ON RIGHT SIDE BROKE WHEN A SMALL BUMP WAS DRIVEN OVER. TORQUE PUSHED MOTOR INTO FAN SHROUD. DOOR WELD BROKE ON DRIVERS DOOR, CAUSING MISALIGNMENT SHAFT SEAL ON TRANSFER CASE RUPTURED, SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK

THE DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, WA STATE HAS A FLEET OF JUST OVER 100 UNITS OF THIS DESCRIPTION BOTH 2 AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE RANGES FROM 3-94 TO 8-98. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED APPROX. 20 CASES OF THIS DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLES IN THE EARLIER MODELS. THE DEALERSHIP / MANUFACTURER DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM. THE MOUNT RETAINING BOLT BREAKS ALLOWING ENGINE MOVEMENT AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS.

ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS BROKE ON TWO OCCASIONS WITHIN TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS. BELIEVED THIS CONDITION WAS DUE TO MANUFACTURER'S DEFECIVE PARTS. . ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN HARD AND VIBRATION UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML