1995 JEEP CHEROKEE Structurebodydoorhinge And Attachments Problems

NOT AN INCIDENT, CRASH, OR INJURY.

FRONT DOOR CRACKING SOUND, THEN 2 DAYS LATER DOOR STARTED FALLING. *AK

UPON CLOSING THE PASSENGER DOOR OF MY 1994 JEEP CHEROKEE COUNTRY SPORT 2 DOOR AFTER ENTERING, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. IT WAS BASICALLY OFF ALIGNMENT. UPON INVESTIGATING, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WHERE THE HINGES HOLDING THE DOOR TO THE FRAME HAVE CLEARLY CAME UNWELDED FROM THE FRAME. IT IS AS IF THEY JUST PULLED AWAY. HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED THIS. JUST TRY NOT TO USE THE PASSENGER DOOR AT THIS TIME.

1) USE OF THE DRIVERS DOOR TO ENTER AND EXIT VEHICLE 2) TOP DOOR HINGE FAILED, CAUSING DOOR TO PULL AWAY FROM BODY; UNABLE TO BE CLOSED IN NORMAL FASHION 3) DEALER CURRENTLY REMOVING DOOR COMPLETELY, INSTALLING NEW HINGE AND REINFORCEMENTS, ETC. TO BODY OF CAR. *AK

UPPER DOOR HINGE ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF1995 JEEP CHEROKEE BROKE OFF WHERE WELDED TO BODY.*AK

DRIVER SIDE TOP DOOR WELD, WHERE THE CHASSIS CONNECTS TO IT, RUSTED AND IS SEPARATING. HOWEVER, THE HINGE HAS NOT RUSTED AND IS STILL IN TACK. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE HAD COMPLETELY COME APART FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE BODY SHOP THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AT LEAST 100 OF THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLES HAD BEEN REPAIRED IN THIS SHOP. *AK *SCC *JB

THE DOOR HINGE CRACKED AND THE DOOR WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. *JB DOR HAS BEEN REPAIR MANY TIMES, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. DOOR HAS TO BE OPENED FROM INSIDE. *TT

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY THE HINGE AND THE ATTACHMENTS OF THE DRIVE SIDE DOOR FAILED, CONSUMER WILL FILL OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SAME VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE FAILED. DOOR IS FALLING OFF AND WILL COST $1,600 TO REPAIR. I CONTACTED DAIMLER/CHRYSLER AND ASKED IF THEY WERE AWARE OF ANY SUCH PROBLEMS WITH DOOR HINGES. THEY SAID THEY RESEARCHED IT AND INFORMED THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 2,500 CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AND 30,000 WARRANTY CLAIMS FOR 93-95 JEEPS, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF ALL JEEPS MADE IN THOSE YEARS, FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. CALLED BACK AND SPOKE WITH SENIOR STAFF AGENT LUKE ALWARD. ASKED HIM TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE EVER ANY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OR WARRANTY CLAIMS. HE REPLIED THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY PROBLEMS, AND WHAT DID I EXPECT WITH AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 53,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE DATA THAT DAIMLER HAD PROVIDED TO NHTSA REGARDING 30,000 WARRANTY CLAIMS, HE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE THAT...

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE BROKE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO DRIVER SIDE PANEL.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE HINGE THAT HOLDS DOOR TO TRUCK FELL OFF AND HAD TO BE WELDED BACK ON. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *JB MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. MECHANIC HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. *TT

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR HINGE WELD BROKE IN , THE REPAIRED WELDS HVE BROKEN TWICE.*AK *NLM

A FEW WEEKS AGO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON MY 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE STARTED TO BE DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. IT QUICKLY GOT WORSE AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THE TOP DOOR HINGE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. IT LOOKED LIKE THE MANUFACTURER'S WELD HAD FAILED. SOON THE ENTIRE UPPER HINGE CAME OFF AND THE DOOR WAS HANGING ON BY THE LOWER HINGE ONLY. I CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THEIR TECH SERVICE BULLETIN 23-030-01, WHICH PROVIDED DEALERS WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FIX THIS DEFECT. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND 2 SEPARATE LOCAL BODY SHOPS. ALL THE TECHNICIANS THAT I TALKED TO EXPRESSED DISBELIEF THAT CHRYSLER-JEEP HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THEY HAD REPAIRED MANY SIMILAR DEFECTS PREVIOUSLY. I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE DOOR IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SECURE WHEN THE DEFECT STARTS AND COULD POSSIBLY FALL...

DRIVER SIDE DOOR FELL OFF, THE HINGE WELDED ON JUST BROKE OFF. WHEN I TOOK IT TO DIFFERENT BODY SHOPS FOR PRICES THEY ALL SAID THEY HAVE WELDED DOORS ON JEEPS, ALOT OF JEEPS. AND NOW MY ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED OFF CAUSING ENGINE TO SHIFT FAN BLADE TO CUT INTO THE RADIATOR. THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOUSY MANUFACTURER'S FLAW, WHEN IT IS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF JEEPS, WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH BEFORE THERE IS A RECALL. *AK

WELDS ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAVE FALLEN, RESULTING IN DOOR HINGES SEPARATING FROM VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

HINGES CAME UNWELDED WHICH CAUSED DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO COME OFF THE HINGES. PIN SNAPPED IN HALF.*AK

DOOR HINGE ON DRIVERS SIDE UPPER AND LOWER HAVE CRACKED WELDS.*AK

TOP PASSENGER DOOR HINGE HAS PULLED AWAY FROM VEHICLE, THE DOOR DOES NOT PROPERLY SHUT, CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE DOOR STRAP WENT OUT ON THE PASSENGER DOOR, WHICH PUT TOO MUCH STRAIN ON THE UPPER HINGE, CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW AND IS NOW HAPPENING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, CONSUMER HAS SINCE HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED, HOWEVER CONSUMER HAD TO BE 50% AND THE MANUFACTURER PAID THE OTHER HALF.*SLC

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TOP HINGE BROKE, CAUSING DOOR TO POP OPEN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. *TT

DRIVER'S DOOR IS FALLING OFF THE HINGES FROM TOP AND BOTTOM. WELDS FOR HINGES ARE SEPARATING FROM FRAME OF VEHICLE. OWNER WOULD ENTER/EXIT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE. HAVE NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP.*AK

DRIVER'S DOOR IS FALLING OFF THE TOP AND BOTTOM HINGES. WELDS FOR HINGES ARE SEPARATING FROM FRAME OF VEHICLE. WOULD HAVE TO ENTER/EXIT FROM PASSENGER SIDE. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP.*AK

LEFT FRONT DOOR HINGE WELDS FAILED AND BROKE FREE FROM BODY. DISCOVERED CRACKS IN RIGHT FRONT HINGE WELDS AND SURROUNDING BODY AREA. CONTACTED LOCAL JEEP/CHRYSLER DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY SENT ME TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP FOR AN ESTIMATE. BODY SHOP PERSONNEL TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED OTHER VEHICLES WITH SAME PROBLEM. RETURNED TO DEALER WITH QUOTE TO SEE IF I COULD GET ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS. DEALER CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST ME IN REPAIRS SINCE I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR OF LEFT DOOR HINGE PUT AT $691.06. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR UPPER HINGE HAS SEPARATED FROM FRAME. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED A DEFECT IN DESIGN. WELDS ON PLATES CAME LOOSE. MECHANIC REPAIRED PROBLEM.*AK

LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TOP HINGE IS COMING OFF, CONSUMER FEELS DOOR MAY FALL OFF. DOOR STILL OPENS AND CLOSES. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT JEEP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT LEFT DOOR HINGES MAKING A POPPING NOISE, AND CAUSING DOOR TO BECOME MISALIGNED WITH FRAME OF VEHICLE. A DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *JB

DRIVER'S DOOR TOP HINGE HAS COME APART AND FAILED TO ALLOW PROPER USE OF DOOR. CONSUMER HAS AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP TO HAVE PROBLEM REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

TOP HINGE ON DOOR HAS BROKEN OFF, AND THE DOOR IS JUST HANGING ON CAR. HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

HINGE WELDED TO BODY FRAME WAS COMING APART ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. FACTORY WELD WAS BREAKING. DOOR DROPPED DOWN, AND WAS NOT SHUTTING PROPERLY.*AK

THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS COMING OFF THE HINGE - IT'S A RECALL BUT CHRYSLER SAID I HAVE TO BE THE ORIGINAL OWNER & WON'T PAY TO FIX.*AK

ONE HINGE OF DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR IS COMPLETELY DETACHED, THE OTHER IS COMING LOOSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL YEAR OF THE CHEROKEE. AT MODERATE TO HIGH SPEEDS, THE DOOR SHAKES AND RATTLES, AND THE NISE IS DEAFENING. DOOR ALSO LEAKS NOW WHEN IT IS RAINING, THERE NOW IS WATER DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE. ALSO, I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PROP UP THE TAILGATE DOOR WITH A BROOM HANDLE SINCE THAT PIECE FAILED, THIS HANDLE COULD EASILY BECOME DISLODGED DURING LOADING AND SEVERELY INJURE ANYONE STANDING BENEATH THE DOOR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FELL OFF. DOOR BECAME DETACHED FROM HINGES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR WELDS THAT HOLD THE HINGES HAVE BROKEN.*AK

THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE LH DOOR HINGES WITHOUT A COST TO ME BUT DID NOT REPAIR THE RH DOOR HINGES WHICH NOW ARE READY TO FAIL. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN CONSUMER OPENED THE DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE, DOOR FELL OFF INTO HER HAND. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE DOOR, THE FRAME WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. *SLC

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR'S HINGES ARE BROKEN AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE ALMOST BROKEN. THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW (FRONT) IS BROKEN, IT WILL NOT ROLL UP PROPERLY. IT CLICKS AS YOU TURN THE NOB, BUT WINDOW DOES NOT GO UP OR DOWN.*AK

WELD ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE WAS COMING APART. DOOR COULD DISATTACH FROM BODY OF VEHICLE. SAME THING IS HAPPENING ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AS A CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED. WHILE HAVING MY JEEP SERVICED ONE DAY, I ASKED AT THE GARAGE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE HINGE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS TEARING LOOSE FROM THE CAR BODY. BECAUSE IT WAS A HINGE WELD, THEY DAID THAT THEY COULDN'T REPAIR IT. I INQUIRED AT A BODY SHOP, AND THEY SAID THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST 400 DOLLARS. I LATER FOUND ON AN INTERNET SITE DISCUSSING SAFETY REACALLS AND ISSUES ABOUT CAR PROBLEMS THAT MANY 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT DOORS HAD ACTUALLY FALLEN OFF AND IN ONE CASE BOTH DOORS WERE AFFECTED. I CONTACTED DAINLER CHRYSLER TWICE, EVEN WRITING TO SCHRAMM. I WAS BASICALLY TOLD TOO BAD, THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE...

WELD THAT HOLDS DOOR HINGE TO BODY HAS CRACKED 2 TIMES - REPORTS TO CHRYSLER RESULTED IN A TOTAL BLOW OFF BY MANUFACTURER - I AM AWARE OF 2 OTHER VEHICLES OF SAME YEAR IN MY OFFICE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SAME FAILURE. *AK

WHILE OPENING DRIVER'S DOOR IT DROPPED OFF THE HINGES. CONSUMER HAD TO LIFT DOOR TO CLOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS COMING OFF HINGES , WELDS ARE BROKEN. *AK *SLC

HINGE ON DRIVER'S SIDE WAS STARTING TO HANG. DEALER SOLDERED HINGES 2 YEARS AGO, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. DEALER WASN'T WILLING TO PICK UP CHARGE FOR REPAIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE WELD HAS SEPARATED WHICH HAS CAUSED DOOR TO COME OFF ALIGNED. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR HAD TO BE REPAIRED TWICE DUE TO DOOR FALLING OFF, HINGES WERE WELDED TO A THIN PIECE OF SHEET METAL, NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD DOORS . CURRENTLY, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS NEED TO BE REPAIRED. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A TSB OUT ON THIS COMPONENT SINCE 1996. *AK

ALL FOUR DOORS WERE FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. NLM

BOTH THE FRONT DOORS WERE FALLING OFF BECAUSE METAL WAS TORN AT HINGE ATTACHEMENTS. *YH

DOOR HING WELDS ARE BROKEN. *AK

WHILE OPENING DRIVER'S DOOR, THE DOOR CAME OFF HINGES. *AK *SLC

HINGE WELD BROKE ON DRIVER'S DOOR, JEEP COMPANY OFFERED TO PAY HALF FOR REPAIRS. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE DOOR FAILURE WAS DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. *YH

DRIVER'S DOOR HINGE WELDING WORE OFF, CAUSING THE DOOR HINGE TO COME APART FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. *SLC