1996 JEEP CHEROKEE Structurebodydoorhinge And Attachments Problems

16 NHTSA complaints on file

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Structurebodydoorhinge And Attachments Issues in the 1996 JEEP CHEROKEE

16 structurebodydoorhinge and attachments complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1996 JEEP CHEROKEE. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Structurebodydoorhinge And Attachments Complaints

#10036984 | September 1, 2003

DOOR HINGE HAS REPEATEDLY BROKEN AWAY FROM FRAME AT TACK WELD MAKING USE OF DRIVER'S DOOR IMPOSSIBLE.*AK

#10020094 | May 19, 2003

THE VEHICLES DOOR HINGES SEPARATED FROM THE WELDS. *NLM

#8018199 | September 9, 2002

DRIVER DOOR HINGES ARE WEARING OUT. IT IS HARD FOR DOOR TO STAY CLOSED/ CAN OPEN DOOR WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

#8017634 | August 30, 2002

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE IS WEARING OUT, AND IT IS HARD TO SHUT DOOR. DOOR CAN OPEN WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

#8009899 | May 15, 2002

HINGES ON DRIVER'S DOOR ARE RUSTED, TOP HINGE IS BROKEN.*AK

#759502 | March 19, 2002

THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE DRIVERS SEAT HAS BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE ADJUSTMENT SLIDE. THIS CAUSES THE SEAT TO TILT BACK WHEN ACCELERATING. THE METAL IS TORN FROM AROUND THE BOLT. THE BOLT IS STILL INTACT. THE UPPER LEFT DOOR HINGE IS ALSO COMING LOOSE FROM THE BODY. THE WELD THAT SECURES THE HINGE TO THE BODY IS FAILING. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALER (NOT THE ONE WHO I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM) AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE. SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY HE SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP. THE FELLOW AT THE BODY SHOP INFORMED ME HE HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW DOOR HINGE FAILURES. HE EVEN HAD A CHEROKEE IN THE SHOP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HE ALSO SAID THE SEAT FAILURE IS NOT UNCOMMON. I FEEL THESE ARE SAFETY ISSUES AND THE MANUFACTURER...

#893657 | August 7, 2001

TOP HINGE ON DRIVER'S DOOR BROKE, DOOR WAS HANGING BY BOTTOM HINGE.*AK

#891084 | June 25, 2001

WHILE CLOSING DOOR NOTICED THAT DOOR WAS UNATTACHED FROM FRAME OR BODY OF VEHICLE, CAUSING DOOR TO HANG OFF, UNABLE TO CLOSE. *AK HINGE BECAME LOOSE WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE AND SOON BECAME COMPLETELY UNATTACHED FROM THE FRAME, CONSUMER HAD TO MANUALLY LIFT DOOR INTO LATCH AND LOCK IT TO CLOSE THE DOOR, CHRYSLER CLAIMED NO RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMER HEARD FROM OTHER REPAIR SHOPS THAT THIS WAS A FREQUENT PROBLEM. *SLC

#887020 | April 27, 2001

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TOP HINGE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. SPOT WELD CAME APART, AND ONLY THING THAT HELD DOOR WERE THE SCREWS. BUT BOTTOM HINGE KEPT DOOR UP. DEFECT MAY HAVE CAUSED ENTIRE DOOR TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.*AK

#743207 | April 5, 2001

THE TOP HINGE WELD BROKE AWAY FROM DOOR FRAME!*AK

#740101 | February 2, 2001

THE TACK WELD THAT HOLDS THE HINGE SIDE OF THE DOOR TO FRAME OF THE JEEP, OVER TIME BECAME LOOSER AND LOOSER. I REALIZED THE DOOR DIDN'T SEEM TO FIT AS TIGHTLY, BUT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE HOW MUCH IT CORRODED UNTIL IT COLLAPSED, TOTALLY SEPARATING THAT SECTION FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR. THE COVERED HINGE IS STILL HOLDING THE DOOR IN PLACE, BUT WITHOUT THE UNCOVERED HINGE BRACING THE DOOR, THE DOOR CLOSES, BUT DURING DRIVING-GUSTS OF WIND CAN SEPARATE THE TOP OF THE DOOR FRAMING THE WINDOW FROM THE CAR. *AK

#864400 | June 28, 2000

IN NOVEMBER OF 1998, THE DOOR HINGES WERE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, NOW THE PIN WITHIN THE DOOR HAS FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S DOOR TO COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE HINGE. *SLC

#863097 | June 6, 2000

DRIVER'S DOOR HINGES WHICH WERE WELDED TO FRAME BROKE OFF, CAUSING DOOR TO FALL OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

#859778 | April 5, 2000

DRIVER'S DOOR WAS COMING OFF FROM BROKEN WELD. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

#537654 | February 17, 1999

HYDRAULIC CLUTCH FAILED ON REAR DOOR HATCH.

#602845 | March 25, 1997

DOOR SEALS FAILED.

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