1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Tires Problems

8 NHTSA complaints on file

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Tires Issues in the 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE

8 tires complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

All Tires Complaints

#10619411 | August 6, 2014

I NOTICED MY TIRE KEPT GOING FLAT AND WHEN I LOOKED AT IT THE TREAD WAS SPLIT ALL AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE, THE TIRE IS A UNIROYAL LIBERATOR A/T 225 75 R15. *TR

#10272334 | May 29, 2009

DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH 4 MATCHING TIRES BOUGHT IN 10/07, ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THEM. DRIVER WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, HEARD A LOUD NOISE, THOUGHT HIS TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OR SOMETHING AS DRASTIC AND AS LOUD. PULLED OFF THE EXIT, WHICH WAS RIGHT THERE THANK GOD, LOOKED AT CAR, TIRE HAD A 4-6" GAPING RAGGED HOLE IN SIDEWALL. REAR TIRE, DRIVERS SIDE. HE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED FATALLY. TIRE WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE JEEP WAS TOWED TO PLACE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. WALMART IN WATERFORD CT. THEY TESTED THE THREAD ON THE OTHER 3 TIRES AND TOLD MY SON THEY'D REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE AS THE THREAD ON THE OTHERS WAS FINE. I TOLD M SON WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT AS: 1. THEY'D ALL COME FROM THE SAME DEFECTIVE BATCH, AND 2, DID NOT WANT MISMATCHING TREAD ON TIRES. MIND YOU, THEY FELT THE SIZE OF THE TIRE WAS GOOD FOR...

#753215 | October 16, 2001

THIS WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE RECALL TIRES. I HAVE MADE TWO ATTEMPTS WITH FIRESTONE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A LETTER DISCRIBING THE PROBLM OF TREAD SEPERATION AND ONLY ASKING FOR $330 NEED TO REPLACE TIRES. THIS WAS A TREAD SPERATION AT 65MPH. NOT A BLOW OUT. CAN PROVIDE LETTER WITH FACTS OF CASE WITH PICTURES UPON REQUEST. PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS MATTER. THANKS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNHL-4100 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

#785321 | April 20, 2001

CONSUMER HAS HAD TIRES BALANCED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS HAD VEHICLE ALIGNED SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER VIBRATION AND SHIMMYING OCCURS, CONSUMER PUTS AIR IN TIRES AND AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES, VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO VIBRATE. *SLC

#734442 | October 25, 2000

TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED, COULDN'T KEEP IT ALIGNED

#731122 | September 18, 2000

I PURCHASED SOME FIRESTONE TIRES WILDERNESS ATIII SIZE 30X9.50R15LT FOR MY 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE ON 9/8/99. SINCE THE DAY THEY WERE PURCHASED, I'VE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES. MY TRUCK DROVE DIFFERENTLY. MY TIRES GAVE A KNOCKING SOUND AND THE BEST WAY I KNOW TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM, IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY WERE ABOUT TO COME ALOOSE FROM MY VECHICLE. I WENT TO MY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER AND THEY ASSURED ME THE TIRES WERE "OK" EACH TIME I WENT. I VISITED A FIRESTONE DEALER ON 8/7/00 AND HE STATED AS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GESTURE, HE WOULD ALLOW ME TO TRADE MY TIRES IN AND GET SOME REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE TIRES WERE TO BE IN ON THURSDAY 8/10/00 AND THEY WOULD BE MOUNTED ON MY VECHICLE AT THAT TIME. FIRESTONE DID A RECALL ON 8/9/00 AND WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER, HE STATED HE COULD NOT REPLACE MY TIRES BECAUSE...

#705596 | April 13, 1999

VEHICLE HAS HAD AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE THE 4TH DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT, IT HAS A VIBRATION AT 55-65 MPH. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED COUNTLESS TIMES, THE DRIVE SHAFT HAS BEEN REPLACED THE TRANSFERCASE HAS BEEN LOWERED, THE WHEELS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, THE TRANSFER CASE HAS BEEN OVERHAULED COUNTLESS TIMES IN AT DEALER TO REPAIR AND STILL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. ADDITIONALLY BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED FOR A PULSATION, TRANSFER CASE OUTPUT SEAL WAS REPLACED FOR A LEAK, AND LITTLE ODDS AND ENDS. ( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/75/15 )

#541661 | September 4, 1998

TIRES WILL NOT STAY BALANCED (GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S 2257515).

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