48 of the
732 complaints about the 1995 Jeep Cherokee are about the
transmission — 7% of everything
reported for this model year.
Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before
14,600 miles.
F
48
Complaints
7
Crashes
1
Fires
7
Injuries
Exactly what failed
Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
1429.2%
Automatic Transmission
1122.9%
Manual Transmission
510.4%
Driveshaft
48.3%
Clutch Assembly
48.3%
Column Shift
24.2%
Seal
24.2%
Differential Unit
24.2%
Power Train
12.1%
Gear Position Indication (Prndl)
12.1%
Transmission & Drivetrain across every Jeep Cherokee year
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH ONLY 14,500 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE SOFTWARE THAT WEEK. A FEW DAYS AFTER PICK UP, I NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM: DOWN SHIFTING, NOT SHIFTING, TRANSMISSION REVING UP AND NOT ENGAGING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
NHTSA complaint #11150341 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Anchorage, AK
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT . TS
NHTSA complaint #8022173 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Berkeley Springs, WV
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER STATED SHE PARKED HER VEHICLE IN THE CARPORT, WHEN SHE CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED 90 FEET AWAY DOWN IN THE WOODS, BACKWARDS AND AGAINST A TREE, CONSUMER STATED SINCE THE INCIDENT VEHICLE HAS INCURRED OTHER PROBLEMS.
NHTSA complaint #566867 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Mesa, AZCrash1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN DRIVEWAY SUDDENLY IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT CONSUMER. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #8012677 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Mesa, AZ1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE TURNED OFF. VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK, AND ROLLED BACKWARDS OVER CONSUMER. *AK
NHTSA complaint #8012241 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Mesa, AZCrash1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. CONSUMER WAS INJURED BY VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #8012245 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Wilton, CA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, CONSUMER WENT TO THE BACK OF VEHICLE OPENED THE HATCH DOOR, AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP IN THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR.
NHTSA complaint #563001 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Cambridge, MA
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
DRIVING 1-95N TO BALTIMORE,HEARD A CLUNK AS IF SOMETHING HAD HIT CAR FROM BENEATH, LOST 5TH GEAR. GOT OFF AT NEXT EXIT, LOST REVERSE GEAR IN PARKING LOT OF HOTEL. NEXT MORNING TOW OPERATOR STARTED CAR, ENORMOUS CLATTERING, SEVERED PIECE OF PLASTIC HAD JAMMED RADIATOR FAN. TOWED TO AAA APPROVED GARAGE. THEY TEMORARILY FIKED CAR BY HOLDING ENGINE UP WITH A CHAIN. GOT BACK TO BOSTON. IDEAL GARAGE, SOMERVILLE MA IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. THE ATTACHMENT OF ENGINE TO ENGINE BLOCKED HAS FAILED. THE ENGINE WAS ATTACHED ON LEFT SIDE AND ANGLED DOWNWARDS, MAKING 5TH AND REVERSE UNATTAINABLE. THIS IS THE SECOND JEEP CHEROKEE, SAME YEAR THAT HE HAD SEEN IN A WEEK - SAME PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO, THIS CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE, IS UNDER 80,000 MILES . PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND ALERT MAKERS.AR
NHTSA complaint #760834 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELK Grove Village, IL
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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.
NHTSA complaint #898666 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Wilton, CA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, CONSUMER WENT TO THE BACK OF VEHICLE OPENED THE HATCH DOOR, AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP IN THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR.
NHTSA complaint #563001 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Prairie DU Chien, WI1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSMUER PUT THE JEEP IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BACK HATCH LEAVING THE DRIVERS' DOOR OPEN. JEEP POPPED OUT OF GEAR GOING IN REVERSE AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY DOOR AND FRONT WHEEL RAN OVER CONSUMERS' FOOT AND PART OF LEG. JEEP CONTINUED TO ROLL IN REVERSE UNTIL IT SMASHED INTO A BUILDING.
NHTSA complaint #9003299 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Encino, CACrash1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF GARAGE, IT WAS ON AND IN PARK. THEN, VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, AND PINNED CONSUMER AGAINST THE WALL. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES.
NHTSA complaint #896467 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Harrisonburg, VA1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
PE 01 021/ROLL AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND ENGINE STILL IDLING WITH CONSUMER STANDING IN BETWEEN OPENING OF VEHICLE DOOR, GEAR INADVERTENTLY JUMP OUT OF PARKED INTO REVERSE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.
NHTSA complaint #895334 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ST. Paul, MOCrash
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND RUNNING, CONSUMER STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STARTED TRAVELING BACKWARD, HITTING A WALL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE HIT THE WALL, IT JOLTED INTO DRIVE AND WENT THROUGH THE GARAGE. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #894381 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Olney, MD
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, AND THEN IDLED UP. THIS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER WHILE SLOWING DOWN , ANDVEHICLE JOLTED FORWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #894191 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Hollis, NY
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL IT GOES INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN.
NHTSA complaint #893931 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
West Melbourne, FL
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING SOME NOISE IN REAR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED SPIDER GEAR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION ON THIS MATTER.
NHTSA complaint #892696 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Athens, NYCrash
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, SEVERAL HOURS LATER RETURNED TO VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE HAD POPPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING IT TO ROLL DOWN HILL, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #892572 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Dover, PA
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #556578 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Madison, WI
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
"ROTATIONAL THUMPING" SOUND DURING ACCEL FROM STOP. ESPECIALLY NOTICABLE DURING ACCEL UPHILL FROM STOP. THUMPING SOUND UNTIL 15MPH OR SO. SOUND FROM BELOW DRIVERS SIDE. ORIGINALLY NOTICED PROBLEM MID TO LATE LAST YEAR. DEALER HAD OTHER JEEPS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. SAID THEY TRIED REPLACING STEERING DAMPENER, U-JOINTS...ETC BUT PROBLEM CAME BACK. SAID THEY HAD SAME TYPE TRANSFERCASE. THEY FIXED OTHER JEEPS BY REPLACING TRANSFERCASE. ALSO NOTICE SLIGHT REAR WOBBLE WHEN ACCEL AND THUMPING NOISE. U-JOINTS OK. GOT NEW WHEELS, ALIGNED & BALANCED & NEW STEERING DAMPENER(OLD ONE LEAKING). PROBLEM BARELY NOTICABLE BUT WAS STILL THERE. MORE NOTICABLE AROUND FEB. CONTACTED DEALER AT THAT TIME. SAID THEY WOULD CALL IF FOUND A SOLUTION BUT HASN'T CALLED YET. NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. DEALER SAID EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND HARD TO FIND PARTS.
NHTSA complaint #722236 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Lakewood, OH
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
CORROSION CAUSED FAILURE OF SEAM ALONG INTERIOR OF DRIVESHAFT TUNNEL.
NHTSA complaint #719220 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Huntington, NY
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS
WHEEL LOCK WHILE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE ON WET ROAD. CAR SPUN 220 DEG AND PLOWED SIDEWAYS ONTO LAWN. CRACKED FRONT LEFT WHEEL AND RIPPED TIRE OFF. DID NOT ROLL OVER.
NHTSA complaint #716828 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
South Attleboro, MA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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.
NHTSA complaint #854006 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Franklin, TN
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
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.
NHTSA complaint #714647 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Salisbury, NC
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN A SAFTEY HAZARD.
NHTSA complaint #848182 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Louisville, TN
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
APPROX. 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NOTICED WHEN HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD THE ENGINE WOULD JUMP. NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM BUT HAPPENS AT UNEXPECTED TIMES. AT FIRST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE TRANSMISSION BUT AFTER TECH FROM DEALER CHECKED SEEMED TO THINK MIGHT BE COIL DISTRIBUTOR AND PLUG WIRES AND CLEAN THROTTLE BODY. PROBLEM CONTINUED THEN WAS TOLD WAS PICK UP PLATE IN TRANSAXEL. MISS IN ENGINE CONTINUED AND STARTED GETTING WORSE. PUT IN SHOP AGAIN, DEALERSHIP SAID THEY REPLACED THE BRAIN IN THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED 3 MOTOR MOUNTS AND SAID THIS WOULD CURE THE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT HAVE HAD TO HAVE IN SHOP AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH WITH MISS GETTING WORSE AND OCCURING ON ACCLERATION. VEHICLE JUMPS UP TO 10 TO 12 TIMES WHEN THIS OCCURS. DEALERSHIP NOW SAYS DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND IS GOING THROUGH THE WIRING. A FLIGHT RECORDER WAS HOOKED UP AND DEALERSHIP SAID THE READING WAS CLEAN EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE MALFUNCIONED 3 TIMES. ALSO A/C KEEPS MALFUNCTIONING AND BLOWING WARM AIR. DEALERSHIP SAID WAS A LOOSE WIRE BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.
NHTSA complaint #711401 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Woodworth, ND
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION; I LEAVE IT IN REVERSE WHEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE IS NOT SAFETY SWITCH PREVENTING IT FROM STARTING UNLESS THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOW IF YOU FORGET AND TURN THE KEY IT WILL START IN GEAR AND TAKE OFF. ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE!! SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET INJURED OR WORSE. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY SWITCH THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
NHTSA complaint #707477 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Woodworth, ND
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION; I LEAVE IT IN REVERSE WHEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE IS NOT SAFETY SWITCH PREVENTING IT FROM STARTING UNLESS THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOW IF YOU FORGET AND TURN THE KEY IT WILL START IN GEAR AND TAKE OFF. ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE!! SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET INJURED OR WORSE. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY SWITCH THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
NHTSA complaint #707477 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Woodworth, ND
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION; I LEAVE IT IN REVERSE WHEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE IS NOT SAFETY SWITCH PREVENTING IT FROM STARTING UNLESS THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOW IF YOU FORGET AND TURN THE KEY IT WILL START IN GEAR AND TAKE OFF. ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE!! SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET INJURED OR WORSE. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY SWITCH THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
NHTSA complaint #707477 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Woodworth, ND
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION; I LEAVE IT IN REVERSE WHEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE IS NOT SAFETY SWITCH PREVENTING IT FROM STARTING UNLESS THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOW IF YOU FORGET AND TURN THE KEY IT WILL START IN GEAR AND TAKE OFF. ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE!! SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET INJURED OR WORSE. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY SWITCH THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
NHTSA complaint #707477 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.