Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1981 Jeep Cherokee

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
1
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

1 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seats
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
87V178000·VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR1987-11-23

THE KEY OPERATED TAILGATE WINDOW WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSE IF THE SPRING LOADED KEY DOES NOT RETURN TO OFF POSITION WHEN RELEASED.

RiskWINDOW COULD CLOSE ON A CHILD OR OTHERS RESULTING INPERSONAL INJURY.

FixOWNERS SHOULD NOT LEAVE KEY IN TAILGATE OF UNATTENDED VEHICLE. REPAIR MECHANISM TO ASSURE PROPER KEY RETURN OPERATION.

81V015000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1981-01-04

THE TRANSMISSION THROTTLE CONTROL ROD SPRING MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. THIS MAY CAUSE THE THROTTLE TO CLOSE MORE SLOWLY THAN NORMAL. VEHICLES MAY RETURN TO IDLE SLOWLY.

FixEACH END OF THE SPRING WILL BE INSPECTED AND RELOCATED, IF NECESSARY, TO ENSURE CORRECT POSITIONING.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA88009·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1987-11-16 → 1990-01-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall88V132000

EA88005·VISIBILITY1987-10-23 → 1989-03-28

ELEC. REAR WINDOW

Led to recall87V178000

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