Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Jeep Comanche

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.

5
Open recalls
5
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

5 filed
1
Crashes
1
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER Than Rack AND PINION)
    1
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    1

Recalls

5 campaigns
88V106000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC1988-07-01

BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM RESERVOIR CANISTERS MAY DEVELOP LEAKS DUE TO BUMPER IMPACT.

RiskTHIS WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER BRAKE ASSIST AND ANINCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE.

FixREPLACE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM CANNISTERS WITH NEW TYPE CANNISTERS; ALSO, INSTALL A RESTRICTION ORIFICE TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT VACUUM IN EVENT CANNISTER LEAKAGE OCCURS.

87V035000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-03-18

VEHICLE MAY CONTAIN AN OUT OF TOLERANCE THROTTLE BODY.

RiskTHIS COULD PREVENT THE ACCELERATOR FROM RETURNING TOIDLE WHEN RELEASED.

FixREPLACE SUSPECT THROTTLE BODIES.

87V022000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1987-02-25

CRUISE CONTROL MODULE COULD HAVE INCONSISTENT CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION.

RiskINCONSISTENT CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION COULD RESULT INLOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE MODULE, AS NECESSARY.

86V160000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1986-12-11

A STUD MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF ENGINE THAT COULD CONTACT THE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: CHAFING OF THE FUEL HOSE COULD OCCUR WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK.

FixREMOVE STUD AND REPLACE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE AND LINE ASSEMBLY ON VEHICLES WITH ACCUMULATED MILEAGE.

86V159000·STEERING:LINKAGES1986-12-09

STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS REMAINED IN ACID ETCHING BATH TOO LONG. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: COUPLERS COULD BE OUT OF TOLERANCE RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL MISALIGNMENT WITH EVENTUAL LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

FixREPLACE OUT OF TOLERANCE STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA88025·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-03-10 → 1989-10-03

STALLING

PE88029·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-02-23 → 1988-09-19

THROTTLE CONTROL

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