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1986 Jeep CHEROKEE Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1064341
Internal NHTSA #	10587229
Manufacurer	Chrysler Group LLC
Brand	JEEP
Model	CHEROKEE
Model Year	1986
File date	13/11/13
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I bought the car and drove it home on november 13, 2013 with the intentions of making a vehicle to use in the winter for bad weather or very bad snow. Here are issues i face. The speedometer goes crazy once i reach speeds over 35mph. It goes well pass the 85mph mark and back down to 15mph and bounce all between. The vehicle is so out of alignment its dangerous. All the floor boards have been rusted through all the way back to the seats. The front passenger floor board is 1/2 missing, and all floor boards are extremely week. The driver side has a pop-riveted floorboard in and is very strong but the bottom has been rusted through showing the bottom of it,and the sides have rusted through wholes. When i sat in the drivers seat to replace the radio,i was forced to remove the carpet to install a new ground. Part of the floorboard fell out cutting very deep into my leg. The floorboards were bearing my weight with no added force whatsoever. When i removed the rest of the carpet i was distraught to see how rusted the floor panels were and to what extent. I inspected the entire vehicle closer,and discovered the frame is in very poor shape and rusted through also. The whole exhaust from the bottom of the headers to the very back of the exhaust, has been rusted and the muffler broke off just behind the passenger seat right in front of the catalytic converter and muffler. On the way the frame in the rear near the gas tank,is rusted through and the bottom portion of the frame where the towing brackets are bolted on has broke and peeled like a banana and hangs loose separated from the main frame by at least 1/4" - 1/2". Very poor craftsmanship in the making of an offroad vehicle like this. I am a certified welder and weld professionally but this will take a month to repair and thousands of dollars. I can not do anything with the vehicle until these safety issues are addressed.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	169774
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CHRISTAINSBURG, VA
VIN pattern	1JCHX7718GTXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1986 Jeep CHEROKEE Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1986 Jeep CHEROKEE Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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