Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 1998 Jeep Cherokee

Three problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 1998 Jeep Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 05/30/2014

The contact owns a 1998 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, there was a sudden acceleration and the brake pedal failed to respond as a result the contact crashed into a tree. A police report was filed and the contact sustained no injuries. The vehicle was towed and had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 10/18/2010

The contact owned a 1998 Jeep Cherokee. The contact was driving approximately 3 mph when the accelerator went into the floorboard abnormally causing the vehicle to accelerate independently. The contact was unable to control the unintended acceleration and crashed into two vehicles, went over a curve, crashed into a guardrail and then into a fence. The contact sustained injuries to the head. A police report was available. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 117,400.

3 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 08/20/1998

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration while stopped, resulting in collision.

Other Vehicle Speed Control related problems of the 1998 Jeep Cherokee

Vehicle Speed Control problems	7
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems	3
Cruise Control problems	2

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