Six problems related to front suspension have been reported for the 2001 Jeep Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Jeep Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2001 Cherokee.
The shaking is getting worst everytime I drive the car, it is going to the car dealer in my area to have it fix, I want this to be covered under the warranty since I have only owe the car for 5 months.
Vehicle will not track, constantly pulls right, dealer addressed and it still pulls right. Vibration felt between 35-50 mph from rear, dealer replaced many axle parts, vibration still felt.
While driving on highway at 70 mph and without warning, headlights went completely out causing poor visibility which resulted in an accident, consumer rearended another vehicle causing one injury, upon impact the airbags did not experience deployment, consumer had been to dealer several times due to taillights inoperable and headlamps inoperable prior to accident, dealer replaced fuses and found connector's loose. Consumer states front end pulled to the left while driving, dealer found no problems. Consumer states on normal braking, pedal goes to the floor and during above mentioned accident brakes locked causing a block of skid marks, prior to accident when dealer could find no problems with abs or hydraulic brake system. Vehicle had stalled on 2 occasions at stops, dealer found no problem and 3000 miles later the stalling occurred again, however dealer still could not find problem, possible engine problem.
While driving about 20 mph vehicle started wandering side to side until losing control of vehicle, went off, and avoided crashing. Then, dealer had checked brakes, but did not found the cause.
Front rotors and the pads are wearing excessively. Front rotors were turned twice, and replaced once. Brake pads were replaced on three occasions from 15. 000 miles to present. Dealer notified. Consumer stated that while driving the steering and front end shakes.
Front end problems causing vehicle to pull at any speeds slightly to right or hard to the left, possibly due to out of alignment which dealer has attempted to fix 3-4 times, but cannot fix defect.