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Fuel/propulsion System
01/01/2015
GOING DOWN I-70 EAST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DENVER AND STRASBURG, CO THE VEHICLE STARTING LOSING POWER. I PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER TO CALL MY GRANDSON. THEN THE CAR STARTING FILLING WITH SMOKE AFTER A FEW MINUTES. ANOTHER DRIVER STOPPED AND RAN UP TO ME SAYING HE DIDN'T KNOW IF I KNEW MY CAR WAS ON FILE. I GOT OUT, AND THE REAR END WAS ON FIRE. YOU COULD SEE FUEL LEAKING WHICH WAS ON FIRE AS IT LEAKED. I WAS AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. I CALLED 911, AND THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME. IN THE MEANTIME, THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND AND PEOPLE WERE THROWING SNOW ONTO THE FIRE. THE FIRE BURNED THE INSIDE OF THE CAR UP TO THE FRONT SEAT. I HAD TO SELL IT FOR JUNK. THERE SHOULD BE A POLICE REPORT. I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES AFTER I SOLD MY VEHICLE. * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS
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Air Bags
09/02/2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.
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Steering, suspension
08/26/2017
EXPERIENCED 'DEATH WOBBLE' AT HIGH SPEED AFTER CONTACTING HIGHWAY "RUMBLE STRIPS"
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Electrical System
04/06/2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS ON FIRE AND THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE SEATS AND WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST PAIN AND INHALED SMOKE, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.
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Service Brakes
01/22/2016
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