1996 JEEP LAREDO

71 complaints filed with NHTSA.

71
Complaints
6
Crashes
0
Fires
9
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR7
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH7
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION6
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM3
UNKNOWN OR OTHER3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR2
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL2
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY2
SUSPENSION2
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2

Recent Complaints

20140731CrashAIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL BEFORE ROLLING OVER. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE BOX AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

20050921CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

DT: THE CONTACT STATES ON 9-13-05 STARTED THE CAR WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND WHEN SHE REACHED OVER TO PULL THE CAR INTO DRIVE THE CAR REVVED/SURGED AND TOOK OFF. THE JEEP WRAPPED AROUND A TREE AND TOTALED THE JEEP. SHE REPORTED HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL PRIOR TO THIS. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. THIS IS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS KIND. SHE JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT SIX MONTHS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS SLIPPING. SHE HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE. THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET CONTACTED THE M

Mileage: 115,000

20040729CrashSUSPENSION

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ABS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE VEHICLE HIT A FENCE.THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, THERE WERE SHAKES THAT HAD GONE AWAY. THE CONSUMER SLOWED THE VEHICLE WHEN SEEING BUMPS, BUT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE AGAIN ON THE BUMPY ROAD, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP. THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT AND THE

Mileage: 142,000

20040729CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ABS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE VEHICLE HIT A FENCE.THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, THERE WERE SHAKES THAT HAD GONE AWAY. THE CONSUMER SLOWED THE VEHICLE WHEN SEEING BUMPS, BUT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE AGAIN ON THE BUMPY ROAD, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP. THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT AND THE

Mileage: 142,000

20020514POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AS CONSUMER WALKED ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARD ENGINE RACING AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE, CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND BRUISED CONSUMERS LEG, VEHICLE HIT TWO PARKED CARS.*JB

20011024POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AS CONSUMER WALKED ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARD ENGINE RACING AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE, CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND BRUISED CONSUMERS LEG, VEHICLE HIT TWO PARKED CARS.*JB

20010828POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE, VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE, SO CONSUMER JUMPED IN TO TRY TO STOP IT, HOWEVER CONSUMER HIT ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE CAUSING FASTER ACCELERATION AND A CRASH, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT DUE TO BEING PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES AND BEING DRAGGED BY THE VEHICLE. *SLC

19980604CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARKING GEAR, STILL RUNNING, IT SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN, HITTING A TREE AND THEN SHIFTED TO DRIVE. THE BODY DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. NO PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

19970930CrashSUSPENSION:FRONT

FRIEND'S JEEP LAREDO WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER, RESULTING IN INJURIES. INQUIRES ABOUT DOCUMENTED CASES OF JEEP ROLLOVERS. *AK