1993 Jeep Cherokee problems
Owners have filed 571 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Jeep Cherokee. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. Next are body & structure (19%) and cruise control (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 571 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 60 and 17
- Injuries and deaths
- 50 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 131,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 7 |
What the data shows
Of the 32 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 131,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 60 complaints mention a crash; 17 complaints mention a fire; 50 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Jeep Cherokee with enough data (261 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Goodyear invicta tires had insufficient tread to channel water, resulting in loss of control which caused accident/deaths. (attorney for client) *dsh
Vehicle had sudden acceleration and when attemping to brake, the right rear tire still rotated at high speed and hit the house, injuring people.
Brakes failed to operate causing accident; master cylinder was checked by inspector and found to have leak that allowed all fluid to escape without any warning
Tl*the contact owns a 1993 jeep cherokee. The vehicle accelerated while in the reverse position and crashed into a building. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no warning indicators or injuries. The local pep boys could not diagnose the failure. A police report was filed. The contact possesses pictures. The current and failure mileages were 100,000.
When jeep gets to running temperature (5-10 minutes) it will back and stall when you go to take off from a stop. Very dangerous when merging with traffic or at busy intersection. Had been in shop for 10 weeks, replaced computer, tried many sensor replacements to no avail, mechanic gave up, now at dealership where they can find nothing wrong (no computer code stored) when it is just running.they have not driven it on the road for fear of breaking down in traffic.