1995 Jeep Cherokee problems
Owners have filed 732 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Jeep Cherokee. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. Next are engine (19%) and brakes (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 732 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 110 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 86 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 112,000 miles 52 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 | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 52 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 112,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 101,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 110 complaints mention a crash; 11 complaints mention a fire; 86 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Jeep Cherokee with enough data (470 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
After my accident back in april 2000 exiting the express was I was slowing due to a red light, a car from behind rear ended my 1995 chrysler jeep . At the time I had not related the failure of the seat belt control latches to anything. I knew my body had gone forward I didn't think anything of it at the time. Until my, daughter later died from skull damage. I was 5 months into my first pregnancy about two months later the baby died. The sonogram showed skull damage.
While consumer was driving she was hit from the middle of her car, and the rear seatbelt which was holding her baby, broke. The truck was totaled.
During side impact accident rolling into a ravine that driver/passenger side seatbelt released prematurely causing injries to occupants. Tt
Motor mount bolts shear on the passanger side. Engine drops hard and has damaged the electric fan and other components. Failure has occured 5 times. Chrysler does not acknowledge the problem. First failure occured at about 40k mi
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 jeep cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring harness failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.