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1998 Jeep Cherokee suspension problems

19 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1998 Jeep Cherokee, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 3% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was on my way to work headed south on I-69 in fort wayne, indiana. I had just passed the indiana state road 14 underpass when a semi truck tire and rim (the whole thing) came off a semi truck and rolled across three lanes of traffic where my jeep hit it. It hit the front passenger side of my jeep. Directly in the front but the right half of the bumper/front end.

Reported at 231,000 miles, January 2015 CrashInjury

Recently I have noticed that at speeds of around 50-60 MPH my jeep cherokee begins to violently shake when brakes are applied or after passing over a bump. While researching this online I have determined that it is similar to other complaints that are being characterized as "death wobble." this is a very dangerous condition and appears to be directly contributed to faulty front end component design on jeep cherokees/wranglers.

Reported at 130,000 miles, February 2013

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