1998 Jeep Laredo problems
The 1998 Jeep Laredo has 43 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (30%) concerns transmission. Next are brakes (9%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 43 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 156,000 miles 13 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 13 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 156,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% 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 1998 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Jeep Laredo with enough data (27 complaints in that window).
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.
While putting vehicle in park and getting out noticed vehicle was rolling backward, and on consumers leg. However, consumers leg stopped vehicle from rolling further.
After parking the jeep in my garage, I left it running to check for clearance. After ensuring the vehicle was stopped and in park I exited the car. The car started moving very quickly and the door was bent backwards and then proceeded to hit me and travel about an eighth of a mile before crashing.
Yesterday afternoon my wife was preparing to run errands when she backed over something in our garage. She pulled the jeep forward, put it in park. She left it running as she got out, and took a couple of steps to the back to find what she ran over. She told me she heard the car rev briefly, then suddenly accelerate towards her. She couldn't jump out of the way and grabbed the door. In a few seconds, she was dragged down the driveway, across the street, across a neighbor's driveway and into his lawn.
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 jeep laredo. While driving 5 MPH, the low beam headlights failed to operate. Whenever the contact attempted to turn on the vehicle, he had to shift into neutral. When parked on a hill, the vehicle rolled intermittently. The failure occurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 206,000.
Jeep stalls out at any given time. Having to replace gas tank. Inside line for tank has eroded away and plastic flakes clog the line and causes vehicle to dead stop run.