FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DRIVER MUST COME TO A NEARLY COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO SEVERAL DEALERS, UNDERGOING OVER $1,000 IN REPAIRS, BUT NOTHING HAS SOLVED THIS PROBLEM. BEGAN AT 18,000 MILES AND CONTINUING NOW AT 58,000 MILES. *JB
1993
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OVERPOWERING ODOR OF GASOLINE FUEL FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL WAS MOST DISTINCT WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED INTERMITTENTLY FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN YEARS AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS YET THE FAILURE WAS NEVER DUPLICATED. ON ONE OCCASION, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE FUEL FILTER SATURATED WITH GASOLINE AND THE FILTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000. UPDATED 01/04/11*LJ UPDATED 01/10/11. *JB