1987 Jeep Cherokee Service and Repair Manual

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This is the 1987 Jeep Cherokee factory service and repair manual, matched to this exact model year so the specifications and procedure sequences are correct for your engine and trim rather than carried over from a neighboring year.

Engines

  • 2.1L I4 turbo — 126 cu in, SOHC
  • 2.5L I4 — 150 cu in, OHV
  • 4.0L I6 — 242 cu in, OHV

Trims

  • Base
  • Chief
  • Laredo
  • Limited
  • Pioneer

Known issues on the 1987 Cherokee. Seven recalls are on federal record for this model year: inconsistent cruise control operation that could cause a loss of control and an accident, a speed-control linkage that could keep the accelerator from returning to idle when released, fuel-system delivery hoses, lines, and fittings, headlights with decreased visibility that may result in a crash, a steering linkage, a separate exterior lighting fault with decreased visibility that may result in a crash, and a hydraulic power-brake assist failure that would cause a loss of power brake assist and increased stopping distance. Owners have filed 72 complaints and Jeep has issued 4 technical service bulletins for the year.

From a routine service interval to a power-brake repair or a hard-to-trace steering or wiring fault, it keeps you on the OEM procedure and the correct specification for your specific 1987 Cherokee.

NHTSA #87V02200025/02/1987Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CRUISE CONTROL MODULE COULD HAVE INCONSISTENT CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION.

Consequence

INCONSISTENT CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION COULD RESULT INLOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

Remedy

REPLACE MODULE, AS NECESSARY.

NHTSA #87V03500018/03/1987Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

VEHICLE MAY CONTAIN AN OUT OF TOLERANCE THROTTLE BODY.

Consequence

THIS COULD PREVENT THE ACCELERATOR FROM RETURNING TOIDLE WHEN RELEASED.

Remedy

REPLACE SUSPECT THROTTLE BODIES.

NHTSA #86V16000011/12/1986Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

A STUD MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF ENGINE THAT COULD CONTACT THE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE.

Remedy

REMOVE STUD AND REPLACE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE AND LINE ASSEMBLY ON VEHICLES WITH ACCUMULATED MILEAGE.

NHTSA #09E02500011/05/2009Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONF

Consequence

DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy

DOPE, INC. WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE S

NHTSA #86V15900009/12/1986Component: STEERING:LINKAGES

STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS REMAINED IN ACID ETCHING BATH TOO LONG.

Remedy

REPLACE OUT OF TOLERANCE STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS.

NHTSA #09E01200007/04/2009Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONF

Consequence

DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy

SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE S

NHTSA #88V10600001/07/1988Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC

BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM RESERVOIR CANISTERS MAY DEVELOP LEAKS DUE TO BUMPER IMPACT.

Consequence

THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER BRAKE ASSIST AND ANINCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE.

Remedy

REPLACE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM CANNISTERS WITH NEW TYPE CANNISTERS; ALSO, INSTALL A RESTRICTION ORIFIC

TSB #633948

SUBJECT REGARDING FLOOR PAN CORROSION. *SLC

TSB #600604

SUBJECT ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION #733--BRAKE PEDAL SHIFT INTERLOCK. *YC

TSB #39539

REDESIGNED LIFTGATE LATCH. *TW

TSB #37855

NEW FRONT OUTPUT SEAL AND OIL SLINGER FOR TRANSFER CASE. *TW

19971001Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLYCrash reportedFire reported1 fatalities

WHILE WIFE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED VEHICLE SHE WAS REAR ENDED. THE GAS TANK, LOCATED IN THE REAR RUPTURED, CAUSING A FIRE AND SUFFERED A FATALITY WHEN THE FIRE BLEW OUT ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS THAT WAS SIT

20030401Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash reported6 injured

THE CONSUMER WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE IDLING IN FRONT OF A HOSPITAL ENTRANCE, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. SIX

19961101Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDALCrash reported

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

19951108Component: PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICALCrash reported

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE HANDLE BROKE, RESULTING IN A ROLLAWAY, TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. TT

20020627Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOODFire reported

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE NOTICED THERE WAS SMOKE SEEPING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

Showing the 5 most serious of 72 complaints filed with NHTSA.

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