1987 Jeep Cherokee Service and Repair Manual
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.
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 CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.
DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
DOPE, INC. WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 28, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOPE, INC. AT 1-626-272-1798.
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 CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.
DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABERSPORT AT 1-909-598-7589.
CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATION 573. HOWEVER, IT IS DEEMED A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN BY THE AGENCY. DRIVERS CAN MISTAKENLY STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN THEY INTEND TO STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL.
PEDAL MISAPPLICATION BY A DRIVER CAN CAUSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION.
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A SHIFT INTERLOCK ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF THESE VEHICLES.
VEHICLE MAY CONTAIN AN OUT OF TOLERANCE THROTTLE BODY.
THIS COULD PREVENT THE ACCELERATOR FROM RETURNING TOIDLE WHEN RELEASED.
REPLACE SUSPECT THROTTLE BODIES.
CRUISE CONTROL MODULE COULD HAVE INCONSISTENT CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION.
INCONSISTENT CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION COULD RESULT INLOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
REPLACE MODULE, AS NECESSARY.
BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM RESERVOIR CANISTERS MAY DEVELOP LEAKS DUE TO BUMPER IMPACT.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER BRAKE ASSIST AND ANINCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE.
REPLACE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM CANNISTERS WITH NEW TYPE CANNISTERS; ALSO, INSTALL A RESTRICTION ORIFICE TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT VACUUM IN EVENT CANNISTER LEAKAGE OCCURS.
A STUD MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF ENGINE THAT COULD CONTACT THE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: CHAFING OF THE FUEL HOSE COULD OCCUR WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK.
REMOVE STUD AND REPLACE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE AND LINE ASSEMBLY ON VEHICLES WITH ACCUMULATED MILEAGE.
STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS REMAINED IN ACID ETCHING BATH TOO LONG. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: COUPLERS COULD BE OUT OF TOLERANCE RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL MISALIGNMENT WITH EVENTUAL LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
REPLACE OUT OF TOLERANCE STEERING LINKAGE COUPLERS.
SUBJECT REGARDING FLOOR PAN CORROSION. *SLC
SUBJECT ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION #733--BRAKE PEDAL SHIFT INTERLOCK. *YC
REDESIGNED LIFTGATE LATCH. *TW
NEW FRONT OUTPUT SEAL AND OIL SLINGER FOR TRANSFER CASE. *TW
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 SITTING IN REAR SEAT. CLAIMS THAT PLACEMENT OF TANK IN REAR OF VEHICLE IS A SERIOUS DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. *AK
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 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *JB
EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE HANDLE BROKE, RESULTING IN A ROLLAWAY, TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. TT
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
LINE WAS PLUGGED WHICH BLEW OIL ONTO THE MOTOR AND CAUGHT FIRE. TT
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
OIL/ANTIFREEZE LEAK FROM ENGINE STARTED FIRE. *DH
THROTTLE CABLE WAS STUCK. AND ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *AK
POSSIBELE ENGINE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND OVER HEATED, CATCHING FIRE AND RSULTING IN TOTAL DAMAGE. YH
VEHICLE'S STABILITY IS VERY POOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER DURING A COLLISION.
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT. AND ROLL THREE OR MORE TIMES. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
STEERING COLUMN BOLT LOOSENED, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO COME APART.
FUEL INJECTION LEAKS WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE. TT
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK
Showing the 15 most serious of 65 complaints filed with NHTSA.
