1999 Jeep Cherokee Problems & Complaints

The contact owns a 1999 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated, and the instrument gauges failed to operate as designed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

The airbag light is on all the time and the horn does not work. Failed clock spring. Mileage 123,000. 1999 Jeep Classic. No cruise control.

Found that there is a plastic fuel tank mounted behind the rear axle hanging down below the bumper and was told if I get rear ended it could cause an explosion that would need to have a hitch receiver installed to protect the fuel tank

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND THE PARTS NECESSARY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE VEHICLE'S AGE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*JS

YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG ON A HIGHWAY DOING 70 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR STARTS STOPPING THIS TIME YOU BARELY GET ONTO THE SHOULDER. OR, YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG THE CAR STOPS YOU PUT ON YOUR FLASHERS AND YOU HEAR THE TRUCKS BEHIND YOU BREAKING AND SLIDING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS IN MOTION AT LEAST TEN OF THE TIMES THE JEEP DECIDED TO STOP. I HAVE HAD MY GRANDS IN THERE ALL UNDER FIVE WHEN WE ALMOST DIED BUT BECAUSE I AM ON A FIXED INCOME WITH A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT YOU SWEAR BY I AM JUST OUT OF LUCK AS YOUR DEALERS ALL SAY THEY DO NOT FIX ANYTHNG THAT OLD I AM GUESSING, AS THEY COULD ONLY FIX IT FOR TEN YEARS IT SHOULD HAVE ONLY LASTED TEN YEARS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WAITING FOR A TOW FOR SEVEN HOURS WHEN I FINALLY CALLED MY SON TO PICK UP HIS CHILDREN AND I HAD TO STAY ANOTHER FOUR HOURS ON MARCH 15, 2020. FINALLY GOT IT TOWED TO HIS HOUSE WHERE IT STILL SITS AS EVERYONE OF YOUR DEALERSHIPS HAVE REASONS FOR WHY THEY DO NOT FIX CARS OVER TEN YEARS OLD. PERHAPS PART OF YOUR MARKETING SHOULD SAY AFTER TEN YEARS YOU SHOULD THROW IT AWAY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIX IT.

LATELY I BEEN HAVING TROUBLE STARTIMG THE JEEP. AT FIRST IT SEEMS AS IF THE BATTERY IS LOW. SOUNDS LIKE IT WONT START BUT THEN IT SLOWLY PICKS UP AND STARTS IF I PRESS THE GAS. I CHANGED BATTERY BUT STILL HAVING TROUBLE. BUT ONCE ITS ON AND RUNNING IT SEEMS FINE. I ALSO HAVE A STEERING PROBLEM. TRUCK SEEMS TO PULL TO THE LEFT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000.

I HAVE A LEAK IN MY GAS TANK. I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO PUT GAS IN IT AND NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM MY GAS TANK BEFORE I STARTED FILLING IT. IT WAS DRIPPING OFF GAS TANK COVER....

I FOUND ONLY GENERAL INFORMATION THAT OUR 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE HAD TWO RECALLS. IT IS TWENTY YEARS OLD AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RECALLS. WE ARE MOST CONCERNED TO LEARN THAT THERE WAS AN AIR BAG RECALL SOMETIME IN THE PAST. WE HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 2003 AND NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. THE INFO SAID IT WAS A NHTSA RECALL #00V105000. THE OTHER RECALL SAYS IT'S AN AFTER-MARKET FUEL PUMP AIR TEX ELECTRIC FUEL PUMPS FOR 1999 ' 2004. PLEASE SEND US ANY INFORMATION ON THIS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, IF ANYTHING. THANK YOU

"TAKATA RECALL" TO BE TRUTHFULLY HONEST NOTHING ABOUT THIS JEEP IS SAFE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD PUT IN A RECALL FOR THIS JEEP BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO OLD AND TOO LATE ANYWAY SENSORS ARE HORRIBLE NO TURNING SIGNALS , MY BELT ASSEMBLY BREAKS A PART WHILE DRIVING RADIATOR GETS REALLY HOT TO THE POINT OF SMOKING EVEN WHEN MY COOLANT IS FULL I HAVE SUN ROOF PROBLEMS BECAUSE WATER LEAKS THROUGH IT AND FLOODS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TRUNK WILL NOT OPEN MY SUSPENSION IS IN GREAT NEED OF HELP IT DOESN'T EVEN BOUNCE , ALOT OF SAFETY PROBLEMS BUT LIKE I SAID DIDN'T KNOW I COULD FOR FILE FOR A RECALL SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS CAN GET RECALLED.

TAKATA RECALL....MY DASH BOARD "AIR BAG" WARNING RED LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A YEAR AND NOONE KNOWS WHY! IS IT BECAUSE MY AIR BAGS ARE TAKATA? I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THEY HAVE NEVER POPPED OUT! HOW DOES ONE KNOW THEIR STATUS ON THIS 1999 JEEP?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V105000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. ROBERT GREEN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (178 BRIDGEVILLE RD, MONTICELLO, NY 12701, (845) 397-7532) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY BECAUSE OF THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING INTERMITTENTLY IN ALL TYPES OF DRIVING AND AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT IT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP GROUND WIRES MAY BE DEFECTIVE, WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE BRAKE LINES BECAME SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE DEALER (CUETER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 223,827.

MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE UNI-BODY FRAME IS SO RUSTED OUT UNDERNEATH IT IS A HAZARD TOO DRIVE, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WRONG WITH IT. SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONTROL ARMS ARE RUSTED OUT AND DETACHED AND FRAME IS SO RUSTED THEY CAN NOT BE REATTACHED. IT SEEMS IT IS VERY COMMON FOR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE UNI-BODY UNDER CARRIAGE TO RUST OUT AND BECOME A HAZARD WITH CONTROL ARMS DETACHING AND VEHICLE BECOMING UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY A PROBLEM IN NORTHERN PART OF US. HOWEVER, THESE ARE VEHICLE PEOPLE BUY TO DRIVE ON BAD ROADS SO THEY SHOULD NOT DETERIORATE AND BECOME A DANGER TO DRIVE. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THESE JEEPS AND WELD IN NEW FRAME RAILS AND OTHER SUPPORT AND REATTACH DETACHED SUSPENSION AND OTHER NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.

1ST ISSUE IS THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DISENGAGE. THEY HANG UP SO BAD OUR 10 YR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER NEEDS HELP TO REMOVE THE BELT. THE BELT FOR THE DRIVER HAS SAME ISSUE TO WHERE IT IS EVEN DIFFICULT FOR AN ADULT TO GET IT TO UNLATCH. 2ND ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD WHEN COLD. WHEN IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A FEW MILES IT SHIFTS NORMAL. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM A LOT OF JEEP OWNERS HAVE. IT IS A NOTED PROBLEM IN OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES WITH THE 42RE TRANSMISSION. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED SINCE IT IS SO WIDE SPREAD.

SEAT BELT LATCH AND BUCKLE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, IT IS VERY HARD TO BUCKLE IN AND WHEN TRYING TO UNBUCKLE, IT TAKES A LOT OF FORCE, TIME AND VERY UNSAFE. IF LEFT UNBUCKLED THE DASH LIGHT OR ALARM NEVER COMES ON TO BUCKLE UP. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL TIMES, DOESN'T MATTER IF STATIONARY OR MOVING. THE SEAT BELT HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO REPAIR IT UNLESS AN INITIAL FEE OF $250 IS PAID WITH MORE REPAIR FEES ARE EXPECTED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 137,000 MILES, THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME SNAPPED AT TWO POINTS, CAUSING THE SEAT TO ROCK FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN ENTERING/EXITING AND WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS. SINCE IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE FRAME AT THAT POINT, IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. I WAS IN MOTION ON A BUSY CITY STREET ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN THE SEAT GAVE WAY AND STARTED MOVING.

MOTOR KEEPS STALLING WHILE DRIVING OR IDLE. THIS IS UNSAFE.. MY LIFE IS ON THE LINE. REPLACED ALL PARTS THAT DEAL WITH ISSUES AND ISSUES ARE STILL THERE. .. RECALL AND FIX ISSUES....

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT OF CAR IS SHAKES/WOBBLES VIOLENTLY

STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT OF CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY.

VEHICLE BOUGHT BRAND NEW FOR JEEP DEALER. ONLY HAS 92,000 MILES. WIFE HAD A FLAT TIRE MONDAY JUNE 17TH. CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO PUT SPARE TIRE ON. REFUSED BECAUSE VEHICLE CAME WITH A 17IN SPARE .TIRES ARE 225 75 16 IN FROM FACTORY. SPARE HAS NEVER BEEN INSTALLED. HAS ALL STICKERS ON RIM, WRITING ON TIRE NO MARKS OF INSTALLING. POLICE OFFICER TOLD MY WIFE IF HE HAD SEEN IT ON VEHICLE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TICKET FOR A UNSAFE TIRE. CONTACTED BOTH DEALER AND JEEP. WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. IF THIS VEHICLE CAME WITH WRONG SPARE, HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES HAVE AND WHERE DRIVEN AND CAUSED ACCIDENT. THERE IS PROBABLY LESS THAN 2 IN OF CLEARANCE. SOMEBODY WHO JUST PUTS IT ON MAY NOT NOTICE.

TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNED A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT EYE, LACERATION OF THE NOSE, A BROKEN JAW, THE FRONT TEETH SHIFTED, AND BLACK EYES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND AND DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY VEHICLE STALLS OUT RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. IT HAS HAPPENED TURNING OFF OF AN OFF RAMP FROM THE FREEWAY AND WHILE DRIVING STRAIT DOWN A CITY STREET. ALSO A COUPLE OF TIME I PARKED AND TURNED IT OFF AND IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON FOR 10-15 MINS. ALL THE INCIDENTS OF STALLING OUT, AFTER I WAIT 10-15 MINS IT WILL START BACK UP. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH.

VEHICLE STALL'S WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED, OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE...ENGINE TEMPERATURE ETC. ON SOME OCCASIONS IF I SLIP IT INTO NEUTRAL I CAN RESTART BUT MOSTLY I HAVE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND WAIT A FEW MIN AND THEN IT STARTS...THE VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE HAD THE PCM, CEL, RELAYS, STARTER, ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, FUEL FILTER (IN-LINE), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS, TUNE UP, OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED...DEALER AND MY REGULAR GARAGE ARE STUMPED. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF POSTS ON FORMS ON THE INTERNET COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE!!! IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS QUITE DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH NO FOREWARNING THE GAUGES SLING CW THEN CCW TO ZERO RPM AND ZERO MPH ALTHOUGH STILL COATING AT HWY SPEED YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING THE CAR IS OFF...NOTE IT CAN STALL JUST AFTER STARTING WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING OR 1/2HR LATER OR MORE I MIGHT STOP FOR SOMETHING (GAS, GROCERIES ETC) CAR RUNNING GREAT COME BACK TO THE CAR AND IT WONT START...IIT SEEMS TOTALLY RANDOM! NOTE THIS 1ST STARTED @ 140000 MILES AND IS STILL OCCURRING 5000 MILES LATER... SOMETIME IT WILL DRIVE FINE FOR A FEW DAYS SOMETIME IT STALLED AT LEAST ONCE WHILE DRIVING...

BOTH FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS AND LEFT REAR CALIPER SEIZED CAUSING OVERHEATING TO THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM. IT ALSO CAUSED ROTOR DAMAGE,DISC DAMAGE AND BRAKE PAD DAMAGE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I AM NOT SURE IF IT HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVING OR STATIONARY. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY PADS ONCE A YEA SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE REPLACED THE HUBS DISCS AND ROTATERSTWICE. I AM PREPARING TO REPLACE ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS FOR THE THIRD TIME AND WILL ALSO REPLACE THE RUBBER BRAKE LINES. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. IN MY OPINION IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE FROM THIS DEFECT.

STOLEN MARCH 3RD, MCDONALDS OLD SPARTANBURG ROAD AROUND 2PM, BLACK JEEP WITH LIFTKIT, LOWER BACK BECAUSE SHOCKS NEEDED FIXED, ANY INFO WILL HELP.

MY CAR HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE FRONT END WOBBLED SO BADLY THAT I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND STOP. "DEATH WOBBLE"

I WAS DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND HEARD A STRANGE SCRAPING SOUND, WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THE GAS TANK WAS LITERALLY FALLING OFF THE CAR. THE SKIDPLATE/SUPPORT WAS ROTTED AWAY AND ONLY THE BACK PORTION OF IT WAS HOLDING THE GAS TANK UP. COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM IF I DIDN'T NOTICE THE SCRAPING SOUND AND CHECK BEFORE I DROVE IT ANYMORE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 242,922.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR IN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING, HAZARD LIGHTS, AND TURN SIGNALS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRIC SEAT BRACKET HAS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES MAKING THE SEAT WOBBLE. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER HAS AN ABS PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED BUT CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO THE PARK POSITION TO GET THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE HALT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,000.

MY COMPLAINT INVOLVING MY VEHICLE AND ITS NOW DEFECTED PARTS OR UNSAFE STATUS TO OPERATE IS DUE TO MECHANICAL WORKMANSHIP. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE 3 YEARS AGO. NEVER HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT AND MAINTAINED IT WELL AND REGULAR TUNE-UPS. I INVESTED IN BUYING ALL PARTS NEEDED AS TIME WELL WARE AND TARE. IM NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH AUTO PARTS OR WORK BUT AS IM PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO "NEW PARTS" MY CAR SEEMS TO SLOWLY CONTINUE TO FAIL. ALL I KNOW IS I RELIED ON CERTAIN MECHANICS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF MY CAR. I HAD A OPERABLE VEHICLE UNTIL I DROVE INTO THIS AUTO SHOP AND LEFT HAVING TO TOW IT OUT. I SIMPLY ASKED TO CHANGE FRONT BRAKE PADS, ROTERS, AND IGNITION SWITCH (ELECTRICAL PART). IM TOLD TO PURCHASE OTHER PARTS THAT INCLUDE SCREWS, STEERING COLUMN, AND KEY LOCKSMITH/ FEES. NOTHING GOT RESOLVED AND ELECTRICAL EVERYTHING STOPS WORKING. JEEPS FRONT DRIVER TIRE STAYS ON A FLAT AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT CAN FIX THIS. THE MECHANIC SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FINALLY SEEMED TO HAVE IT FIGURED OUT. $50 WAS THE PRICE I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE LEFT WITH. AFTER RUNNING TEST AND DIAGNOSTICS, PRICES CHANGED AND MORE WORK WAS NEEDED. ITS BEEN A LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS SINCE IVE BEEN WITHOUT. NOW IM TOLD I NEED TO PAY IN FULL $1500 BEFORE THEY WILL WORK ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVENT BEEN OFFERED A RENTAL MUCHLESS BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE WORK DONE. I FEEL LIKE MY CAR HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF PAID PARTS. IVE LOOKED ONLINE FOR ADVICE AND HELP AS WHAT I SHOULD DO BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN DONE. I WOULD APPRECIATE AND GREATLY BE THANKFUL FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THE SAFETY AND WORK PERFORMED TO MY JEEP. AS FOR THE RECALLS THE SERVICE TECH NAMED OFF SEVERAL THAT HE STATED WERE TAKEN CARE OF. TO MY KNOWLEDGE IVE NEVER BEEN AWARE OF ANY.

I HAVE OWNED 8 JEEPS AND NOW HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DEALERSHIPL MAINTAINED GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 4.7L IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH A BAD ENGINE. AT 100K A ROD BEARING WENT BAD AND AFTER THAT WAS FIXED BY ME WITH GREAT EXPENSE IT NOW SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH LOW COMPRESSION AND WILL NOT START. I HAVE SEARCHED AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF ADS WITH BLOWN ENGINES JUST IN MY AREA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME COMMON DESIGN FLAWS IN THE 4.7L THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS BEEN HIDING AND WE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR IT. DEALERS DENY ANY PROBLEMS BUT YET ON ANY GIVEN DAY THE CLASSIFIES ARE FULL OF THEM. I LOVE THE VEHICLE IN GENERAL THAT'S WHY I HAVE OWNED SO MANY BUT FEEL TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE A CHRYSLER PIECE OF CRAP ANYMORE. I WAS STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY LIKE MANY OF US WERE AND PUT IN A PERILOUS SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF IT WITH FAMILY IN THE CAR PLUS I WAS ON CRUTCHES . CHRYSLER SHOULD BEING OFFERING ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF THEIR FAULTS. I ALSO JUST GOT DONE REPAIRING THE FAULTY BLEND DOOR BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF VISIBILITY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

MY JEEP VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN I'M DRIVING SPEEDS OF 50+ AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS ARE SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 70 AND I CANNOT DRIVE OVER 50. THE OTHER DAY IT STARTED TO SHAKE SO BAD THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER AND ALMOST HIT THE CEMENT GUARD RAIL. I HAVE TO TRANSPORT MY GRANDCHILDREN FROM TIME TO TIME AND GOD FORBID ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THEM CHRYSLER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THIS ISSUE IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE AND IS THE PERFECT NAME FOR IT. THEY NEED TO DO A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. PLEASE MAKE CHRYSLER DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIX THIS PROBLEM.

PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM CARMART IN 09-29-2015 A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. I CONTACTED CARMART AND ON JANUARY 82016 VEHICLE WAS SENT TO A SHOP PARKING CLEAN WHERE THEY CHANGE MY TP SENSOR. IT RAN FINE FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS AND BEGAN TO SHUT OFF AGAIN IN PARKED,DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. BACK TO CARMART 6-9-2016 CAR WENT TO SEARS FIXED THROTTLE BODY,RADIATOR GOT CAR BACK ON 6-16-2016 ON 6-18 BACK AT SEARS CARS DO FUEL FILTER 6-20-2016 CAR STILL SHUT OFF AGREED TO TAKE BACK TO SHOP ON 6-28-2016 AS OF JULY 5TH 2016 STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY CAR BACK. UNSURE WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF PROBLEM HOWEVER WHEN IT SHUTS OFF THE RPM GOES ALL THE WAY TO ZERO . THIS IS ENDANGERING ME AND MY FAMILY HOWEVER I STILL HAVE TO PAY MY CAR NOTE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT 30 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT DETACHED AND THE CONTACT WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN AND SEAT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 205,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STARTED BLINKING. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ALL THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 227,499.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY JEEP/CHRYSLER HAS NOT DONE ANY RECALLS OR FIXES INVOLVING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) SINCE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GRAND CHEROKEES?!!! INSTEAD THEY WANT CUSTOMERS TO GO OUT AND SPEND APPROXIMATELY $200+ FOR A NEW ONE AND EVEN MORE $$ TO HAVE DEALER INSTALL IT. I LOVE MY JEEP DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT JEEP DROPPED THE BALL BIG ON THIS ONE. JUST ABOUT AS BAD AS THE GAS TANK ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,214.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE LIGHTING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE ONCE IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I HAVE ABOUT 192,000 MILES ...OWNED THE CAR SINCE 2001..ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO I NOTICED THE FRONT SEAT WAS BEGINNING TO WIGGLE...IN TIME UNTIL 10/14/15 WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEATERSHIP (FRANICH) IN WATSONVILLE, CA. 95076 WHERE I WAS ADVISED I HAD A BROKEN FRAME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT. THEIR ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO TRY AND SELL ME A WHOLE NEW SEAT ASSEMBLY...AT THE COST OF $750 WHICH WOULD HAVE REPRESENTED ABOUT 20% OF THE PRESENT VALUE (MY CAR IS IN SUPER CONDITION)...I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANOTHER PLACE I COULD GO....THE SERVICEMAN PUT ME ON HOLD AS HE SPOKE TO THE MANAGER..CAME BACK ON AND .SAID NO...AND ACTUALLY SENT ME ON MY WAY IN THAT UNSAFE CONDITION...NEVER ONCE DID THEY TELL ME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SIMIIAR COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT CHRYSLER WAS REFUSING THE NHTSA SUGGESTION FOR RECALLS FOR THIS UNSAFE CONDITION...HAD THEY AT LEAST TOLD ME...I WOULD HAVE BEGUN SEARCHING THE WEB FOR SOLUTIONS....LUCKILY, I HAD A RELATIVE FIX AND WELD THE PROBLEM FOR ME....HOWEVER, I DO NOT WANT ANY ONE ELSE TO SUFFER WITH THIS PROBLEM....AS A LOYAL JEEP OWNER I AM ASHAMED OF CHRYSLER TO NOT PROVIDE A FIX FOR US ALL....I PAID THE COST TO FIX...AND THEIR REPUTATION SHOULD BE SULLIED BY THEIR REFUSAL TO RECALL OR AT THE VERY LEAST HAVE A FIX IN PLACE ....I LOVE MY JEEP...I AM 73 YEARS OLD...COULD I HAVE DIED DUE TO THIS SAFETY ISSUE IF HIT BY ANOTHER AUTO ...HAS ANYONE ELSE SUFFERED?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ELECTRIC SYSTEM IS BAD AND JEEPS ARE KNOWN FOR THE BAD BELTS

THE JEEP ENGINE SHUTS OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS OCCURS AFTER APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT CAN HAPPEN DURING HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY 60 + MPH OR DURING IDLE WHEN STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I HAD TO AVOID SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THE JEEP MIGHT START IMMEDIATELY AFTER A SHORT WAIT, OR CAN TAKE A DAY AND START WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE GAUGES GO OFF, WITH THE FUEL SHOWING EMPTY, THEN THE ENGINE SIMPLY CUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. YOU LOSE ALL POWER, BRAKES, STEERING ETC... THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE DOCUMENTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITHOUT CHRYSLER STEPPING FORWARD TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS THAT MIGHT EVENTUALLY SAVE LIVES. IT DOES THIS PROBLEM, WHETHER YOU ARE IDLE CONDITION, MAKING A TURN, TRAVELING A SHORT DISTANCE OR ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MIDDLE LANE SURROUNDED IN TRAFFIC DOING 65. THE WEATHER ALSO HAS NO EFFECT AS IT HAS OCCURRED DURING WARMER WEATHER AND COOLER WEATHER. I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AS I RECENTLY AVOIDED A REAR END COLLISION.

THE DRIVER SEAT CAME OFF TRACK OR BROKE I'VE FIXED IT A FEW TIMES BUT I THINK ITS A SAFETY ISSUE IF I GET INTO A WREAK I'M NOT PROTECTED MY SEAT IS ALMOST IN THE BACK SEAT ALREADY LAYING ON THE CAR SEAT OF MY KID, IT MOVES WHEN I TURN OR BREAK, SO IF I GET HIT I'M GOING TO BE THROWN OUT OF MY SEAT AND OR CAR I'VE ALREADY GOT TO TAKE IT TO GET HE GAS TANK ISSUE FIXED, THE TAIL LIGHTS NOT WORKING RIGHT I'VE GOTTEN A FEW TICKETS FOR THAT NOW THIS I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE SO I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.

EXCESSIVE ENGINE KNOCKING WITH POWER LOSS AND ABNORMAL DRIVING CAPABILITES. SOUNDS LIKE BAD INTERNALS. SUSPENSION CAUSES "DEATH WOBBLE" AT CRUISING SPEEDS. ENGINE HAPPENS ANYTIME ENGINE IS RUNNING PRODUCING LARGE QUANTITIES OF SMOKE FROM TAILPIPE.

DEFROSTER DOES NOT CLEAR WINDSHIELD, BLOWER WORSENS FOG. AFTER BRIEF USE OF VEHICLE CONDENSATION BUILDS ON PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD AND PROHIBITS CLEAR VISION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS A DEER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THAT CAUSED THE CONTACT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT AND CRASH INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

MY FUEL TANK SHIELD RUSTED OUT AND THE FUEL TANK FELL OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HEARD A DRAGGING SOUND AND PULLED IN A PARKING LOT AND WHEN I LOOKED UNDER JEEP, I SEEN THAT MY FUEL TANK FELL OUT PARTIALLY ON ONE SIDE, WHILE THE OTHER SIDE WAS HELD UP WITH THE REST OF THE RUST SHIELD PLATE. LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS HOLDING IT IN PLACE OTHER THEN THE SHIELD PLATE. READ UP ON SOME FORUMS AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHT WAS TURNED ON THE LIGHT WAS DIFFUSED BY THE HEADLIGHT LENS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTING VISIBILITY WAS DECREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHT GLOBE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09E025000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 11/19/15*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONSEQUENTLY CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH OR ABOVE, AND HAVING TO BRAKE, THE JEEP IMMEDIATELY GOES INTO A TERRIFYING DEATH WOBBLE. WE'VE TRAINED OURSELVES TO DOWN SHIFT, TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN (IT'S AN AUTOMATIC). BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE DO HAVE TO SUDDENLY HIT THE BRAKE BECAUSE THE DOWN SHIFTING DOESN'T SLOW US DOWN ENOUGH, AND THE JEEP ALWAYS GOES INTO THE DEATH WOBBLE. LUCKILY WE HAVE NOT FLIPPED IT YET. WE'VE TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH NEW ROTTERS, BRAKE PADS, WHEEL ALIGNMENT, ETC (THE JEEP IS NOT LIFTED, IT IS STOCK). NOTHING HAS CURED IT. THERE IS A FATAL ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.

I WAS DRIVING AND A STEEL PLATE FELL OFF FROM THE CENTER OF THE SKID PLATE THAT PROTECTS MY FUEL TANK 2 DAYS LATER I RECIVED A RECALL ABOUT PUTTING A HITCH ON TO PROTECT MY FUEL TANK I CAN SEE MY TANK IS EXPOSED A HITCH WELL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM I NEED A SKID PLATE TO PROTECT MY FUEL TANK NOT A HITCH SHOULD I RETAIN A LAWER

I WAS AT A STOP SIGN, PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE, ARRIVING AT A STOP-LIGHT WHEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, PEDAL SEEMED TO HAVE NO LEVERAGE TO IT. I COASTED TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER, HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. CHECKED ALL FLUIDS AND PADS, THOSE COMPONENTS SEEMED TO BE FINE. AND HAD TO GET VEHICLE TOWED IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT OPERATE WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE EXAMINED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

I WOULD HAVE PUT IGNIOTION/KEY AS THE AFFECTED PARTS, BUT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. SO I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND ALL OF SUDDEN IT JUST STOPS RUNNING. LITERALLY ON SOUTHFIELD ROAD. THINK IT WAS JUST A FLUKE I CONTINUED TO TRY AND DRIVE IT. BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. BUT NOW, IT TURNS OFF AT A LIGHT, DURING A TURN, GOING 25MPH, 45MPH... BASICALLY WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE. I HAVE A SON THAT IS A PERMIT ONLY DRIVER, AND CAN'T ALLOW HIM FOR SAFETY REASONS TO BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I WENT TO THE MECHANIC AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD, THERE IS A PART IN THE IGNITION SYSTEM THAT SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE CHIP IN THE KEY. WHEN THAT STOPS SENDING THE SIGNAL THE VEHICLE TURNS OFF. GREAT ANTI-THEFT IDEA! IT'S SO DANGEROUS. MECHANIC SAYS THE PART IS $100+ AND THEN THE ORIGINAL KEYS 'MAY NOT' REPROGRAM, WHICH MEANS AN EXTRA $60 PER KEY, PLUS PROGRAMMING. THERE IS A REASON THE DEALER KEEPS IT IN STOCK, GOTTA KNOW IT FAILS. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DECIDED TO STOP RUNNING ON THE EXPRESSWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AS IT DECELERATED AND EMITTED AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

OUT OF KNOW WHERE THE ENGINE JUST STARTED KNOCKING, AND THE SMELL OF GAS AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED ACTING OUT OF CONTROL. I HAD TO PARK IT AND GET ANOTHER CAR. BUT I STILL HAVE IT BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE MY JEEP!

HIT A BUMP OR POT HOLE OR A MAN COVER AT 45 MPH AND THE CAR STARTS TO SHAKE AND GOES OUT OF CONTROL. ALMOST BEEN HIT OVER 5 TIMES BECAUSE I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP THE ISSUE. TIRES A NEW AND I'VE BEEN TO THE SHOP THEY SAY EVERYTHING GOOD FOR SAFETY INSPECTIONS BUT IT'S NOT GOOD. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT JEEP IS JUST TRY TO KILL IT'S CAR DRIVERS I WON'T HAVE BUY THE THING.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AND BUZZER, GO ON AND OFF EVERY 5 MINUTES. DEALER SAYS NO RECALL. WHAT DO I DO? UPDATED 09/09/15*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 340,000.

MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH WHEN I HIT A SLIGHT UNEVENNESS IN THE ROAD. I'VE HAD MY JEEP INSPECTED BY A JEEP DEALER, PAID TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, AND IT STILL REMAINS. THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED, REPEATED ISSUE, THAT I, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED, DRIVING JEEPS. IT'S BEEN REPORTED ON BY BOTH ABC NEWS (HTTP://ABC7NEWS.COM/ARCHIVE/8768540/) AND FOX NEWS (HTTP://WWW.FOXNEWS.COM/LEISURE/2012/07/09/WHAT-NEED-TO-KNOW-ABOUT-JEEP-DEATH-WOBBLE/) AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER IN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. I WENT TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP, CHRYSLER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN IN-HAND, SPENT $1,000 TO REPLACE MY ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM AT THEIR BEHEST TO CORRECT WHAT THEY CLAIMED WAS CAUSING THE VIOLENT SHAKING I EXPERIENCED WHEN DRIVING MY JEEP ON THE HIGHWAY, ONLY TO FIND, POST-REPAIR, AFTER HITTING A MINOR SEAM ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 52 MPH, THAT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WAS WORSE THAN EVER, AND MY JEEP WAS TOTALLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FACT THAT NO ONE HAS DIED YET FROM LOSING CONTROL WHEN THEIR JEEP STARTS VIOLENTLY SHAKING WHILE THEY'RE SPEEDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY (THAT WE CAN PROVE) DUE TO AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN THESE VEHICLES IS A SHAMEFUL REASON FOR THE NHTSA TO DISMISS THIS ISSUE. I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY, SO FAR THAT OTHER DRIVERS HAVE NOTICED ME RAPIDLY REDUCING MY SPEED IN TIME TO GET OUT OF MY WAY. I'VE BEEN LUCKY THAT ROAD CONDITIONS ALLOWED ME TO SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER. I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO BE GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO REDUCE MY SPEED BEFORE I LOST CONTROL. I'VE STOPPED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, STOPPED DRIVING LONG DISTANCES, AND PLAN TO TRASH MY JEEP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THOUGH I JUST INVESTED $1,000 IN ITS REPAIR. IS THAT RIGHT? *TR

VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLS AND DIES AT LOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS. ENGINE WILL SHUDDER BRIEFLY AND SHUTOFF. STALLING WILL OCCUR WHEN STOPPED OR SPEEDS RANGING FROM 1 TO 40 MPH. WHEN VEHICLE STALLS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL RESET AND POWER STEERING FAILS. RESTART IS SOMETIMES ACHIEVABLE IMMEDIATELY, BUT MORE OFTEN TAKES A MINIMUM OF 30 SECONDS AND UP TO SEVERAL MINUTES. ISSUE SEEMS UNAFFECTED BY OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. ENGINE FAILURE OFTEN OCCURS WITHIN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING, BUT HAS OCCURRED AT GREATER TIME INTERVALS. SPARK PLUGS, SPARK PLUG WIRES, IGNITION ROTOR, AND UPSTREAM OXYGEN SENSOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS HAS CAUSED NEAR ACCIDENTS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THIS ISSUE IS PERSISTENT AND ONGOING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SKID PLATE FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE SKID PLACE AND THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 06E011000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND 02V104000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NO CRASH, NO ACCIDENT THIS IS A COMPLAINT ON SAFETY AND LACK OF AVAILABILITY TO A "DO IT YOURSELF" (DIY) CERTIFIED MECHANIC ON BRAKE BLEEDING. I AM A CERTIFIED AVIATION MECHANIC AND WELL VERSED ON BLEEDING BRAKES. ON THE JEEP LISTED THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO USE A SCANNER (THE CHRYSLER DRB III SCAN TOOL) WHICH PLUGS INTO THE OBD-2 SYSTEM TO RUN THE PUMP IN THE ABS SYSTEM. THIS RUNNING OF THE ABS PUMP SHOULD MOVE ANY AIR WITHIN, INTO THE LINES SO THAT SUBSEQUENT BLEEDING OF THE WHEEL LINES WILL REMOVE THE AIR. THE SCANNER COST IS PROHIBITIVE FOR THE DIY MECHANIC AND THE OWNER IS FORCED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR PROPER BLEEDING OF THE BRAKES. EVEN A USED SCANNER IS VALUED AT $3977 ON EBAY THIS DATE. THERE ARE VARIOUS "TRICKS" TO GET THE ABS PUMP TO RUN, SUCH AS A PANIC STOP ON A SLICK GRASSY SURFACE AND THAT WILL GET THE PUMP TO RUN, BUT THE BRAKES MUST BE BLED IMMEDIATELY TO GET THE DESIRED RESULTS, ON THE SLICK, GRASSY SURFACE. THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE DISSERVICE TO THE MECHANIC IN THE FIELD AND THE GREAT SAFETY ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE WITH IMPROPERLY BLED BRAKES. WITHOUT THE ABS BLED PROPERLY, THE BRAKES ARE MUSHY AND EVEN AFTER PUMPING, ARE NOT THE BRAKES THEY SHOULD BE FOR THE SAFETY OF NEARLY A TWO TON VEHICLE. THERE SHOULD BE AN AFFORDABLE SCAN TOOL THAT WILL DO THE JOB FOR THE BASIC MECHANIC WHO WANTS TO DO THEIR VEHICLE HIM/HER SELF AND THOSE SAME FOLKS SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER JUST TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER SAFETY STANDARDS. *TR

PLEASE PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DATA BELOW. I'M EXTREMELY NERVOUS ABOUT THE FUEL TANK MOUNTED DEFECT AND IGNITION SWITCHED THAT SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVEN. MY VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL THE ISSUE AS THE PREVIOUS OWNERS REGARDING MY JEEP INCLUDING THE HEADLIGHTS ISSUE. ON JANUARY 21, 2015 I HAVE CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION REGARDING THE RECALLS AND PER LYNN THE RECALLS WERE ONLY FOR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES FROM 1993-1998 AND LIBERTYS FROM 2002-2007 BUT THE REPORTS STATES "ADDITIONALLY, CHRYSLER ALSO AGREES TO CONDUCT A SERVICE ACTION FOR 1.14 MILLION JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES FOR MODEL YEARS 1999-2004." MY UNCLE HAS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO AND HIS VEHICLE HAS A TRAILER HITCH TO PROTECT THE GAS TANK. I HAVE NOTICE SEVERAL MODELS FROM 1999-2004 JEEPS WITH TRAILER HITCH MOUNTED TO THE VEHICLE. THERE IS CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE TRAILER HITCH MODIFICATION TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BUT I WOULD FEEL SAFER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IF A TRAILER HITCH WAS INSTALLED AS CHRYSLER HAS COMMITTED TO THE PUBLIC. NOVEMBER 2009: CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY SUBMITS FORMAL REQUEST ASKING NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE 1993-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S WITH FUEL TANKS LOCATED BEHIND THE REAR AXLE. JUNE 18, 2013: CHRYSLER AGREES TO CONDUCT A SAFETY CAMPAIGN AND INSTALL TRAILER HITCHES ON 1.56 MILLION JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES FROM 1993-98 AND JEEP LIBERTY SUVS FROM 2002-07. ADDITIONALLY, CHRYSLER ALSO AGREES TO CONDUCT A SERVICE ACTION FOR 1.14 MILLION JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES FOR MODEL YEARS 1999-2004. CHRYSLER DEALERS WILL INSPECT THOSE VEHICLES AND REPLACE AFTERMARKET TRAILER HITCHES WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TRAILER HITCHES. JAN. 17, 2014: NHTSA SAYS IT APPROVES OF THE PROPOSED TRAILER HITCH REMEDY, SAYING IT HAS NO RESERVATIONS AT THIS TIME,AND GIVING CHRYSLER THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE AHEAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD FLASH WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE REAR BRAKE LINE (STEEL) NOT THE RUBBER LINE FAILED WHILE PULLING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH, DESPITE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (BLEEDING OF OLD FLUID) BEING PERFORMED. IT WAS DETERMINED BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR LINES NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO SEVERE ROT. THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE OUT OF A CORROSION RESISTANT METAL. *TR

I'M HAVING MORE PROBLEMS WITH MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM, I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED IT (2) TIMES LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THIS. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE SITE AND THERE IS A RECALL ON IT SINCE 2002 BUT I HAVE NEVER RESEVED ANYTHING ON IT. THE RECALL SAYS TO CONTACT LOCAL DEALER ON THIS MATTER AND IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR FREE. I NEED A PAPER TO TAKE WITH ME ON THIS MATTER. IT ALSO SAYS IT COULD CATCH FIRE IF IT IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF!! CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS MATTER. I HAS GO OUT AGAIN NO FUEL AGAIN! *TR

AGREE 100% WITH COMPLAINT 10422899 AND OTHERS. REPLACED BOTH REAR BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY'S 3 TIMES ALREADY. PLASTIC AROUND CONTACTOR MELTS, METAL NO LONGER CONNECTS WITH BULB CONTACT PROPERLY. ISSUE IS CAUSING ALL KINDS OF SAFETY, FINANCIAL, LEGAL (TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, POINTS ON DRIVERS LICENSE) PROBLEMS. INCLUDING NO BRAKE LIGHTS, NO WORKING DIRECTIONALS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. COSTLY. SEVERAL SAFETY VIOLATION WARNINGS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH POTENTIAL REAR COLLISION. OPERATOR NEVER KNOWS WHEN IT WILL OR HAS OCCURRED. THIS PROBLEM IS NEEDLESS AND RIDICULOUS. *TR

WENT TO BACK CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE, WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT IN REVERSE, IT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND SHOT BACK APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS, HIT OUR BASKETBALL POLE AND DAMAGED THE DRIVER DOOR AND RT. FRONT QUARTER PANEL. UNABLE TO STOP IT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE AND REVERSE LIGHT UNITS MALFUNCTIONED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DECIDED TO REPLACE THE UNITS AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, BUT THEY WERE ALSO UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE AND OPTED TO REPLACED THE UNIT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

JUST ANOTHER RECALL ON THE GRAND CHEROKEE. HTTP://WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM/2014/10/16/CHRYSLER-ALTERNATOR-MIRROR-RECALLS/?ICID=MAING-GRID7%7CHTMLWS-MAIN-BB%7CDL38%7CSEC1_LNK3%26PLID%3D546817 "PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY FINANCE". ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 I WROTE TO YOU REGARDING OUT 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND ALL THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SINCE 2013. PLEASE SEE THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT. YOUR CONFIRMATION NUMBER (ODI NUMBER) IS: 10631491 NOW ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE MORE RECALLS, AND I/WE STILL OWN OUR 1999. I STILL DO BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMS WITH THE 1999. JUST BECAUSE THE JEEP IS A 1999, DOES NOT MEAN THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIXING OF THIS CAR. WE JUST WANT IT FIXED, TO BE SAFE TO DRIVE. I STILL FEEL THEY SHOULD CARRY THE BURDEN OF THIS. NOT THE CONSUMER. *TR

NEAR MISS REAR END COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. AT TIMES EITHER THE TURN SIGNALS LEFT AND RIGHT WILL NOT WORK OR THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT LAMP ASSEMBLIES WILL NOT WORK. FOUND A ELECTRICAL GROUNDING ISSUE WITH LEFT AND RIGHT REAR LAMP ASSEMBLY WITH REGARDS TO BRAKE LIGHTS. WITH REGARDS TO THE TURN SIGNALS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY PROBLEM UNRESOLVED. IN ADDITION, WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED AND LOCKED AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LAMPS COME ON AND OFF FOR UNKNOWN REASON. *TR

I'M CONTINUING HAVING TO REPLACE THE LOCK ACTUATOR ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR & ALSO EACH DOOR LOCKS ON THE REMAINING DOORS. THIS HAS BEEN COSTLY & TIME CONSUMING AND NEEDLES TO SAY WITHOUT A VEHICLE. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS REGARDING THE LOCKS. HOPEFULLY I CAN GET YA'LL TO ASSIST WITH GETTING A RECALL FOR THESE LOCKS. ANY ASSISTANCE IS APPRECIATIVE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS JEEP AND NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER HAVING IT CUT OFF WITH DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT WILL SAY I HAVE NO GAS AND THE TANK WILL BE FULL. AT TIMES IT WOULD START OTHER TIMES IT HAD TO BE TOWED (3 TIMES IN FACT). THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 OR 6 TIMES AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP 450.00 LATER STILL HAD THE PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY SCARY FOR THE JEEP TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN. I AM WONDERING HOW IS THERE NOT RECALL FOR THIS. AS I HAVE READ CLEARLY THIS IS NOT JUST MY JEEP. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. ANOTHER THING I ALSO NOTICE I CAN HIT A BUMP THEN IT BEEPS AND TELLS ME MY HOOD IS OPEN. WHICH IT IS NOT. I LOVE MY JEEP BUT CANT ENJOY IT BC SCARED THAT IT WILL CUT OFF AT ANYTIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

MANY TIMES IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO UNLATCH EITHER THE PASSENGER OR DRIVER SEAT BELT WITHOUT MUCH TUGGING AND PULLING. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THIS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. MY DEALER HAS NO RECOMMENDATION. WHEN I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL, USUALLY TO THE RIGHT, THE AIR BAG NOTIFICATION SIGNAL WILL COME ON, INDICATING THE AIR BAG IS NOT INFLATED PROPERLY. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL AND HAS QUOTED ME ABOUT $1000 TO REPAIR THIS SITUATION. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, AND THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED. I HAVE CHECKED ONLINE AND MANY OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FRONT END SHAKE "DEATH WOBBLE" HE EXPERIENCED. *SMD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT, FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING DAMPER, TIE ROD END, AND THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SKID PLATE, UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THAT HOLDS THE FUEL TANK, WAS CORRODED AND RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

FIRST INCIDENT ROUGH IDLING,SECOND INCIDENT TRYING TO QUIT ON MY WAY OUT OF TOWN, THIRD INCIDENT ON MY WAY TO WORK. HAD OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES AND THAT HAS STILL NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM ! COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S SPUTTERING TO QUIT ,! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND THE CAR SHUT OFF BY ITSELF WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THEN WITHIN 10 SECONDS, IT RESTARTS ITSELF. VERY SCARY... THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MORE THAN 10 TIMES WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY..IT ALSO HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES, ANYDAY, ANYTIME, ANY SPEED. SOMETIMES WHEN IT DIES, I HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START UP AGAIN.... VERY FRUSTRATING!!!!!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE GYM, AND WHILE I WAS SITTING AT THE LIGHT TO TURN THE TRUCK SPUTTERED. UPON ACCELERATING THROUGH THE LIGHT THE TRUCK STALLS OUT AND RESTARTS ITSELF. THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. *TR

HELP! WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING RANDOM ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS FOR MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS WITH NO END IN SIGHT. WE'VE GONE TO TWO (2) LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIPS AND SPENT MORE THAN $2,000.00 TO FIND AND REPAIR THE PROBLEMS ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS RETURN OVER AND OVER: 1.) ALL DASH / INSTRUMENTS AND LIGHTS SUCH AS THE CHECK ENGINE, CHECK GAUGES, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER (INCLUDING THE AIR BAG) COME ON & STAY ON. 2.) THE FUEL & BATTERY GAUGES FLUCTUATE AND THEN THE GAUGES FAIL TO REGISTER.. 3.) THE WINDOWS, SUNROOF AND ALL DOORS OFTEN FAIL TO OPERATE... THE WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. WE BELIEVE OUR PROBLEMS MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE TIPM MODULE. JUST SAW ON THE NEWS THAT SEVERAL JEEPS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND IT SHOWED EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT IS HAPPENING TO MY 1999. IT IS NOW 2014, AND THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. AT FIRST, ONE DEALERSHIP SAID NO CHARGE FOR SERVICE BECAUSE THEY (THE DEALER) HAD CONTACTED CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER IT SEEMED HAD ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WHEN THESE PROBLEMS KEPT HAPPENING AND HAPPENING THEY GIVE UP, AND PUT THE BURDEN ON US. THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH WE BELIEVE CHRYSLER HAS ALL ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY BY THEIR FIRST ACTIONS. WE NEED TO GET THIS FIXED. THESE PROBLEMS WERE NOT CAUSED BY US. WE ARE DEALING WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BEYOND OUR CONTROL? WE BELIEVE THESE ARE PROBLEMS KNOWN TO THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, IF THE AIR BAG WON'T WORK, OR THE WINDOWS WON'T OPEN. PLEASE SEE THE LINK BELOW TO THE CBS NEWS VIDEO REPORT. HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/NEWS/AUTO-GROUP-SAYS-NERVE-CENTER-DEFECT-BEHIND-CHRYSLER-PROBLEMS. *TR

HELP! WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING RANDOM ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS FOR MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS WITH NO END IN SIGHT. WE'VE GONE TO TWO (2) LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIPS AND SPENT MORE THAN $2,000.00 TO FIND AND REPAIR THE PROBLEMS ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS RETURN OVER AND OVER: 1.) ALL DASH / INSTRUMENTS AND LIGHTS SUCH AS THE CHECK ENGINE, CHECK GAUGES, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER (INCLUDING THE AIR BAG) COME ON & STAY ON. 2.) THE FUEL & BATTERY GAUGES FLUCTUATE AND THEN THE GAUGES FAIL TO REGISTER.. 3.) THE WINDOWS, SUNROOF AND ALL DOORS OFTEN FAIL TO OPERATE... THE WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. WE BELIEVE OUR PROBLEMS MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE TIPM MODULE. JUST SAW ON THE NEWS THAT SEVERAL JEEPS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND IT SHOWED EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT IS HAPPENING TO MY 1999. IT IS NOW 2014, AND THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. AT FIRST, ONE DEALERSHIP SAID NO CHARGE FOR SERVICE BECAUSE THEY (THE DEALER) HAD CONTACTED CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER IT SEEMED HAD ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WHEN THESE PROBLEMS KEPT HAPPENING AND HAPPENING THEY GIVE UP, AND PUT THE BURDEN ON US. THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH WE BELIEVE CHRYSLER HAS ALL ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY BY THEIR FIRST ACTIONS. WE NEED TO GET THIS FIXED. THESE PROBLEMS WERE NOT CAUSED BY US. WE ARE DEALING WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BEYOND OUR CONTROL? WE BELIEVE THESE ARE PROBLEMS KNOWN TO THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, IF THE AIR BAG WON'T WORK, OR THE WINDOWS WON'T OPEN. PLEASE SEE THE LINK BELOW TO THE CBS NEWS VIDEO REPORT. HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/NEWS/AUTO-GROUP-SAYS-NERVE-CENTER-DEFECT-BEHIND-CHRYSLER-PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PCM BOARD, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

FUEL TANK IS HELD IN PLACE BY A SKID PLATE (A.K.A. BRUSH PLATE). THE SKID PLATE HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE FUEL TANK IS IN DANGER OF FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAN IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM FAILED TO RUN AT A HIGH SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT A BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG, AND MADE A LEFT TURN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND FELT MY DRIVER'S SEAT BECOME LOOSE. IT WOBBLES AROUND AND FEELS AS THOUGH IT WOULD GO FLYING AWAY IF I WERE TO BE STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ANY TIME. IT MAKES THE CAR VERY HARD TO DRIVE AND FEELS VERY UNSAFE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS I COULD GET IT THERE AND WAS TOLD THE PART TO FIX IT HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED. I WAS ADVISED TO GO AND TRY TO FIND A SEAT AT A PULL APART PLACE AND TAKE IT ALL TO AN UPHOLSTERER TO BE FIXED. I EXPLAINED THAT THE INTERNET WARNED AGAINST DOING THAT AS THE USED PART IS LIKELY TO BREAK AND THAT A FIX WAS AVAILABLE AT JEEP SEAT BRACKET DOT COM. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO ORDER AND INSTALL THIS PART, AS I KNEW THAT CHRYSLER KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HAD BEEN ASKED BY NHTSA FOR A RECALL AND HAS TO DATE REFUSED TO DO SO. I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

DRIVING HOME FOLLOWING AND AS I WAS SLOWING FOR A CURVE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR HOME THE SEAT GAVE WAY. I CHECKED AS BEST I COULD AND NOTICED SOME RUST AREAS ON THE CARPET, BOLTS, HOLDING THE SEAT FRAME & THE FRAME ITSELF (THERE WAS NO INTERIOR WATER LEAKS IN THE VEHICLE). THE SEAT HAS CONTINUED TO GIVE & BREAK. I CHECKED TO SEE IF A RECALL HAD BEEN MADE OR A SAFETY BULLETIN BEEN ISSUED AND FOUND IT HAD NOT, BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAD MADE INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS, MANY WITH MUCH SADDER CONSEQUENCES WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED ON INTERSTATES AND SUPERHIGHWAYS, WAS SIZABLE AND QUITE HONESTLY FRIGHTENING. AS I READ THESE AND SAW THAT AFTER THESE OTHER PERSONS SUFFERING THIS SAME OBVIOUSLY MANUFACTURING DEFECT HAD GONE TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS WITH THE DEALERS OFFERING TO REPAIR IT AT THE VEHICLE OWNERS EXPENSE ($700-$1200) AND FOR A TECHNICIAN TO CHECK THE SEAT AND BRACKET COULD COST A MINIMUM OF $60-$90/HR. I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY READILY AVAILABLE ESPECIALLY TO PAY FOR A MANUFACTURER'S ERROR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF FOR MORE THAN A DECADE! MY SOLUTION HAS BEEN TO LIMIT MY DRIVING TO GOING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK M-F (RUNNING BASIC ERRANDS DURING THESE DRIVES) WITH MY STAYING HOME ON WEEKENDS, AND ONLY MAKING TRIPS TO VISIT FAMILY THAT LIVE WITHIN 45 MILES EVERY TWO TO THREE MONTHS. LAST YEAR, I DROVE THIS, MY ONLY VEHICLE AT MY HOME, AROUND 3,300 MILES. THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE, I FEEL, HAS SUFFERED AS I HAVE BECOME RESTRICTED IN THE ABILITY TO SAFELY TRAVEL! I FEEL IT A TRAVESTY THAT THE CHRYSLER MOTOR COMPANY HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND HAS FAILED TO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR VEHICLES TO DO THE RIGHT AND PROPER THING, RECALL AND REPLACE THESE MATERIALS. I GUESS IF IT DOESN'T EXPLODE IT DOESN'T MATTER! PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DO LOVE MY JEEP, BUT NOT CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V105000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,700.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR SHIFT BOX WAS BUMPED AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE INSPECTED, DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

RUSTED FUEL TANK SHIELD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THE BLOWER TO THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT. I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED 2 TIMES IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS. NOW ITS OUT AGAIN. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IN WINTER WITH NO BLOWER TO A HEATER AND DIFFICULT IN SUMMER WITH NO BLOWER TO THE AIR CONDITIONING. A MECHANIC I WENT TO SAID HE HAS SEEN MULTIPLE JEEPS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. HE BELIEVES IT MAY BE THE CABLE WIRES DUE TO THE NEARNESS TO THE ENGINE AND THEY WERE NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE HEAT. IS THIS TRUE? HE ALSO THOUGHT JEEP WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. IF SO, HOW DO I GET THIS FIXED SO IT WORKS PROPERLY AND NOT GO OUT EVERY YEAR? EVERY ONCE IN A "BLUE MOON" THE BLOWER WILL COME ON FOR A COUPLE SECONDS BUT WILL NOT STAY ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BECAME LOOSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

WAS REMOVING REAR HITCH SO I COULD REPAINT IT AND NOTICED THAT MY GAS TANK SHIELD WAS ROTTED AND GAS WAS LEAKING ABOVE SHIELD SO I REMOVED THE ROTTED SHIELD AND FOUND LEAK.IT WAS CAUSED BY DIRT AND ROAD GRIME GETTING IN ABOVE WHERE SHIELD WAS ROTTED.THANK GOD I CAUGHT IT BEFORE SHIELD STARTED TO FALL AND SPARK AGAINST ROAD.COME TO FIND OUT THAT SHIELD IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING GAS TANK IN VEHICLE WHICH I BELIEVE IS TOTALLY A HAZARD FOR ALL GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS FROM 1999-2004 AT LEAST.I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS A MAJOR DEFECT IN ALL FROM 1993-2004 AND YET NO RECALLS.THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FIRES FROM THIS AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.MINE AT PRESENT JUST SITS IN YARD AS THEY WANT 400 HUNDRED FOR SHIELD AND 400 HUNDRED OR MORE FOR TANK.ALL JUNKYARDS TELL ME THAT THEY ARE ALL ROTTED AND SO THEY HAVE NONE TO SELL.ALL JUNKYARDS TELL ME THE SAME SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO YET.I COULD SEE THIS IF MY JEEP WAS NOT ROAD WORTHY BUT THERE IS NO RUST ON IT AND IT RUNS GREAT. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE , STRUCTURE) AND STATED THAT THE REMEDY PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS MY JEEP'S ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF" WHILE DRIVING" AT VARIOUS SPEEDS 5 DIFFERENT TIMES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 60MPH. FOUR OF THE SIX TIMES I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE ENGINE, TWO TIMES I HAD TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART. THE INCIDENT AT 60MPH HAPPENED ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO THE SHOULDER WHEN IT SHUT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD BEFORE THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND NO ONE WAS HURT. THE COMPUTER NEVER REGISTERS ANY PROBLEM AND MY MECHANIC HAS STATED THAT IT COULD BE NUMEROUS ISSUES BUT NOTHING FOR SURE. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE JEEP HAS NEVER ISSUED A WARNING OR RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

I HAD A MINOR HIT IN REAR ..AND FUEL SKID PLATE GOT PUSHED IN AND ALMOST RUPTURED GAS TANK..THIS HAPPENED OVER A YEAR AGO ..NOW THE SKID PLATE IS STARTING TO ROT/RUST OUT AND IT WOULD COST OVER $600.00 TO REPAIR ..DUE TO THE JUNE 2013 RECALL OF THIS ITEM I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR ..I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY SAID I WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A HITCH ATTACHED TO MY CAR ..THIS IS WRONG ...WHAT GOES HERE ..CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS ..I FEAR NOW DRIVING MY JEEP BECAUSE I HAVE NO GAS TANK SKID PLATE LEFT .. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED SINCE DECEMBER 2013. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

I WAS PARKED IN MY LOT AND A NEIGHBOR DROPPED A CIGARETTE BEHIND MY 1999 JEEP. THERE WAS UNGODLY GAS SMELL AND THE PUDDLE OF GAS THAT IS LEAKING FROM TANK IGNITED. I WAS LUCKILY ENOUGH THAT I CAUGHT IT AT THAT TIME OR IT WOULD HAVE EXPLODED. I JUST BOUGHT IT AND NEVER SMELLED GAS OR THOUGHT THE TANK WAS LEAKING. I HAD TO SPENLEAKING. IT IS GOING TO COST OVER 500 DOLLARS FOR THIS TO BE FIXED PLUS A TOW BAR. PLEASE HELP ME TO SEE IF JEEP COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE DUE TO RECALL. *TR

FUEL/PROPULSION: THE VEHICLE WILL RUN AFTER STARTING FOR 5-8 MINUTES THEN THE RPM'S DROP TO 300 AND ACTS LIKE ITS GOING TO STALL; THEN.THE CAR BEGINS BUCKING, JERKING, AND REVVING UP. THERE ARE LOUD CLUNKS FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS. I HAVE REPLACED THE CAM & CRANKSHAFT SENSORS, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND NO CHANGE YET. NEXT I AM GOING TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP, FILTER, THE FUEL LINE BETWEEN THEM. AIR BAGS: THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. THE ONLY FIX I HAVE READ ABOUT IS THE CLOCK SPRING...TALK ABOUT MONEY PIT!! BRAKES: YES. FRONT BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP AND CAUSED ISSUES. DISCS AND CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE BREAK LIGHT IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. THE TAIL LIGHTS WORK, BUT ONCE THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED, THE RIGHT AND TOP LIGHTS WORK, BUT THE DRIVER'S LIGHT IS OFF. AND JUST FOR FUN...I'VE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SIDE MIRRORS DUE TO INTERNAL SPRINGS FAILING AS WELL AS BOTH FRONT WINDOW REGULATORS AND MOTORS. WHEN I WENT TO AUTOZONE TO GET PARTS, THEY CORRECT WINDOW REGULATOR WAS UNDER THE 2000 MODEL YEAR; 1999 DID NOT FIT. WE ARE GONNA GET RID OF THIS JEEP...CHRYSLER NEEDS A LESSON IN TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. WE'LL BUY A TOYOTA. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. ALL DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHEN VEHICLE SPEED INCREASES ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND PASSENGER WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN DOOR USING DOOR HANDLE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DOOR TO UNLOCK AND PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO OCCUPANTS THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH BY DELAYING OR PREVENTING THEIR EXITING FROM THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY OR AFTER AN ACCIDENT. THIS LOCKING SYSTEM FAILURE ALSO DISABLES THE EXTERNAL DOOR OPERATING MECHANISM MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE TO OPEN THE AFFECTED DOOR THEREBY MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ASSIST THOSE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE HAS A RECALL THAT ADDRESSES LOSS OF FUEL TANK INTEGRITY FOLLOWING A REAR END COLLISION. IF THE LOSS OF FUEL TANK INTEGRITY RESULTED IN A FIRE THE FAILURE OF THE DOOR LOCK SYSTEM TO PREVENT OCCUPANTS EXITING THE VEHICLE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME BECAME FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

WE HAVE OWNED OUR 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE SINCE 1999 - ITS BEEN A GREAT CAR BUT EVERY SINGLE ISSUE LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE HAS BEFALLEN US. CURRENTLY @ 149K MILES WE HAVE NO HEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DUE TO BLEND DOOR ASSEMBLY, THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES OFF ALL THE TIME AND THERE IS NO HEAT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT. I AM SHOCKED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AND THAT TO ME SAYS THERE IS TRULY SOMETHING WRONG. WE ALSO TOOK PART IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT COVERED SOME OF THE EXPENSES WE HAD IN CONTINUALLY REPLACING THE BRAKES - ESPECIALLY THE ROTORS WHICH WARP WITH OUT NOTICE AND CAN DO THAT IF YOU JUST STEP ON THE BRAKES TO HARD! EVEN IF YOU HAVE JUST HAD THEM REPLACED. CHEAP PARTS? I AM A DIE HARD JEEP OWNER BUT AFTER READING ALL OF THESE POSTINGS I AM WONDERING IF MY ALLIANCE SHOULD BE ELSEWHERE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK SHIELD AND BRACKET FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 179,000.

WE ARE A USED CAR DEALER, BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR RESALE, TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY GETTING THE FACTORY RECALL COMPLETED PRIOR TO RESALE. HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 145 DAYS FOR CHRYSLER/ JEEP TO GET THE PARTS TO COMPLETE THE RECALL. WE NOW HAVE 5 OF THESE UNITS WAITING ON CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS TO COMPLETE THE RECALL. *TR

ONE DAY I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND THE HEATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS WARM AIR BLOWING. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO BE FIXED AND IT COST ME $796.00. ONCE I STARTED TELLING PEOPLE WHAT HAD HAPPENED IT SEEMED LIKE ANY ONE THAT HAD A JEEP HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM JUST TO HAVE HEAT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND NO EXTRA MONEY TO FIX IT RIGHT AWAY. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON JEEPS FOR THE ACTUATOR AND BLEND DOORS. I THINK I SHOULD BE REFUNDED FOR THE COST OF THIS BAD/POOR DESIGN ON JEEP'S. ALSO THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS. I WAS LEAVING WORK ONE DAY AND WENT TO UNLOCK MY DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I HAD TO CALL A LOCK SMITH TO GET IT UNLOCKED, ONLY TO FIND OUT THE ELECTRIC DOOR SWITCH WENT BAD IN IT. THAT COST ANOTHER$185.00. I ALSO HEAR THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS TO ALOT OF JEEP'S. NOW MY HEATED MIRROR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS ALL MESSED UP AND YOU CAN NOT SEE OUT OF IT CLEARLY AND IT WILL NOT DEFROST. SO NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT ANOTHER $100 OR SO TO GET THAT FIXED. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THIS JEEP ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS AGO THE FAN THAT COOLS THE MOTOR WENT BAD AND WAS CAUSING THE MOTOR TO OVERHEAT. THAT COST ANOTHER $200 TO HAVE THAT FIXED. I THINK SOME OF THESE ITEMS NEED RECALLED AND GIVE THESE PEOPLE WITH JEEPS SOME OF THERE MONEY BACK BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THEM AND ALL THESE THINGS SEEM TO START AROUND 100,000 MILES. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE. *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO AND IN THE PAST I GUESS AROUND 6 MONTHS IT HAS BEEN PARKED BECAUSE NOONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.THE VEHICLE USED TO BE SO DEPENDABLE AND THEN ONE DAY IT WOULDN'T START AFTER I DROVE IT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND SHUT IT OFF,BUT I COULD LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES AND IT WOULD START RIGHT UP.AFTER A FEW WEEKS I COULDN'T DRIVE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT WAS STALLING MORE OFTEN AND I NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WAS GONNA START OR NOT.I HAD IT PUT ON THE COMPUTER AT ADVANCE AND THEY MENTION THE NUMBER 3 NOT FIRING BUT NOONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY MY VERY DEPENDABLE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS VERY DANGEROUS.PLEASE HELP ME IF U CAN,I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO TRANSPORTATION.I HAVE BEEN READING ENTRIES BY OTHER JEEP OWNERS AND I HAVE A LITTLE HOPE SINCE ALOT OF THEM ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 182,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRAVELING EAST ON HWY 76 JUST OUTSIDE JULESBURG, CO, MY RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT AT 75MPH. TIRE PRESSURES WERE AT 35 PSI ON ALL TIRES BEFORE TRIP A FEW DAYS EARLIER. TIRES HAVE ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON THEM AND HAVE ABOUT 45% REMAINING TREAD. BLOWOUT PATTERN WAS A NEAR PERFECT CIRCLE WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD AREA OF THE TIRE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE CONSISTED OF BENT REAR QUARTER PANEL. *TR

HI, MY NAME IS [XXX] I HAVE DONE WORK FOR A COMPANY CALL [XXX] BASED OUT OF INDIANA. THIS GUY [XXX] BUYS JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES AND SELLS THEM HERE IN MN. I KNOW THIS VEHICLE LIC # [XXX] HE SOLD TO A GUY IN IOWA IT HAS OVER 300,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I REBUILT THE MOTOR. THEN HE CHANGED THE ODOMETER TO READ AT ABOUT 120,000 THAT HE BUYS FROM JOHNS AUTO PARTS IN BLAINE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS

THE JEEP WILL START AND RUN FINE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND COMING BACK IT WILL START INITIALLY, BUT THEN STALL AND WILL NOT START AGAIN FOR A FEW HOURS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT OWNS A BABY TREND CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER TS25751 (NA), MANUFACTURED NOVEMBER 21, 2012. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC LOCKING CLIP WOULD NOT LATCH SECURELY INTO THE BASE AND CAUSED THE CHILD SEAT TO SHIFT OUT OF POSITION WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY MAILED A REPLACEMENT PART; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS INSTALLED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE THE PART OR CHILD SEAT REPLACED. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=1999, MAKE=GRAND CHEROKEE, MODEL=JEEP)

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL NOTICED STATED, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

THE FUEL TANK SKID FRAME SUPPORTING THE FUEL TANK HAS RUSTED THROUGH. THIS PART IS DESIGNED TO HOLD THE FUEL TANK WITH NO OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT. ONCE THIS FAILS THE FUEL TANK DISLODGES AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA AND CHRYSLER HAS RECENTLY STATED THAT THE SKID FRAME PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK MOUNTED BEHIND THE REAR AXLE. IT FAILS PREMATURELY DUE TO ITS INADEQUATE THICKNESS AND WATER/SALT CATCHING DESIGN. THERE IS NO WAY TO PREVENT THE CORROSION AND PERFORM MAINTENANCE WITHOUT REMOVING THE SKID FRAME/FUEL TANK . A RECALL TO INSTALL A THICKER GAGE METAL CORROSION RESISTANT SKID FRAMES IS NEEDED. MANY 1999-2004 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEPS ARE VULNERABLE AS THEIR SKID FRAME SUPPORTING FUEL TANK DECAY. MANY REPORTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE WJ JEEPS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM PER THE INTERNET/JEEP FORUMS.*TR ..UPDATED 02/14/17 *BF

I'M UNCERTAIN OF TIME OF INCIDENT. THE DRIVER THAT HIT ME BLEW A STOP SIGN AND CRASHED INTO MY REAR DRIVER SIDE WHICH CAUSED MY TRUCK TO DO A COMPLETE 360 HITTING 3 CARS WHILE I WAS SPINNING. *TR

I AM COMING HOME DRIVING MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 1999 FROM MY MECHANIC IN QUEENS VILLAGE AFTER HE CHANGE THE MAP SENSOR AND RELAY TO FIX THE STALLING PROBLEM ON THE JEEP. DRIVING ON GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY AT THE SPEED OF 55MPH, I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR AND BE ABLE TO COME TO INNER ROADS WHEN MY CAR DIED(STALLS) AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC. AFTER 30MIN, THE CAR STARTS AGAIN AFTER A NUMEROUS TRIES THEN STOPS AFTER 500FT AND IT DIDN'T START UNTIL AFTER 15MIN OF STANDING BY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AGAIN. IT'S JUST SO FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE MY CAR IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE AND IT'S STALLING MY ENGINE, UNBEARABLE PROBLEM BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR ON A HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BRACKET FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO WOBBLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH AN AFTERMARKET DRIVE WORKS TIE ROD, PART NUMBER: DE-ES3475. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CRASHING INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT?S HOME WHERE A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE FRONT DRIVER?S SIDE INNER TIE ROD TREAD, WHICH SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE NUT AND PIN TO RELEASE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AN A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 236,000. UPDATED 8/5/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIE ROD END HE PURCHASED FROM HIS LOCAL RETAIL STORE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE THREADS ON THE END, WERE WORN.

THE AC IN SUMMER IS COOL ON THE DRIVER AND WARM ON THE PASSENGER> IN WINTER THE DRIVER FREEZES AND THE PASSENGER GETS THE WARM AIR. JUST AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE I CAME ACROSS ON THE WEB AN ARTICLE SHOWING THE PROBLEM AND THEIR QUICK FIX BY CUTTING AN OPENING IN THE BOX ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CHANGING THE DOOR. THE DEALER VERSION REPAIR WAS SHOWN WITH THE JEEP DASH COMPLETELY REMOVED. *TR

THE GAS TANK SKID PLATE HAS RUSTED OUT FROM UNDER THE GAS TANK, WHICH APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. IS THERE A RECALL OR OTHER INVESTIGATION? *TR

FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT CALIPERS SEIZED CAUSING CALIPER, PAD AND ROTOR OVERHEATING AND BRAKE ROTOR CRACKED AND FAILED CAUSING ME TO SCRAPE A GUARD RAIL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THIS IS THE THIRD BRAKE CALIPER RELATED FAILURE I HAVE HAD IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS. THE PREVIOUS 2 RESULTED IN MY REPLACING CALIPERS ROTORS AND PADS. JEEP IS AWARE THAT THE CALIPERS ARE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD REPLACE THEM WITH AN UPGRADED DIFFERENT TYPE BUT ONLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THERE ARE DOZENS OF REPORTS ON LINE AT VARIOUS FORUMS OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ORDERED THE UPGRADED CALIPER (NOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT THEM) AND WILL REPLACE THIS BUT JEEP SHOULD NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE SO THAT WE DO NOT CONTINUE TO REPLACE A KNOWN BAD PART WITH THE SAME KNOWN BAD PARTS. AS I CONSIDER THIS DANGEROUS A RECALL WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION EITHER. *TR

FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR, THE VEHICLE WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50MPH, DEVELOPS WHAT ONLINE RESEARCH DESCRIBES AS "DEATH WOBBLE". THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES SUDDENLY IN YOUR HANDS, THE FRONT END WOBBLES AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SLOWING DOWN BELOW 50MPH USUALLY RESOLVES THE ISSUE...BUT THAT IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP AND HAS TRAVELED 20+ MILES. A MAJOR NATIONAL TV CHANNEL HAS PRODUCED A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THIS WITH FILM OF THE VEHICLE DURING THE "DEATH WOBBLE". WE BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS HAS ASKED JEEP ABOUT THIS ISSUE PREVIOUSLY. THE JEEP COMPANY IN OUR TOWN SUGGESTED ROTATING TIRES AND CHECKING BRAKES. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER THERE ARE LOTS OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS. IN ADDITION TO LOTS OF COMPLAINTS, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF MONEY SPENT ON LOTS OF PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX THE ISSUE. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION ARE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY 45000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, IT CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO PROVIDE A SAFE JOURNEY. WE ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE COMPANY AND VEHICLE. HOPING FOR A RECALL SOON! (ON A SIDE NOTE, A NEIGHBOR OF OURS HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE WITH HIS JEEP. IF WE ARE AWARE OF 2 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, IT HAS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE.) PLEASE HELP. THANKS. *TR

NO ACCIDENT REPORT TO FILE BUT THE POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOING ON/OFF WHILE DRIVING THE 1999 JEEP GCL. AFTER VIEWING SOME POSTINGS ON LINE THERE IS A DEFINITE TREND ASSOCIATED WITH THESE UNITS. EASIEST, LEAST EXPENSIVE FIX IS TO PULL FUSE FOR THE AIR BAG CONTROLS, I PUT UP WITH THE ANNOYING CHIME BUT WONDER IF THE AIR BAG WILL WORK DURING THESE INTERMITTENT FAULTS. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS WITH 1999 JEEPS WITH NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT??? MOST APPARENT CAUSE IS THE CLOCKSPRING MECHANISM IN THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH ONLY THE DEALER CAN REPAIR. TIME FOR A RECALL!!! *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT TRACK ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE FAILED 5 TIMES SINCE 2004. THE FIRST TRACK WAS REPAIRED TWICE. FINALLY IN 2008 I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW TRACK FOR OVER $500 AT PARK JEEP IN BURNSVILLE, MN. THAT ONE LASTED 3 YEARS AND FAILED AND IT WAS REPAIRED ONCE. 6 MONTHS AGO IT FINAL FAILED AGAIN AND MY DRIVER SEAT BECAME A ROCKING CHAIR FOR THE 5TH TIME. I REPLACED THAT ONE WITH A USED ONE I FOUND AND AM JUST WAITING FOR THAT ONE TO COME APART. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE HAD IT FIXED 2 TIMES. THEN IT. STOPS WORKING AGAIN. MY DRIVERS SEAT RAIL BROKE ON MY JEEP AND CAUSES THE SEAT TO WOBBLE ALL AROUND. THE SEAT ARE ALSO BROKEN IN THE SAME WAY ON MY 2000 JEEP AND MY 1996 JEEP TOO. WHAT CAN BE DONE. I HAVE 4 CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. 3 JEEPS HAVE BROKEN SEATS. 2 OF THE 4 HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. WHAT CAN BE DONE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER BEFORE THE SHAKING WOULD STOP. ANOTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH AGAIN AND HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING AGAIN OCCURRED. AGAIN I HAD TO SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY BEFORE IT STOPPED SHAKING. THIS IS KNOWN AS DEATH WOBBLE AND CHRYSLER KNOWS IT. THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR USING CHEAP PARTS ON JEEPS. *TR

SINCE THERE IS NO CATAGORY FOR THIS ISSUE I HAD TO PUT VISIBILITY/WIPER IN ORDER TO EVEN SUBMIT THIS FORM. THERE IS NO CATAGORY FOR THE HEATING SYSTEM WHICH THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS!!! THE ACCUATOR DOORS REGULATING THE HEAT TO THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE ARE BROKEN. I THOUGHT BY REPLACING THE MOTOR WHICH CONTROLS THEM IT WOULD FIX IT. NO SUCH LUCK THE DOORS ARE BROKEN AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH WITHOUT PULLING THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND CONSOLE, THE COST FOR IT WILL BE AROUND $1500 AND THAT IS ABSURD FOR A PART WHICH IS LESS THAN $100. THE LABOR WILL BE ABOUT $1300 TO GET TO IT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE CAN'T THEY DESIGN A VEHICLE THAT CAN BE WORKED ON WITHOUT TAKING IT APART TO A LEVEL WHICH MAKES ME WANT TO JUNK THE CAR!! THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN PLASTIC TO CONTROL THE HEAT IN THE VEHICLE. NOW IT IS THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY IN NEW MEXICO AND IT IS FREEZING. THANKS JEEP, I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS SUV AND I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER AMREICAN CAR AGAIN!! I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION 2 YEARS AGO AT THE TUNE OF $3500. I RARELY GO ON A DIRT ROAD LET ALONE DRIVE FAST OR RECKLESS. A TRANSMISSION GOING OUT AT 65,000 IS ABSURD AND POOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING. THIS CAR IS NICKLING AND DIMEING ME TO DEATH!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAM POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 207,000. THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/31/13*LJ

THE AIRBAG SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND MY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I'VE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY RESET THE SENSOR AND AS I DRIVE AWAY FROM THE DEALER THE WARNING LIGHT COMES BACK ON. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE I'VE CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS A COMMON SAFETY ISSUE IN 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE ABS MALFUNCTION ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIANS ADVISED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 196,000.

TRIED STARTING JEEP WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN AFTER ABOUT 5 TO 10 SECONDS. WHEN TRY TO START AGAIN JUST CRANKS OVER AND DOESN'T START. *TR

GAS TANK SUPOORT HAS RUSTED AWAY EXPOSING THE PLASTIC GAS TANK. THIS PROBLEM IS NOW ALLOWING THE GAS TANK TO HANG BELOW THE REAR BUMPER. *TR

FAULTY CLOCK SPRING CAUSED THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON AND NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHTS AND CHIME KEEP COMING ON.WAS TOLD AIR BAGS WILL NOT WORK. FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR STALLS. TODAY IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION SO I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND STILL ALMOST GOT HIT ALSO IT TOOK A GOOD TEN MINS FOR MY CAR TO START BACK UP NOTHING SEEM WRONG WITH ANY OF THE PARTS EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED AND IT STILL STALLS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING, INITIAL REAR PASSENGER LOCK MAKING A BUZZING NOISE FOLLOWED BY NOT OPENING. NOW THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IS BUZZING AND OPENING INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

REAR LIGHTS (BRAKE AND PARK) STOPPED WORKING. *TR

INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM WHEN MOVING, VERY DANGEROUS, ABOUT REAR ENDED NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALER CAN NOT FIX, JUST THROW MONEY AT IT IN PARTS HOPING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED!!!!!!!! *TR

WENT OUT SHOPPING. DROVE 15 MINUTES FROM HOME. CAR RUNNING AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPS. WENT INTO STORE FOR 10 MINUTES, ON RETURN CAR WOULD NOT START. WOULD CRANK AND TURN OVER, BUT NOT FULLY START. AFTER LETTING SIT FOR 1 HOUR, THE CAR STARTED WITH NO OTHER ACTION. WHILE TRYING TO START, ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS WORKED OK. RADIO. A/C. HEADLAMPS. ETC. CAR ALSO STARTING STALLING AFTER THE "NO-START" ISSUE BEGAN. STALLED AT ANY TEMP, ANY SPEED, HIGHWAY, AROUND TOWN. CAR STALLS, BUT STILL HAVE LIGHTS, FLASHERS ETC. *TR

THE CAR STALLS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING THIS CAN HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR AT A STOP SIGN WITHOUT WARNING. HAVE SEEN SEVERAL MECHANICS. WHEN SEARCHING THE PROBLEM, FOUND 100'S OF OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. ENORMOUS SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVER AS WELL AS OTHER ON ROAD VEHICLES. *TR

REAR AXLE GAS TANK

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVERS SEAT HAD SOMETHING BREAK UNDERNEATH IT CAUSING THE SEAT TO BECOME MORE OF A ROCKING CHAIR, WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH AND TO THE SIDE. MY 19 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME, AND THANK GOODNESS HE WAS PREPARING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND HE ALMOST WAS THROWN BACKWARDS. NOW THIS VEHICLE IS UNDRIVEABLE. HAVE CALLED AROUND TO JEEP DEALERS AND FOUND OUT THAT IT IS THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER WHICH NEEDS REPLACING. MOPAR HAS DISCONTINUED THIS PART AND IT IS NOT AVAILABLE. I HAVE SEEN ON OTHER COMPLAINTS THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS. WE NEED SOME KIND OF SATISFACTION ON THIS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE PART. *JS

HAD SOME SHAKING BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF CONTROL, I COULD CONTROL THE JEEP I WAS VEERING INTO OTHER LANES, COULD NOT CONTROL THE JEEP, HOLDING ON FOR LIFE AND PRAYING NOT TO DIE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS CRYING AND PEOPLE WERE GOING AROUND ME AND I JUST STARTED TO TRY TO SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY THEN I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT. I COULD HAVE DIED!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, GAUGES ALL DROPPED TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT TO TURN AND THE BRAKES HARD TO APPLY, HAD NO ACCELERATION WHILE PUSHING GAS PEDAL DOWN. ALL LIGHTS AND RADIO STILL WAS WORKING AFTER GETTING IT OFF THE ROAD TURNED JEEP OFF WOULD NOT RESTART FOR 3 HOURS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES MECHANIC CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM NO CODES COME UP. HAVE ALREADY REPLACED BATTERY ALTERNATOR AND CRANK SENSOR HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG, WITH THREE CHILDREN I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS IT IS UNSAFE. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEAT THEY SAID HEATER COIL IS BAD AND ALL MOTOR DOORS IN DASH IS BROKE AND DASH WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN APART TO BE FIXED THIS IS ALSO AFFECTING THE A/C. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AS THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY COMPLAINTS ALREADY. THIS IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, HE FELT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THE TRACK BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

THE SKID PLATE COVERING MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY RUSTED OFF THE VEHICLE. WITH THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION REQUESTED FOR OLDER MODEL JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES, I FEEL THIS REQUIRES A RECALL AND ALL OLDER JEEPS SHOULD BE RETROFITTED WITH NEW SKID PLATES. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT FRAME HAS BROKEN FROM REGULAR USE. APPARENTLY THE STEEL USED IS NOT THE CORRECT STRENGTH FOR THE NORMAL USE OF THE SEAT. REPAIRS WILL FURTHER WEAKEN THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SEAT. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTED. *TR

THE BLEND DOORS ON THE DUAL HEATER SYSTEM HAVE FAILED AND THERE IS NO HEAT OR AC TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

THE CLIMATE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM HAS FAILED. ONE SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR AND THE OTHER WARM AIR. THE DEFROSTERS ARE INEFFECTIVE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN THE WINDSHIELD FOGS UP NOT TO MENTION KEEPING THE WINDSHIELD DEICED IN BAD DRIVING CONDITIONS. CHRYSLER SAYS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MUST BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE HEATER ASSEMBLY AND FIX THE RECIRCULATION DOOR AND OTHER COMPONENTS. THEY WANT $1200 TO FIX THE HEATER! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY AND THE CHIME DINGS. IT SEAMS TO DO IT WHEN THE STERING WHEEL IS TURNED. I SUSPECT IT IS A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING AND I'VE FOUND SEVERAL ISSUES OF THIS ON MANY JEEP FORUMS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. *TT

I OWN A 99 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREADO EVERY NOW AND THEN THE HAZARD LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND TURN SIGNALS GO OUT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. I CHECKED FUSES ARE ALL GOOD, LIGHT BULBS NEW, AND THIS PROBLEM STILL EXIST. ALSO THE HEADLIGHTS ARE REALLY FOGGY LOOKING MAKING IT HARD TO SEE ON DARK ROADS. *TT

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT IS BROKE, CANT FIND A REPLACEMENT, SALVAGE YARD SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR JEEPS. *KB

ON A RECENT DAY-LONG TRIP, THE ELECTRIC SEAT HEATER ON DRIVER'S SIDE OVERHEATED, CAUSING A 4" DIAMETER BADLY BLISTERED BURN ON THE BACK OF MY LEG. A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT WAS ISSUED ON 4/7/2009 FOR 2001-2004 MODELS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V117000 ), BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ONE FOR THE 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE LOCAL DEALER (LITHIA IN GRANTS PASS, OR) REQUESTED I SUBMIT THIS SO HE CAN MAKE THE PROPER REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE AS SPECIFIED FOR THE 2001-2004 MODELS. *TR

AUTO HAD 40000+ MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM MY BROTHER. I HAD IT ONLY A FEW MONTHS WHEN IT STALLED ON THE INTERSTATE. IT WOULD NOT START UNTIL I SAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I AM CAPABLE OF OVERCOMING AUTO TROUBLE SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT THIS INCIDENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN A MECHANIC FOR MANY YEARS NOW. THEN IT BEGAN TO STALL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND SOMETIMES WOULD START AGAIN AND OTHER TIMES AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES. I REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR, IN-TANK FUEL PUMP AND FILTER. IT RAN OKAY FOR A WHILE BUT BEGAN TO HARD START AND STALL AGAIN ABOUT 2 MOS. AGO. THEN 2 DAYS AGO IT STALLED SOMETHING LIKE 25 TIMES COMING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET READING THE BLOGS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IF EVERYONE THAT HAS THIS ISSUE WOULD EMAIL YOU, YOUR COMPUTERS WOULD SHUT DOWN. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS JUST REPLACING THE EXPENSIVE PARTS AT RANDOM, TAKING THE MONEY AND NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. THESE PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED, ARE BEGGING FOR A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WITH A VERY NICE AUTOMOBILE MADE IN AMERICA BY SKILLED TOP DOLLAR UNION LABOR. IT IS GETTING CLOSE TO SCAM EPIDEMIC. MY CAR IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE NOT FIXED BECAUSE THERE ARE ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE ELECTRICAL AND FUEL SYSTEM THAT CAN CAUSE THESE SYMPTOMS. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN AND CANNOT AFFORD TO GO DOWN THAT ELIMINATING PROCESS. MY DOCTOR DOESN'T DO ME THAT WAY AND I WON'T ALLOW THE MANUFACTURER TO DO IT EITHER. *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT BAD AND I COULD SMELL SMOKE, LIKE AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND I AUTHORIZED HIM TO REPAIR. I THEN LOOKED ONLINE TO FIND THAT THE FUEL PUMP WHICH MY JEEP HAD WAS A RECALLED AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMP FROM AIRTEX. I CALLED AIRTEX AND THEY GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND ASKED ME ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS , ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE AND DID I HAVE THE PART TO SHIP BACK TO THEM. I CALLED THE MECHANIC AND HE ALREADY REPLACED IT WITH A NEW AIRTEX FUEL PUMP AND THREW THE OTHER AWAY. I HAVE THE RECEIPT BUT CANNOT SEND THE OLD FUEL PUMP BACK. THEY REFUSE TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS RECALLED PRODUCT EVEN WHEN MY MECHANIC WROTE DOWN THE OLD MAKE AND MODEL NUMBER OF THE OLD RECALLED FUEL PUMP. THIS IS WRONG AND UNFAIR. $500 I AM OUT . *TR

HVAC DOESN'T CHANGE TEMPERATURE. BLENDER DOORS ARE BROKEN. FOUND OUT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM IN 99-04 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES AND THEY'VE UPDATED THE PARTS TO REPLACE. PROBLEM IS, LABOR COSTS AROUND $1500 TO FIX THE HVAC. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS AS I CAN'T DRIVE IN THE WINTER WITHOUT HEAT, WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT A DEFROSTER!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND UPDATED THE INFORMATION IN THEIR SYSTEM. A LOCAL MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE DEFECT, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

WHILE PARKED, I LEANED BACK IN MY SEAT AND THE PLATE THAT CONNECTS TO THE FLOOR BROKE. IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SAME HAD HAPPENED, A LOT OF GOOD A SEAT BELT WOULD HAVE DONE. *TT

BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO- BRAKE LIGHTS STOP WORKING WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS ON THE WEB STILL NO RECALL. PROBLEM IS DEFECTIVE CONTACTS IN THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. *TR

I HAVE A 99 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. THE FRONT END BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN DRIVEN ON ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTLY SMOOTH FLAT ROADWAY SURFACE. APPLYING THE BRAKES MAKES THE FRONT END SHIMMY HORRIBLE AND DANGEROUS. YOU MUST SLOW TO REGAIN CONTROL, ALSO DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAYS. ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON FLAW WITH JEEPS THAT HAVE A COIL-SPRUNG FRONT SUSPENSION WITH A TRACK BAR OR PANHARD BAR, REFERRED TO DEATH WOBBLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS. THE FAILURE RECURRED AT LEAST TEN TIMES AND EIGHT OF THOSE TIMES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND IT IS PROBABLY THE CLOCK SPRING LOCATED IN STEERING COLUMN AND IF AN IMPACT OCCURS AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY.

ENGINE WITH A SERIOUS KNOCKING SOUND. THOUGH CAR WAS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED, IT STILL FAILED AFTER 130000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE FRAME, WHICH CAUSED A ROCKING MOTION WHEN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE SEAT BRACKET WAS WELDED TO THE FRAME. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT ON THE INTERIOR AND AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS CONSTANT. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,800.

MY TRUCK BACK LIGHTS DOESN'T WORK WHEN I TURN MY LIGHTS ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WILL COST $1000 TO FIX BECAUSE IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I REALLY LIKE MY TRUCK AND WOULD LOVE FOR TO KEEP IT BUT I CAN NOT DRIVE IT AT NIGHT. I HAVE SEEN TO MANY CARS TO EXPLAIN IN THE ATLANTA AREA THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS FAIR THAT WE PAY OUR MONEY FOR THESE CARS AND THE DEALER DOESN'T INFORM TO US THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON OUR VEHICLES AND FIX THEM, MY HUSBAND HAS A FORD TRUCK AND WHEN THEY RECALLED SOMETHING ON HIS TRUCK AND THEY CALLED HIM AND SENT HIM A LETTER AND HE TOOK HIS TRUCK AND THEY FIXED IT WITH NO PROBLEMS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT CAN'T BE THE SAME WAY WITH JEEP. PLEASE IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE DO.

JUST FINISHED REPAIRING DAUGHTER IN LAWS VEHICLE. A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. SHE COMPLAINED OF EXTREME GAS FUMES INSIDE HER VEHICLE. WITH A 1 YEAR OLD AND A 3 YEAR OLD BEING TRANSPORTED IN VEHICLE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THIS IS WHAT I FOUND. THE ORDINARY STEEL FUEL PRESSURE CONNECTER (DISCONNECT) AT TOP OF FUEL PUMP WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND SQUIRTING A STREAM OF GAS, VIA RUSTED OUT PINHOLE,UNDER PRESSURE, ALL OVER TOP OF FUEL TANK AND SURROUNDING AREA. THANK GOD NO IGNITION RESULTED,WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. CONNECTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN EITHER STAINLESS STEEL OR AT LEAST PLASTIC AT SUCH AN IMPORTANT LOCATION. PLAIN STEEL SHOULD NEVER BE USED AT SUCH AN IMPORTANT LOCATION. AS THERE ARE MANY MANY THOUSANDS OF THIS YEAR VEHICLES OUT THERE THIS IS A TICKING TIME BOMB. EVEN MY VINTAGE 1991 FORD PICKUP USED STAINLESS STEEL AT GAS TANK FITTINGS. VEHICLE IS SECOND CAR AND WAS PURCHASED A FEW YEARS AGO. BODY IS REMARKABLE RUST FREE FOR A SALTY N.Y. S, VEHICLE. AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION OTHER THAN DANGEROUS GAS TANK ISSUE. IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME BEFORE A DANGEROUS FIRE WILL OCCUR IN SOMEONE'S VEHICLE AND HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL DIE.THIS ISSUE NEEDS ,AND MUST,BE ADDRESSED . HAVE ATTACHED PHOTO OF RUSTED DISCONNECT AND HAVE RETAINED THE RUSTED CONNECTOR. HOPE I DID NOT WASTE MY TIME WITH THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WILL EXPECT A TIMELY REPLY[XXX] P.S. CONNECTER WAS SO SEVERELY RUSTED AND FROZEN TO FUEL PUMP OUTLET IT HAD TO SLOTTED WITH A CUTOFF WHEEL TO REMOVE- A VERY HAZARDOUS PROCEDURE.(CAN NOT ATTACH PHOTO ON THIS SITE) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 110,000 MILES AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND CHIMES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A DEALER I NEED A NEW CLOCK SPRING. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND I HAVE FOUND IT TO BE A VERY, VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL. *TR

NO: 08-15-99 SUBJECT: ERRATIC, INTERMITTENT CLUSTER OPERATION/INTERMITTENT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. DATE: MAY 21, 1999 THIS BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 08-20-98 REV. A, DATED OCTOBER 2, 1998, WHICH SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM YOUR FILES AND NOTED IN THE BOUND TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN BOOK, PUBLICATION NUMBER 81-699-99003. THIS IS A COMPLETE REVISION TO THE PROCEDURE. OVERVIEW: THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES INSTALLING A REPAIR HARNESS CONTAINING A REVISED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CONNECTOR. SYMPTOM/CONDITION: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION OF THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT OR AN INTERMITTENT TACHOMETER OR SPEEDOMETER DROP OUT. AN AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (AECM) FAULT CODE -"NO CLUSTER CCD BUS " MESSAGE WILL BE PRESENT. DIAGNOSIS: USING THE DRB III, READ AND RECORD ALL ACTIVE AND STORED FAULT CODES IN THE AECM. THIS CONDITION IS CAUSED BY MINOR OXIDATION OF THE BUS CIRCUIT TERMINALS AT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CONNECTOR. ELECTRICAL TERMINALS WILL SHOW SIGNS OF OXIDATION, WHICH WILL APPEAR AS DARKENED LINES OR MARKS ON THE CLUSTER MALE TERMINALS. THESE OFTEN APPEAR AS GRAY OR BLACK MARKS RATHER THAN THE APPEARANCE OF OXIDATION OR CORROSION USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER CURRENT CARRYING CIRCUITS. THIS CONDITION WILL SET A "NO CLUSTER CCD BUS" MESSAGE. THE FAULT CODE WILL USUALLY BE STORED AND NOT ACTIVE. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WILL NOT ADDRESS FUEL OR OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ISSUES. IF THIS FAULT CODE IS PRESENT, EITHER ACTIVE OR STORED PERFORM THE REPAIR PROCEDURE. THIS SERVICE BULLETIN IS COMMON WITH ALL JEEPS. THERE ARE MANY JEEP OWNERS WITH THIS VERY PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKE. SEAT WOBBLES BACK AND FORTH. OBVIOUSLY AN UNSAFE SITUATION BEING STRAPPED INTO A SEAT THAT IS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO VEHICLE. WILL FORCE OF PUSHING BRAKE PEDAL TOTALLY SEPARATE SEAT FROM VEHICLE? THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE RELATIVE TO PASSENGER RESTRAINT (ME) AND BRAKING OR STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE(OTHERS). I HAVE READ WHERE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON JEEPS OF THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR AS MINE. CLEARLY, THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I HAVE NEVER HAD A SEAT FRAME FAIL ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OPERATED. THIS IS NOT RUST RELATED. IT IS SIMPLY A FAILED VEHICLE WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAM THAT HAS BLOSSOMED INTO A FULL BLOWN SAFETY CONCERN FOR BOTH THOSE IN THE VEHICLE AND ANYONE ELSE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN ITS GENERAL PROXIMITY. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AS VEHICLE OWNERS WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE THESE VEHICLES UNTIL THE SEAT TOTALLY SEVERS ITS COMPROMISED MOUNTING AND BECOMES TOTALLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. IN THE MEAN TIME, ANYONE IN ITS PATH IS AT SERIOUS RISK. *TR

MY 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED JUST STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND CHIME WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY PEOPLE. THIS PROBLEM MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CAUSED AN INJURY BUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO KEEP YOUR LOYAL JEEP CUSTOMERS FROM THINKING THAT THIS COMPANY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT IT CUSTOMERS SAFETY! THIS SAFETY PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AND DONE VERY SOON BEFORE THERE ARE INJURIES OR LOYAL CUSTOMERS DEATHS FROM A SIMPLE FIX. *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. THE METAL THAT THE SEAT IS BOLTED TO IS TOO THIN. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

NO EVENT TRIGGERED MY SEAT FAILURE, THE SEAT TRACK (FRAME) BROKE AND THE SEAT IS BEHAVING LIKE A ROCKING CHAIR. IT HURTS MY BACK TO DRIVE AND IS VERY UNSAFE. THIS IS MY DRIVER'S FRONT SEAT THAT IS BROKEN. I DID NOTHING TO CAUSE IT TO BREAK. I CANNOT FIND ANOTHER SEAT ANYWHERE WITHOUT HAVING TO ORDER A NEW ONE THROUGH THE DEALER, WHICH I'VE BEEN QUOTED UP TO $1,500. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS, A SEAT BREAKING IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AT 70,000 MILES, AND I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND DRIVE NORMALLY, AND HAVE HAD NO ACCIDENTS IMPACTING MY SEAT THAT BROKE ABRUPTLY. IT'S A POWER SEAT, LAREDO MODEL, CODE FLL5. THIS IS A SERIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE PRODUCT, AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER JEEP AGAIN. *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKEN........HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK AGO.........SEAT IS NOW LOOSE. *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE I HAVE HAD THE DRIVER SEAT WELDED 3 TO 4 TIMES SINCE 2005. NOW THE SEAT AND BRACKETS ARE SO BAD DRIVERS SEAT SNAPPED NEAR THE TOP AND REAR THE BRACKET. I THANK THE POWERS THAT I WASN'T DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN IT HAPPENED..... I THINK JEEP AND THE CHRYSLER CORP SHOULD REPLACE MY AND ALL OF THESE BRACKETS IN ALL JEEPS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. *TR

WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD FROM A MANHOLE COVER AND THE CAR CHIMED AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WHICH WHEN IT FULLY BREAKS THE AIRBAG WILL NOT LONGER FUNCTION. THIS PART IS INACCESSIBLE TO BE BROKEN FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE AND CONTROLS WHETHER THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WORKS; A FAILURE OF IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR RECALL AS IT IS A FAULTY PART. HUNDREDS OF ONLINE FORUMS HAVE PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME ISSUE.

THE FRONT LEFT AND REAR RIGHT BRACKETS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAVE SHEAR COMPLETELY IN HALF.

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE, UNIT 1 WAS EAST BOUND. THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND PULLED TO THE BERM WHERE THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE *BF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0792-91) UPDATED 02/15/11 *BF

I WENT INTO JIM BROWN AUTO SALES ON FRIDAY 1/29/2011 TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE. THE SALE REPRESENTATIVE [XXX] ADVISED ME THAT OF THE LIST OF CARS I BROUGHT IN THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS THE BEST ONE. WHILE PROCESSING PAPER WORK. I ASKED [XXX] FOR A COPY OF THE VEHICLE REPORT. HE ACKNOWLEDGE BUT NEVER PROVIDED THE DOCUMENTATION. I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN NEAR BY AUTO SHOP (M-L) TO HAVE THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT. ON THE WAY TO M-L I HEARD THE CAR KNOCKING. I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. BEING THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, TRANSMISSION, AND TRANSFER CASE. I ADVISED THE SELLER ONCE I FOUND OUT. I WAS TOLD BY THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP THE PHONE THAT I WILL BE CALLED BACK REGARDING THIS MATTER. NO ONE CALLED. ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, I DROVE TO BRAKEWAY TO HAVE THE BRAKES LOOKED AT BECAUSE THE LIGHTS CAME ON. BRAKEWAY ADVISED THE SAME ISSUES AS M-L. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO JIM BROWN AUTO AND REQUESTED THE TRUCK BE LOOKED AT. THEY ACCEPTED THE TRUCK BUT REFUSED TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES THAT WERE POINTED OUT. I JUST NEED SOME JUSTICE REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HEATER A/C FOR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE... FAILURE TO OPERATE, RIDICULOUS TO REPAIR. MAKES DRIVING IN COLD CLIMATES IMPOSSIBLE, DUE TO WINDOW FOGGING AND ICE BUILDUP. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL AND REPAIR ALL JEEPS FROM 1999-2004 WHO ARE ALL KNOWN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DISREGARD THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, WITH REGARDS TO THIS. THIS WAS REPEATED YEAR AFTER YEAR, WITH NO EASY SOLUTION FOR CUSTOMERS TO REPAIR. AN EXCESSIVELY COSTLY AND NOT GUARANTEED PROCEDURE WHICH COULD CREATE MORE PROBLEMS, EVEN WHEN PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THOSE WHO MUST DRIVE IN COLD CLIMATES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT REAR BRACKET WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ALSO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRAME SNAPPED IN FRONT RIGHT CORNERS. THIS IS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FRAME.IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO HAVE THE SEA SNAPPED UNDER NORMAL USE... I HAVE READ THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS REGARD... PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF EVER THERE IS A RECALL. *TR

MY DRIVERS SEAT HAS BROKEN DOWN AND BECOME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MAKES A CLUNK NOISE WHEN SOMEONE SITS IN IT DURING BREAKING AND ACCELERATION THIS IS. ONE OF THE MANY THINGS TO HAVE BROKEN ON THIS SEAT. VERY POOR QUALITY! *TR

TWO COMPLAINTS-(1) AT APPROXIMATELY 120,000 MILES THE DRIVER'S FRONT SEAT BRACKET BROKE AND BEGAN LEANING THE SEAT BACKWARDS. AFTER ANOTHER 8,000 MILES THE BRACKET COMPLETELY BROKE. IT WAS WELDED BY A PROFESSIONAL WELDER AND REPLACED. AT APPROXIMATELY 138,000 MILES IT BROKE AGAIN AND WILL HAVE TO BE WELDED AGAIN BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED RIGHT NOW. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY COMMON COMPLAINT AND SAFETY ISSUE ON MY MODEL-99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. (2) AT APPROXIMATELY 142,000 MILES THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON AND GOING OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW IT DOES SO FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY A MECHANIC FRIEND THAT IT IS THE CLOCKSPRING WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND HAT ONLY A DEALER CAN FIX IT. LIKE THE SEAT PROBLEM, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND FROM MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS A VERY, VERY COMMON ISSUE AS WELL. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A DEALER REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING AS I HAVE BEEN QUOTED UPWARDS OF $300 TO DO SO. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON AND CHIMES IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT IS MOSTLY NOTED WHEN I AM STEERING THE VEHICLE THROUGH TURNS. *TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM. WINDSHIELD BLOWER. COLD AIR OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AND VISIBILITY IS DECREASED. I HAVE HAD THIS FIXED ONCE WHEN I BOUGHT THE JEEP 6 YEARS AGO. *TR

VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHILE BEING DRIVEN. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE DOES NOT DEFROST RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF FRONT WINDOW. LEFT -HAND SIDE WORKS VERY WELL. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THIS YEAR, BUT SEEMED TO WORK OK AT END OF 2009. HAVE TRIED TO MOVE SELECTOR CONTROL BACK AND FORTH, DID NOT HELP AT ALL. TAKES SOME TIME FOR THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF DEFROSTER TO CLEAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE. MY FRIEND HAD A 1998 DODGE DURANGO AND A 1996 DODGE STEALTH THAT DID THE SAME THING. COULD THIS BE A CHRYSLER MANUFACTURING PROBLEM? THANK YOU. *TR

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. ATTORNEY WRITES ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER WHO DIED IN A CRASH RELATED TO SEAT BELT AND AIRBAG ISSUES *TGW THE DECEDENT WAS DRIVING ON A CLEAR DAY ON A DRY HIGHWAY, WHEN SHE SUDDENLY HIT A MEDIAN AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. ACCORDING TO THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, THE DECEDENT WAS TOO SMALL TO BE PROTECTED BY THE SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS AND/OR THE AIR BAGS. THE DRIVER DIED FROM INTERNAL INJURIES CAUSED BY THE SEAT BELT /AIR BAG NOT BEING PROPERLY DESIGNED TO PROTECT SOMEONE THAT SMALL. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLENDER THAT CONTROLLED THE VEHICLE FROM RUNNING TOO HOT OR COLD FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWER WOULD EXPEL COLD AIR AND THE DRIVER SIDE BLOWER WOULD EXPEL VERY LITTLE HEAT. THE DEFROSTER WAS ALSO INOPERABLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND STEERING COLUMN WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKETS BROKE - NORMAL USE. LOOKING INTO REPAIRS NOW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 127,000. UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF UPDATED 04/04/11

FRONT RIGHT DRIVER SEAT FRAME BOLT RIPPED OUT DUE TO BREAKING OF SEAT FRAME. FRAME SPLIT LIKE A PIECE OF WOOD. *TR

99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE PURCHASED 4/2003. FRONT BRAKES SHUDDERS AT ROAD/HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 40-65MPH. ACQUIRED THIS/TSB FROM SD SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTOMOTIVE SHOP. THIS/TSB REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF AKEBONO FRONT CALIPERS FROM TEVES. AFTER REPLACEMENT THE PROBLEM DIDN'T CEASE. DID SOME ANALYZING MYSELF, FOUND THAT REAR BRAKE PADS WERE CRACKED. REPLACED THE WHOLE REAR BRAKE COMPONENTS AND THE PROBLEM CEASED UNTIL AFTER REAR BRAKE PADS PASSED 60% OF THICKNESS, PROBLEM ARISES AGAIN. MY OWN CONCLUSION LIES TO DESIGN OF REAR BRAKE PAD MATERIAL TO BE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLE. *TR

HEATED SEAT SHORTED OUT AND BURNT A HOLE THROUGH SEAT FOAM. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE. MY FRONT DRIVER SEAT IS BROKEN AS WELL. I'VE OWNED MANY CARS IN MY LIFE, AND I'VE NEVER HAD A BROKEN SEAT. I SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE 1999 JEEPS. IT'S UP THERE WITH HAVING A WORKING AIR BAG. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THEIR DRIVER SEAT FIX, WHEN THAT SHOULD BE ONE THING THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. IT'S HAPPENING TO A LOT OF GRAND JEEP CHEROKEES. I HOPE THEY DO A RECALL, THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE LIKE TOYOTA. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRAME SNAPPED IN TWO OPPOSITE CORNERS. THIS IS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FRAME. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A RECALL SOLUTION I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. THERE ARE A TON OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. MAKING AN AMERICAN CAR COMPANY THAT WAS BAILEDOUT BY OUR WISE GOVERNMENT, LOOK ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. TO AMERICANS BUYERS. *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. MULTIPLE TIMES THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER FREEZES (SEIZES) ONTO THE ROTOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND PULL TO THE LEFT, WARPING THE ROTOR AND DAMAGING THE BRAKE PADS. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS BUT AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IT HAPPENS AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO BE TRIGGERED BY USING THE BRAKES FREQUENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN BRAKING GOING DOWN HILLS. WHILE I HAVE NOT HAD A FIRE THE BRAKES WERE GLOWING RED ON ONE OCCASION. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT MUST BE CORRECTED AS MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT MANY, IF NOT ALL OWNERS OF THIS YEAR (AS WELL AS OTHER YEARS) MAKE AND MODEL EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME IS BROKEN ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. KNOWN ISSUE ON MANY OF THESE VEHICLES YET CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. *TR

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO DRIVERS SIDE SEAT COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF OF FRAME. STARTED WITH ONE SIDE BREAKING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, LEAVING SEAT TO LEAN TO ONE SIDE AND UNABLE TO ADJUST ANYMORE THEN JUST COMPLETELY SNAPPED OFF. DROVE FOR COUPLE DAYS WITH SOMETHING WEDGED IN THE BACK TO KEEP PROPPED UP UNTIL IT COULD BE LOOKED AT. WAS TOLD IT IS NOT REPAIRABLE. WOULD HAVE TO BE A COSTLY REPLACEMENT. *TR

OUR JEEP 1999 WAS HIT IN REAR END AND BURN , HURTING THE DRIVER BADLY. THE GAS TANK EXPLODED ON IMPACT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO START UNTIL FIVE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED AT A STOP SIGN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HER LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 151000.

DRIVING DOWN A FLAT STRAIGHT ROAD AND I HEARD A METALLIC SNAP. SEAT BEGAN TO SWAY. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKE IN TWO. *TR

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT OF MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SUDDENLY BECAME LOOSE AND WOBBLED DURING DRIVING. WHILE THE SEAT TRACK AND FLOOR-LEVEL FRAME APPEAR TO BE INTACT, THE SEAT ITSELF HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. DRIVING THE SUV NOW REQUIRES CAREFULLY MAINTAINING BALANCE, ESPECIALLY IN TURNS. *TR

WHEN I TURNED ON THE HEAT ONE FALL DAY I GOT HOT AIR ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER I SELECT DEFROST, FLOOR, OR MID-LEVEL VENTS.ALSO I HAD THE TEMPERATURE SETTINGS ON HIGH. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THIS YET, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO DIFFICULTY DEFROSTING THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WILL BE VERY COSTLY. IT IS NOT INTERMITTENT BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS FAILED. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE, THE HEADLIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND SHUT OFF. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. OVER THE LAST YEAR I NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. THE NOISE BECAME MORE APPARENT AFTER I WOULD HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD OR ADJUST MY SEATING POSITION. ON THE 10TH OF JUNE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THE FRONT OF MY SEAT POPPED OFF OF THE POWER SEAT TRACK. MY SEAT FLIPPED BACK AND RESTED ON THE REAR SEAT. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO LEAN FORWARD AND REGAIN MY BALANCE. THE SEAT IS STILL ONLY ATTACHED BY THE REAR PIVOT POINTS. I HAD TO LOWER MY REAR SEATS AND PUSH MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK UNTIL IT COULD BE STABILIZED. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TRACK AND THAT THE REPAIRS WERE MY RESPONSIBILITY. JEEP OBVIOUSLY FAILED TO ENGINEER THEIR SEAT TRACKS PROPERLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE OIL PAN EXHIBITED RANDOM HOLES CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ORDERED A NEWER OIL PAN FOR THE CONTACT BUT AFTER 90 DAYS, HE STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED IT. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER. *TR

UNDER NORMAL USE, THE HOLLOW STEEL TUBE SUPPORTING FRONT OF DRIVER'S SEAT SHEERED COMPLETELY ON THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CAUSING THE CHAIR TO MOVE 6" - 12" UP AND DOWN AND SIDEWAYS DURING NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- 112,000 MILE.-AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND "DINGS" WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE LEFT. THE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR ABOUT FIVE TO TEN SECONDS DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE TURN. CONCERN IS THAT AIR BAG WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY IN A CRASH SITUATION. THIS BEGAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH INTERMITTENT OCCURRENCES BUT IS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. INTERNET REPORTS FROM CONSUMERS SHOW THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 JGC. SHOULDN'T THIS BE LOOKED INTO? IT COSTS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPAIR THIS SAFETY ISSUE AT A DEALER. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

PASSENGER REAR DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR AND REAR LATCH LOCK ACTUATOR BROKEN MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ENTER THE CAR FROM THOSE TWO DOORS. *TR

MY DRIVERS SEAT HAS BROKEN TWICE. IM PRETTY MUCH LAYING DOWN WHEN I DRIVE. I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT AND THAT ONE BROKE TOO. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS JUST HAD IT'S THIRD FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME. THE FIRST TIME THAT THE SEAT FRAME BROKE BACK IN 2002 IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER REPLACED THE SEAT FRAME WITH A NEW SEAT FRAME. IT BROKE AGAIN IN 2006. THIS TIME I HAD IT WELDED AND IT LASTED UNTIL APRIL 2010 WHEN IT BROKE AGAIN! EACH TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, WHILE ACCELERATING, AND IT SNAPPED AND THREW ME BACKWARDS IN THE SEAT TOWARDS THE REAR SEAT AREA. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR EACH TIME AND THEN PLACED TEMPORARY SUPPORTS AROUND THE SEAT UNTIL I COULD HAVE THE REPAIR COMPLETED. I AM PLANNING TO HAVE THE FRAME WELDED AGAIN THIS TIME. I AM SORRY THAT I DID NOT REPORT THIS BEFORE NOW. I AM A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND I AM AFRAID TO ALLOW MY YOUNG DRIVERS IN THE HOUSEHOLD TO DRIVE THIS JEEP ANY LONGER. I AM THE ONLY ONE TO DRIVE IT. *TR

THE BRACKETS HOLDING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAVE BROKEN AND CAUSES THE SEAT TO BE UNSTABLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT SUDDENLY DETACHED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, TRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE HAS BROKEN. POOR DESIGN. SEAT IS NOW UNSAFE. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE HAS A BROKEN DRIVER'S SEAT PAN. I WAS COMING TO A RED LIGHT AND I HEARD A SNAP SOUND. I WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND NOTICED THAT THE METAL SEAT PAN IS CRACKED ALL AROUND THE WHERE THE BOLT HOLDS IT IN THE SEAT TRACK. NOW THE SEAT ROCKS A LITTLE BIT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE OTHER CORNERS CRACK DUE TO THE INCREASED STRESS. I HAVE NOT YET CORRECTED THE FAILURE. BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, I WILL NEED A WHOLE NEW SEAT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF THESE BREAK, IT WILL MEAN NOTHING IS HOLDING THE SEAT IN PLACE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE JEEP COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT PANS BREAKING.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH REPLACEMENTS OF THE CRANK SHAFT SENSORS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE IDENTICAL FAILURES CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION AND TRAVELING BETWEEN 5-20 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

AC BLEND DOORS DON'T WORK CAUSING MY HEAT/AC TO ONLY WORK ON HAVE THE CAR AT A TIME. IN THE WINTER MY DEFROSTER IS ONLY ABLE TO DEFROST HALF MY WINDSHIELD AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS ICE COLD AIR COMING OUT THE VENT WITCH MAKES IT UNABLE TO DEFROST AND CAUSES ME TO DRIVE WITH HALF A DEFROSTED WINDSHIELD. SO HALF THE CAR GETS HEAT THE OTHER HALF GETS AC ALL WINTER LONG NO MATTER WHAT SETTING YOU PUT THE SYSTEM ON, THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A ACCIDENT IF NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

PASSENGER AIR BAG WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE CHRYSLER INVESTIGATED AND SAID THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG AND WON'T DO ANYTHING TO REPAIR. BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE AIR BAG MODULE AND STILL SMELL BURNING WIRES DEALERSHIP SAID THAT JEEP HAD KNOWN RECALL THAT SAID WAS PERFORMED AND NEVER WAS FOUND RECALL ON YOUR WEB SITE IT SAID POSSIBLE AIR BAG LIGHT OR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT DO TO CORROSION AND THE MODULE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MOVED TO TRANSMISSION TUNNEL BUT NEVER WAS DONE AND YOU CAN SEE CORROSION ALL OVER MODULE. AND CHRYSLER WOULD NOT SAY IF IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT KEEPS BRAKING CAUSING YOU TO LOOSE A SAFE DRIVERS CONTROL WHILE DRIVING THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAPPEN IN THE LAST 2 YEARS AND NOT AT THE WELDED AREA DIFFERENT PLACES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 45-55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. UPON STALLING, ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS OF THE VEHICLE WOULD ENGAGE FOR 2-10 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE PERTAINING TO ENGINE STALLING. TO DATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO STALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE SEAT BRACKET ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING THE SEAT TO "FLOAT" AND MOVE UP AND DOWN ON THAT CORNER. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT TO FIND A BREAK ON A PIECE OF FLAT STEEL THAT IS USED TO RAISE THE SEAT UP AND DOWN WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTORS. THERE WAS NO CRASH OR OTHER OUTSIDE INFLUENCE CAUSING THE SEAT TO BREAK. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE DRIVER IS NOT SECURE WHILE MAKING TURNS. I THINK IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS TO BE IN A CRASH! THE METAL SEEMS VERY THIN ON THESE AREAS WHERE THE ELECTRIC SEAT ADJUST HAS TO "SCISSOR LIFT" UP AND DOWN. I DRIVE A LOT ACROSS TWO STATES TO PICK UP MY CHILDREN - SO I HAD SOMEONE WELD THE SEAT BRACKET BACK TOGETHER. IT HELD FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND NOW IT IS BROKE AGAIN. IF THE SEAT BRACKETS ARE THIS WEAK, HOW WILL IT HOLD TOGETHER IN A CRASH??? PLEASE HELP ME AND OTHERS. I HAVE HEARD OF ONE OTHER PERSON WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM ON A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE (NOT "GRAND"). *TR

DRIVING HOME EARLY MORNING DURING A SNOWSTORM, A SNOWPLOW WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND MY VEHICLE HIT HIM DEAD CENTER TOTALING MY VEHICLE. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A FRONTAL COLLISION NEITHER THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE DRIVER. *TR

REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT DOES NOT WORK AT NIGHT OR RATHER WHEN THE CAR LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. MECHANIC HAS REPLACED BULB, RE-BENT THE CONNECTION, BUT THE LIGHT STILL IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. WHEN LIGHTS ARE OUT, BRAKE LIGHT, REVERSE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL WORK. MY SON HAS BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE THINKING THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN FIXED. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE RECEIVES A TICKET. OUR MECHANIC HAS OFFERED TO TRY AND FIX IT WITHOUT REPLACING BOTH BACK LIGHT ASSEMBLIES. *TR

DRIVE SEAT FRONT LEFT CORNER PULLED METAL OVER FLOOR BOLT CAUSING A BROKEN SEAT AND SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4; DRIVER SIDE SEAT HOUSING METAL BRACKETS BROKE. VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN IN TWO SPOTS. FRONT LEFT WELD AND REAR RIGHT WELD. I AM EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT THE "BREAK" OF THE WELD DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A "NORMAL RATE OF SPEED", IF IT DID, A SEVERE AND TRAGIC ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE MAIN REASON I AM WRITING TO YOU IS THE FACT, DURING MY RESEARCH FOR A "FIX" OR REPLACEMENT SEAT, I STUMBLED ACROSS A FEW WEBSITES WITH CONSUMERS, LIKE MYSELF, INQUIRING WHY THIS HAPPENED. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HANDFUL, WE ARE TALKING OVER A THOUSAND ENTRIES OF THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER CONSUMERS. AND THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE TIP OF THE ICE BERG SINCE MANY, MANY FOLKS WOULD NEVER POST TO A BLOG OR EVEN USE THE INTERNET AS A PLATFORM FOR COMPLAINT. JEEP CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POOR QUALITY. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE POWERS TO BE TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE CONSUMER. ACCIDENTAL DEATH DUE TO A CAR ACCIDENT CAUSED BY POOR WORKMANSHIP. PLEASE ADVISE. BY THE COMMENTS I HAVE REVIEWED, THIS IS A CASE OF POOR QUALITY AND SECOND CLASS WORKMANSHIP OF THE WELDS/FRAME OF THE SEATS IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR

1. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SEAT ANCHORING. 2. THE REAR ANCHORING OF THE DRIVER SEAT BUCKLED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE METAL BROKE AT TWO LOCATIONS CAUSING THE SEAT TO WOBBLE SEVERELY MAKING DRIVING SAFELY IMPOSSIBLE. 3. ACCORDING TO JEEP, THE ENTIRE SEAT MUST BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. REINFORCEMENT WELDING COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND PREVENT FUTURE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SEAT DURING NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER ... IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT INCLUDE THE PRIOR DESCRIPTION BUT I'M IN QUESTION. WE HAVE HAD THIS 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN THE FAMILY FOR YEARS AND THE PAST YEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS STRICTLY COLD AIR (IT HAS DUAL AIR CONTROLS) - MY NEPHEW OWNED THE JEEP PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASING IT FROM HIM THIS PAST MONTH. HE SAID THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A WHILE AND NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. IN RESEARCHING THE FIX, IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO REPORT IT TO YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU CAN HELP WITH THE FIX AS IT IS A COSTLY ONE FROM JEEP ($1000 - $1500) ... SINCE EVERYONE HAS THIS PROBLEM IT HAS TO BE A JEEP DEFECT. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP US OUT. *TR

THE LEFT FRONT BRACKET ON MY DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. THE SEAT NOW WOBBLES, AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT IS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THERE WAS NO MISTREATING OF THE VEHICLE, THE BRACKET BROKE UNDER NORMAL USE. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. SOMEONE MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

NO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, NO PRECURSOR TO EVENT OCCURRING WHEN EVER DRIVEN AFTER 40+ MILES, ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITH OUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING, NEARLY DROVE INTO UTILITY POLE DUE TO LACK OF POWER STEERING WITH NO 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT OBD TESTER DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY LOCKED FAULTS, REPLACED AUTO SHUT DOWN RELAY, SAME PROBLEM, CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE TO DEALER TO THROW PARTS AT IT, CAN NOT FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN, MUST WAIT UNTIL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON OR AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS. HAS ALSO SHUT DOWN APPROXIMATELY 9 TIMES SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND 3 TIMES WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE TACHOMETER JUMPS UP AND DOWN AND THEN DOWN TO ZERO. THE LAST AND MOST DANGEROUS EVENT OCCURRED ON 12/5/09. *TR

HEATED SEAT SHORTED AND BURNT A HOLE IN SEAT CUSHION AND UNDER SIDE OF SEAT COVER. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE.THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT ON MY GRAND CHEROKEE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OFF DURING THE DAY THE LIGHT WORKS FINE, DIMMER THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE, BUT IT STILL LIGHTS UP. I HAVE TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING OUT THE BULBS AND THE PIGTAILS THE LIGHT GOES INTO BUT I CANT EVER GET IT TO WORK. I HAVE NOTICED THAT EVERY GRAND CHEROKEE IN THE SAME GENERATION AS MINE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS THAT SAID THEY HAVE FIXED UPWARDS OF 50 GC'S WITH THAT SAME PROBLEM AND YOU MUST REPLACE BOTH TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLIES BECAUSE IF YOU REPLACE ONE IT WILL SHORT OUT IMMEDIATELY. I WORK IN THE AUTO PARTS BUSINESS SO I HAVE ACCESS TO THE PARTS TO FIX IT BUT THE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE AROUND $140 A PIECE. I WOULD THINK THAT CHRYSLER WOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL ABOUT IT, SEEING HOW COMMON IT IS, BUT I HAVE TALKED TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT IS UP TO NHTSA TO ISSUE A RECALL. I HAVE RECEIVED TWO TICKETS RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT. IT BECOMES A HASSLE WHEN I SEE ALL THESE JEEPS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM, SEEING HOW IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. *TR THANKS A LOT

I AM FACING ANOTHER BROKEN SEAT BRACKET ON A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THIS IS THE SECOND BROKEN BRACKET I HAVE HAD ON THE SAME SEAT IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS. THE LAST TIME I REPLACED IT, THE PART COST $170. NOW I'M TOLD IT WILL COST ME OVER $300. AND THAT'S JUST THE COST FOR THE PART--IT DOESN'T INCLUDE LABOR. THIS PART BEING BROKEN RESULTS IN MY VEHICLE BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IF I WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT MY SEAT WOULD KEEP ME SAFELY WITHIN THE SEAT. I HATE EVEN TO THINK WHAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT IF I'M TRAVELING AT 70 M.P.H. AND I AM HIT, THE MOMENTUM OF MY ADULT BODY WOULD NOT BE PROTECTED BY THIS FAULTY SEAT DESIGN. IT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED BY THE MANUFACTURER, CHRYSLER CORPORATION. *TR

NOTHING LEADING UP TP THIS ISSUE... ABOUT 150000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED. AIRBAG LIGHT AND ALARM GO ON AND OFF RANDOMLY ( 1-2 TIMES PER MINUTE) WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SAYS REPLACE ENTIRE AIRBAG FOR MORE THAN $2000. ARE THEY KIDDING? *TR

THE BLEND DOORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAVE BROKEN GIVING ME NO HEAT DURING THE WINTER. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS I DO NOT HAVE $1200.00 FOR FIX IT. THIS IS A TRAVESTY AND AN INDICATION OF JUST WHY THE AMERICAN BIG THREE ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. THIS VEHICLE IS THE WORST VEHICLE THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY EVER OWNED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE STEERING WHEEL CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,169.

MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT 4DR AUTOMATIC HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING 6 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. MOST TIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, WITH ONE TIME WHILE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY ON RAMP. USUALLY IT RESTARTS AFTER A PERIOD OF 2 MINUTES TO 12 HOURS. I DID HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED ONCE AS IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAVE HAD IT INTO THE REPAIR SHOP 3 TIMES AND THE COMPUTER SCAN CONTINUALLY SHOWS NO PROBLEMS. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE AT MY INSISTENCE EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T SURE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. IT WASN'T, AS IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS AGO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I HAD NO CELL PHONE AND HAD TO WALK 4 MILES TO GET HOME. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE I SEE IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY YEARS, MAKES AND MODELS OF JEEPS AND YET NO SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE. I CALLED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME UNLESS I TAKE IT TO A JEEP DEALER, WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ISSUE AND I WAS HOPING TO FIND AN ANSWER WITH YOUR HELP. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT WHEN BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. THE BULB, THE LIGHT SOCKET, AND THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. REPLACING THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX, THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL AGAIN NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT TO MALFUNCTION. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SEAT BRACKET IS CRACKED MAKING THE SEAT LOPSIDED AND POORLY ATTACHED IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR WHERE THE SEAT HAS BROKEN IN 35 YEARS OF CAR OWNERSHIP. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED W/42,000 MILES. YES . NOT A TYPO . 42,000, ORIGNAL OWNER & "SCARED TO DEATH" TO DRIVE THIS SUV. I HAVE ALOT OF THE ALREADY PROBLEMS, THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HAD TO PAY MANY, W/MY OWN CASH. THIS SUV SCHOULD HAVE CAME IN 1 COLOR "LEMON YELLOW". IT IS AN ACCIDENT WATNG TO HAPPEN. THE RECENT PROBLEM IS NOW I HAVE NO A/C-HEAT OR DEFROSTER. THS IS DUE, TO FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TEMP CONTROL TO WORK. I T STARTED 1ST BY INTERMITTENTLY WORKING, TILL NOW NOT WORKING AT ALL, THIS IS JUST 1 MORE, TO THE LIST , OF MANY OTHER PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS AN COINCIDENCE THAT ALL MY ISSUE HAVE HAPPENNED, ALMOST EXACTLY, IN THE ORDER, OF ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. I CAN'T UNDESTAND HOW A COMPANY CAN GET AWAY W/THIS. THIS NEW PROBLEM CAN COST UP TO $2000, IF IT IS, LIKE PREVIOUS REPORTED PROBLEMS, HAPPENS TO BE THE "BLEND DOORS". AS A HANDICAPPED DRIVER I DRIVE LESS THAN 4,000 MILES A YEAR. THIS IS THE ONLY AUTO I DRIVE, THUS THE MANY, MANY PROBS HAVE YET TO RAISE THIER HEAD. I HAVE READ ALMOST ALL COMPLAINTS(TOO MANY TO READ) THIS SUV SCHOULD BE A "TOTAL RECALL, I HAVE NEVER HEARD MORE COMPLAINTS & PROBLEMS, IN MY LIFE, FOR ANY AUTOMOBILE. THIS SUV SCHOULD BE STUDIED & RESEACHED, ON "HOW NOT TO BUILD AN AUTOMOBILE. JUST READ THE MANY COMPLAINTS HERE & ON THE INTERNET. WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY STAYED IN BUSINESS AS LONG AS THEY DID. WE, THE TAXPAYERS, BAILED THEM OUT. WHO IS BAILING OUT ALL THE OWNERS, OF THIS "DEATH-TRAP"? IF THAT IS NOT ABSURD ENUFF, MANY PROBLEMS COULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, BY JEEP & STILL CAN. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE, OF NHSTA, IF NOT TO INTERVENE? YOU HAVE ALL THE COMPLAINTS. HUNDREDS OF THEM. YOU HAVE THEM POSTED, YET, WE TAXPAYERS/OWNERS SAFETY, HAS BEEN AT RISK EVER SINCE THIS SUV WAS DRIVEN OUT OF THE SHOWROOM. HOW DID YOU NOT MAKE A RECALL ON THE ROTOR/BRAKES ISSUE WHICH WAS REPORTED AT 3,000 MILES? I AM SO FRUSTRATED. IS BRAKING PROBLEMS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? PLEASE, HELP US! *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT STALLS ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO IT- IT WILL STALL GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, DRIVING IN TOWN AT 25-35 MPH, WHILE TURNING A CORNER, WHILE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH-- IT HAS HAPPENED IN ALL THOSE INSTANCES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS HOT OR COLD EITHER. THE ENGINE JUST SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF, BUT THE LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC. ALL STAY ON. IT OCCURS DURING COLD AND HOT WEATHER, WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICES ON OR OFF, IN PARK, NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. IT IS VERY RANDOM AND VERY DANGEROUS. ONCE IT STALLS THE STEERING GETS VERY HARD AND THE JEEP HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING THE JEEP WOULD ALWAYS START AGAIN ON THE FIRST TRY. NOW THE JEEP WILL ALWAYS START WHEN I FIRST GET IN THE CAR IN THE MORNING, BUT ONCE IT STALLS OUT, IT TAKES 20-50 MINUTES TO RESTART. LUCKILY, THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY (8-2009) AND THE PCM WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS BACK. WE HAVE BROUGHT IT INTO THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET IT FIXED, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING, BY I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO I CAN'T. SOME WEEKS IT WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY, AND THEN IT WILL GO DAYS OR WEEKS WITHOUT DOING IT AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM PUTS US AND THE OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD IN POTENTIAL DANGER. I READ ON SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT THE 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND SO WERE JEEP COMMANDERS. HOPEFULLY, THE 1999 WILL ALSO BE CHECKED AND POSSIBLY RECALLED. *TR

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT DRIVER SEAT BROKE. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BOLTS HAVE PULLED THROUGH THE SEAT FRAME THAT HOLDS IT TO THE CAR. FAILURE OCCURRED 3 YEARS AGO. COST FOR NEW FRAME AND INSTALLING WAS $850. SO WE KEEP THE BACK SEAT FOLDED FORWARD SO THE FRONT SEAT, IN THE 'FURTHEREST BACK' POSITION, RESTS AGAINST THE BACK SEAT AND WE HAVE WIRE TWISTED TO HOLD THE SEAT IN PLACE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. WE WERE TOLD SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, CHYRSLER WOULD NOT FIX IT, EVEN THOUGH IN OUR MECHANIC'S OPINION IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FLAW STRUCTURE OF THE SEAT AND NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND ORIGINAL DRIVER IS ONLY DRIVER (FORTUNATELY HE IS LONG LEGGED) AND SINCE THE FAILURE IT IS ONLY DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK (20 MILES A DAY). CURRENT MILEAGE IS 68,798. *TR

LIKE MOST JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS, I HAD TO PAY A HUGE REPAIR BILL TO GET THE AIR CONDITIONER TO WORK. ALMOST $2,000. *TR

RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER (ACTUALLY ALL GAUGES) WILL STOP WORKING, THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SOMETIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON TOO. IF YOU HIT THE DASHBOARD (SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL HITS) THE GAUGES WILL START WORKING AGAIN AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES OFF. HAVEN'T HAD IT CHECKED BY A SHOP YET. *TR

MY DRIVER SEAT ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS BROKEN OFF OF THE BRACKET, IT IS LIKE SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR, IF I LEAN TO FAR BACK IT WILL PUT ME IN THE BACK SEAT. I HAVE HAD IT WELDED BACK TOGETHER ONCE BEFORE, BUT THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS WOBBLING. HE NOTICED THAT THE BRACKET FAILED, WHICH HOLDS THE SEAT IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SEAT BRACKET FAILED. THE SEAT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $150. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE PROVIDED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

THIS INCIDENT STARTED WITH A CLUNKING NOISE WE THOUGHT WAS THE MUFFLER SYSTEM, IN FACT, THE DAY BEFORE THE CAR FAILED WE HAD THE MUFFLER REPLACED. ON 6/17/09 WHILE OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, SHE PULLED OVER, A POLICE OFFICER ASSISTED AND FOLLOWED HER FOR A WHILE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. IT DIDN'T DO IT WHILE THE POLICE OFFICER WATCHED. AFTER THE POLICE OFFICER LEFT, THE VEHICLE LURCHED AGAIN AND OUR DAUGHTER PULLED OVER AND CALLED HER FATHER, HE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THAT IS WHEN THE FRAME BROKE AND THE SUPPORT TO THE REAR AXLE SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE REAR WHEEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BOUND AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE REAR WHEEL WELL LEAVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY UNDRIVEABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PUT ON A TRAILER AND DELIVERED TO OUR MECHANIC. WE PAID OUR MECHANIC TO REPAIR IT BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF PURSUING A CLAIM THROUGH CHRYSLER. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS GIVEN A CASE NO. 18690533 AND WAS TOLD WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A JEEP DEALER. AS INSTRUCTED BY CHRYSLER, WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROYAL CHRYSLER IN OWEGO, NEW YORK. ROYAL WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE TO US AND AFTER INSPECTION, STATED IT WAS THE "MOST CORRODED UNDERBODY THEY HAD EVERY SEEN" AND COMMUNICATED THE SAME TO CHRYSLER DIRECTLY. CHRYSLER WAS NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING OUR CLAIM AND STATED IT WAS TOO FAR OUT OF WARRANTY. WE CURRENTLY OWN 3 JEEPS AND EXPECTED CHRYSLER TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. IT IS NOT A VEHICLE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING OUR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS DRIVE. AFTER NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS TO CHRYSLER BY BOTH THE DEALER AND OURSELVES, THEY FLATLY REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN THE CLAIM AND EVEN REFUSED TO ALLOW US TO EVEN TALK TO A MANAGER. THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ALL 3 OF OUR DAUGHTERS (ALL 3 WERE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME) HAD THEY BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH IS FRIGHTENING. THE FACT THAT CHRYSLER IS UNWILLING TO RECOGNIZE AND CORRECT THIS SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO FRONT DRIVER SEAT BROKEN OFF...METAL CLEANLY BROKE....CANNOT FIND ANOTHER SEAT TO REPLACE IT....HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHILE DRIVING. *TR

THE FRAME OF THE SEAT IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS BROKEN, ALONG WITH THE CARRIAGE THAT THE FRAME SITS ON--IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS. THERE WAS NO CRASH, OR TRAUMA OF ANY KIND DELIVERED TO THE SEAT. THE FAILURE OF THE SEATS CARRIAGE AND FRAME CAUSE ME TO PITCH AND YAW RATHER WILDLY WHEN I MAKE TURNS EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. I AM WORRIED THAT THE ADDED STRESSED PLACED ON THE REMAINING CONTACT POINTS BETWEENT HE CARRIAGE AND THE FRAME WILL CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AS WELL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE REPLACED HER TRANSMISSION MODULE IN MARCH OF 2008. THE PART WAS REPLACED AGAIN IN DECEMBER OF 2008. THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY DRIVEN AND THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MODULE HAS BEGUN TO FAIL FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 184,000.

I ALSO HAVE THE "DEATH WOBBLE." I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAVE NOT INSTALLED A LIFT KIT OR OVERSIZED TIRES. I HAVE A 2-WHEEL DRIVE SO NOT TAKEN OFF-ROAD. MY MECHANIC HAS REPLACED THE STEERING ARE AND SAYS THERE IS NO EQUIPMENT PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD MY TIRES ROTATED, BALANCED, AND ALIGNED. THEY SAY THERE IS NO TIRE OR ALIGNMENT ISSUE. THE "DEATH WOBBLE" STILL EXISTS. IT APPEARS MY ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO GET RID OF MY JEEP. THAT IS A PROBLEM. I WILL FIGHT, I'M NOT HAPPY! WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS AT THIS POINT? PLEASE HELP? IT HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND I CAN DEMONSTRATE ALMOST AT WILL. IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE, DEATHS WILL OCCUR! *TR

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT FRONT SEAT FRAME HAS BROKEN CAUSING SEAT TO SHIFT FORWARD AND BACKWARD AS YOU DRIVE, NOTICE FRAME HAS COME LOOSE FROM POPPING RIVET. I HAVE FILED THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAVE NOTICED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAME CAR WHICH WOULD INDICATE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE SEAT FRAME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE BRAKE LIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THE LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE DEALER CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, A MECHANIC ADVISED HER THAT THERE IS A WIRING PROBLEM. THE PERFORM SERVICE LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, THEY ARE UNABLE TO TURN IT OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140081.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FACTORY INSTALLED AMPLIFIER CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO STOP THE SPARKS AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE AMP. HE ALSO HAD TO CUT THE WIRES THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THE AMP AND REMOVE THE FUSE FOR THE RADIO. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE AMP IS POSITIONED UNDERNEATH THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT WHERE THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS LOCATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 142,000.

HAVE BEEN GOING OUT TO UNLOCK JEEP AND WILL NOT UNLOCK. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING EVERY DAY WHERE THE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE HEARD THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME JEEP HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW THE DOME LIGHTS WILL NOT GO ON UNTIL I CLOSE THE DOOR AND THEN WILL NOT GO OUT. SO I AM FORCED TO DRIVE WITH THEM ON AND THE DOOR UNLOCKED. I DON'T FEEL VERY SAFE IN THIS ANYMORE. *TR

FAILURE OF AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT, LEFT SIDE SUPPORT RAIL FAILURE. RAIL TORE AND BOLT BROKE THROUGH METAL. SEAT RAIL WAS REPLACED AFTER FAILURE. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT IS NOW AND KEEPS BEEPING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME FAILED. WHEN HE SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, IT IMMEDIATELY RECLINED BACKWARDS. HE BELIEVES THE FAILURE IS DUE TO POOR DESIGN AND HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME FAILURE HE WAS EXPERIENCING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

MY DRIVER'S SEAT (BACK AND FRAME) BROKE AND I HAVE COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MANY JEEP OWNERS HAVE. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. AIRBAG LIGHT AND CHIME ANNOYANCE, WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I CANNOT BREAK THIS ITEM WITH EVERYDAY USE AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO FIX IT OUT OF MY POCKET. THE LIGHT AND CHIME HAPPEN CONTINUOUSLY AND ALTHOUGH THAT IS VERY ANNOYING IT IS ALSO A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM CLASS TODAY WHEN I HEARD MY SEAT POP. AFTER THAT MY SEAT BECAME WOBBLY AND UNSECURE. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT TO CHECK IT OUT AND THE WELD WAS RIPPED OUT CAUSING THE PROBLEM. WHAT FRIGHTENS ME IS I DID NOT DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL AND IF I GOT IN AN ACCIDENT I COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR WORSE. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SEAT TRACK FOR 1999 POWER SEATS HAS BROKEN, I SEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO JEEPS, FOR SOME REASON THEY ARE MADE OF GARBAGE, THE METAL TRACK JUST SNAPS AND IT CAN NOT BE THAT I8 AM HEAVY SET AS I ONLY WEIGH 155 LBS. WHY HAVE A SEAT BELT ON IF THE SEAT IT SELF IS NOT BOLTED TO FLOOR AS THE TRACK IS BROKEN? *TR

NOISE COMING FROM THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER IN THE CENTER DASH AREA EVEN AFTER THE KEY HAS BEEN REMOVED. WHEN RUNNING HEATER IS ON FULL ON BOTH SIDES WITH VERY LOW HEAT COMING OUT ON ONE SIDE WITH COLD AIR ON THE OTHER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS WILL COST UP TO 1500.00 TO FIX AT THE DEALER WITH SOME REPORTS SAYING IT "MAY" NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN AFTER 50-60 THOUSAND MILES. ALSO, BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLER LOCATED BY THE BLOWER STARTS BURNING SMELL!! WHEN IT AUTO THE CONTROL BOARD FAILED AND THEN BLOWER QUIT. THE MOTOR MUST BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A WIRING HARNESS REPAIR KIT!!!! PLEASE TELL ME WHY NO RECALL ON THIS. IT IS SUCH AN ISSUE THE PARTS NEEDED WERE ON BACK ORDER!! *TR

I SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND LEANED SLIGHTLY BACK AGAINST THE BACKREST AND THE SEAT BROKE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO ITS RAILS. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS BROKEN AT THREE PLACES ON THE FRAME OF THE CHAIR ITSELF. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR SAFETY INCIDENT IF IT HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. JEEP SHOULD ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL AS THIS IS A SUBSTANDARD PART. *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 170,000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WILL DING AND LIGHT-UP. THE LIGHT WILL THEN TURN OFF AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND THEN MAY RELIGHT AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. I HAVE NOT YET TRIED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN START AGAIN. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING ON AND OFF. *TR

IN JUST THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE LOST HEAT COMPLETELY IN OUR JEEP. IT START BLOWING OUT COLD AIR ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND NOW IS BLOWING COLD AIR ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AS WELL AS THE DEFROSTING VENTS ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE NO HEAT AT ALL. WE HAVE NOT TRIED TO REPAIR IT YET AS IT GOING TO BE COSTLY. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BLEND DOORS ARE FAILING TO PROVIDE HEAT OR DEFROSTING. CONCERNED ABOUT VISIBILITY AND NUMBNESS. UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS TO THE COMPANY. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND I NOTICED THAT MY A/C BLOWS MILDLY COLD AIR. I RECHARGED IT THINKING THAT IT NEEDED FREON BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE. THIS WINTER I NOTICED THAT MY HEAT WAS NOT AS HOT AS IT SHOULD BE. NEW ENGLAND WINTERS CAN GET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND THE LACK OF HEAT CAN MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD, MAKING VISIBILITY VERY POOR. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I FOUND OUT THAT MY PROBLEM IS ALL TOO COMMON WITH JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS. IT SEEMS THAT JEEPS HAVE FAULTY BLEND DOORS MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC AND THEY ALMOST ALL BREAK. THE REPAIR REQUIRES REMOVAL OF MOST OF THE DASHBOARD AND CAN LEAD TO ESTIMATES LEADING ANYWHERE BETWEEN $1,000-$1,800. DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FAULTY DEVICES AND FAILS TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND POST A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN AND HAS BECOME VERY WOBBLY AND UNSTABLE. I DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMAL AND I AM NOT AN OBESE PERSON. THE SEAT STARTED OUT JUST MAKING CREAKING NOISES, THEN IT BROKE IN ONE SPOT AND HAS SINCE BROKEN IN A SECOND SPOT. AFTER DOING SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, YET THERE IS NO RECALL. PRICE TO FIX IS BETWEEN $400-800 AT A DEALERSHIP. IF I WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE SEAT IN THE CONDITION IT IS IN, I COULD HAVE WORSE INJURIES THAN IF THE SEAT WAS HOW IT SHOULD BE. I THINK THAT DUE TO THE FACT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CHEROKEE/GRAND CHEROKEE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SINCE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.*TR

I NOTICED THAT MY AIR FLOW THROUGH THE A/C AND HEATER WAS NOT WORKING - NO AIR FLOW. IT SEEMS PERMANENT - NO AIR FLOW. I CAN HEAR THE FAN, BUT NO FLOW OF AIR - NO MATTER WHAT SETTING (DEFROST, FLOOR, FRONT SIDE). WHAT IS WORSE, WHEN MY WINDSHIELD FOGS UP, I HAVE NO VISIBILITY DUE TO NO WINDSHIELD BLOWER FLOW. I HAVE NOT FIXED IT SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM INHERENT WITH THE JEEP DESIGN, AND I BELIEVE JEEP SHOULD FIX IT. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AIR BAG SENSOR/LIGHT COMES ON NEEDS TO BE A RECALL WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND MANY MORE LIKE ME. *TR

I HAVE A 99 GRAND CHEROKEE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY LAST MARCH. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR STARTED TO BLOW OUT COLD AIR AND THE DRIVER SIDE WAS BLOWING OUT COLD. THE TEMPERATURE WAS BOTH ON 80. NOW THIS WINTER. YOU CAN NOT GET THE HEAT TO SWITCH FROM THE FRONT VENTS TO THE FLOOR OR DEFROST. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS COLD AIR BLOWING OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND DASH BOARD BUT HAS HOT AIR BLOWING OUT ON PASSENGER FLOOR SIDE. I CANNOT DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD AND THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO PULLOVER WHILE DRIVING DU TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY. I PERFORMED VARIOUS TEST AND FOUND THAT WHEN TESTING THE AZC THE FAULT CODES I GET ARE 47 = LEFT TEMPERATURE DOOR NOT RESPONDING AND 54 = LEFT TEMPERATURE DOOR TRAVEL TOO LARGE. AFTER REVIEWING SEVERAL SITES AND TALKING WITH A FEW MECHANICS IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THE BLEND DOORS ARE BROKEN. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY FAILURES ABOUT THIS I HAVE READ AND THERE IS NO RESOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE NORTHEAST. I AM ALSO A FIREFIGHTER AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN I AM CALLED TO A FIRE, ACCIDENT WITH SOMEONE TRAPPED, OR SOME OTHER EMERGENCY, I EXPECT MY VEHICLE TO WORK PROPERLY AND AT THE LEAST PROVIDE HEAT TO DEFROST FOR VISIBILITY. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AND WHY IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A SERIOUS FAILURE. IN THESE TIMES OF POOR ECONOMY YOU WOULD EXPECT CORPORATIONS TO TREAT LOYAL JEEP OWNERS WITH CONSIDERATION AND ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO REPAIR IT. I AM ALSO SICK TO HEAR THAT DEALERS ARE CHARGING OVER $1000 TO FIX A DESIGN FLAW. I WOULD HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE I CONSIDER MY DEFROSTER IMPORTANT WHEN I RESPOND TO RESCUE SOMEONE OUT OF A BURNING BUILDING OR CUT THEM OUT OF A TANGLED VEHICLE. TIME AND LIFE IS OF THE ESSENCE TO SAVE AND I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET HEAT TO DEFROST MY VEHICLE. THANK YOU . *TR

HEAT AND AIR WORKED FINE. IN OCTOBER ON A COLD NIGHT I DECIDED TO USE MY HEAT AND IT BLEW COLD AIR! THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME I GO TO USE MY HEAT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH VENT IT IS BLOWING FROM THE HEAT COMES OUT COLD. HAS NOT FIXED YET DUE TO REPAIR COSTS EQUALING OVER $1000.00 AND I CANNOT AFFORD THAT AT THE TIME. GUESS I WILL JUST HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IN -8 TEMPERATURES WITH ICE ON THE INSIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD..THANKS JEEP *TR

I OWN A 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED, AND AS I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT MY PROBLEM IS ALL TOO COMMON. IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEZING NEBRASKA WINTER THE HEAT STOPPED WORKING! NOT ONLY IS DID MY HEATER CORE GO OUT, THE APPARENTLY THE "BLEND DOOR" IS ALSO NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THE COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS IS LIKELY TO COST WELL OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX! AFTER RESEARCHING AND FINDING OUT HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS . . .I'VE DECIDED I'LL NEVER BUY A JEEP AGAIN! THE OF PEOPLE THIS IS HAPPENING TO IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN OTHERWISE I WOULD ADVICE EVERY JEEP OWNER TO GET RID OF THEIR CAR BEFORE 75,00 MILES. THE PROBLEM CAN BECOME DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE DEFROST/DEFOG FUNCTION IS COMPLETELY GONE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, REDUCING OR ELIMINATING VISIBILITY. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE IT HAD 29,000 MILES AND IT NOW HAS APPROX. 81,000. I HAVE REPLACED THREE OF THE FIVE LOCKING MECHANISMS ON THE VEHICLE AND NOW HAVE TWO MORE THAT NEED REPLACING. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE DOOR LOCKS ALLOW FOR ME TO OPEN THE CORRESPONDING DOOR OR REAR HATCH SOMETIMES BUT MOST OF THE TIME DO NOT ALLOW ME TO OPEN THE DOOR OR REAR TAILGATE AT ALL. WHEN THE REAR TAILGATE LOCK IS ALLOWING FOR ME TO OPEN THE REAR TAILGATE IT WILL NOT LOCK AT ALL. MY VEHICLE HAS SAT IN MY DRIVEWAY EVERY NIGHT WITHOUT ANYWAY FOR ME TO LOCK IT. WHEN IT IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION IT WILL NOT OPEN BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO MANUALLY OPEN THE REAR TAILGATE. WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE LOCK WENT OUT IT LOCKED ME OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL DRAIN ON THE VEHICLE AS WELL, THE KEY LESS ENTRY FOB COULD OBVIOUSLY NOT UNLOCK THE OTHER DOORS. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FRUSTRATING ISSUES THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THE LOCKING MECHANISMS ON MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WOULD COST APPROX. $250 PER DOOR IN LOCKING MECHANISMS ALONE TO GET REPLACED THIS TIME! I AM PISSED OFF AND AT A LOSS. I HAVE REPLACED THESE LOCKS BEFORE AND IT SHOULD NEVER BE AN ISSUE FOR ME THE ENTIRE LIFE THAT I OWN THIS VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY NOT THIS MANY TIMES. I MAY HAVE THE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ITEMS FOR REVIEW. PLEASE HELP ME FIND SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM SINCE I AM OUT OF MONEY AND OUT OF PATIENCE. THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. IT HAS THE SELF DIAGNOSTIC TOOL BUILD INTO THE DUAL ZONE TEMPERATURE CONTROL. I USED THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEMS THAT I WAS HAVING WITH MY HEATING AND COOLING UNIT OF THE CABIN AND GOT NUMEROUS ERROR CODES. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES CURRENTLY. THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING IS THAT I CANNOT GET MY UNIT TO BLOW HOT OR COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN ALTHOUGH IT WILL TURN ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE LOCAL DAIMLER CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHARGED ME A PRICE FOR FIXING THIS ISSUE WHICH AT THE TIME I THOUGHT WAS FAIR. THIS LAST DEALERSHIP REPAIR WAS ABOUT 3,000 MILES AGO. AFTER THE REPAIR THE VEHICLES HEATING AND COOLING UNIT OPERATED PROPERLY UNTIL RECENTLY. NOW THE SYSTEM DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY ANYMORE AND WILL TURN ON BUT WILL NOT BLOW OUT ANY AIR AT ALL...EVER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND THEY STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS EXACT ISSUES AND NEED TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AGAIN. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE I FOUND A FORUM ON JEEPSUNLIMITED.COM THAT HAS ABOUT 25 PAGES OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. AT THIS TIME I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER COMPANY AND NEEDS TO BE EITHER ADDRESSED AS A RECALL OR AS A LAWSUIT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAS BEEN SOLD THESE VEHICLES. THIS REPAIR COST ME OVER $800 LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT COULD BE FIXED DUE TO OTHER ERRORS ON BEHALF OF DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S ORIGINAL DESIGN. I AM INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO SINCE REPAIRS OF $1,000 EVERY 3,000 MILES IS OUT OF THE QUESTION AND I AM SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND WITH OUT HEAT, SNOW FALLING, AND A PREGNANT WIFE! IF SOMETHING HAPPENS I WILL SUE. THE ORIGINAL PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE HEATING AND COOLING UNIT ON THE DUAL ZONE CONTROL IN THE PAST, ABOUT 4,500 MILES AGO, AND TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM FIX THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT INTO GET REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FOGGING OR DEFROSTING MY VEHICLES WINDSHIELD AND I WAS UNABLE TO SEE DURING THE WINTER WHEN I WAS DRIVING UP TO COLORADO AND HAD TO STOP EVERY FEW MINUTES TO WIPE OFF THE CONDENSATION. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING EVENT SINCE IT WAS SNOWING ON THE HIGHWAY I WAS TRAVELING ON AND THERE WERE VEHICLES TRYING TO CONTROL THEIR OWN VEHICLES WHICH I COULD NOT SEE. AT ONE POINT WHEN I NEEDED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND WIPE OFF THE CONDENSATION AND UNFREEZE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROM THE WINDSHIELD I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE RAILING AND HIT IT, THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 5 MPH BUT I STILL BANGED UP MY BUMPER A LITTLE BUT AT LEAST I DIDN'T DIE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE SINCE IT HAS NOW GONE OUT AGAIN IN LESS THAN 5,000 MILES. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED THE PARTS THAT CAUSE THIS PROBLEM AND ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE FROM THIS DESIGN BEFORE THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL. IT COSTS MORE THAN $800 TO REPAIR THE FIRST TIME AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS ISSUE JUST SO THAT I CAN SEE THE CARS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD AND THE LINES TO STAY IN MY LANE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING FAILED. *TR

BLOWER MOTOR BURNED OUT THE PLUG ON THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR PLUG AND NOW THE RESISTOR IS BLOWN. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO WITH 100K MILES. THE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON PERIODICALLY WITH A "DING" AND THEN SHUTS OFF. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FROM THE FACTORY BECAUSE A NUMBER OF OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE MODEL HAVE COMPLAINED OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MILEAGE. JEEP SHOULD MAKE THIS A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY PARTS NOT THE OWNERS. *TR

BLEND \ ACTUATOR DOORS ARE "STUCK" OPEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THAT'S OUTSIDE AIR COMING IN ALL THE TIME THROUGH THE DEFROSTER, DASH VENTS, FOOT WELLS AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FOOT AREA. TOUGH IN THE WINTER! HAD THE PROBLEM WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NOW, 2 YEARS LATER, THEY SAY IT'S THE BLEND DOORS AND MAYBE THE EVAPORATOR UNIT ALSO. THEY QUOTED $1700. TO PULL THE DASH AND REPAIR. THIS IS ON OUR 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH NOW 117,000 MILES. DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER WINTER WITH COLD AIR COMING IN, AND AFRAID THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WILL FAIL. WITH THIS ECONOMY, ALSO DON'T HAVE $1,700. TO PUT INTO THE TRUCK EITHER. I BELIEVE THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM FIRST TIME AROUND. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE ON-LINE CHAT ROOMS REGARDING JEEPS , I SEE THAT ABOUT 20% OF ALL GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED AND OVERLAND OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. CHRSYLER SHOULD STEP UP AND FIX THIS! *TR

INSURED DRIVER WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN HOOD FLEW UP AND SMACKED INTO DRIVER'S WINDSHIELD. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP AND AVOID STRIKING ANYTHING. DRIVER WAS INFORMED BY SHOP THAT HOOD LATCH WAS DEFECTIVE. DRIVER HAD DUCT TAPE IN CAR SO SHE TAPED HOOD DOWN AND DROVE HOME. $1703.89 IN RESULTING DAMAGES. *TR

BLEND DOOR FAILURE. *TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER -ON A 1999-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, THE STEERING GEAR IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LOCKED UP. WHEN I TRIED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED FREELY BUT THE STEERING OF THE CAR DID NOT CORRESPOND. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS IT ALMOST CAREENED INTO A DITCH. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CAUSING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE TO SHRUBBERY BUT NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO PASSENGERS OR OTHER MOTORISTS. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST, THE STEERING WOULD ONLY TURN APPROXIMATELY 20% TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEAR MY RESIDENCE AT TIME OF INCIDENT AND WAS SLOWLY DRIVEN HOME, THEN TAKEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE. THE DEALERSHIPS DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A FAULTY STEERING GEARBOX, AND THAT THE TRAVEL STOPS WITHIN THE STEERING GEARBOX HAD BROKEN OR OTHERWISE MALFUNCTIONED, REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE STEERING GEARBOX UNIT. THIS PROBLEM IS IDENTICAL TO THE STEERING GEARBOX RECALL DAIMLER-CHRYSLER ISSUED ON 2000 YEAR MODEL JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES MANUFACTURED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE COST FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE THE GEARBOX AND FLUSH OUT ANY OLD STEERING FLUID IS ESTIMATED AT $1,006.95. THE SERVICE HISTORY ON THE VEHICLE INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP (ONCE OR POSSIBLY EVEN TWICE) WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. THE GEARBOX ASSEMBLY HAS NEVER REQUIRED SERVICE, AND NEVER GIVEN ANY PRIOR INDICATION OF BEING FAULTY. A TELEPHONE CALL TO THE JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE RESULTED IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO HAVE JEEP SHARE IN THE EXPENSE OF REPLACING THE FAULTY GEARBOX. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE LOUD NOISES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM STARTUP UNTIL A FEW MILES ARE DRIVEN, ALMOST LIKE THAT OF A LOUD AIRPLANE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN ONE OWNER SINCE NEW. FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AT THIS POINT, REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY ON EACH FAILURE. ONE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT A JEEP DEALERSHIP UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY; A SECOND REPAIR WAS MADE ALSO AT A JEEP DEALERSHIP OUTSIDE THE FACTORY WARRANTY AT A COST OF OVER $350.00. THIRD AND FOURTH REPLACEMENTS OF THE FAN CLUTCH WERE MADE USING GENUINE NEW MOPAR/JEEP PARTS, BUT NOT AT A DEALERSHIP LOCATION AT A COST OF JUST UNDER $300.00. NOW THE DEALERSHIP HAS DIAGNOSED THIS FAULT FOR A FIFTH TIME, WITH AN ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST OF $350.00. IT SEEMS ABNORMAL TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY EVERY 30,000 OR SO MILES, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE UNITS MAY HAVE A FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL FIRST BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART. THE DEALER SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT STATED THAT IT COULD BE DUE TO THE FILTER. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED OTHER CONSUMERS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALMOST CRASHED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE PULLING OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY MOST TIMES, BUT WOULD START APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES LATER. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. UPDATED 11/17/08 *CN THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. UPDATED 11/24/08. *JB

AIRBAG LIGHT AND CHIME CONTINUOUSLY AND RANDOMLY ARE DISPLAYED WHILE DRIVING...DEALER INDICATES THE SOLUTION IS "PROBABLY" A DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING. *TR

NO INCIDENT. FAULTY PARTS THAT EVERY OWNER WILL HAVE TO REPAIR AT SOME TIME. THE HVAC SYSTEM BLEND DOORS FAIL BLOWING ONLY COLD AIR. ALL OWNER WILL OR HAD THIS PROBLEM. REPAIR COST FOR MINE WAS $850.00. THIS REPAIR MAY HAVE TO BE REPEATED AT LATER DATES. *TR

THE HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND DEFROST VENTILATION SYSTEM HAS A SYSTEMATIC PROGRESSIVE FAILURE. THE BLEND DOORS STARTED TO FAIL INTERFERING WITH THE AC AND DEFROST AND HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. NOW I HAVE TOTAL FAILURE AND ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT INTERFERES WITH THE SPEEDOMETER AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO START AND IDLE, I'M LUCKY TO HAVE GOTTEN HOME. *TR

HEATER BLEND DOOR FAILURE HEATER CORE FAILURE A/C EVAP FAILURE. *TR

THE SOLENOID CONTINUES TO GO OUT, THREATENING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAS WENT OUT TWICE WITHIN A YEAR OF REPLACEMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STOP, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKET HAD DETACHED FROM THE BASE OF THE SEAT. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS GRADUALLY BECOMING LOOSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 149,067.

FOG LIGHT SWITCH. WENT TO THE DEALER TO GET ANOTHER SWITCH , I WAS TOLD THAT THE SWITCH # HAD BEEN CHANGED AND THE IT IS $186.00 WHICH INCLUDES WIRING" I ASKED IF THE WIRING IS RECALLED HE SAID " NO" SO I BOUGHT THE SWITCH FOR $45.00 AND IT SEEMS TO WORK. I WAS WONDERING IF DODGE KNOWS THAT THE WIRING IS BAD? I HAVE SEEN A JEEP IN THE JUNK YARD THAT HAS A DASH FIRE STARTING IN THAT AREA? YOUR HELP IS REQUIRED FOR OUR SAFETY & PEACE OF MIND! *TR

MY AIR CONDITION AND HEATER DO NOT BLOW AIR INTO THE CABIN. CHRYSLER TELLS ME THAT IT IS THE BLEND DOORS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS IS $2,200. IF IT WAS SOMETHING I DID TO THE VEHICLE I COULD UNDERSTAND BUT I NOW HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND AIR OR HEAT. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED'S HEATER CONTROL UNIT HAS BECOME FAULTY. THE HEAT DOES NOT WORK ON ANY SETTING, AND OUTSIDE COLD AIR COMES INTO THE CABIN WITH ZERO CONTROL. THIS IS MAKING VISIBILITY VERY POOR DUE TO LACK OF DEFROSTING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS DUE TO A POOR "DESIGN" FROM THE FACTORY. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST $1,766.00 PLUS TAX TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SEEING IT BECOMES A SAFETY RISK DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR. WHILE DRIVING THE LIGHT AND CHIME GO OFF RANDOMLY AND CONSTANTLY. AFTER RESEARCHING IT ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT MANY MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE ARE HAVING THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM - SEE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE/T92EK7LI3QQU98ECO. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE PART ACROSS MANY VEHICLES AND YET THE MANUFACTURER IS PUTTING THE $300+ COST TO FIX IT ON THE OWNERS.*TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DOWN A TWISTY ROAD AT 40 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN. SHE TRIED TO PULL UP ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE PEDAL WOULD NOT RELEASE. SHE THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF AND MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED ONE WEEK AFTER WE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE CRANK SHAFT AND CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSORS BECAUSE THE CAR TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING IT. WE CAN NO LONGER LET HER DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT IS UNSAFE FOR HER OR ANYONE ON THE ROAD. *TR

I HAVE REPLACED THE BACK CLASP LATCH ONCE DRIVER DOOR AND PASSENGER DOOR PINS AND LATCHES BOTH DOORS 2X THE COST OF EACH IS ABOUT $200 EACH. THE BACK HATCH DOESN'T STAY UP WHEN COLD SO I HAVE HIT MY HEAD SEVERAL TIMES. THE FRONT AND PASSENGER DOOR WON'T STAY OPEN WHEN PINS OR MECH THAT HOLDS DOOR OPEN GOES OUT SO HAVE BEEN HIT BY DOOR, OR SWINGS TOO FAR AND HAS DAMAGED OUTSIDE FRONT WHEEL PANEL. THE PINS AND DOOR MECH ON BOTH THE FRONT AND PASSENGER AND ONE OF THE BACK DOOR IS OUT AGAIN. I FEEL THAT IS A DEFECT, HOWEVER I CALLED CHRYSLER AND FILED A COMPLAINT THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING THIS IS ON MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE AND ALSO ON MY HUSBANDS 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE HE HAS DRIVER DOOR AND BACK HATCH DOOR. *TR

BLEND DOORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FAILED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IN MOST WEATHER (INSTANT FOGGED WINDSHIELD W/NO WAY TO DEFOG) AND BLOWING COLD AIR INSTEAD OF HOT. THIS COST OVER $1000 TO FIX, AS REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE DOORS IS VERY TIME-CONSUMING (WHOLE DASH MUST BE REMOVED). *TR

HAVE REPLACED THE EVAPORATOR, CONDENSER, COMPRESSOR, DRYER, BELTS, ETC. HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $3K AND STILL HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING. *TR

AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE. HAD TO REPLACE COMPRESSOR, EVAPORATOR, SEVERAL LINES AND DRIVE BELT. ALSO REPLACED RADIATOR AND OTHER COOLING SYSTEM COMPONENTS. TOTAL COST $2000. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY RESTART. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES BY LOCAL MECHANICS, BUT THE FAILURE STILLS PERSISTS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE MENTIONED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V059000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.UPDATE 09/10/08 *CW UPDATED 09/15/08. *JB

BLEND DOOR FAILURE IN MY JEEP. BLOWS COLD AIR ALL THE TIME. *TR

THERE IS NO HEAT FROM MY PASSENGER SIDE IN MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IT IS THE BLEND DOOR VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX OVER $1200.00. I CALLED JEEP AND THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS BUT SAID THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD TO RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THE WINDOW FOGS UP AND YOU CAN NOT SEE WHILE DRIVING! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT HAS MOVABLE METAL THAT CONNECTS AND BROKE ON HIS VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT DID NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO THE ACTUAL VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT TRACK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $550. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 174,000.

EVERY JEEP CHEROKEE (AROUND 1999 YEARS) HAVE NO AC. IT IS A CRIME TO SEE ALMOST EVERY JEEP CHEROKEE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THEIR WINDOWS OPEN IN 95 DEGREE TEMPS. WE ARE TALKING THOUSANDS OF JEEP OWNERS! REPAIR COSTS ARE STAGGERING. *TR

I RAN INTO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SIMPLE HEATING PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, MY CAR SIMPLY STOPPED BLOWING HOT AIR. AFTER GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SPENDING NEARLY $600 TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SOLENOID REPLACED, I REALIZE AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE LOT THAT ONLY MY PASSENGER SIDE WILL BLOW HOT AIR. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BLEND DOORS, AND WILL LIKELY COST BETWEEN $1,000 AND $1,500 TO FIX. THE REPAIR REQUIRES A COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY OF THE DASH AND STEERING COLUMN (AROUND 10-12 HOURS FOR A FULL REPAIR, ACCORDING TO THE SHOP). I BEGAN TO LOOK AROUND ONLINE TO SEE WHAT ELSE COULD BE DONE. TO MY SURPRISE, NEARLY EVERY JEEP MESSAGE BOARD WAS FLOODED WITH POSTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THE ENGINEERING OF THE PART VIRTUALLY ENSURES THAT IT WILL FAIL; THE CALIBRATION PHASE (EVERY 20 OR SO START-UPS) FORCES THE PLASTIC PART TO ITS LIMITS AND EVENTUALLY BREAKS. EVERY DEALERSHIP OR AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT I CONTACTED SAID THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY 1999 AND NEWER GRAND CHEROKEE HAS, OR WILL HAVE, THIS PROBLEM. THE ISSUE ISN'T PAYING FOR CAR REPAIR; EVERY CAR HAS PROBLEMS THAT WE AS CONSUMERS WILL NEED PAY TO GET FIXED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ENGINEERING OF THIS PART CAUSES IT TO FAIL, AND NOW I'M STUCK NOT BEING ABLE TO DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD IN THE WINTER, OR NOW IN SPRINGTIME WHEN IT RAINS. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS HAS ALREADY, OR WILL CAUSE IN THE FUTURE, ACCIDENTS FROM PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE. MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, WOULD RATHER DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD WHILE WIPING THE WINDSHIELD WITH A RAG... THAN PAY $1,500 TO GET IT FIXED. FOR MANY PEOPLE, SPENDING THAT $1,500 ISN'T EVEN AN OPTION. *TR

DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF TAIL AND BRAKE LIGHTS. FAILURE OF WELD TO MAKE CONTACT SO THAT THE TAIL AND BRAKE LIGHTS WORKED. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS AGO. NUMEROUS REPAIRS WERE MADE BY AUTO MECHANICS, HOWEVER, THEY WOULDN'T LAST. HAD BOTH TAIL/BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES REPLACED AT MY COST OF $243.96 JUST FOR THE PARTS. THE DEALER WHERE THE PARTS WERE PURCHASED SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT EVEN MAKING THOSE PARTS FOR MY YEAR VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFECTIVE, AND "JUNK" SO I HAD TO PURCHASE LATER MODEL YEAR PARTS. I CURRENTLY HAVE THE OLD PARTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *TR

THE AIR BAG FAULT INDICATOR KEEPS CHIMING. *TR

THE WINDOW REGULATORS IN BOTH THE FRONT WINDOWS OF MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE HAVE FAILED, AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND REPLACEMENTS. NO AUTO PARTS STORES HAVE THEM- THEY ARE ALL ON BACK ORDER INDEFINITELY, NO USED PARTS DEALERS HAVE ANY- TOO HIGH OF A DEMAND, I HAVE ALSO EXHAUSTIVELY SEARCHED ONLINE FOR THE PARTS WITH NO LUCK . SO I AM UNABLE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE INSPECTED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A BEEPING SOUND. WHEN THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED CONCERNING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V105000 (AIR BAGS), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,757 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,257. UPDATED 07/15/08 *BF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 07/15/08

THE HEATING / COOLING SYSTEM IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED STOPPED WORKING. NOW IT CURRENTLY ONLY BLOWS HOT AIR FROM ONE VENT (DRIVER'S SIDE, MID-LEVEL). EVERY OTHER VENT IN THE VEHICLE BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR. THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK WHATSOEVER. NEITHER OF THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SWITCHES WORK (FOR PASSENGER / DRIVER SIDE). I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE QUITE A PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL JEEP. I HAVE GOTTEN QUOTES TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND IT WILL COST OVER $1000. I HAVE DONE NOTHING SINCE IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND WILL LEAVE ME WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR SOME TIME. THE HEATING / COOLING SYSTEM NEVER WORKS AT ALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS AND NO POWER STEERING WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT 2-3 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THE CRANK SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL THE CODES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AFTERWARDS. SHE RETURNED TO THE DEALER IN APRIL OF 2008 AND WAS INFORMED THEY WOULDHAVE TO RUN MORE TESTS. THE CONTACT THEN TRADED IN THE VEHICLE FOR A NEWER MODEL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,074 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,808. UPDATED 07/15/08. *LJ THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE LEFT TURNS. THE HATCH SHOCKS WERE REPLACED

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING WHEEL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP IN GENERAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO QUICKLY PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A CRASH. WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS TRAVELING UP AN ON-RAMP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. BY THE TIME THE CONTACT ARRIVED TO ASSIST, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER HIMSELF BEFORE CALLING THE DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V203000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)). THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, 1999. BLEND AIR DOOR MECHANISM BROKE PREVENTING DEFROSTING OF THE WINDOWS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. HE ALSO HEARD A CHIMING SOUND COMING FROM THE AIR BAG AREA. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, HE CONSULTED TWO CHRYSLER DEALERS THAT STATED THERE WERE NO RELEVANT RECALLS. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,121 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,098.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR, LOCK MALFUNCTION. DOOR DOES NOT LOCK WITH AUTO LOCK BUTTON. THIS ALLOWED MY CAR TO BE BROKE INTO. *TR

BRAKE LIGHT AND REAR TURN LIGHT KEEP GOING OUT MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE TO JUST REMOVE THE LIGHT BULB AND PUT IT BACK IN TO CLEAR PROBLEM. I HAVE TWO JEEPS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTER WHICH ALSO HAS A JEEP THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLE TO CORRECT IT. *TR

I AND NUMEROUS OTHERS IT SEEMS (SEE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE/T92EK7LI3QQU98ECO ) OWN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WITH COMPARABLE MILEAGE AT OVER 100,000 (MY VEHICLE IS AT 134,000 MILES), WHICH ARE EXPERIENCING A MECHANICAL PROBLEM INVOLVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT WHICH COMES ON CONSTANTLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A "CHIME" SOUND. WITH THE WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM, MANY OF US ARE WONDERING WHY CHRYSLER HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL. ALSO OF CONCERN IS WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRBAG COULD POSSIBLY DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY OR FAIL TO DEPLOY AS A RESULT OF WHATEVER PROBLEM IS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON (MANY HAVE REPORTED THAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING). COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER OR AT LEAST TELL ME WHAT OTHER ACTION I MIGHT TAKE TO FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO INITIATE A RECALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP IN THIS MATTER. CYNTHIA KOKLAS PACE, FLORIDA *TR

VEHICLE: 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 2 WHEEL DRIVE 4.0 6CYC AUTOMATIC THERE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. THE ISSUE IS WITH THE LIGHT BULB CARRIER AND NOT THE WIRING. THE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT MULTIPLE TIMES AND REQUIRE EITHER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BULB CARRIER OR "PLAYING" WITH THE BULB UNTIL IT IS IN A POSITION THAT MAKES GOOD ELECTRICAL CONTACT. I HAVE NOTICED ALMOST EVERY SIMILAR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON THE ROAD HAS AT LEAST ONE REAR TAIL LIGHT OUT ! HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS PROBLEM? *TR

MY A/C SYSTEM ON BLOWS COLD AIR, NO HEAT DUE TO BLEND AIR DOOR NO FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. ALSO MY DEFROSTER WILL NOT CLEAR MY WINDSHIELD. *TR

BLOWS COLD AIR AND OR DON'T BLOW. *TR

THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK F&R MAKE A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN BEING OPERATED KEYLESSLY. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH 99-00 JEEP GR. CHER. LOCKING IS AN ISSUE AND A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

AS MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ON OUR WAY TO A RELATIVES LAST WEEKEND, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW LOWERED ON IT'S OWN. I TRIED TO ROLL IT UP WITH THE DRIVERS CONTROL, AND MY HUSBAND TRIED WITH THE PASSENGER CONTROL ( WHICH HAS NEVER WORKED WELL) BUT THE WINDOW JUST CONTINUED TO GO DOWN. I HAD MY SON LOOK AT IT AND HE TOOK EVERYTHING OFF INCLUDING DOOR PANEL, AND SPEAKERS, BUT HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH JEEP WINDOWS AND COULD NOT DETERMINE HOW TO FIX IT. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE CHECKED OUT SOME WEBSITES ON THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. NOW IT IS GOING TO COST ME BETWEEN $250.00 AND $600.00 TO REPAIR . PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SO NO ONE ELSE WILL HAVE SUCH AN UNEXPECTED EXPENSE. *TR

A DEFECTIVE A/C PART FAILED BEHIND THE DASH, CAUSING EXTENSIVE REPAIR COSTS. *TR

AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL TEMPERATURE CONTROL BLEND DOORS BROKE, LEAVING ME WITHOUT DEFROST. THE WINDSHIELD WAS ICING UP ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHILE DRIVING IN SLEET. *TR

DOOR ON THE BACK OF JEEP (99) CLOSES DURING COOL (COLD) WEATHER AND YOU BUMP YOUR HEAD OR OTHER AREAS. THE PISTONS HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN DO NOT (AND HAVE NEVER) WORKED PROPERLY. *TR

WHEN THE HEAT IS TURNED ON IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, COLD AIR BLOWS OUT OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE VENTS, FREEZING MY PASSENGERS. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT ALL 1999-2004 GRAND CHEROKEES HAVE, AND JEEP SHOULD PUT OUT A RECALL. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR! *TR

DRIVING 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY 242 (POSTED SPEED LIMIT) A CAR PULLED OUT FROM A STOP SIGN INTO MY PATH. I APPLIED BRAKES AND IMPACTED HIM ON HIS PASSENGER DOOR AREA (SPEED APPROXIMATELY 50MPH). MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I RECEIVED BACK AND KNEE INJURIES THAT ARE STILL A PROBLEM TODAY. *TR

HEATER FAILED ON PASSENGER SIDE. TRACED BY REPAIR SHOP TO FAILED HVAC BLEND DOOR. *TR

WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM JEEP DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH AC/ HEATING UNIT AND IT HAD BEEN FIXED. NOT LONG AFTER I HAVE NO HEAT AND NO AC COMING OUT OF MY PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. NOW I HAVE NO HEAT OR A.C OUT OF ANY VENTS AND ALL I GET IS OUTSIDE AIR. *TR

EVERYTHING THAT LIGHTS UP AS SOON AS I TURN MY CAR ON AND MAKES ALL THE ALERT SOUNDS. THE CAR'S GAUGES, ENGINE, BREAK, ABS, AIR BAG, GAS TANK, THE KEY, ALL LIGHTS UP MAKING THE GAS GAGE GOING UP & DOWN ALL THE TIME AND RINGING LIKE IF I WAS OUT OF GASOLINE, THE RADIO BUTTONS FREEZE. IS BEING 3 MONTHS. MECHANICS CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM, I REPLACED THE BATTERY, CHECK ALL THE FUSES, CHANGE THE KEYS' BATTERIES, AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY HEATING/COOLING IN SPRING 2007. THE A/C WASN'T COLD AND RECHARGING IT ONLY HELPED FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY REPLACED SOMETHING TO KEEP THE AIR COLD. THEN THE FAN STOPPED BLOWING. THE SAME SHOP TOOK IT IN AND GOT THE FANS BLOWING. WINTER 2007 THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAT STOPPED WORKING AND BLEW ICE COLD AIR INSTEAD. THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLOWS HOT AIR. THE SHOP SAID THE BLEND DOOR MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEND DOOR MOTOR REPLACEMENT WOULD REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE DASH FOR ACCESS. WINTER 2008, AFTER RECENT REPLACEMENT OF THE FAN, I AM NOW DRIVING WITH NO PRESSURE COMING FROM THE VENTS AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR TRICKLING COLD AIR. I'M VERY TIRED OF PAYING FOR THIS. *CN

LOSS OF HEAT/AC. *TR

FAILURE OF CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM - VENTS GET "STUCK" IN THE WRONG POSITION SO THAT SYSTEM HEATS IN THE SUMMER OR WILL NOT HEAT IN THE WINTER. VENTS THAT AIR COMES OUT OF IS NOT CONTROLLABLE WITH NORMAL KNOB POSITIONS. MAY ONLY AFFECT ONE SIDE OF CAR OR MAY AFFECT BOTH. RANDOM BEHAVIOR OVER MANY MONTHS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 68,000.

BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. I HAVE HAD THE ROTOR TURN AND EVEN REPLACED AND YET THE ROTORS SEEM TO WARP. BRAKING IS OFTEN LIGHT NEVER EVER UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. *CN

ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS NO AIR BLOWING OUT OF THE INSIDE VENTS, I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO EXPLAINED THAT THE BLOWER QUIT WORKING AND THE LEFT SIDE HEATER QUIT WORKING AS WELL. MY MECHANIC FIXED THE BLOWER BECAUSE IT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND CHARGED ME $200 TO FIX IT BUT NOT THE HEATER BECAUSE HE EXPLAINED HE WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE WHOLE FRONT DASH AND WILL COST A LABOR A ABOUT $500. I CONTACTED THE JEEP DEALERSHIP WHO EXPLAINED THAT SERVICES WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE. I KNOW A LOT OF JEEP OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THESE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM AFRAID CHRYSLER DID NOT EQUIPPED THE VEHICLES WITH HIGH QUALITY BLOWERS AND OR HEATERS. A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS NEEDED! *TR

99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HVAC SYSTEM FAILURE. BLEND DOORS ALLOW AC TO BE ON WHEN THE HEAT IS ON ALLOWING THE WINDSHIELD TO FREEZE/FOG IN THE WINTER AND FALL. THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE IS A FLAW WITH ALL OF THESE CARS. MAKES FOR VERY UNSAFE DRIVING HALF OF THE YEAR IF YOU CAN'T SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

THE BLOWER MOTOR WHICH REGULATES THE HVAC SYSTEM ON THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAS BURN UP CAUSING THE PART TO MELT. PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://IMAGES.GOOGLE.COM/IMGRES?IMGURL=HTTP://HOME.COGECO.CA/~INFINITE/JEEP/HVAC%2520FAULTS/MODULE%2520UNPLUGGED.JPG&IMGREFURL=HTTP://WWW.JEEPSUNLIMITED.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP%3FT%3D678590&H=480&W=640&SZ=52&HL=EN&START=12&UM=1&TBNID=SVXIQJMJ123OUM:&TBNH=103&TBNW=137&PREV=/IMAGES%3FQ%3DJEEP%2BBLOWER%2BMOTOR%2BRESISTOR%26SVNUM%3D10%26UM%3D1%26HL%3DEN%26RLS%3DCOM.MICROSOFT:*%26SA%3DN. *TR

I HAVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD 1999 WITH NO HEAT OR DEFROST IN DRIVER SIDE WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WOULD COST BETWEEN 1200 AND 1500 TO FIX I AM OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO TO DEFROSTER NOT WORKING I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

DOOR LOCKS(AUTOMATIC)DRIVERS SIDE AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOORS HAVE TO LOCKED MANUALLY DEALER SAYS BETWEEN 200 AND 500 TO REPAIR OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE RECALLED PLEASE HELP!!!! *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE BLEND DOOR IS BAD AND I HAVE NO DEFROST OR HEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE JEEP ONLY COLD AIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND THE MECHANIC BELIEVED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE TO BE THE FUEL PUMP. THE COIL PACK WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. HE WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL FOR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79,000.

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BEGAN TO STALL IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. AS I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT OR TRAFFIC AHEAD AND AS THE MOTOR WOULD RETURN TO IDLE, IT WOULD STOP RUNNING RESULTING IN NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THE LAST TIME I WAS ABLE TO WRESTLE THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING AREA WHERE IT WOULDN'T START. A FRIEND COMPLETED A COMPUTER SCAN OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS THROWING OUT A BAD CRANK POSITION SENSOR CODE. ONCE THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE STARTED AND HAS SINCE OPERATED FINE. THIS OCCURRED WITH AROUND 110,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HEATER DOESN'T WORK. NO HEAT ON EITHER SIDE WHATSOEVER. 116K MILES AND FROM THE WAY THE SELLER IS RESPONDING TO MY QUERY ABOUT IT IS THAT ITS BEEN THAT WAY FOR A WHILE NOW. HAVE HEARD THAT POSSIBLY THE CONTROL MODULE(RELAY) MELTS AS WELL WHICH IS A REASON AS TO WHY I SMELL A FAINT BURNT PLASTIC SMELL WHEN I TURN THE AIR ON WHETHER IT BE HEATER OR A/C IT SMELLS. *TR

DRIVER-SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO DOOR AND WILL NOT ROLL UP. UPON RESEARCH ONLINE, HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH FAULTY PARTS WITHIN THE WINDOW MECHANISM. HAVE NOT DONE ANY WORK OR REPLACEMENT YET. *TR

BLEND DOORS BROKE FOR NO REASON CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BLOW ONLY COLD AIR. HEATER DOESN'T WORK AND WHAT'S REQUIRED IS HAVING TO RIP THE DASH OUT AND REPLACE THE BLEND DOORS. *TR

I HAVE A '99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD. THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REGARDLESS OF THE TEMP SETTING. DEALER SAYS IT IS VERY COMMON AIR-BLEND ACTUATOR/DOOR PROBLEM AND WILL COST $$$ TO FIX. *TR

MY 1999 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE HAS THE SAME MOST COMMON PROBLEM OF OWNERS WHO OWN JEEPS FROM 1999-2004. THE HEATER SYSTEM BLOWS COLD AIR. DAIMLER/CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSIVE COST TO FIX IT. INSTEAD THEY HAD HANDED OVER THE COST TO US. *TR

I HAVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE HEATING UNIT HAS FAILED. IT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. I WENT ONLINE TO CHECK IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD FIX MYSELF BECAUSE I CALLED TWO DEALERS AND THEY ALL WANT TO CHARGE $1200 OR MORE TO FIX IT. TO MY SURPRISE, I FOUND SEVERAL FORUMS AND USER GROUPS ONLINE WHEREBY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED OF THE SAME FAILURE IN THEIR JEEP CHEROKEES FROM YEAR 99-04 MODELS. WHAT THEY ALL DESCRIBE IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND EXPERIENCE WE HAD WITH OUR JEEP. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE GOES OUT AND ONLY BLOWS COLD....THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE DRIVER SIDE DOES THE SAME THING. I CAN NOT IMAGINE WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED ON THIS. THE MANUFACTURER ACTS AS IF THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. I WOULD CHALLENGE SOMEONE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THOSE MODEL YEARS. IT WILL BE A SHOCKING NUMBER. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONSISTENTLY AND INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON AND OFF. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. IT IS UNRELIABLE AND POSES A SAFETY CONCERN WITH IT'S DRIVERS. *TR

WINDSHIELD VISIBILITY PROBLEM CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE BLEND DOOR ON ZONE CONTROL FOR HEATER, CAUSING UNSAFE VISIBILITY ISSUE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON A FEW WEEKS AGO. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. A CLOCK SPRING HAD BROKEN IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG, RENDERING THE AIRBAG UNDEPLOYABLE. THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR WAS $309+ TAX. THE MECHANIC TRIED TO REPAIR BUT REALIZED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE AIRBAG IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AT A COST OF $1800. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO REPORT THIS ISSUE TO THEM, AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THEIR DESIGN THAT RENDERED THIS REPAIR OF AN IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE SO EXPENSIVE IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE. *TR

HEATING BLEND DOORS 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SECOND FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 30-35 MPH TRIED TO ROUND A BEND IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING FAILED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE AND CROSSED THE CENTER LANE OF THE ROAD AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A SCHOOL BUS. THE VEHICLES WERE TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND MY VEHICLE WAS LATER INSPECTED BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WHICH WAS TIE-ROD DEFECT/PITARM FAILURE. THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THIS AREA DOES NOT HAVE GREASE FITTINGS. THE FAILURE OF THE PART WAS DUE TO IMPROPER MANUFACTURING. *TR

AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. BLEND DOOR KEEPS BREAKING. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAS A SAFETY DEFECT IN THE AC/HEATER SYSTEM. BLENDING DOORS MECHANISM CONTROLLING THE DEFOGGING OF THE WINDSHIELD BREAK TOO EASY. REPLACED ONCE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THEN IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. TOO EXPENSIVE. WHEN IT RAINS ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE DEFOGGING SYSTEM FAILURE. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED, DUAL ZONE HEATING AND COOLING. PROBLEM IS PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR, WILL NOT BLOW HOT. SAME PROBLEM 1,000'S OTHERS HAVE. *TR

THE "BLOWER CONTROL MODULE" IS THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ADJUSTING THE FAN SPEED FOR THE HVAC ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL. IT IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THAT THESE UNITS FAIL. IT HAS FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. MY OWN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HAS REPLACED QUITE A FEW OF THEM. THE WIRING HARNESS AND PLUG THAT SUPPLIES POWER IS NOT HEAVY DUTY ENOUGH AND IT OVERHEATS AND MELTS AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. IT CAN BE FURTHER EXAGGERATED IF THE BLOWER COLLECTS DEBRIS AND DRAWS MORE CURRENT. ONCE IT FAILS THE BLOWER WILL NO LONGER OPERATE. THIS MAKES THE DEFROSTER UNAVAILABLE, WHICH COULD CREATE VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD THE WINDOWS FOG UP. CHRYSLER HAS A REDESIGNED UNIT WITH A NEW HARNESS SO IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM THEY ARE ALREADY AWARE OF. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE NEW PARTS INSTALLED AND THE OLD PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. HERE'S A WRITE UP OF HOW TO FIX IT YOURSELF. HTTP://WWW.WJJEEPS.COM/BLOWER_MOTOR.HTM *JB

HVAC SYSTEM THAT BREAKS ON EVERYONE AND ITS NOT A RECALL. *JB

1999 WJ GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED- BLEND DOOR PROBLEM. I HAD THE BLED DOOR PROBLEM FIXED ON MY JEEP FIXED ABOUT 40K MILES AGO. THIS ISSUE HAS CROPPED UP AGAIN. I TRAVEL TO THE MOUNTAINS ON THE WEEKENDS AND EXTERNAL TEMP USUALLY GET BELOW FREEZING. LAST WEEKEND THE BLEND DOOR PROBLEM CAME UP SUDDENLY. THERE IS NO HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE WINDSHIELD DEFROST FUNCTIONS . DUE TO THE WINDSHIELD BEING FOGGED UP, I ALMOST DROVE OVER THE CLIFF AVOIDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS LACK OF HEAT AS A SAFETY ISSUE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, MY VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLABLY AND I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY TO STOP THE CAR SO THE SHAKING WILL STOP. I HAVE HAD A NUMBER PARTS REPLACED SUCH AS THE STEERING STABILIZER, AND THE STEERING ROD. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, DROVE OVER A RETAINING WALL, AND RESTED AGAINST A NEIGHBORING HOME. THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE KNOCKED THE CONTACT TO THE GROUND AND CAUSED MINOR BACK AND WRIST INJURIES. THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 114,000.

VISIBILITY:DEFOSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER

A/C PROBLEM IN MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 1999. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE WINDOW BECAME FOGGED. THE HEAT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE TO DEFOG THE WINDOW, THEREFORE THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY WAS LIMITED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE BLEND DOORS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

I OWN A 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED JEEP. THE FRONT ROTOR DISK HAS WARPED DUE TO THE HEAT CREATED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VIOLENTLY ON THE APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THE ROTOR & CALIPERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED! WHEN WILL CHRYSLER HELP TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING FAULT? *TR

THE IGNITION CYLINDER FAILED AND THE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION, THEREFORE STRANDING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. *JB

HVAC BLEND DOOR FREQUENTLY DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY CAUSING VISIBLE ISSUES WITH THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. IN THE PAST, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. HE PANICKED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE AT 25 MPH. THE RADIATOR WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ELECTRICAL RADIATOR FAN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER, BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOW SMOKING AND UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS A NEW FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE RECALL # WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 61,041 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE RPM'S WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO UP TO THE 200 OR SOMETIMES HIGHER AS SOON AS HE STARTS UP THE CAR AND ALSO ACCELERATE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED**CC THE CONSUMER STATED VARIOUS PARTS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS SHE COULD, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PROCEED IN A FORWARD MOTION. THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE CONSUMERS WIFE PLACED IT IN DRIVE AGAIN AND IMMEDIATELY IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. APPLYING THE BRAKES WITH FULL FORCE DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHEN AAA ARRIVED AND STARTED THE VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING. DURING ONE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENTS, THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS INJURED. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE COOLANT RADIATOR FAN RELAY AND WATER PUMP WERE REPLACED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE TRANSMISSION SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE RIGHT AND LEFT HUB BEARING WERE REPLACED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING. THE SHAKING STOPPED WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE BRAKE CALIPERS PRODUCE TOO MUCH HEAT AND CAUSE ROTORS TO WARP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 71800. UPDATED 08/07/07*JB

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER DASHBOARD HAVE A LOUD CREAKING SOUND COMING FROM ITS UNDERSIDE WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR VENTILATION. THERE IS A CREAKING FROM THE DASH SECONDS AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF, NUMBERS POPPING-UP ON YOUR CLIMATE CONTROL DISPLAY. HOT AIR BLOWING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DASH EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE HEAT TURNED ON. YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM MAY HAVE FAILED, OR, MAY BE IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING. DEALER WANTS 1200 TO 1500 FOR THE FIX. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SO CLOUDY THAT ONE CAN BARELY SEE THROUGH THEM. I HAVE NEVER SEEN HEADLIGHTS DO THIS , MUCH LESS ON A VEHICLE THAT IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD. I CONTACTED THE COMPANY TO NO AVAIL. I CAN SEND PICTURES FOR REFERENCE. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A FAILURE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE HEADLIGHTS THAT MIGHT INCLUDE A FAILURE TO INCLUDE A CERTAIN UV OR OTHER CHEMICAL COMPONENT IN THE FINAL PRODUCTION OF THIS COMPONENT.*AK

IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED THE BLEND DOOR FOR THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING MAKE A TON OF NOISE, AND FAIL QUITE OFTEN. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND EVERY DEALER TELLS ME IT IS A PROBLEM STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. *TR

TWO PROBLEMS: 1. THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR BURNT OUT AND THE AC/HEAD FAN QUIT WORKING. IT WAS SPARKING WHEN I MANAGED TO DISCONNECT THE WIRE. LUCKILY, I WAS STOPPED AND COULD REACH IT IN TIME - HAD I BEEN DRIVING ITS VERY POSSIBLE MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BURNT UP. 2. NO HEAT. ENTIRE LAST WINTER I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE 2 HOURS PER DAY CONSTANTLY WIPING FOG OFF MY WINDSHIELD. I WAS TOLD BY A 'MECHANIC' IT WAS A CLOGGED HEATER CORE SO I HAD TO PUT UP WITH IT BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT AT THE TIME. DANGEROUS AND COLD, BUT I HAD NO CHOICE. NOW I AM TRYING TO GET MY VEHICLE REPAIRED I START RESEARCHING AND FIND THERE ARE ENTIRE WEB SITES DEVOTED SOLELY TO THESE TWO PROBLEMS. 1. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SHORTS OUT. TO PROPERLY REPAIR YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE RESISTOR AND THE DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS... VERY COSTLY!! $600+ 2. NO HEAT DUE TO BAD BLEND DOORS. $1200+ 3. BOTH OF THESE APPEAR TO AFFECT JEEPS 1999-2004 YEAR MODELS HOW CAN JEEP CONTINUE TO KNOWINGLY SALE AUTOMOBILES WITH 1 - A FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE FAULTY RESISTOR? 2 - A SAFETY HAZARD WITH NO HEAT DUE TO FAULTY BLEND DOORS? GOOGLE IT... BOTH OF THESE ARE VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES AND ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS. PLEASE LOOK AT THESE TWO LINKS PROVIDED. THEY JUST START TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF HOW BAD THIS PROBLEM REALLY IS. JEEP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS AS THEY ARE BOTH SAFETY ISSUES AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THEM PRIOR TO THE SALE, NOT TO MENTION THE COST OF REPAIRING THESE ITEMS PLACES AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON THE OWNER SINCE FAIR TRADE WOULD MANDATE THESE KNOWN AND RECURRING DEFECTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED PRIOR TO SALE. THESE ARE NOT RARE OR ISOLATED INCIDENTS, THEY ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS JEEP FAILED TO DISCLOSE OR REPAIR. HTTP://WWW.WJJEEPS.COM/BLOWER_MOTOR.HTM HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE/TSERAT48371ICOB68/P6 *TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER BLEND DOOR FAILURE - TSB

THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER BROKE AND NOW THE SEAT IS WIGGLING AND WOBBLING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP, AND WAS QUOTED $900.00 TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT ADJUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I OWNED. I AM FORCED TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER'S S DEFECT. *AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER (AC)/HEAT DO NOT WORK ON THE1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE LIKELY PROBLEM IS THE FAILURE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED/MANUFACTURED BLEND DOORS. ESTIMATED REPAIR COST: $1200. I WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD FAIL SO OFTEN AND COST SO MUCH TO FIX. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FILED A COMPLAINT LAST YEAR (14939715), BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE RUSTED AND THE FRAME OF HIS VEHICLE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 03/17/2007 HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT THE OTHER SIDE IS NOW RUSTED AND A SECTION BY THE FRONT WHEEL WELL WILL SOON BE SHEARED OFF OF HIS VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 104000 MILES.

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAN CHROKEE.THE HEADLAMP COVERS ARE VERY BADLY DESTORTED OVER,THAT ITS BECOMING HARD TO SEE THE ROAD AT NIGHT.I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING ON THE MARKET TO CLEAN THEM,BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK.I THINK THIS HAS BECOME A SAFTY ISSUE,AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.JEEP HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE COVERS.

THE AUTOMATIC HVAC SYSTEM ON MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS BROKEN. THE "BLEND DOORS" THAT CONTROL HOT VS. COLD AIR DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. AS A RESULT, COLD AIR IS BLOWN WHEN HOT AIR IS REQUIRED. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THOUSANDS OF OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING ON THEIR WJ LIMITEDS AND OVERLAND EDITIONS. THIS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION BY NOT BLOWING HOT AIR REQUIRED TO DEFOG THE WINDSHIELD. THE ISSUE ONLY OCCURS ON MODELS EQUIPPED WITH THE AUTOMATIC HVAC SYSTEM. *JB

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER . HEATING SYSTEM CONTINUES TO FAIL WHICH PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN I'M DRIVING AND THE WINDOWS BECOME FOGGED OVER. SOME DAYS THE DEFROSTER WORKS BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT DOES NOT. THE UNIT CONTINUALLY BLOWS COLD AIR OUT EVEN IF THE HEATER IS ON. *JB

I DROVE MY JEEP TO A HOME, PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, LEFT THE CAR RUNNING ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES. AS I WAS LOCKING THE DOOR LEAVING THE HOME I TURNED AND SAW THE JEEP GOING IN REVERSE TOWARD THE ROAD, I RAN TO THE JEEP TO TRY AND GET IN AND CONTROL THE JEEP, I SLIPPED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT RAN OVER BOTH MY LEGS. IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ABOUT 30-50 FEET AFTER IT RAN ME OVER. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. *JB

BOTH BLEND DOORS AND/OR HVAC DOOR STOPS HAVE GONE OUT. NO, HEAT WHICH MEANS NO WINDOW DEFROSTING. *JB

I WAS LEAVING THE FIRE HALL ONE MORNING AND I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFTER MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTO DRIVE AND IT ACCELERATED FORWARD. THANK GOD IT WAS TOO FAR OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY. IT HAS DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. *JB

VERY UNSAFE MALFUNCTION OF THE "BLEND DOORS" IN MY HEATER MECHANISM. MY FATHER'S 2003 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HEAT AND DEFROST AIR ONLY COMES OUT ONE SIDE, CAN'T SEE OUT ALL THE WINDSHIELD!!! DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, SAYS IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BAD ONE, MIGHT AS WELL REPLACE THEM BOTH WITH THE NEW REDESIGNED PARTS FOR $1600 - $1800. HELP! *JB

CRANKSHAFT COUNTER BALANCE WEIGHTS SCRAPING AGAINST INTERNAL ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO MAIN CRANKSHAFT THRUST BEARING WEARING OUT AT 115,000 MILES DUE TO BAD OEM PART. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARTS ARE EXCELLENT! THIS WEAR CAUSES AN INTERNAL TICKING SOUND THAT STEADILY GETS LOUDER AS WEAR CONTINUES. REPLACEMENT OF THE THRUST BEARING REQUIRES ENGINE REMOVAL, ENGINE DISASSEMBLY AND IS NOT PRACTICAL. AFTER $900 FOR DIAGNOSTIC WORK, MECHANIC SAYS PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND DRIVE IT UNTIL IT STOPS, THEN REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE.............OR REPLACE IT NOW........THE PART WILL FAIL AND BE TERMINAL TO THE ENGINE. *JB

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD, BLEND DOOR ON HVAC/DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. *NM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSE OR TO BE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000., AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. *AK

CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT FAULTY, "COMMON" FAULT WITH THIS VEHICLE MAKE / TYPE, CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE, BLOWS COLD WHEN IT SHOULDN'T BE, I AM INFORMED IT IS A FAULT WITH THE BLEND DOORS, AND TO REPAIR IS VERY VERY COSTLY AS THE WHOLE DASHBOARD HAS TO BE REMOVED, PARTS ARE AVAILABLE BUT COST OF REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE. *JB

FOGGING OF WINDSHIELD DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN OF THE HVAC ON MY JEEP. THIS SI THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKEN, WITH ONLY 55,000 MILES ON MY 99 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS HOT AIR EVEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL IS SET LOWER THAN THE DRIVER. I HAVE READ IN FORUMS AND MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

HEARTER BLEND DOOR IN HEATER BOX NOT TURNING. *NM

THE HEATER FAN IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STOPPED WORKING AND THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL IN THE CAR. MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE FAN RESISTOR (COMPUTER) AND PIGTAIL THAT CONNECTS TO IT WERE BURNED UP. HE CHECKED WITH JEEP AND THERE ARE 3,000 OF THESE ITEMS BACK ORDERED BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM ON MANY OF THESE VEHICLES. ITS WINTER AND 17 DEGREES IN MY CAR I COULD FREEZE WITH MY FAMILY OR MY DASHBOARD COULD CATCH ON FIRE. *JB

TRUCK ONE DAY WENT TO SH*T FROM 2ND INTO 3RD OR THE OVERDRIVE AND MADE A HUGE CLUNK AND JERKED THE TRUCK SEVERELY.. NOW AFTER YOU HAVE THE TRUCK WARMED UP AND ARE GOING TO HIT 3RD GEAR TRUCK WILL DO THE SAME AND THE SHIFT DOWN AGAIN RIGHT AWAY CAUSING VEHICLE TO CLUNK AND JERK HARD CONTINUOUSLY.. I MUST DRIVE WITH THE OVERDRIVE TURNED OFF AND THERE FOR RESULTING IN HIGHER RPM AT A HIGH SPEED. *NM

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONER WERE NOT OPERATING NORMALLY. THEN SHE SMELLED SMOKE WHEN THE HEAT WAS ON, AND WAS AFRAID THAT VEHICLE MAY CATCH ON FIRE. THIS ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE HEAT WAS ON HIGH. THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE HARNESS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. UPDATE 04/30/07*TR

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE - DUE TO THE INFAMOUS "BLEND DOOR" PROBLEM. *JB

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER AC/HEATER/DEFROSTER BLOWER NO LONGER OPERATES PROPERLY. AC SELF-DIAGNOSTIC CODES INDICATE "TEMP DOOR/RECIRC DOOR TRAVEL TOO LARGE". NO COMBINATION OF CONTROL SETTINGS WILL MAKE THE BLOWER/FAN OPERATE. *JB

FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS WARP CAUSING VEHICLE FRONT END TO SHAKE WHEN BRAKING, VEHICLE HAS CHRYSLER'S LATEST AND GREATEST BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR KIT INSTALLED. *JB

THIS IS CONCERNING A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED EDITION, I AM WRITING DUE TO REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE DEFROST CONTROL INABILITY TO CLEAR OR KEEP CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. COLD OUTSIDE AIR BLOWS FROM THE DEFROST VENTS, AND DOES NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD OF FROST OR MOISTURE, OR CAUSES MOISTURE TO RE-FREEZE. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE BLEND DOORS IN THE HEATING SYSTEM. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AFTER ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO WARM AND THE WINDSHIELD TO CLEAR. THIS IS A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM, THE DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THAT ALL WJ SERIES JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WITH THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL WILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND WILL COST BETWEEN $1200 AND $1800 TO REPAIR AND THAT THE REPAIR IS NOT PERMANENT, JUST A FIX UNTIL THE PARTS BREAKS AGAIN. AT THIS TIME THIS HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE ADVICE OF THE SERVICE MGR OF MY JEEP DEALER, HE RECOMMENDED FILING THIS COMPLAINT AS HE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *JB

99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WILL ONLY BLOW OUT COLD AIR. NO HEAT AT ALL. GET AC CODES OF 52, 54, 56 FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN. *JB

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ON 13 NOV 02 BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BY CHRYSLER UNDER TSB 05-003-02 FRONT BRAKE PULSATION DURING LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKE APPLICATION ALL 1999-2002 GRAND CHEROKEE WJ MODELS BUILT THROUGH MAY 10, 2002 CAME EQUIPPED WITH BRAKE CALIPERS MADE BY TEVES. DUE TO POOR CALIPER CENTERING, THE TEVES CALIPERS CAUSED THE ROTORS TO WARP, A PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED GRAND CHEROKEES. THE DEALER PUT ON THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART LISTED ABOVE I.E TEVES CALIPERS. THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CONTINUES TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART. *NM

RH SIDE INCLUDING DEFROST DUCT BLOWS OUT ONLY COLD AIR, MAKING DEFROST ON THE RH SIDE DIFFICULT. *NM

THE CLIMATE CONTROL ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WILL RANDOMLY CREATE LOUD CREAKING AND CRUNCHING NOISES FROM UNDER THE DASH AND WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN DRASTIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE. THIS CAUSES THE DEFROSTER NOT TO OPERATE CORRECTLY AND THE WINDOWS TO INSTANTLY FOG UP. THIS FIRST OCCURRED IN OCTOBER OF 2005 AND HAS HAPPENED OVER A DOZEN TIMES REDUCING MY VISIBILITY SOMETIMES TO NOTHING AT ALL. THE DEALER CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS AND WILL NOT INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER. *JB

BLEND DOOR BROKE ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER VENTS. BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY PIECES OF RUBBER WERE NOTICED ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED DUE THERE WERE CHUNKS OF RUBBER FALLING FROM THE THREAD OF ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THE HVAC SYSTEM ON MY 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS FAULTY. *JB

BLEND DOOR FAILURE CAUSING FOGGING OF WINDSHIELD. *NM

HVAC ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD. HAS FAILED AND THE SYSTEM ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE IN COLD DAYS OF WINTER: WINDSHIELD CANNOT BE PROPERLY VENTILATED. THIS HAPPENS TO ALMOST 100% OF THESE VEHICLES AFTER JUST 50K MILES. AND EVEN THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT HAPPENS TO ALL MODELS 1999 THROUGH 2002 OR 3. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM, NOT A TSB! RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A CHANCE FOR JEEP TO MAKE AN EXTRA $1,800 OFF OF A FACTORY DEFECT. *NM

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD, ALSO REFERRED TO AS WJ. IN THE 2 YEARS I HAVE OWN THIS JEEP CERTAIN PROBLEMS CAME UP. APART FROM THE ISSUE WITH THE FRONT BRAKES WARPING THE ROTORS, AND NEEDING UPGRADED CALIPERS AND NEW ROTORS REPLACED. WHICH THE DC DEALERS DIDN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OTHER ISSUE AND EQUALLY TROUBLESOME AND PROBABLY DANGEROUS IS THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE HVAC SYSTEM NO WORKING PROPERLY. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON AMONGST THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE A LITTLE HEAT BLOWING ON THE DRIVER SIDE COMPARTMENT, BUT 0 HEAT AND ALL COLD ON THE PASSENGER AND DEFROST. GOD HELP ME IF IM STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING THE WINTER, WHICH IT IS RIGHT NOW. MY PASSENGERS AND I WOULD NOT FAIR WELL. THE COLD BLOWING FROM THE PASS. SIDE VENTS AND DEFROST IS LIKE THE A/C WAS ON. NOW, THIS ISSUE IS THE BLEND DOORS ARE BROKEN, CHRYSLER AND JEEP BOTH NOW OF THIS ISSUE. AND THE COST OF THE REPAIRS OF COURSE ARE VERY HIGH FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AS IT INVOLVES REMOVING THE DASHBOARD THE CENTER CONSOLE AND THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL AND FIX THEIR EXPENSE AT LEAST. *NM

WJ JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BLEND DOOR BREAKAGE/FAILURE VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER. *JB

(1) NO WARNING (2) COLD AIR COMING OUT OF PASSENGERS SIDE HEATER VENTS ALL THE TIME, ALSO THIS MAKES IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFROST THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. (3)I WAS TOLD IT COST $1200 TO FIX THIS, AND I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW TO DO THIS. *JB

1999 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED BLEND DOOR PROBLEM THIS PROBLEM IS ON EVERY JEEP I READ ABOUT THIS IS A MASSIVE ERROR ON JEEP THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.THANKS, NORMAND. *NM

BLEND DOOR FAILURE. COST $1100. *JB

DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS NO HEAT AT ALL, BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE DEFROSTER WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SEE OUT OF MY WINDSHIELD NOW THAT COLDER WEATHER IS HERE. *JB

I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH BROKEN BLEND DOORS AND RECIRCULATION DOORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH THE DUAL ZONE CLIMATE CONTROL. *NM

THE A/C HEAT BLEND DOORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD. WITH ONLY 61,000 MILES HAVE FAILED AND THE SYSTEM ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND AS I READ ONLINE IT HAPPENED TO ALMOST 100% OF THESE VEHICLES AFTER THEY PASS 50K MILES. MY FATHER HAS A 2001 AND HAS HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THE REPAIR IS $1,800 AND EVEN THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT HAPPENS TO ALL MODELS 1999 THROUGH 2002 OR 3. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM NOT A CHANCE FOR JEEP TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF A FACTORY DEFECT. *NM

COLD AIR BLOWS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DASH EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE HEAT TURNED ON MAKING DEFROSTER INOPERABLE IN THE COLD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THE COLD. DASHBOARD HAS LOUD CREAKING SOUND COMING FROM ITS UNDERSIDE WHEN VENTILATION IS TURNED AND CREAKING FROM THE DASH SECONDS AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF. THESE JEEPS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE THIS SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED, THE DRIVER SEAT BECAME UNBEARABLY HOT, THEN THE HEATING SYSTEM ABRUPTLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HEATING ELEMENTS ON BOTH FRONT SEATS WERE BURNT OUT.

MY BRAKES "FUSED" TOGETHER, AND I HAD TO DOWN SHIFT QUICKLY IN ORDER TO STOP. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY BRAKE "KNUCKLES", AND THAT JEEP IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT DOES NOT FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR, AND IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? *NM

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE, IT HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, AND IT COULD NOT START. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND HELP. THANKS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON A NORMAL HIGHWAY, A TIRE FAILURE WAS NOTICED. NO WARNING SIGNAL ALERTED THE CONTACT. THE REAR LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER TREAD SEPARATION AND THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED BODY DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE REAR RIGHT TIRE'S TREAD HAD SEPARATED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE TIRE WAS A DUNLOP P235/70R16.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PERFORMING A GENERAL INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE OUTER PLASTIC COVERING LENS OF THE EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS WERE GRAY AND CLOUDY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE OIL GAUGE FAILED TO INDICATE THE OIL LEVEL; THE FRONT END VIBRATED BADLY AT 50 MPH, AND THE WHEELS SHOOK AND MADE A CLICKING SOUND WHILE MAKING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION, WHICH CAUSED A VIBRATION FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. IN ADDITION, BLACK SMOKE DISCHARGED FROM THE TAIL PIPE AND THE ENGINE EMITTED A HESITATION. WHEN INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, OIL AND GAS WERE VISIBLE ON THE SPARK PLUGS. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE TRANSFER CASE IN THE ENGINE SHIFTED FROM 4 TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE CONTACT ACQUIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO EXPRESSED THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, BUT THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER TO EVALUATE OR DETERMINE THE PROBLEMS.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50-60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY DURING DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE STEERING WOULD NOT RESPOND TO STEERING INPUT. THERE WAS A NOISE AS IF SOMETHING FELL OFF OF THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE LOWER CONTROL ARM; LOWER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED.

WHEN I APPLY BRAKES THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES. DAIMLER CHRYSLER MANUFACTURED 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AUTOMOBILES WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKE COMPONENT, INCLUDING CALIPERS AND ROTORS. WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED THE AUTOMOBILE MANIFEST PULSATION AND SHAKING CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THEY GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL WHICH WAS A CLAIMS ADM. 1-866-817-6522. *JB

GAS GAUGE FAILS PERIODICALLY. SPOKE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IF IT IS NOT BROKE DON'T FIX IT. TRUCK FAILED TO START 4 DAYS AGO. HAS IT TOWED TO LOCAL GARAGE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I HAVE A MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT TECH HAS NOT YET FIGURED IT OUT. JEEP ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES. NOW MIND YOU, SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS JEEP IN 1999, IT HAS ONLY BEEN TO A CERTIFIED JEEP DEALER FOR ALL SERVICES. ALL RECOMMENDED WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMPLETED. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, BECAUSE I HAD TO GET IT TOWED. *NM

0500302B - FRONT BRAKE PULSATION DURING LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKE APPLICATION DATE: 12/16/02 (SUPERSEDES 0500302A DATED JUNE 10, 2002) MODEL YEAR(S): 1999-2002 (WJ MODELS BUILT ON OR AFTER MAY 11, 2002; WG EXPORT MODELS BUILT ON OR AFTER AUGUST 16, 2002). DESCRIPTION: BRAKE ROUGHNESS OR PEDAL PULSATION WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE A VIBRATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL, FLOOR, SEAT, INSTRUMENT PANEL, OR A MINOR PEDAL PULSATION (BRAKE ROUGHNESS) UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE PEDAL APPLICATION. THE CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE THICKNESS VARIATION OF THE BRAKE ROTOR SURFACE. DETAILS: THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES THE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPER ASSEMBLIES. NOTE: NEW BRAKE ROTORS MUST BE USED WITH THE NEW BRAKE CALIPERS. DIAGNOSIS: 1. DETERMINE IF THE FRONT BRAKE VIBRATION/PULSATION IS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE THICKNESS VARIATION OF EITHER FRONT BRAKE ROTOR. 2. IF EXCESSIVE THICKNESS VARIATION OF THE FRONT BRAKE ROTOR IS AT FAULT PERFORM THE REPAIR PROCEDURE. 3. IF THIS BULLETIN HAS ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED, AND FRONT BRAKE PULSATION/VIBRATION IS PRESENT, DO NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR PROCEDURE. INVESTIGATE OTHER POSSIBLE CASES FOR FRONT BRAKE PULSATION/VIBRATION. *NM

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE/ 56K MI.: DRIVER'S SEAT BREAKAGE WHILE DRIVING. VERY SQUISHY TO DRIVE/ FEELING OF BROKEN AND UNSTABLE OFFICE CHAIR/ FALLING BACKWARD AND DIFFICULT TO STEER. BROUGHT TO PERSONAL MECHANIC TO EVALUATE. DX: SEAT ASSEMBLY (POWER) FRACTURED. PARTS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH JEEP VENDOR AND UNAVAILABLE FOR 6 DAYS. *JB

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BRAKE PROBLEMS. ROTORS ON THE JEEP HAVE BEEN TURNED AND REPLACED. JEEP HAS ONLY 20,000 (TWENTY THOUSAND) MILES. JEEP FRONT END SHUTTERS VIOLENTLY AND BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL ON JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND WILL NO LONGER REPLACE ROTORS. HE RECOMMENDED I DOWNSHIFT TO STOP (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION)*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED AND THE BRAKES PULSATED WHILE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE PEDAL. ALSO, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, CALIPERS AND PADS, WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED OR REPLACED. THE AVERAGE TIME BETWEEN FAILURES IS ABOUT 6000 MILES. IN 2004 THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ROTORS. AGAIN, THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

VEHICLES DIES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...SPEEDING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH, IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, DRIVING IN TOWN AT 35 MPH, HOT WEATHER, COLD WEATHER, RAIN, SUN AND SNOW. IT SOMETIMES STARTS RIGHT UP AGAIN, SOMETIMES TAKES AN HOUR - OCCASIONALLY 5-10 HOURS BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. INSTRUMENT PANEL SIMPLY GOES DEAD, ENGINE STOPS, NO WARNING. THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENTS 15-20 TIMES. TOWED 8 TIMES...WAITED IT OUT THE REST. DEALER WILL NOT HELP UNLESS THEY CAN DUPLICATE PROBLEM - CANNOT DUPLICATE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, SO THERE 'IS NO PROBLEM'. PERSONAL MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE COMPUTER, TRIED TO ORDER ONE FROM JEEP SEVERAL TIMES, ALWAYS TOLD IT IS ON BACKORDER. INTERESTING... BACK ORDERED PART FOR 'NO PROBLEM'. THE COMPUTER WAS APPARENTLY REPLACED JUST BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TILTED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY FRACTURED AND THE POWER ADJUST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE SEAT SHIFTED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. AFTER INITIAL INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY WAS FRACTURED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE IS AWAITING FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE DEALER.

THE PLASTIC USED IN THE HEADLIGHT LENS COVERS BECOMES BROWN WITH EXPOSURE TO THE SUN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THE ONLY REMEDY THAT I HAVE FOUND IS TO PURCHASE NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FOR ABOUT $200 EACH. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SINCE THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE IMPROPER SELECTION BY THE AUTO MANUFACTURER OF THE CORRECT POLYMER USED TO CREATE THE LENSES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS FOUR TIMES, BUT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNSAFE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE OF VIBRATION. CONTACT WOULD BE FEARFUL IF HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING IN SUCH CONDITIONS. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AND BACK ROTORS TEN SEPARATE TIMES. AFTER EACH REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY FOR SIX MONTHS AND THE BRAKE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK UPDATED 5/30/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A PULSATION WITHIN THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. IT WAS DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH INCREASED MILEAGE UNTIL THEY SHUDDERED AND GRABBED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED WITHIN 5,000 MILES OF REPAIRS. A KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FRONT BRAKES, IT INCLUDES NEW CALIPERS AND PADS. THE CONTACT FELT THE REAR BRAKES DEMONSTRATED THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOT AS PRONOUNCED. THERE IS NO FORMALLY RECOGNIZED PROBLEM BY JEEP, NOR A SOLUTION. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS FOUR TIMES, BUT THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THE CALIPERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN SHAKING OCCURS THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO HAVE LESS STOPPING POWER. A DRIVER UNACCUSTOMED TO WHEEL SHAKING WHEN BRAKING COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONTACT HAS ALREADY REPLACED SIX SETS OF ROTORS. THERE SEEMS TO BE INHERENT FLAW IN THE ORIGINAL BRAKE DESIGN. THE CONTACT FELT THE DEALER DID HIS BEST TO TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH APROX. 77,000 MILES. I NOTICED THE DRIVER SEAT WAS ROCKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION. I SAW 2 BROKEN PARTS IN THE BASE SUPPORT OF THE SEAT. THIS CAN CAUSE INSTABILITY AND END WITH A CRASH. THIS CAR IS TOO NEW TO HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. *JB

MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT HAS WORKED FINE UNTIL THE OTHER DAY WHEN IT JUST UP AND QUITE WORKING. NOW THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT SNAP BACK INTO POSITION. I THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS AND NOTICED THERE WERE RECALLS ON 1999 MODELS LIKE MINE, BUT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THIS RECALL. THE NHTSA RECALL # FOR THE REAR SEAT BELTS IS 98V276000. I FIND THIS KIND OF STRANGE THAT THERE WOULD BE A RECALL ON (1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE) THE SAME THING THAT I AM NOW HAVING THE PROBLEM WITH. I HAVE ORDERED THE PART AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME $97.45 TO GET IT FIXED NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. *JB

THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE CLOCKSPRING (PART #56009071) RESPONSIBLE FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE ONLY INDICATION I HAD OF THIS WAS THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. THE AIR BAG HAS NEVER DEPLOYED. *JB

1999 JEEP FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS. ROTORS AND PADS FAILED. CONTINENTAL TEVES STYLE BRAKES CAUSES BAD SHIMMY OR VIBERATION IN THE FRONT WHEELS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL THERE IS A SQUEAKING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIGOROUSLY. THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN 10,000 MILES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE DEALER CAN NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PADS FOR A THIRD TIME.

MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS ANOTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME COMPANY (DAIMLER CHRYSLER), THAT VEHICLE IS A 2002 DODGE RAM, THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 03V078000. ON MY VEHICLE THE CONNECTION FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLER IS UNDERSIZED, WITH HEAT FROM THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT THE CONNECTOR LOOSENS AND CAUSES THE BLOWER MOTOR TO CUT OUT, IT ALSO CAUSES MELTING TO THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLER ITSELF AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. FOR THE MENTIONED RECALL DAIMLER CHRYSLER INSTALLS A WIRING HARNESS OVERLAY, THE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME, THEY MAKE A WIRING HARNESS OVERLAY, THE PROBLEM HOWEVER IS THAT THE HEAT FROM THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT DAMAGES THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLERS HOUSING AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSEQUENCES TO THIS FAILURE IS THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR BECOMES INOPERABLE AND DURING TIMES WHEN THE DEFROST IS NECESSARY SUCH AS COLD WEATHER, THE BLOWER MOTOR CAN CUT OUT AND REDUCE VISIBILITY. IF YOU READ MY COMPLAINT YOU'LL SEE IT'S THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL I'VE MENTIONED. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND INVESTIGATED THIS SITUATION THOROUGHLY AND AM SURE IT'S THE SAME. I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OTHER RECALL BECAUSE I WAS EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM TO MY BROTHER WHO OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM AND HE TOLD ME IT SOUNDED EXACTLY THE SAME AS HIS PROBLEM THAT WAS A RECALL, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CLEARLY IS THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILURE. COULD NOT UNLOCK DOOR. TOOK CAR TO DON DAVIS AUTO GROUP WHO REPLACED THE LOCK FOR $185. *JB

THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN OF THE VEHICLE. BELIEVE IT MAY BE RELATED TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE JEEP DEALER AT THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE PUT THE WRONG FLUID IN AND IT WAS DRIVEN BEFORE I CAUGHT IT. ALL THE SEALS UNDER THE VEHICLE LEAKED AGAIN AT 59,000 AND ANOTHER JEEP DEALER SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED THE FLUIDS WITH THE RIGHT TYPE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DIAGNOSED A PROBLEM AS THE TRANSFER CASE. THE TRANSFER CASE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WRONG TRANSMISSION FLUID BEING USED. THE CONTACT USED THE FLUID THE OWNER'S MANUAL SUGGESTED, MOPAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID OR THE EQUIVALENT LABELED DEXRON 3. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE FLUID BEING USED IS RED IN COLOR AND SHOULD BE AMBER. BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONTACT THE OWNER'S MANUAL HAS THE WRONG TRANSMISSION FLUID INFORMATION. *AK UPDATED 2/7/2006 - *NM

DT: THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN STEPPED OUT WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR AWHILE IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT REACHED OVER TO ASSURE IT WAS IN PARK. WHEN SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE SHE ALERTED HER HUSBAND WITH THE HORN. HE CAME IN THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND REACHED OVER TO ASSURE IT WAS IN PARK AS WELL. HE THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TOOK THE KEYS OUT. THE VEHICLE STOPPED ONCE IT WAS IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DURING BRAKING WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. NO INJURY SUSTAINED HOWEVER THAT WAS ONLY DUE TO THE SKILL AND ATTENTIVNESS OF THE DRIVER. FAILURE CAUSED BY FACTORY DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM. ONGOING PROBLEM ENDEMIC TO THE VEHICLE, REPAIRED FOUR TIMES DURING FIRST 46000 MILES. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES PULSATED WHEN APPLIED, AND THE STEERING VIBRATED. HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM TWO YEARS AGO AND THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. THE CONTACT FELT VIBRATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR MALFUNCTIONED. REPAIRS WERE DONE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. ALSO, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES. *AK THE BLOWER MOTOR AND WIRING HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THEY HAD MELTED TOGETHER. UPDATED 01/04/06. *JB

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE PLASTIC COVERS ON THE HEADLIGHTS ARE GETTING SO DISTORTED THAT ITS GETTING HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD TO CLEAN THEM, BUT NOTHING WORKS. ITS STARTING TO BECOME A SAFETY PROBLEM. *JB

TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED . COOLING FAN SENSOR , FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, REAR DIFFERENTIAL COMPLETELY REBUILT, WHAT'S NEXT? WILL NEVER BUY A CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN!!!!!!!!*JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON NOV. 20 2005, I LOST STEERING, CAUSING ME TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THEN RUN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A SIGN. THIS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE I COULD GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, I FOUND THAT THE BALL JOINT CONNECTING THE TIE ROD TO THE PITMAN ARM HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DEFINITELY WARRANTS A RECALL. *NM

THE CONTACT STATED THE BLOWER FAN STOPPED WORKING AND HE COULD NOT DEFROST HIS WINDSHIELD. AT THAT TIME, HE COULD SMELL AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ,AND THEY DETERMINED THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR MELTED. HE REPLACED THE HARNESS AND THE RESISTER FOR THE BLOWER FAN HIMSELF. *AK

I HAVE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED THAT THE REAR WINDOW IS NOT SAFE FOR A CHILD AT ALL MY 4 YEAR OLD SON GOT HIS HAND ROLLED UP BETWEEN THE GLASS AND THE REAR OF THE DOOR PILLAR LUCKILY HE SCREAMED BEFORE REAL DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS WAS NEVER LOOKED AT BY JEEP CAUSE THE GRAND CHEROKEE HAS THE SAME BODY STYLE FROM 1999 TO 2004. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ROTORS WERE CONTINUALLY WARPING. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT TO THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC FOR SERVICE. WHEN THE ROTORS WARPED THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON, THIS IS A SAFTY PROBLEM BECAUSE THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF I WAS IN A ACCIDENT. *JB

DT: THE HEADLIGHT LENS FOGGED, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THERE WAS REDUCED VISIBILITY OF 50% AT NIGHT. THE FOG IN THE PLASTICITY IN THE LENS ITSELF. HAS NOT BEEN TO A DEALER, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. CALLED CHRYSLER ,AND IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE LENS. *AK *JB

DT: 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE AIR BAGS SENSOR MODULE IS FAULTY. THE LIGHT GOES ON, AND IT NOT MAKING COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIR BAGS. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THE CONSUMER NEEDS A NEW MODULE. THIS STARTED SEPTEMBER 11, 2005.*AK

DT: THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS KEEP WEARING OUT, AND THE VEHICLE MAKES A CHATTER NOISE AND VIBRATES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED SIX TIMES. THE PROBLEM STARTED ON AUGUST 21, 2000. THE REPLACE BRAKES WORE OUT AT SIX TO SEVEN THOUSAND MILES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, THE PADS, THE FRONT CALIPERS, INSTALLED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ( TSB) KIT, RESURFACED THE FRONT ROTORS, REAR BRAKES PADS, AND REAR ROTORS; EACH OF THESE HAVE BEEN DONE MULTIPLY TIMES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS AS OF YET. *AK

1999 DEFECTIVE CHRYSLER GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS. THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED HARD VIBRATION NOT ONLY IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL, FLOOR, SEAT AND INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VIBRATION WAS SO SEVERE THE CONSUMER WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ROTORS WOULD HEAT UP, THE CALIPER FROZE. THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS REPLACED, THE REAR LATCH WAS LUBRICATED DUE TO SQUEAKING. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE CONSUMER HAD A HARD TIME STARTING THE VEHICLE. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO (4.0 LITER, 6 CYL.) I UNDERSTAND A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR THE '97-99 JEEP CHEROKEE WHICH STATED: AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY AND INJURE DRIVER. ALTERNATIVELY, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COULD COME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MODELS: 391,623 SPORT-UTILITY VEHICLES MADE 7/96-6/99. WHAT TO DO: HAVE DEALER REPLACE AIR-BAG CONTROL MODULE, POSITIONING IT ON TOP OF TRANSMISSION TUNNEL. *JB

DT: 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE HAS 48,677 MILES CURRENTLY. AT 14,754 MILES THEY RESURFACED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND REPLACED THE PADS, THIS WAS ON OCTOBER 18, 2000. THEN ON JULY 15, 2002, AT 28,186 MILES THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE PADS. ON MAY 3, 2004 AT 42,123 MILES, THE ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACED AND REPLACE THE PADS. ON MONDAY, JULY 11, 2005 AT 48,502 MILES THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A LUBE JOB AND THE CONSUMER ASKED TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED BECAUSE HE FELT PULSATION IN THE BRAKE. SHE WAS TOLD THE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AND NEW PADS WOULD BE NEEDED. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THE BRAKES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED WEAR AND TEAR ITEMS AND ONLY COVERED FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER, SHE WAS REIMBURSED, $211, FOR THE WORK DONE ON MAY 3, 2004. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THIS MODEL IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM. IT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER MADE OF ASBESTOS. WHEN SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, ALL THEY DID WAS READ THE WARRANTY TO HIM. *AK THERE WAS A VIBRATION UNDER THE VEHICLE, PULSATION FROM THE BRAKES, A LEAKING TRANSFER CASE, REAR DIFFERENTIAL LEAK, VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END, A SLIGHT BRAKE PULSATION, REGULAR PULSATION FROM THE BRAKES, GRINDING SOUND REAR END, AND RADIATOR LEAKING. *SC *TT

CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF, LOST ALL FUNCTIONS ON THE FREEWAY @ 80 MPH SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WHILE COASTING AND RESTARTED, TRUCK IS AT DEALERSHIP TODAY IN ADDITION LOST THE ELECTRICAL FUNCTION TO BOTH DOORS IN DECEMBER OF 2004. *JB

DT: CONSUMER HAS A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, 1999. THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. HE FOUND SOME RECALLS ON A DODGE TRUCK WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WHEN HE MAKES A TURN OR GOES OVER A BUMP THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM TO CALL DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR TSB REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WAS THE CONSUMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. HE IS CONCERNED THAT IF HE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT WORK. *AK *NM

DT: CONTACT STATES THE LEFT REARVIEW MIRROR IS DISCOLORED TO A RUST COLOR AND FOGGING UP. THE CONTACT THOUGHT IT WAS A FINGERPRINT HE TRIED TO WIPE IT OFF, BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OFF. THE SERVICE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THE MIRROR DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. *AK *JB

ENGINE DIES AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT ILLUMINATING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. NO ERROR CODES ARE STORED. IT ACTS AS IF SOMEONE JUST TURNED THE IGNITION KEY TO OFF AND ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ARE ZEROED TO THE LEFT BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ELECTRICAL STILL WORKS, STARTER, POWER WINDOWS, RADIO, HORN, LIGHTS, POWER-SEATS, ETC. ETC.. THIS TENDS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN ON WARM DAYS, OVER 88 DEGREES F AND SEEMS TO BE A SHUTDOWN OF THE PCM WHICH CONTROLS THE FUEL PUMP, FUEL INJECTORS AND THE IGNITION SYSTEM. WHEN THE PCM SHUTS DOWN, IT DROPS OUTPUT TO PCM'S COMPUTER BUS CALLED THE CCD. I CHANGED THE PARTS THAT THE DEALER WANTED TO CHANGE LIKE THE FUEL PUMP, CRANK AND CAM SENSORS AND CLEANED A HOST OF OTHER SENSORS BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE PCM. THE DEALER DENIES COVERAGE BECAUSE THE MILEAGE HAS JUST CREPT OVER 80,000 MILES ALTHOUGH I BEGAN DISCUSSING IT WITH THEM AND BUYING PARTS FROM THEM BACK ON MARCH 5, 2005. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT WARRANTS THE PCM, P/N RL044427AC THROUGH AJ, ON THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BE RECALLED. *NM

BETWEEN YEARS 3 AND 5 REPLACED BOTH TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY UNITS. NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. PROBLEM STARTING VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES. DEALER KEPT REPLACING FUEL PUMP AND SAYING IT WAS BAD. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. REPLACED TRANSMISSION SENSOR. REPLACED HOOD HYDRAULICS. NOW HEARING NOISE FROM REAR END AT ANY SPEED. BEING TOLD BY MY MECHANICAL THAT REAR END NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE TURNED OPAQUE (ABOUT 15% REDUCTION IN LIGHT TRANSMISSION, USING A STANDARD PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHT METER). I HAVE TRIED TO POLISH THIS OPACITY "OFF" THE LENSES, USING STANDARD CONSUMER PLASTIC POLISHES, BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IN THE PLASTIC ITSELF AND NOT A SURFACE DEFECT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER (1-800-992-1997) AND TALKED TO "[XXX], EMPLOYEE #6CM. I WAS INFORMED THAT CHRYSLER CONSIDERED THIS A "MAINTENANCE" PROBLEM. I CONSIDER THE FACT THAT APPROXIMATELY 15% OF THE LIGHT ENERGY PRODUCED BY THE HEAD LIGHT BULBS IS NOT MAKING IT'S WAY ONTO THE ROAD SURFACE WHEN I USE MY HEADLIGHTS, A SAFETY MATER, AND REQUEST THAT YOU LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON 7/13/2005, MY WIFE RETURNED FROM WORK CONCERNED THAT THE BRAKES ON HER '99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE, AND THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD MORE TRAVEL THAN NORMAL. SHE ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS A LEAK FROM THE CAR ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. UPON INVESTIGATION, I DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE REAR BRAKE LINE AT A POINT WHERE IT WAS MOUNTED ONTO THE FRAME BY A PLASTIC CLIP. THERE WAS CORROSION IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE CLIP, AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS ESCAPING THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CORRODED AREA. I HAVE SCHEDULED THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINE. I NOTIFIED THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT VIA EMAIL, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR NOR REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART WITHOUT CHARGE. THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER COMPLAINT REFERENCE NUMBER IS 13791846.

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER SEAT HAS BROKEN. THIS OCCURRED ON JUNE 20, 2005. THE DRIVER SEAT WOBBLES NOW. THIS OCCURRED UNDER REGULAR VEHICLE USAGE. THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND STATES THAT THEY WANT 800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE SEAT. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT REPLACED THE SEAT AT THIS TIME. *JB

VEHICLE WAS PURCHESED USED, AND WITHIN 10,000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKES STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THE PEDAL PULSED WHEN APPLIED. DEALERSHIP SAID DAIMLER CHRYSLER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL. REPLACED BRAKES AT COST OF $570. LESS THAN 17K MILES LATER THE BRAKES ARE WORSE THAN THEY WERE PRIOR TO HAVING THEM FIXED. WHAT DOES IT TAKE, AND WHEN DOES A RECALL GET INITIATED?

FAILURE OF THE REAR AXLE SEAL/BEARINGS - GREASE LEAKING ONTO THE REAR BRAKES (SAFETY HAZARD) THIS IS THE 4TH FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE - 1) REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY 2) REPAIRED AT COST OF $250.71 @ 65,891 MILES 3) REPAIRED UNDER 3 WAY SPLIT $200.00 MY PART @ 78,203 MILES 4)FAILED AT 103,473 MILES ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR $202.58 (NOT BY DEALER) TOLD BY MECHANIC AT DEALER THAT THE FALT IS IN THE CASTING OF HOUSING AND JEEP KNOWS THIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL. CALLED JEEP ( DAIMLERCHRYSLER) CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND WAS HELD ON PHONE FOR 20 MIN THEN WAS TOLD JEEP COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS OTHER THAN RECOMMEND A DIFFERENT DEALER.

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45-50 MPH AND THE HOOD POPPED UP. THEY HAD OPENED THE HOOD THE NIGHT BEFORE, THEN THEY SHUT IT, AND MADE SURE BY TRYING TO LIFT THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER DROVE APPROXIMATELY 4 OR 5 MILES WHEN THE HOOD POPPED UP. THE CONSUMER STATED THE NIGHT BEFORE IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THE HOOD. IT APPEARED THAT ALL THREE LATCHES FAILED. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE DAMAGED AND IT OBSTRUCTED THE CONSUMERS VIEW. *SC *JB

DT: WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THIS HAPPENED AT ANY SPEED AND ANY WEATHER. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM), AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND WERE TRYING TO GET THE PARTS TO THE DEALER AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ON WAITING LIST FOR PART. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT FAMILY WHEN DRIVING AND CAR SHUTS OFF. THE CONSUMER SAID CAR TAKES ABOUT 5 MINUTES F TO START BACK UP, SOMETIMES LONGER. REPLACEMENT OF PART WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. *AK *SC *JB

I DRIVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 68,000 MILES AND JUST HAD THE BRAKES FIXED AGAIN FOR THE 6TH TIME. MY DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THE PARTS ARE INFERIOR AND I CAN EXPECT TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AFTER 6-7000 MILES. I FEEL THIS IS EXCESSIVE AND JEEP SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOPE A MATERIAL THAT WILL HELP THE BRAKES LAST LONGER. OTHER MAKES OF CARS NEVER HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT JEEP DOES. I ALSO FEEL THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS SINCE NOT EVERY ONE CAN AFFORD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES EVERY 7,000 MILES. I CAN SEE BY THE INTERNET THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS, CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING BEFORE THIS IS A FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR CRASH?

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE FRONT BRAKES SHIMMIED AND PULSATED EXCESSIVELY. AT TIMES, THE CONSUMER FEELS LIKE HE IS GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE SHIMMY. DEALER STATED THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. THERE ARE 69,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE 7. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES AFTER ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED OR MACHINED.*AK

DT: CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN WHEN IT WAS REAR ENDED. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ACCORDING TO HIS PHYSICIAN, IF THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A FRACTURED SPINE. THERE WAS POLICE REPORT. CONSUMER HAS SOFT TISSUE INJURIES AND HIS SON WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN FOR X-RAYS TODAY.*AK

DT: DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE POWER WINDOWS ACTED ERRATICALLY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED INTO THE DOOR. DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS OPEN. TOOK TO VEHICLE A MECHANIC, WHERE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT BOTH MOTORS WERE FAULTY/CORRODED, AND POORLY DESIGNED. THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BOTH MOTORS WERE REPLACED FOR OVER $500.00 THIS WAS A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. OWNER FELT THIS SHOULD NOT HAD HAPPENED. OWNER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED. NO PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SINCE MOTORS WERE REPLACED. *AK *TT *NM

AIR CONDITION HARNESS WIRE REPAIR AND CONTROLLER UNIT REPLACEMENT. ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE AFTER REPAIR BLAMED ON BATTERY JUST REPLACED LAST YEAR. PAID $5,244.00 AND THEN REQUIRED TO PAY $500.00 FOR NEW CABLES AND BATTERY AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE BACK IN MY POSESSION FOR LESS THAN 1 HOUR.SHORTAGE AFTER REPAIR BLEW OUT BATTERY SUPPOSEDLY. TRANSFER CASE REPLACED, BRAKES, ROTORS REPLACED, TIRES PEALING ON WALLS REPLACED, PINION SEAL LEAK AND MORE.

IN 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, BRAKES GET A HEAVY PULSATION DUE TO APPARENTLY WARPED ROTORS. DEALER RESURFACED, TURNED ROTORS ON THREE PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM RETURNS ABOUT 8-10,000 MILES LATER PROBABLY DUE TO USE OF SAME FAULTY PARTS. CAR NOW HAS 103K MILES AND DEALER WON'T TRY TO FIX AGAIN. WHEN STOPPING, CAR SHAKES AT AN UNSAFE LEVEL.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE SEAT FRAME IN VEHICLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER YET. *AK

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AUG 2001. BY APRIL 23 02 ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TURNED. (36617 MILES) FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AGAIN REPLACED 43734 MILES. DAVIS-MOORE REPLACED THE ROTORS JUNE 2 05 WITH 68278 MILES. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY 16000 MILES THE BRAKES NEED REPLACED?

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE JEEP ONE DAY WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. AFTER FURTHER ADJUSTING THE SYSTEM, SHE CONCLUDED SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THE FAN, AS THE HEAT WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. WHEN I TOOK IT TO OAK HILL AUTOMOTIVE, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE BLOWER MODULE HAD MELTED; WHEN THE BLOWER MODULE MELTED, IT ALSO DESTROYED THE CONTROL HARNESS. THE TECHNICIAN AT OAK HILL AUTOMOTIVE COMMENTED THAT IF HE HAD FIXED ONE OF THESE, HE HAD FIXED A HUNDRED. ALSO, THE CONTROL HARNESS WAS EXPECTED TO BE A CUSTOM PART, BUT IT WAS IN STOCK. THE CAUSE FOR THE MELTING IS UNKNOWN, THOUGH THE REPAIR SHOP SPECULATED THERE MIGHT BE A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM.

MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE COMPLETELY FROM THE TRACKS. THE METAL HOLDING THE SEAT TO THE TRACKS BROKE COMPLETELY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR. CHRYSLER JEEP SAYS THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY $800 TO REPAIR AT THE JEEP DEALER.

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BAD ROTORS.*MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A SEVERE SHUDDER IN THE STEERING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH. AS A RESULT THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON OCT 9, 2002. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ROTORS WENT BAD AGAIN AND WERE REPLACED ON MAY 8, 2003, JUNE 9, 2003, MAR 5, 2004 AND JUNE 2004. ON JULY 8, 2004 THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED WITH THE NEW UPGRADE PACKAGE AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE, HOWEVER 9 MONTHS LATER THE SEVERE SHUDDER RETURNED. *JB

VEHICLE ROTORS ARE WARPING FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. IT CURRENTLY HAS 74,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE FIRST OF 9 VEHICLES I'VE OWNED AND DRIVEN THAT THIS HAS EVER OCCURRED ON. AT SPEEDS AROUND 35-40 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED MODERATELY THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND SHIMMIES AND IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S RIDING WHILE THE PARKING BRAKE (?) IS ENGAGED, AT TIMES ONLY, NOT ALWAYS. THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE A SORT OF RESISTANCE NOTICED. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND, ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN TELLING MY HUSBAND OF IT DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME, HE JUST NOTICED THE OTHER DAY THAT, WHILE EN-ROUTE TO A NEARBY LOCATION, UPON ARRIVAL, THE REAR PASSENGER-SIDE TIRE AREA WAS SMOKING A BIT. HE SAID IT WAS COMING FROM THE BRAKE PADS (?), AND HE GOT A CUP OF WATER AND POURED IT ON THE AREA, TO WHICH IT PRODUCED A BIT MORE SMOKE, OF COURSE. NOW I'M CERTAIN OF THE RESISTANCE AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THE BRAKES WILL WEAR DOWN PREMATURELY AND WON'T BE WORKING WHEN I DESPERATELY NEED THEM AND HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME, WHICH IS ALWAYS.

1999 (AND MORE YEARS) JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, SEVERE BRAKE PROBLEM. CAUSING EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AT SPEEDS OVER 40MPH. EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES, THE BRAKES (ROTORS, PADS ETC) NEED TO BE REPLACED. CHRYSLER/JEEP REPLACES THE BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY AS MANY TIMES AS NEEDED. HOWEVER, ONCE WARRANTY IS UP, (3/36) THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND THE CONSUMER PICKS UP THE BILL NOW. CHRYLSER HAS ADMITTED TO IT BEING A PROBLEM ( REF. TSB'S: #050599 06/18/99 "MATCH MOUNTING BRAKE ROTORS" #0500302B 12/16/02 "FRONT BRAKE PULSATION DURING LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKE APPLICATION") AND THERE EITHER NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT FIX OR STAND BEHIND THEIR DEFECTIVE VEHICLES AND PAY FOR THE BRAKES HAVING TO BE DONE EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES. I HAVE HAD MY BRAKES REPLACED 5 (FIVE) TIMES AND I HAVE UNDER 47,000 MILES ON MY JEEP.

DRIVERS SEAT LEATHER IS SPLITTING ABOVE THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT BUTTONS; ABOUT 3 CRACKS ON SIDE OF SEAT HAS NOT REACHED THE PART WHERE THE DRIVER SITS, IS A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. *AK

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR AN HOUR, VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT ON FIRE ABOVE THE MANIFOLD. THE FIRE SMOLDERED AND PUT ITSELF OUT. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SENT AN ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE. OWNER WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND ADVISED THE OWNER TO SEEK LEGAL COUNCIL. *AK THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE, ACCELERATOR CABLE AND HOOD LATCH CABLE. *BF

I PURCHASED THIS JEEP USED WITH AROUND 25K MILES ON IT. AFTER BOUT 1 YEAR OF DRIVING MY ROTORS STARTED TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKE APPLIED. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS OF THIS MY DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED UP WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE OUT FOR A RIDE. I PULLED OVER TO SEE MY ROTOR GLOWING RED, I LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED THERE OVER NIGHT REPLACED ROTOR, PADS, AND A NEW CALIPER. WITHIN 2 MONTHS SAME THING OCCURRED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE, SO I FIXED THAT SIDE. SINCE THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM I'VE REPLACED BOTH ROTORS 3 TIMES AND PADS 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 8 MONTHS. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKE SYSTEM, I DISAGREE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET I SEE THAT A LOT OF OWNERS HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I CAN NOT SEE HOW A MANUFACTURER CAN GET AWAY WITH THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS. I KNOW THAT IF THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAD BUILT AND SOLD FAULTY PRODUCTS WE WOULD BE SUED AND OUT OF BUSINESS. WHY IS THIS COMPANY ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THESE OBVIOUS MALFUNCTIONS OF ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IN SAFETY ON A CAR, THE BRAKES. THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL HELP. *JB

REAR AXLE PINION GEAR AND BEARING FAILURE DUE TO RETAINING NUT BACKING OFF. IF LEFT UNFOUNDED FAILURE OF DRIVE TRAIN AND REAR AXLE LOCK UP WOULD OCCUR. INITIAL THOUGHT BY MECHANIC UNIVERSAL JOINT WAS BAD. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND RETAINING NUT BACKED OUT, RING AND PINION GEAR AND AXLE BEARINGS CHEWED UP AS RESULT OF NUT BACKING OFF.*AK

DEALER REPLACED AT 11,000 MILES THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. AT 16,000 MILES, THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED. AT 35,000 MILES THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED. AT 45, 000 MILES THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS, AND INSTALL A BIGGER CALIPER. *AK THE WARPING FRONT ROTORS CAUSED PULSATING BRAKE PEDAL AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WHEEL. *SC *NM

1999 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEP, BRAKE FAILURE AND HEAD GASKET REPLACED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SEIZED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE WHO REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE, RACK AND PINION, AND SPIDER GEARS. *JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO TWO OTHER VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR BELIEVED THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT UNDERCARRIAGE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD DUSTY BRAKE PADS, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. THEN, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS WERE LEAKING. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND PERHAPS WAS COVERING UP THE REAL PROBLEM. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD AN EXTENDED CRANK BEFORE STARTING. FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND PUMP CRANK REPAIR KIT INSTALLED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS A SHIMMY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT HAVING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR IT VIBRATES. THE LEFT OUTER CV BOOT WAS LEAKING. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR. *TC

THIRD TIME IN AS MANY YEARS THE BRAKES (PADS AND ROTORS) HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. VIOLENT PULSING ON BRAKE PEDAL, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY BECAUSE OF FRONT BRAKES PULSING. MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS AND THOSE IN OTHER VEHICLES. *JB

HEADLIGHT LENS HAVE DETERIORATED SO SEVERELY OVER A 3 YEAR PERIOD THAT SEEING AT NIGHT IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. TRIED CLEANING LENS,BUT DID NOT WORK. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY FACTOR. *JB

99 JEEP GC LIMITED 30,000 MILES. REPLACED REAR END. REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS 3 TIMES. REPLACE TRANSMISSION SENSOR. REPLACE HOOD RAMS. NEEDS NEW FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. *JB

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES FROM 35-40 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD SEVERELY SHAKE/VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. *JB

I BOUGHT A 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE 4X2 WITH 55000 MILES AND NOW IT HAS 93000 AND I HAVE NOTICED A BUZZ FROM THE REAR THAT HAS PROGRESSED TO A HOWL OR WHINE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED IT A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE REAR AXLE AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $1300 TO $1600 TO HAVE IT DONE AND THAT MOST LIKELY IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE EVEN THE NEW ONES FAIL TOO. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE WITH EVEN LESS MILES ON THEIR JEEPS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM TOO. HOW CAN A CAR WITH LESS THAN 100 THOUSAND MILES OR LESS HAS THIS KIND OF PROBLEMS? HOW COME THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS MATTER? WHY ARE WE NOT HOLDING CHRYSLER COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HAVE THE DEALER FIX THEIR MISTAKES? THANK YOU. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH A LOUD GRINDING AND CLICKING NOISE IS PRODUCED FROM THE FRONT END. THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND LEARNED THAT THE FRONT DRIVE CUPPLING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE MALFUNCTIONED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. OWNER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY'VE MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 50 MILES, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY FOR ALMOST A YEAR. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM *AK

THE VEHICLE'S INTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAME DETACHED FROM THE WINDSHIELD. *NM THE CONSUMER AND THE DEALER HAVE HAD TO RE-GLUE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. *TC *JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND T-BONED A VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A RETAINING WALL, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

JEEP SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, INSTRUMENT PANEL DISABLED EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE INDICATORS: NO KEY INDICATOR, CHECK GAGE INDICATOR, ONE BEEP THEN THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WOULD COME ON. WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 15 TO 60 MINUTES BEFORE JEEP WOULD START AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS: HANGED IGNITION KEYHOLDER ON STEELING WHEEL REPLACED FUEL PUMP (TWICE). REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULATOR (SEPARATE REPAIR). REPLACED GAGE MODULATOR. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS, PROBLEM RESEMBLES SERVICE BULLETIN 081599. *AK

A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE NOISE ESCALATED REPEATEDLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FRONT BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY HAVE ROTOR PROBLEMS. EXTREME VIBRATION/SHIMMY/GRABBING FRONT BRAKES AT ALL SPEEDS. DEALER SAYS WARPED ROTORS ARE COMMON AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. ROTORS MUST BE URNED/REPLACED EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES.*AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL CONCERNING THE CLOCK SPRING DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *TC

FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS GIVING FALSE READINGS AND WOULD VARY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. CONDITION LASTED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE OF SENDING UNIT. THERE ARE NO RECALLS AVAILABLE FOR THE 1999 MODEL, ONLY THE 1998. *JB

PROBLEM WITH SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHILE GETTING AN I.D. FROM THE REAR SEAT, A WELD, FROM A PIECE OF FLAT STOCK METAL, 1/8 INCH BY 1IN.X1 IN., DISCONNECTED. THIS CAUSE THE SEAT TO ROCK, BACK AND FOURTH. THE OTHER THREE BAR SECTIONS COULD ALSO, DETACH BECAUSE OF THIS. I HAVE AN EXTENDED COVERAGE BUT, I 'M TOLD IT'S NOT COVERED. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY, OVER $900.00 DOLLARS TO HAVE THIS FIX. THEY, THE DEALERSHIP, WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE UNDER SECTION, IN ORDER TO REMEMDY THE PROBLEM.THIS THIS IS NOT A NORMAL THING, I FEEL THAT HAPPENS.I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CARS ETC., NEVER THIS PROBLEM. I'M TOLD, IT CAN'T BE REWELDED BACK IN PLACE. AND I CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR AS IS.THE WHOLE SEAT COULD COME FLYING THROUGH THE FRONT GLASS. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE?*AK

VEHICLE IS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 61900 MILES. ONE BRAKE LINE FAILED AS A RESULT OF CORROSION AT TWO POINTS WHERE IT IS CLIPPED TO THE CAR'S FRAME. BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. IT WOULD NOT PUMP UP. *AK VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FAILED BRAKE LINE WAS DISCOVERED. THE LINE WAS REPLACED. I HAVE THE OLD LINE. THIS IS A LIGHT USE VEHICLE AND IF I HAD THIS FAILURE, THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY OTHERS.

WHEN THE VEHICLE MAKES AROUND ABOUT TURNS WITH 1/2 TANK OF FUEL OR LESS IT WOULD EITHER HESITATE OR STALL INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE.*AK

WHILE BRAKING ANY SPEED BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKES WARP AND CAR SHAKES AND SHIMMIES WHEN BRAKING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED 5 TIMES AND REPAIR LASTS APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS. THIS IS AN EXTREME HAZARD. CHRYSLER WILL DO NOTHING. THE NHTSA HAS DONE NOTHING IN SPITE OF HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THEIR WEB SITE. I AM SURE THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED ON THIS SITE. THE CAR IS A SAFETY RISK. THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE BRAKES TOTALLY REPLACED AT CHRYSLER'S EXPENSE. WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE? *JB

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM TWICE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *SC

THE VEHICLE TENDS TO SHAKE. WHILE THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN AND BRAKES IT CAUSES STEERING SHAKE, MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO MANEUVER, ESPECIALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE ALMOST WRECKED THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASIS. *TC

1999 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEP.. LIMITED EDITION..THE SHOCKS FREEZE UP OR THE FLUID IS FREEZING UP..IT IS FINE IN THE SUMMER..BUT JUST AS SOON AS IT TURNS COLD THE SHOCKS FREEZE. THIS JEEP IS KEPT IN A GARAGE..NOT OUTSIDE..IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE WHEN YOU DRIVE IT. IT STARTS AS SOON AS IT TURNS THE LEAST BIT COLD. *AK

SINCE I OWNED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN A HAZARD SAFETY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.I CAN HONESTLY SAY IM AFRAID EVEN TO SELL IT AND PASS THE PROBLEM ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED IS WHEN JEEP WILL FINALLY DUE SOMETHING ABOUT IT.THE BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE CONSTANTLY WARPING OR FAILING.CONSTANT SHUDDERING/VIBRATING IN SLOW SPEED STOP AND HIGH SPEED DECELARATION STOP.ON THIS SITE ALONE THERE IS 326 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE.DEALER JUST TURNS ROTORS AND FIXES PADS.HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU ACTUALLY TURN A ROTOR.COME ON ALREADY.THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW AS IM WRITING THIS.IT IS ONLY VALID FOR KANSAS/MISSOUR RESIDENTS ONLY.HELLO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CHEROKEE.ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN SERVICED ONLY NOTHING ELSE.I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER BRAKE SHOP FOR A SECOND OPINION.THEY STATED TO ME THE ROTORS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS VEHICLE AND JEEP SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM ALONG WITH NEW CALIPERS.ALL A WANT IS AN END TO THIS PROBLEM.I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE.STILL SAME PROBLEM.I PREVIOUSLY HAD 2 JEEPS BEFORE EARLIER MODELS WITH NO PROBLEMS.I GUESS CHRYSLER HAS LOST ANOTHER CUSTOMER.*AK

RECALL 04V112000 CONCERNING CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WIRING: CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS RECALL INFORMATION FOUND ON NHTSA WEBSITE WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING WITH STALLING AT ANY SPEED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL. *AK

PREMATURE REAR DIFFERENTAL FAILURE @40,000 MILES. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH THE INFAMOUS AUTOMATIC DUAL ZONE CLIMATE CONTROL. CURRENTLY THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM BLOWS HEAT THROUGH THE HVAC DUCTS BUT THE DRIVERS SIDE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON JEEPS WITH THE DUAL ZONE CLIMATE CONTROL AND COSTS ABOUT $800 TO REPAIR. DAIMLERCHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THE THOUSANDS OF JEEPS THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE TAILLIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON OUR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BURN OUT EVERY 2 MONTHS. THE LIGHT HOLDER FOR THE BULBS MELTS DUE TO THE HEAT FROM THE BULBS AND AFTER REPLACING THE BULBS FOUR TIMES THE HOLDER HAS MELTED ENOUGH THAT THERE IS NO CONTACT WITH THE BULBS THUS NO TAILLIGHTS OR BRAKE LIGHTS. I HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL OF THE SAME MODELS AROUND TOWN. THE DEALER IS WILLING TO SELL A NEW LIGHT FIXTURE FOR $150.00 PLUS LABOR. IF I PAY THIS JUST TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN WITHIN A YEAR THIS IS NOT RIGHT. TODAY I READ WHERE GM RECALLED 1MIL SUV FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM. *JB

HEADLIGHT LENS HAVE DETERIORATED SO SEVERELY OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD THAT SEEING AT NIGHT IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY FACTOR.*AK

WHEN ADDING WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID, THE HOOD CAME BACK DOWN AND HIT ME ON THE HEAD. VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY SITUATION. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THE HOOD STRUTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *NM

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND WAS OUT OF WORK FROM MAY 2 TO JULY 19. THE DRIVER STILL HAS PAIN IN HER NECK AND LEG. HER LEFT ARM AND LOWER BACK WERE ALSO SPRAINED. THE PASSENGER HAS BRUISE CHEST AND BREAST. *NM

BRAKES DO NOT REACT PROPERLY WHEN TRYING TO STOP. ROTORS AND PADS WERE SERVICED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. MANUFACTURER EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND.*AK

VEHICLE BRAKE ROTORS FOUND TO BE RUSTED SEVERELY.*MR DURING A FREE BRAKE CHECK THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND DISINTEGRATED. THIS SET OF ROTOR WERE THE REPLACEMENT PUT ON BY THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 2 SETS OF ROTORS IN FIVE YEARS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *NM

HAD OCCASIONALLY HEARD A SOUND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE LIKE A HOSE LETTING OFF AIR ... FIGURED IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR. TODAY, I GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND BACKED OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HEARD A STEADY FLOW OF AIR THAT SOMETIMES ROSE AND FELL IN PITCH. I DETERMINED THAT A FLEXIBLE HOUSING COVERING THE LINKAGE FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE MASTER CYLINDER VACUUM BOOSTER HAD BURST OPEN AFTER WHAT APPEARS TO BE SHEARING FROM CONTINUAL WEAR ON THE RUBBER BOOT ITSELF. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS IS CAUSED BY OR HOW SERIOUS IT IS. I STILL HAVE BRAKES, BUT UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS I DO NOT KNOW. THE SHEARING OF THIS RUBBER BY THE MECHANISM ITSELF APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN COMMON WITH ANY GRAND CHEROKEE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR FIND OUT. *JB

WARRANTY REPLACEMENT OF TRANSFER CASE DUE TO HAIRLINE FRACTURE DURING MANUFACTURING WITHIN FIRST 7,000 MILES ON CAR. AT 37,000 MILES FUEL SENSOR FAILED. AT 69,000 WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. AT 72,000 REAR SHOCK BROKE OFF CAR LEAVING BOLTS STILL IN CHASSIS. VERY FRUSTRATED, CHRYSTER CORP. DOES NOT CARE!

THE INTERIOR OF THE HEADLAMP COVERS ON MY JEEP HAVE, OVER TIME, BECOME PITTED AND DISCOLORED TO A POINT THAT THE HEADLAMPS BARELY LIGHT THE ROADWAY. THERE IS NO WAY TO SEPARATE THE COVERS FROM THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS.*AK

4TH TIME I'M REPLACING ROTORS/PADS ON '99 JEEP GR CHEROKEE, VEHICLE HAS 52,000 MILES...REPLACING ROTORS EVERY 10,000 MILES? RIDICULOUS!!!! BRAKING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 55 MPH, WHOLE VEHICLE SHUDDERS WITH HIGH CHANCE OF LOST OF CONTROL OF FRONT END. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING DEFECT, WHY ISN'T JEEP DOING SOMETHING?

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ENGAGED INTO REVERSE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE ACCELERATED DOWN A RAMP IN REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL. DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISES ALL OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF HER BODY. *AK

HAD FRONT BRAKES SERVICED MAY 2003 NEW ROTORS, PADS. AUGUST 2004 HAD TO HAVE NEW CALIPERS, PADS AND ROTORS RESURFISED. BECAUSE CALIPERS FAILED AND ALMOST STARTED TIRE ON FIRE. TOLD THERE IS A SERVICE BULLITEN REF PUTTING ON DIFFERENT CALIPERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONSUMER COULD HERE A LOUD RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS DEFECTIVE. SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 1999 THE DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES.

I WILL START BY SAYING THAT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VERY SCARY SITUATION WHILE OPERATING MY JEEP. THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE EXPERIENCING IS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE IT WILL NOT STOP. ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE JEEP WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL BACKWARDS WITHOUT STOPPING, THIS IS WHILE I HAVE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE TO STOP IT. IT HAS MOST RECENTLY HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO (AUGUST 3, 2004) WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT WORK THE VERY SAME THING OCCURRED, THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED THE JEEP WAS A MEDIAN THAT WAS BEHING MY PARKING SPACE WHERE IT IS MY FEAR THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY REASON THE JEEP STOPPED. MY FEAR IS THAT SOMEONE MAY BE WALKING BEHIND OR SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY WILL BE BEHIND ME, AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE JEEP IN TIME. I'VE TRIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO TAKE IT TO A JEEP DEALER OR THE COMPANY WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (CARMAX), ALL I EVER GET IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT IS EITHER A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF AWAY. I BELIEVE THAT AT THIS POINT THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I HAD THE BRAKES AND ROTORS DONE ALL THE WAY AROUND IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. *AK

BRAKES PULSATE AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES - DEALER HAS REPAIRED 4 TIMES - VEHICLE ONLY HAS 25,500 MILES. SAY MANUFACTURING DEFECT BUT WILL NO LONGER REPAIR AS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON VEHICLE. SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY REPORTS OF THIS - WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CRASH, BUT WITH FAULTY BRAKES, IT CAN ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME. HOW CAN JEEP GET AWAY WITH THIS - THEY KNOW AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKES PUSLISATING AND VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL WITH BRAKING. BRAKES REPAIRED/REPLACED TWICE WITH NO RELIEF. PROBLEM STILL EXIST.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUOUSLY WARPING ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ULTIMATELY FIX THE PROBLEM OR CONTINUE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. BRAKES VIBRATE LOUDLY WHEN BREAKING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES AND CAR ONLY HAS 36,000+ MILES ON IT. REPAIRS ONLY LAST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE PROBLEM RECURS RATHER SUDDENLY, CAUSING BRAKES TO "SHIMMY" WITH LOUD VIBRATIONS. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND ATTRIBUTES IT TO "DRIVER HABITS/PATTERNS". MY LOCAL JEEP SERVICE SHOP SAYS THEY ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT CAN'T GET THE PARENT COMPANY TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT LEFT BRACKET THAT ATTACHES TO THE SUPPORT TO THE CAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THIS LEAVES THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT LOWER AND BASICALLY UNATTACHED TO THE CAR. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK THE THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD FIX IT FOR PARTS AND LABOR. BROUGHT UP THE POTENTIAL DANGER AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS AND WAS TOLD NO. *AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT LEFT FRONT CORNER HAS BROKEN DUE TO THIN METAL USED TO MANUFACTURE THIS PART..SHOUD BE A RECALL ON THIS AS IT COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL SITUATION IF IT BREAKS WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEEROKEE WARPED EVERY 7-10,000 MILES. THIS IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE WEB. JEEP HAS ISSUED ALL NEW BRAKE PARTS (ROTORS, PADS,CALIPERS) BUT REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE RETROFIT.*AK

THE FRONT ROTORS VIBRATED VIOLENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP FROM ANY SPEED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH SIGNIFICANT FRONT BRAKES PULSATION DURING LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. AT TIMES, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VIOLENTLY. LEARNED OF HOW COMMON THE PROBLEM WAS FROM THIS WEB SITE WITHIN A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE NEW IN 1998. KEPT HOPING FOR JEEP TO STEP UP AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. NURSED ORIGINAL PARTS TO 68K MILES WAITING FOR JEEP TO COME UP WITH BETTER SOLUTION THAN FREQUENT REPLACMENT OF ROTORS. FINALLY, IN 2002, NEW SERVICE BULLETIN CALLED FOR REPLACING CALIPERS WITH NEW DESIGN. NEW CALIPER AND ROTORS INSTALLED NOV 2002, 20K MILES LATER, PROBLEM RETURNED. SPOKE TO LOCAL SERVICE MANAGERS, NO SOLUTION. SPOKE WITH JEEP CORPORATE HQ, NO SOLUTION.*AK

BOTH FRONT POWER WINDOWS FAILED WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE WINDOWS FELL INTO THE DOORS WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRST WAS FIXED WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WORM GEAR DRIVE AND REGULATOR ASSEMBLY, THE 2ND JUST OCCURRED YESTERDAY BUT IS THE SAME REPAIR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER TRYING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 20 MINUTES IT WAS ABLE TO START. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

I AM NOT SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT PLACE FOR THIS SO IF NOT MAYBE YOU COULD DIRECT ME TO THE PROPER PLACE FOR MY COMPLAINT.I HAVE A 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ABOUT 20 MONTHS AGO THE BLEND DOORS IN THE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL BROKE THE COST FOR THIS WAS AROUND $1000.00, LAST MONTH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED AND JEEP BEING AWARE OF THE PROBLEM UPDATED THE PART SO AS TO NOT FAIL SO EASILY IN JAN 2004. I STILL HAD TO PAY FOR A COMPLETE REPAIR AGAIN. MY QUESTION IS THERE ANYWAY TO GET SOMEONE INVOLVED THAT CAN LOOK INTO THIS POORLY ENGINEERED ITEM. SINCERELY DANIEL KNIGHT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE HOOD POPPED OPEN. THIS CAUSED CINSUMER TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK

BRAKE PROBLEMS ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE.ROTORS WARPED AS PER DEFECT ON CALIPERS. JEEP MADE A FIX OR I, BUT MAKES YOU PAY FOR IT. MUST CHANGE ROTORS EVERYTIME BRAKES ARE CHANGED DUE TO DEFECT. THIS ALSO AFFECTS BRAKING. THIS IS WHAT CAUSED ACCIDENT. BRAKES WILL PULSATE WHEN ROTORS WARP, AND MAKE BRAKING HARDER.*AK

A MECHANIC AND THE STATE INSPECTOR INDICATED, UPON INSPECTION THAT THE TRUCK WILL FAIL INSPECTION. THE LEFT OUTER TIRE ROD AND LEFT UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE LOSE AND THE TRUCK SHOULDN'T BE DRIVEN.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. I HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS OCCURING TO OTHER JEEP PRODUCTS. *AK

CRASH - I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. I WAS BRAKING WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, DRIVING ME INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT ONLY THIS TIME DID IT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED JEEP DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECK IT OUT. THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I AM PRETTY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. I KNOW HOW HARD I WAS BRAKING, AND IT JUST DIDN'T MATTER. THE CAR WAS WORKING AGAINST ME. I HAD TO THROW IT INTO PARK JUST TO STOP THE CAR. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED. EVERY 6 TO 10 THOUSAND MILES THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. *MR THE WARPED ROTORS CAUSED THE FRONT END TO SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. CHRYSLER WAS NOT WILLING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB

WHILE DOWN SHIFTING TO SECOND GEAR AT 40 MPH, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED AT A HIGHER RATE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND DID NOT PLAN ON CONTACTING THE JEEP DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED DOWN WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING, IT WAS THEN SWITCHED TO A LOWER GEAR AND PROCEEDED, THEN WAS PLACED BACK INTO DRIVE IN WHICH IT WAS SLOWED DOWN AND THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING AGAIN IN A LOWER GEAR BUT DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND KNOCK WHEN PLACED IN THE ENGINE WHEN PLACED IN PARK. (THE U-JOINT FAILED) *SC THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OXYGEN SENSOE. *JB

BRAKING SHUDDER AT 55 MPH AND HIGHER CAUSED BY APPARENT ROTOR WARPING. THIS WARPAGE HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES; THEREFORE, ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED SEVERAL TIMES TO PRESENT AT WHICH TIME NOW I NEEDED REPLACEMENT. WITH NEW REPLACEMENT ROTORS IT IS STILL EXHIBITING VIOLENT SHUDDER. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN HAS ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM WITH SUGGESTION TO REPLACE ANOTHER ITEM AS WELL, A CALIPER ASSEMBLY BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS MATTER. MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE THIS ON THE FREEWAY FOR FEAR OF THE VIOLENT SHUDDER. I AM SURPRISED AT THE LACK OF CHRYSLER TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. I AM SIMPLY AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE RECEIVED TO THIS DATE ON THIS MATTER AND YET NO RESPONSE. *LA

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS FAILED TWICE; THE FIRST TIME 2 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE BOLTS HOLDING THE SEAT THE THE FRAME BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO "FLOAT IN THE SEAT RAILING, AND AGAIN THIS WEEK, WHERE THE FRAME HOLDING THE SEAT BROKE. IN BOTH CASES, I BELIEVE THIS COULD LEAD TO AN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INJURY, SHOULD THE VEHICLE GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I SPOKE WITH BOTH THE DEALERSHIP & CHRYSLER, THEY SAID AS THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE POTENTIAL DANGER, THEY WANTED ME TO SUBMIT MY BILLS FOR REVIEW, DOCUMENTATION THEY CAN GET FROM THE DEALERSHIP.

I BOUGHT A "5-STAR CERTIFED " LOW MILEAGE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FROM RUSSWOOD MOTORS. LINCOLN, NE. BRAKE PULSATION WAS NOTED ON TEST DRIVE,AND DEALER AGREED TO CORRECT BEFORE DELIVERY. AGAIN AFTER A SHORT TIME AND VERY FEW MILES, THE PUSLATION REAPPEARED. RUSSWOOD AGAIN AGREED TO CORRECT THIS. LATER THIS PULSATION CAME BACK, WORSE. I HAD THE BRAKES SERVICED AT ANOTHER LOCATION. LATER, LAST WINTER THE PULSATION BECAME PROGRESSIVLEY WORSE. IN SOUTH TEXSAS FOR THE WINTER, WE ELECTED TO WAIT TILL WE RETURNED TO NEBRASKA SO RUSSWOOD COULD PERMANENTLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM. RUSSWOOD ADVISED THE REPAIR WAS COVERED BY JEEP SERVICE BULLETIN 05-003-02-REV.B (AND PRIOR), MY WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED, AND THE REPAIR WOULD BE AT MY EXPENSE, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $600. I TELEPHONED THE JEEP CUSTOMER SERIVICE LINE AND GOT A TERSE REPLY THAT JEEP WOULD NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY NOR EXPENSE FOR THE SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR. I EMAILED THE JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GOT ANOTHER TERSE REPLY REPORTING MY PROBLEM HAD "ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED" AND THEY WOULD FILE MY COMMNICATION. JEEP WILL PERFORM THIS REPAIR IF I HAVE TO CALL IN RALPH NADER. JEEP BY THEIR BULLETIN ACKNOWLEDGES A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM AND AN ORIGINAL DESIGN DEFICIENCY. APPLICATION OF BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTS IN A WILD SHIMMYING AND DODGING. IT MUST BE CORRECTED. *AK

THE DRIVER SEAT ON MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO HAVE GIVEN WAY. BOTH SUPPORT BOLTS HAVE SHEARED LEAVING THE SEAT UNSUPPORTED. THIS HAPPENED IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, WITH NO SATISFACTION. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE SEAT SUPPORT SYSTEM. *AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - 247J TRANSFER CASE TRANSFER CASE FAILURE CAUSING LOUD KNOCKING NOISES WHEN ACCELERATING AND TURNING. FLUID (DEALERSHIP CERTIFIED) WAS CHANGED TWICE AND DRIVEN, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTED. CHANGED CLUTCH PACK WITH NEW FLUID FOR THE 3RD TIME, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTED. REPLACED FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. FAILURE STILL EXISTS, BUT WILL TRY CHANGING THE CHAIN IN TRANSFER CASE HOPING TO RESOLVE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. *AK *SC *JB

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MONTHS. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING SPECIFIC TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM. MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WILL, WITHOUT WARNING, ACT AS IF IT IS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I HAVE MORE THAN ONCE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION ONLY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE LOOSE ALL FUEL POWER, THEREFORE LEAVING ME IN THE PATH OF OTHER VEHICLES. THIS PROBLEM WILL LAST ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15 SECONDS (APPROXIMATELY - I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY TIMED IT) BEFORE IT STRAIGHTENS BACK OUT WHERE I CAN AGAIN ACCELERATE. I HAVE HAD VEHICLES HAVE TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME BECAUSE I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. BELOW IS A WHAT I HAVE DONE TO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM (IN THE ORDER IT WAS DONE): 1)PLUGS WERE REPLACED AT HOME 2)FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLEANED BY CERTIFIED MECHANIC (NOT AT DEALERSHIP) 3)POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (COMPUTER) (USED PART) REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP (AT THIS TIME I DID CONTACT JEEP BECAUSE THE COMPUTER WAS ONLY 2,000 MILES PASSED THE WARRANTY - THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST ME THE REPLACEMENT) 4)COIL PACK REPLACED AT HOME THIS VEHICLE HAS SPENT MANY DAYS IN THE SHOP AND WITH ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND ALL OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, THEY STILL CAN NOT TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED $600 WORTH OF PERFECTLY GOOD PARTS. THIS VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. SO MUCH THAT I WILL NO LONGER ALLOW ANYONE TO DRIVE IT. I SPOKE WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT JEEP AGAIN TODAY AND BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY (APPROX. 83,000 MILES), THEY WILL NOT CONSIDER HELPING ME. HOWEVER, THEIR TECHNICIANS ALSO STATED THAT THEY WERE "STUMPED".

WHILE ADJUSTING POWER SEAT A PIECE OF METAL BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE SEAT TO THE RAIL ASSEMBLY FRACTURED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. DEALER STATES SINCE WARRANTY PERIOD WAS OVER THERE IS LITTLE THEY CAN DO AND THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY CONSUMER CANNOT GET THE WINDOWS TO ROLL UP OR DOWN. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE WINDOW MOTOR REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK OLD REGULATOR WAS REPLACED BY A NEW ONE DESIGNED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *LA

THE ROLLOVER VALVE GAS TANK AND FUEL PUMP LEAKED. ALSO, CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF BRAKE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS CALIPER REPLACEMENT EVERY 6 MONTHS. IN ADDITION, IGNITION MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AT LEAST 3 TIMES BEFORE IT ACTUALLY STARTED. *AK

PURCHASED 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED IN DEC OF 99. SINCE THAT TIME HAVE HAD BRAKES WORKED ON 3 DIFFERENT TIMES, TWICE BY JEEP AND NOW MIDAS BECAUSE OF STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. SINCE MIDAS REPLACED W/UPGRADED CERAMIC PADS, THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN.*AK

MY WIFE HAD THE CAR IN PARK, LEFT THE CAR TO CLOSE OUR GATE AND THE CAR CAME OUT OF PARK AND BACKED OVER HER. WHEN SHE GOT OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE SHE CAME INTO THE HOUSE BRUSHED AND CUT. I CALLED THE EMS AND WENT OUT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. IT STILL WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. JEEP'S REP CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND HIS ANSWER WAS " THE POERATIONAL MANNAL; STATES THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE YOU MUST PUT IT IN PARK TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND REMOVE THE KEYS FROM THE CAR. OK I MAY AGREE WITH THAT, BUT SHE WAS ONLY CLOSING THE GATE. WHAT MY CONCERNS IS THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN . *AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LOREDO EXHIBITS THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: 1) LURCH WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE ALONG WITH A NOTICEABLE 'THUMP' NOISE 2) HUMMING NOISE AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65-75 MPH) THAT GRADUATED INTO A SUDDEN 'POP' NOISE. THIS ISSUE CAUSED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHICH I AM NOW TRYING TO DEAL WITH. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN 1999 AND 2000 MODEL YEAR FOR REAR DIFFERENTIAL DUE TO DIFFENTIAL SUPPLIER TO CHRYSLER OVERTORQUEING DIFFERENTIAL COMPONENTS. 3) DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILURE*AK

WHILE BRAKING 50-60 MPH THERE WAS HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I OWN A 1991 JEEP CHEROKEE SP/CL 4 WD. WHEN I TAKE IT OUT OF 4WD IT WON'T DISINGAGE UNLESS I PUT IT INTO REVERSE. THE MANUAL DOES NOT MENTION THIS. I DROVE FOR 20 MILES IN 4 WD WITHOUT KNOWING IT UNTIL I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING. I CALLED AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME TO PUT IT IN REVERSE. I DID AND IT WORKED.*AK

MY WIFE MADE A QUICK STOP AT A LOCAL STORE. UPON RETURNING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. SHE PAUSED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOUD RATTLING. AT THE MECHANIC SHOP, THE MECHANIC HOISTED THE JEEP ON THE LIFT AND WE WITNESSED A HOLE AND CRACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. THE CRACKED PIECE WAS ONLY BEING HELD BY A BOLT OR SOME KIND OF RIVET OR ELSE THE HOLE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LARGER. THE 99 JEEP GC HAD 96500 MILES ON IT, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, AND IT WAS NOT LEAKING OIL. IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, AND I HAVE HEARD NO DECENT EXPLAINATION FOR THIS. COST $1500, AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED A GOOD PRICE. YOURS TRULY, DISGRUNTED CONSUMER

THERE WAS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED. THE MECHANIC INDICATED STATED THERE WAS A TSB ON THIS ISSUE TO REPLACE THE BRAKE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND PADS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *JB

NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WAS THE RESULT OF A FAILED DIFFERENTIAL BEARING. *PH THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT CONTAMINATION WAS LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *JB

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGHER SPEED. THEN, CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE, AND REPLACED THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM.*AK

CASTING SAND (FROM THE FACTORY) IN THE COOLING SYSTEM CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY AT 52,000 MILES SINCE THE CASTING SAND WAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENGINE. A TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THE SUBJECT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING REAR LEFT SIDE WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPPED DOWN INTO THE DOOR. THIS PAST SATURDAY THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW DROPPED DOWN. *AK BOTH FRONT POWER WINDOWS' REGULATOR ASSEMBLY AND STEEL CABLE BROKE. DEALER REPLACED FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR, BUT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE OLD ONE WHICH CONCERNED THE CONSUMER THAT ALL WINDOWS MIGHT DROP AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT WARNING. *LA

LOSS OF BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. *NM

BECAUSE FRONT WHEELS WERE RUNNING HOT AND VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING WHEN USING THE BRAKES, FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 62,000 MILES. CHRYSLER "800+ ADDED CARE" WARANTY DOES NOT COVER THOSE BEARINGS ON 4WD JEEPS BUT DOES COVER THEM ON FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE JEEPS (?)*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ALL OF THE GAUGES CEASED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO BLANK AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD WOULD DIM. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM THIS WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING IN DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM BEGUN WITH THE AIRBAG, FOLLOWED BY THE ODOMETER, TACHOMETER, AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPING TO ZERO. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND "NO BUS" ERROR MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR ON THE ODOMETER. SOMETIMES THE GAS, BATTERY, TEMPERATURE, AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WOULD FAIL AS WELL. THE PROBLEM WOULD LAST FROM ANYWHERE UP TO FORTY MINUTES OR MORE. CORROSION WAS FOUND WHERE THE HARNESS PLUGS INTO THE CLUSTER. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES AND STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *SC

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A DELAY BEFORE VEHICLE WILL STOP. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS SIX TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

I STARTED HEARING A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR END HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS INCLUDED THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, ALONG WITH THE CARRIER BEARINGS, AND WHEEL BEARINGS.

THE BRAKE ROTORS WARPED EVERY 10,000 MILES ON MY WAY TO 50,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS EITHER A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES OR A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER. THE DEALER FURTHER SAID THAT THEY KNEW THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. *JB

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WITH THE BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. I'VE REPLACED THEM TWICE UP TO THIS POINT AND THEY ARE REQUIRING A 3RD FIX. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS 64,000 MILES ON IT. I'M AVERAGING 20,000 MILES BETWEEN REPLACEMENTS. JEEP KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE BRAKE ROTORS ARE ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT MY PROBLEMS WERE AN "ISOLATED INCIDENT". *JB

FRONT ROTORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WARPED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I REPLACED THE ROTORS WITH AFTERMARKET ROTORS. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A FRONT BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEM. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED OR RESURFACED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. *AK *NM

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 20,000 MILES AND WERE REPLACED. NOW THEY HAVE WARPED AGAIN AT 36,000 MILES AND MUST BE REPLACED.*AK

BAD BRAKE ROTORS. I HAVE REPLACED ROTORS TWICE. I HAVE ONLY 62K. VERY VIOLENT SHAKING, AND SHIMMING. THE SHAKING EVEN CONTINUES AFTER BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED.I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT BY A MANUFACTURER.*AK

CHRONIC BRAKE WARPAGE. WITH IN 30,000 MILES I HAVE REPLACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS 3 TIMES AND REAR ROTORS TWICE. EACH SET OF ROTORS WAS TURNED AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE BEING REPLACED. TSB PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP WITH NO AFFECT. BRAKES WILL SHOW SIGNS OF WARPAGE IN APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES. BY 1500 MILES THEY ARE INTOLERABLE.*AK

WARPED BRAKE ROTORS AT 25,000 MILES

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 48000 MILES THAT NEEDS AN $1800.00 TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL! HOW ABSURD!! AFTER CONTACTING JEEP, IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO ME THAT THEY ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBLITY IN THIS MATTER. HARD TO BELIEVE OUR AMERICAN AUTO MAKERS CAN'T DO BETTER THAN THIS.

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT EXPERIANCES BRAKE ROTOR WRAPPING ABOUT EVERY 10 TO 15K MILES. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL PLACED ON THIS COMPONENT DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF ITS EFFECTIVE OPERATION.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. DRIVER HAD TO WAIT 5 OR 6 MINUTES BEFORE VEHICLE WOULD START UP AGAIN. THE FUEL PUMP WAS CHANGED 3 TIMES. *AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FRONT CALIPERS WARPED 4 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS, UPGRADED TO DIAMLER CHRYSLER MODIFIED CALIPERS, PROBLEM PERSISTS. RESULTED IN AN INFERIOR BRAKING CONDITION WHICH TURNED THE CAR INTO A ROAD HAZARD SEVERAL TIMES. DIAMLER CHRYSLER HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL TO DATE. *JB

WARPED ROTORS AT 15,000 ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. FRONT ROTORS REPLACED WITH NEW STYLE BRAKES, BUT WARPED AGAIN AT ANOTHER 15,XXX MILES.*AK

WARPED ROTORS ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EVEN AFTER THE CALIPER UPGRADE. ITS A REACCURING PROBLEM FOR MANY GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS.*AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEREOKEE,FRONT DISC BRAKES KEEP GOING OUT. ROTORS GOES OUT OF ROUND, ABOUT EVERY 15000 MILES, DUE TO POOR ROTOR AND CALIPER DESIGN. JEEP (AND DEALERS) KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS TSB REGARDING THE ISSUE WITH THE FIX BEING NEW ROTORS AND CALIPERS OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN, BUT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT, WITHOUT COSTING $500+ TO THE CONSUMER. ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.*AK

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATED. *JB

HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE TURNING DARK, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. *AK

WE HAVE HAD MANY RECALLS ON OUR JEEP,TRANSMISSION TWICE REAREND THREE TIMES. THE REAREND WAS REPAIRED IN2001 AND THE BEARINGS ARE GOING OUT AGAIN AND CHRYSLER WANTS US TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THAT CHRYSLER WAS REPLACING THE COMPLETE REAREND BECAUSE IT WAS MACHIND WRONG.*AK

PULSING BRAKES, 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, COMMON PROBLEM FROM FAULTY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TSB ISSUED, SAFETY HAZARD, BUT NO RECALL.*AK

THE SEAT BELTS IN MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE COME UN LATCHED, THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS. *CB

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRONT LEFT SUPPORT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT FRONT CORNER TO LOWER. THE SEAT IS MOBILE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

THE DEFROSTER FAILED, AS A RESULT, VISIBILITY WAS IMPAIRED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEFROSTED FAILED SEVEN TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED, THE RIGHT FRONT WINDOW DID NOT WORK. *JB *NM

THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK AND NOT PULL OUT THIS RENDERS THE BELT USELESS. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU PULL EASY OR HARD THE BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT. IN A DAY OR TWO IT WILL WORK FINE. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 OR 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. WITH A 4 YEAR OLD AND A 6 YEAR OLD IN REAR BOOSTER SEATS I FIND THIS VERY DANGEROUS. *CB

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS THAT THE SEAT SUPPORTS HAVE BROKEN AWAY. I AM NOT A BIG PERSON AND THE SEAT IS NOT OFTEN MOVED. THIS STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE SEAT IS UNUSUAL, WHEN ABUSE IS NOT PRESENT, CHRYSLER SHOULD BE ASSISTANCE, WHEN IT IS APPARENT THAT THERE IS A EITHER A DESIGN FLAW OR STRUCTURAL FAILURE.

I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 6 FULL SETS OF ROTORS AND PADS. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, 2 SETS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND ROTORS REPLACED. ON TIME JEEP ACTUALLY TOLD ME MY DEALER DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOL SO THEY HAD ME BRING IT TO ANOTHER DEALER!! I HAVE COMPLAINED AND THEY DENY ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THEY PAID FOR MOST OF THE JOBS UP TO 70K BUT I HAVE PAID FOR THE LAST SEVERAL. I MOVED AND CAN'T FIND MY RECORDS, AND JEEP WON'T RELEASE MY REPAIR HISTORY TO ME, THEY SAY IT IS PROPRIETARY. I MAINTAIN THAT SINCE THEY NEVER ENGINEERED AND MANUFACTURED THE PARTS CORRECTLY, THEY ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS CONSIDERING THAT 2 DIFFERENT JEEP DEALER SERVICE MANAGERS TOLD ME THEY HAVE MANY, MANY OWNERS W/SAME PROBLEMS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HASN'T BEEN COVERED BY RECALL, CONSIDERING JEP HAS ISSUED 4 TSB'S PERTAINING TO THE BRAKES. MY OLD DEALER IN NY TOLD ME THEY WOULD SEND ME MY SERVICE HISTORY, I AM WAITING FOR THAT. PLEASE HELP!!! THERE ARE 1000'S OF US CHECK THE NHTSA WEB SITE......

PURCHASED USED 12/01 PULSATING WHILE BRAKING RETURNED TO DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES WAS TOLD I WAS NOT BRAKING PROPERLY ON HILLS. REPLACED BAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED RECENTLY. DEALER SAYS TO CONTACT JEEP, I DID THEY SAY, NO RECALL NO RELIEF.

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF. *AK THE KEY CAN BE MOVED FROM ANY POSITION AND HAS CAUSED BATTERY FAILURE MANY TIMES. THE VEHICLE COULD BE STARTED WITH ANY KEY, SCREW DRIVER, ETC. (THIS COULD BE THE REASON WHY JEEPS ARE EASILY STOLEN AND INSURANCE COSTS ARE HIGH) *SC *JB

SOMEHOW A WHEEL POPPED OFF OF MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT I BOUGHT USED FROM A CERTIFIED JEEP DEALER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO (2002). I AM UNSURE HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT ALL 5 LUG NUTS BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO COMPLETELY POP OFF. LUCKILY, I WASN'T DRIVING MORE THAN 10 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN MY CAR IN TO GET FIXED FOR ANYTHING DURING THE TIME I OWNED IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR OIL CHANGES AND RESPONDED TO A COUPLE RECALLS ON MY CAR, BUT THAT'S IT. THE LAST MECHANIC WHO TOUCHED THIS CAR WAS FROM THE JEEP DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT. CURRENTLY, THE CAR HAS 37,000 MILES ON IT. AS I SAID BEFORE, I AM UNSURE HOW THIS HAPPENED. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, HAVEN'T HIT THE WHEELS ON ANYTHING, HAVEN'T ROTATED THE TIRES, ETC. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN FOR ALL JEEP OWNERS. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND I PLAN ON CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER ASAP. I WANT TO SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN AND I WANT TO BE SURE OTHER DRIVERS ARE NOT AT RISK. *LA

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND ALARM GOES OFF CONSTANTLY. JEEP DEALER REPORTED A BREAK IN "CLOCK SPRING" IN STEERING COLUM. SAYS IT IS A COMMON PROBELM. JEEP WILL NOT FIX. COST IS $186.00. I THINK THIS COMMON PROBELM IS A DESIGN FLAW AND CAUSES AN UNNECESSARY DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING.*AK

PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED AT 10,728 MILES. DRIVER FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED AT 18,670 MILES. PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR REPLACED AT 31,448 MILES. ALL THESE INSTANCES RESULTED IN THE WINDOWS NOT OPERATING FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. *AK

THE PISTONS HOLDING UP THE FRONT HOOD ASSEMBLY FAILED AND CAN NO LONGER BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE HOOD. NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN THE INITIAL FAILURE OCCURED. THIS PRESENTS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE AS THERE IS NO OTHER RELIABLE MECHANISM TO HOLD UP THE HOOD. PLACING A STICK OR OTHER OBJECT TO HOLD THIS OPEN IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. JEEP WAS CONTACTED AND WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPLAING THIS FAULTY COMPONENT. OTHER PISTONS WHICH HOLD UP THE REAR HATCH AS WELL AS THE POP-UP GLASS ALSO CANNOT EFFECTIVELY HOLD UP THE WEIGHT OF THE CONPONENTS THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR. *AK

ONE OF THE TWO REAR LIFTGATE PISTONS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD UP THE WEIGHT OF THE LIFTGATE SNAPPED VIOLENTLY WHEN OPENING THE HATCH. THIS PISTON SHOT UP AND WEDGED INSIDE THE CREASE BEWTEEN THE LIFTGATE AND BODY OF THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE IT BECAME WEDGED IN THIS CREASE, THANKFULLY THE LIFTGATE DID NOT FALL HARD THEREFORE DID NOT INJURE ANYONE. THE CAR BODY IS DENTED FROM THE IMPACT. THE PART REPLACEMENT COST APPROXIMATELY $70. JEEP WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTED IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD FAIL. PISTONS HOLDING UP THE VEHICLE HOOD ALSO ARE FAULTY, AS ARE THE PISTONS THAT HOLD UP THE POP-UP WINDOW GLASS. NONE OF THESE PISTONS CAN RELIABILBLY HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE ITEMS THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR.*AK

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S RADIATOR FAN FAILED TO WORK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN INOPERATIVE FAN RELAY BY A JEEP DEALER. THIS ISSUE IS ONE OF MANY INTERMITTENT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS PLAGUING THIS VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASING IT NEW, HOWEVER THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING FILED FOR 4 SPECIFIC REASONS: 1) THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM RESULTING IN TOTAL FAILURE SHOULD NOT OCCUR IN SUCH A NEW VEHICLE, 2) A BREAKDOWN OF THIS TYPE (OVERHEAT) MAY CAUSE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WHICH WILL NOT BE KNOWN ABOUT UNTIL A FUTURE EVENT OCCURS, 3) I AM A WOMEN WHO TRAVELS ALONE OFTEN AND ANY BREAKDOWN PUTS MY PERSONAL SAFETY AT RISK, 4) TO HELP PREVENT OTHERS FROM EXPERIENCING THIS IF THIS REPORT ASSISTS IN DETERMINING THAT THIS ISSUE IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PROACTIVE RESOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT LIKELY, HOWEVER I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ON SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS WITH 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES IN ORDER TO BE AN INFORMED CONSUMER AND BE PROACTIVE IN MY MAINTENANCE CHECKS OF MY VEHICLE TO AVOID BREAKDOWN. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM THE DEALERSHIPS, THEREFORE IT PUTS THE CONSUMER AT MORE RISK THAN NECESSARY. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATION ON THESE ISSUES. THIS MODEL YEAR VEHICLE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH KNOWN PROBLEMS, TWO OF WHICH COST ME THE LOSS OF MY VEHICLE OVER 2 DIFFERENT WEEKENDS, 2 DIFFERENT BREAKDOWN EVENTS WHILE I WAS DRIVING ALONE, IN ADDITION TO AT LEAST 12 OTHER SERVICE EVENTS. *AK

FAULTY BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. THE SYMPTOM IS SEVERE PULSATION WHICH WORSENS OVER TIME CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH AND/OR BE UNSTABLE WHILE BRAKING. ROTORS WERE TURNED OR REPLACED AT 10000 MILES, 18000 MILES, 31000 MILES, AND 35000 MILES. AT 36K MILES, MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AND JEEP WOULD NOT FIX THIS ANY LONGER AT NO COST. I INCURRED AN EXPENSE OF $351.90 AT 52K MILES AND ANOTHER $544.76 AT 69K MILES. THE FINAL REPAIR WAS A FULL BRAKE REPLACEMENT WITH "NEW DESIGNED" PARTS (ROUTERS AND CALIPERS) AND APPEARED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AT 80000 MILES, THE PROBLEM IS BACK SOMEWHAT AND IS WORSENING OVER TIME. CONTINUING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OF A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH ROUTERS WARPING DUE TO HIGH HEAT SHOULD NOT BE THE REPONSIBILTY OF THE CONSUMER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND PULLED TO RIGHT. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *LA THERE WAS ANOTHER OCCASION WHERE THE VEHICLE HAD GONE OUT OF CONTROL ON WET METAL GRADING DUE TO THE PROBLEM NOT BEING RESOLVED. AS OF 12/15/03, NOTHING WAS DONE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. (THE RIGHT REAR AXLE HOUSING WAS BENT) *SC *JB

PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE.*AK EMAIL CONSUMER LETTER IN REFERENCE TO A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT IS EXPERIENCING PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE. THIS EMAIL CONSUMER LETTER IS AN ADD TO TO THE INTERNET VOQ REQUEST # 10052387.*MR

HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED FIVE TIMES AT 48,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 50 MPH. AT LOW SPEEDS PULSATION AND VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OCCURS. UNACCEPTABLE THAT EVERY 3-5000 MILES I NEED TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AND PADS. I CANNOT AFFORD THAT. WHEN IS CHRYSLER/JEEP GOING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM? WHEN ENOUGH DEATHS OR LAW SUITS ARE FILED?*AK

THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS SLID DOWN INTO THE DOOR. THERE WAS POPPING NOISE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A PLASTIC PART IN THE DOOR REGULATOR BREAKING.*AK

MY WIFE HAD STOPPED TO GET MAIL FROM RURAL MAILBOX. STOPPED VEHICLE, PLACED TRANSMSSION LEVER IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. UPON RETURN, COULD NOT START ENGINE. CALLED ME ON CELL PHONE TO COME TO HER AID. CAR WOULD NOT START AND SHIFT LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED. SUSPECTED NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH, AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE SHIFT LEVER, WHICH CAUSED A "CRUNCHING" SOUND AND THE ENGINE THEN WAS ABLE TO START AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. REMOVAL OF THE CONSOLE COVER REVEALED A PLASTIC "SWITCH" WITH PLACE FOR ATTACHMENT OF TWO CABLES. THE FRONT CABLE WAS DISENGAGED AND SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE STEERING/BRAKE PEDAL ( OUT OF VIEW). THERE IS A PIN IN THIS ASSEMBLY THAT ALIGNS THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS AND ALLOWS THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER TO MOVE BETWEEN POSITIONS. THE PIN HAD SLIPPED OUT, AND WAS RE-INSERTED.THE VEHICLE COULD NOW BE STARTED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE STEERING WHEEL NO LONGER LOCKED WHEN SHUTTING THE IGNITION OFF. THE SHIFTER WORKED NORMALLY, LOCKING UP IN PARK AND REQUIRING THE LEVER BUTTON BE DEPRESSED WHEN SHIFTING. APPARANTLY THE PIN HAS SLIPPED OUT AGAIN AND MY WIFE REPORTED ON 12/29/03 THAT THE BUTTON NO LONGER HAS ANY AFFECT AND IS NOT REQUIRED TO GO BETWEEN POSITIONS ON THE SHIFT PATTERN. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE PROBLEM I HAVE READ ABOUT WITH GR CHEROKEES MOVING UNATTENDED. IT IS TIME CHRYSLER OWNED UP TO THIS POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ISSUE. THIS IS OUR THIRD GRAND CHEROKEE AND IT WILL BE THE LAST.

WATER PUMP REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. *AK

HEATER CORE HAD A MELT DOWN. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OVER 55 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. DEALER TRIED ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CALIPERS/ROTORS, AND PADS WERE REPLACED, SOME MORE THAN ONCE. *AK

WHILE CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD STRUTS SNAPPED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO FALL DOWN. DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

SERVICE BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE. BRAKE CAUSED VIOLENT VEHICLE VIBRATION AND FEEDBACK TO STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED SO VIOLENTLY IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD. BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE AND ALLOW WHEELS TO SPIN FREELY. MILEAGE DROPPED OFF TO 7 MPG FROM 16 MPG OR SO. SERVICE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR SEEMED TO BE FILLING BACK UP? BRAKE LININGS WERE WEARING AWAY AND SMOKING. ONE ROTOR WHICH WAS NOT SCORED PRIOR TO INCIDENT IS NOW BADLY SCORED. THE PADS HAD PLENTY OF A LINING LEFT BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND CAR IS NOW UNSAFE, ACCEPT TO DRIVE TO THE SHOP TO REPLACE ROTORS AND UPGRADE CALIPER. PARK BRAKE AND DOWN SHIFTING HAVE LIMITED STOPPING CAPABILITY. *LA

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (GC) LIMITED 8 CYLINDER QUADRADRIVE HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN OCTOBER OF 2002. I HAD THE TRANSFER SEAL REPLACED DUE TO IT LEAKING, THE DIFFERENTIAL MAKES NOISE, THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE DOES NOT WORK (ALL WHEEL DRIVE ONLY WORKS IN LOW), AND THE TIRES LOCK UP AND MAKE A NOISE WHEN I AM TURNING. IT SEEMS THAT THEIR ARE OTHER 1999 JEEP GC OWNERS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW ABOUT A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *LA

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. ALSO THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND GOT OUT. AFTER GETTING OUT, THE VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO REVERSE, STRUCK THE DRIVER AND CRASHED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITHOUT TEARING APART THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *AK THERE WERE RECALLS FOR THE 1993-1998 MODELS. *SCC *JB

BRAKES. I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT REQUIRED A COMPLETE FRONT BRAKE JOB. THIS INCLUDED "UPGRADED" CALIPERS REPLACEMENT OF ALL FRONT BRAKE COMPONENTS AND MACHINING ON ALL REAR COMPONENTS. AT LESS THAN 70,000 MILES THIS SEEMS A LITTLE EXTREME. I HAVE CHECKED WITH JEEP DIRECTLY AND THEY FEEL THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. I SEE ON THE COMPLAINT LIST THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CARS THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE. WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHAT CAN I DO? *LA

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD BEEN REPLACED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN TANK IS FULL, DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. WILL DRIVE FOR ABOUT 30 MILES AND THEN FUEL TANK WILL READ WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO. ALSO TERRIBLE SHAKING IN FRONT END WHEN BRAKING. BRAKES/ROTORS ALL NEW AND REPLACED STILL SHAKES. FOG LAMPS CONTINUOUSLY BURN OUT, DEALER STATES WIRING HARNESS. HAVE HAD TO PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE ON THIS NUMEROUS TIMES... LIKE IT IS MY FAULT THEY BURN OUT. *LA

EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL. DEALER STATES COMPONENTS WITHIN DIFFERENTIAL ARE COMING APART AND THAT DIFFERENTIAL NEEDS TO BE RE-BUILT. MY COST IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN $1050 AND $1300 FOR REPAIR. I NOTED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS AT THE NHTSA SITE. DEALER STATES ITS A COMMON PROBLEM. MY PREVIOUS 1988 JEEP DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. ANY MOVEMENT BY NHTSA TO FORCE A RECALL OR SOME ADJUSTMENT FROM DIAMLER-CHRYSLER OR AM I JUST OUT OF LUCK? *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE 245 75R16 109 BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT. THE TIRE HAD A 6 INCH GASH FROM THE RIM ALL THE WAY UP. THE TIRE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE MECHANIC REPLACED IT WITH SPARE TIRE. *AK

TRANSFER CASE ISSUES ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE JEEP I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SEALS ON THE TRANSFER CASE MULTIPLE TIMES. TO ME IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF DEFECT IN ITS DESIGN. THE SEAL WILL START TO LEAK WHICH CAUSES THE TRANSFER CASE TO LOCK UP. THIS CAUSES A LOUD THUDDING NOISE AND THE CAR TO JERK WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ALSO, IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE CAR IS COLD IT WILL NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY CAUSING EXCESSIVE ENGINE WHINING AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE CORRECTLY. *LA

SPORADIC HARSH 1-2 SHIFT AT LOW SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH, USUALLY SOON AFTER A COLD START OF THE ENGINE. JEEP SEEMS TO "JUMP" OR "STALL", WHICH IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ILLUMINATES SHORTLY AFTER EACH INCIDENT. REPROGRAMMING THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER MULTIPLE TIMES, REPLACING THE SOLONOID PACK, AND REPLACING THE CONTROL MODULE HAVE ALL FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE NEARLY 60,000 MILES DRIVEN TO DATE. REPORTED TO JEEP DEALER AT THE FOLLOWING MILEAGE INTERVALS: 9,606 MILES, 13,575 MILES, 15,113 MILES, 56,368 MILES, 56,917 MILES, 57,115 MILES, AND 58,190 MILES.

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHREROKEE HAS A SIGNIFICANT BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM REQUIRING TURNING OF THE ROTORS AT APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES AND REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKES AND ROTORS AT APPROXIMATELY 19,000, 36,000, AND 51,000 MILES(APPROXIMATE MILEAGES BASED ON MEMORY BUT I CAN PROVIDE DETAILED SERVICE RECORDS IF NEEDED) EACH TIME REPLACEMENT WAS REQUIRED TO ELIMINATE A SEVERE VIBRATION (WHICH FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING OVER ROUGH RAILROAD TRACKS) WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ALL INSTALLMENTS PRIOR TO THE ONE AT 51,000 MILES HAVE BEEN AT THE JEEP DEALER. EACH TIME, WHEN I QUESTIONED WHY SUCH FREQUENT REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED, I WAS TOLD "IT'S A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM". THE MOST RECENT ROTOR CHANGE (AT 51,000 MILES) WAS PERFORMED BY AN EXPERIENCED PERSON AT AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO HIM TO BE A DESIGN FLAW RESULTING IN MISALIGNMENT OF THE BRAKE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS SUCH THAT ONE OF THE TWO BRAKE PISTONS BRAKES IS STRIKING ITS TARGET SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTER. CONTINUOUS MISALIGNMENT OF THE BRAKE PISTONS APPEARS TO BE CAUSING THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS TO WEAR UNEVENLY RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIBRATION. SO REPLACING THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR NOW BUT IS ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. WITH NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS, THE VEHICLE IS BRAKING FINE BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT BY 60,000 - 65,000 MILES THE PROBLEM WILL OCCUR AGAIN. YOU HAVE SEVERAL TSB'S ON YOUR WEBSITE REPORTING "VIBRATIONS" WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL ON THIS MODEL VEHICLE IS DEPRESSED BUT NONE OF THE TSB'S ELABORATE ON THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER DIRECTLY MULTIPLE TIMES AND KEEP GETTING PUT OFF WITH "IT'S A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM". NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO THE POSSIBLITY THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE A BRAKE DESIGN FLAW I THINK THAT THEY ARE JUST IGNORING A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE A RECALL. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY SAFETY ISSUES. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. WARPED AND CONTINOUS PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS AND CALIPERS. PROBLEM CONTINUES SHORTLY AFTER HAVING THEM FIXED REPEATEDLY. THE PULSATIONS AT HIGH SPEEDS(55MPH) ARE VIOLENT.SAW THE SAME/SIMILAR COMPLAINTS BY MANY OTHERS. DEALER SAYS CHRYSLER NOT RESPONSIBLE. HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU AFFORD TO FIX THE SAME PROBLEM? SOMETHING THAT HAS NO REMEDY MUST BE A DESIGN FAULT.*AK

CONSUMER HAD THE 5TH SET OF NEW ROTORS AND PADS PUT ON. WHILE SEARCHING NHTSA WEBSITE SAW THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS ON BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WOULD BE SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE - REAR BRAKES OCCASIONALLY LOCK UP DURING/AFTER WET WEATHER. NOT SPEED RELATED. REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS REPLACED AT 35K MILES AND 70K MILES (JUNE 2003). REMEDY IS TO SLOWLY PUMP BRAKES WHEN STOPPING UNTIL LOCKING-UP NO LONGER OCCURS.

WITHIN FOUR YEARS APPROXIMATELY 8,000-10,000 MILES BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED TWICE AND THEN REPLACED. ALSO, BOTH FRONT CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AND MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE. *AK THE BRAKES PULSATED WHILE DRIVING. THE DASH VENT DID NOT WORK, AND THE AIR ONLY WORKED THROUGH THE DEFROST.*TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FELT LOOSE, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR QUARTER PANEL WAS LOOSE*JB

WHEN BRAKING BRAKES SQUEAKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES EVERY 12,000 MILES. ALSO, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR INDICATOR FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY. *AK

TRANSMISSION ALWAYS HAS A HUMMING NOISE, ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION JERKS AND BANGS GOING INTO REVERSE. DOOR SEALS NEED TO BE STRETCHED BACK ONTO CAR FRAME. BRAKES NEED TO BE REWORKED 3 OR 4 TIMES A YEAR DUE TO VIBRATION WHEN STOPPING. SOMETIMES HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OFF FOR A SECOND. *LA

VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 25-40 MPH, AND MORE SEVERELY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

BRAKES VIBRATING AND PULSATING WITH A SLIGHT PULL TO SIDE. *LA

THE FRONT ELECTRIC WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STOPPED WORKING. I CAN STILL HEAR THE MOTOR CLICK LIKE IT IS TRYING TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. ALL OTHER WINDOWS WORK CORRECTLY. *LA

AIR BAG SENSOR RELOCATED AFTER RECALL TO TOP OF TRANSMISSION HOUSING. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A 40 MPH FRONTAL CRASH. RECALL ALSO CHANGED POSITION OF WIRE HARNESS CAUSING SHORT CIRCUIT. THAT RESULTED IN FAILURE OF 4 PCM 'S AND STALLING OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *LA

PURCHASED A JEEP GRAND CEHROKEE LAST OCTOBER. IN DECEMBER I HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED WITHIN 1,000 MILES OF THE ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT, THE ROTORS WARPED AGAIN. I REPLACED THE ROTORS AGAIN IN MARCH, BY JULY THE ROTORS HAD ONCE AGAIN WARPED. THE BRAKE COMPANY WHO REPLACED THE ROTORS BOTH TIMES WITH NEW FACTORY PARTS WILL NOT AWARD THE WARANTY OF THE ROTORS. THEY SAID IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES AND NOT THEIR PRODUCTS. I AM FORCED TO AGAIN PAY TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN LESS THEN A YEAR. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED. IN ADDITION, THE CAR EXHIBITS A "STOP AND BUMP" EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED WITH THE DRIVE SHAFTS, BUT APPARENTLY EVEN REPLACING THIS PART, DOES NOT CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP THIS BEHAVIOR. LASTLY, THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO SHIFT FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEARS. I DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THIS MANY PROBLEMS WITH A VEHICLE FIRST OF ALL THAT COSTS THIS MUCH AND SECONDLY THAT IS SO NEW. I AM EXTREMELY DISSAPPOINTED. *LA

THE CONSUMER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE, UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS AN EVAPORATION LEAK, THE LEAK WAS IN A ROLL OVER VALVE WHICH WAS APART OF THE GAS TANK. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER, THAT OVER 500 GAS TANKS WERE ON BACK ORDER. *JB

THE FAILURE OF REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT MECHANISM HAS ALLOWED THE OCCUPANT TO HIT THE FRONT SEAT BEFORE LOCKING. *LA

ELECTRIC COOLING FAN FALURE IN MY 99 JEEP GRAND CHARROKEE WHITCH IN TURN OVER HEATED THE JEEP RUPTURED THE RADIATOR CAUSING $884 IN DAMAGES. COME TO FIND OUT NEW FANS ARE BACK ON ORDER THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS ONGOING WITH JEEPS 98-2002 IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CARFUL PICKING OUT MY NEW CAR THANKS JOHN

ALMOST 100 REPAIRS 4 1/2 YEARS ON A NEW LEASED 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE. 15 MONTHS REMAIN ON LEASE. AIR CONDITION REPAIRED 5 TIMES. TOO MANY ITEMS TO LIST HERE.

WHENEVER THE HEADLIGHTS WERE IN USE THE SWITCH FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY FOR EITHER TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS ON OR OFF. THE HEAD LIGHTS WOULD ALSO FLASH ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY FOR THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *NLM

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND SINCE THE PURCHASE DATE I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS RANGING FROM BRAKES TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, MOST RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO LEAK FLUID. I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP AND THE LOCAL DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO STEP FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE HAS 30,K MILES AND IS A 3RD VEHICLE FOR ME TO USE, SO IT DOES NOT GET A LOT OF USUAGE. AT THIS POINT I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A COMPLAINT ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION, EXCEPT FOR THE LEAKING TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE AS TO THE NUMBER OF '99 JEEPS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM TO DO THE SAME AS I AM WITH MY FILED COMPLAINT. ALSO, JEEP HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ARROGANT ABOUT THEIR RESPONSES TO "NOT ASSIST" WITH THIS MATTER.

THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN OPEN POSITION. *AK *PH THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE OR TURN IT OFF. *TS *JB

INTERMITTENT AND ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS LIGHT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE ABS WIRING RUBBING THE STEERING WHEEL COMPONENT.*AK

HAD CAR 1 YR, 62,XXX MI; WHEN WE TEST DROVE WITH 36,XXX MILES, THE BRAKES SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING; DEALER INSTALLED NEW ROTORS; 3 MONTHS LATER I REPLACED BRAKES; 3 MONTHS AFTER THAT VIBRATING AGAIN - ROTORS TURNED AND REPLACED BRAKES AGAIN; BRAKES ARE SQUEAKING AGAIN NOW; IN SHOP FOR THIRD TIME FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - SLIPS GEARS, CLUNKING IN LOW GEARS, WON'T SHIFT, SURGES AHEAD WHEN STOPPING; REVS UP PRIOR TO SHIFTING; DEALER KEEPS REPLACING PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM; REPLACED 2 ELECTRICAL WINDOW REGULATORS (DRIVERS & PASSENGERS SIDE). THIS GORGEOUS VEHICLE IS A NIGHTMARE. *JB

VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN IDLE WHEN THE CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, IT WENT INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO A MAIL TRUCK. *AK CONSUMER DIDN'T CONTACT DEALER BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T FULLY PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. CONSUMER HEARD OF A RECALL WHEN THE VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. *PH *JB

CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL, AND WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER OR TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, BUT MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

LEAKING FUEL TANK. GAS IS LEAKING FROM THE THE VENT SEAL ( WELD ) AT THE TOP OF THE TANK.THIS PART CANNOT BE REPLACED.THE TANK MUST BE REPLACED. THE JEEP DEALER SAID THERE ARE 700 TANKS BACK ORDERED ! SO THERE IS A PROBLEM THOUGH JEEP DENIES IT. ALSO THE YEAR 2000 GRAND CHEROKEE HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME FUEL TANK. THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DRIVER PULLED OVER, CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. FIRE DEPARTMENT BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED.*AK. THE BRAKES APPLIED THEMSELVES AND FAILED TO RELEASE WHICH CAUSED THEM TO HEAT UP. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPAIRS MADE ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FELT THE VEHICLE WASN'T SAFE FOR HIS WIFE SO THEREFORE, HE SOLD IT. *PH. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. *JB

ONGOING REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS AND PADS. AFTER 108000 MILES I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 5 SETS, TURNED ROTORS AT LEAST 2X AND NOW THEY NEED IT AGAIN. CHRYSLER SAYS I HAVE TO PAY $500 TO FIX. ABSOLUTLEY ABSURD!!!!!!!!*AK

FRONT CALIPER BRAKES ARE CAUSING A HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE ITS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE DIFFERENTRAL. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER.

SERVICE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND DEALER INDICATES IT WAS DUE TO SOME PROBLEM WITH THE TRANS AXLE SYSTEM RELATED TO THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WHICH I HAVE NEVER USED --HE SAID THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE PARTS ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING AND SOMETIMES THE PARTS BECOME DEFECTIVE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, INDICATING THAT AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. DEALER CHECKED AIRBAG MODULE. *AK

BRAKES/ROTORS,TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB

DEFECTIVE BRAKE CALIPERS RESULTING IN WARPING OF BRAKE ROTORS. THIS CAUSES UNCONTROLLED SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL UNDER HIGH SPEED BRAKING MANEUVERS. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER HAS IDENTIFIED THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT REFUSES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSES LIABLILITY SINCE IT IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. *AK THREE NEW GOODYEAR TIRES HAD SIDEWALL TREAD SEPARATIONS WITHIN A PERIOD OF LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. ONE RESULTED IN A BLOW OUT AND TWO OF THE TIRES HAD A KNOT ON THE SIDEWALL. REFER TO ODI#10027229. *SCC *JB

THE CONSUMER HAS TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE IS NOT ON RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PURCHASED IN ONE OF THE STATES FOR RECALL #00V136000. HOWEVER, VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT 25/30 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE BODY PART STICKING IN OPEN, PER DEALERSHIP.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, CONSUMER SWERVED TO AVOID AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD ANS LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLLED, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING T AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN FUEL TANK LEVEL IS A QUARTER OR LESS AND WHILE TURNING LEFT AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF GAS AND ENGINE SHUTS OFF. AFTER COASTING THROUGH LIGHT AND STRAIGHTING OUT LINE OF TRAVEL,SEVERAL SECONDS OF RESTART ATTEMPTS EVENTUALLY RESTART ENGINE.VEHICLE CONTINUES ON NORMALLY.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

DEFECT IN ROTORS/CALIPERS ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. BRAKING AT 40 MILES & ABOVE CAR SHIMMIED.RROTORS CHANGED UNDER WARRANTY THREE TIMES WITHIN FIRST 2YEARS. ADAMS JEEP, WEST STREET, ANNAPOLIS, MD WOULD NO LONGER COVER UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DENIED THERE WAS A DEFECT. CHRYSER REP SAID IT WAS MY DRIVING AND WASHED THEIR HANDS OF ME. MY NEIGHBOR HAD SAME PROBLEM AND HE SAID A FRIEND OF HIS WHO WORKS FOR A JEEP DEALERSHIP IN MARYLAND TOLD HIM THERE IS A DEFECT BUT IT IS NOT THE ROTORS, IT'S THE CALIPERS THAT SIT ON TOP OF THE ROTORS THAT WAS WARPING THEM. HE GAVE ME HIS PAPER WORK AND IT SHOWED A SPECIAL "PACKAGE" CHRYSER HAD PUT TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM (I CAN SEND YOU THE PAPER WORK). I FAXED TO ADAMS JEEP, ENCLOSING MY NEIGHBOR'S PAPERWORK AND TOLD THEM I KNEW NOW OF THE DEFECT. I DEMANDED THEY FIX MY CAR WITH THIS PECIAL "PACKAGE". THEY CALLED FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER AND SAID "MS GINGELL, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR YOU AT NO CHARGE!" I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND WITH SAME CAR/YEAR WHO HAS SAME TROUBLE AND ADAMS JEEP HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR FREE. HER DAUGHTER ALSO HAS THE SAME TYPE OF JEEP AND SHE IS ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I WENT ONTO THE WEBSITE OF WWW.EDMUNDS.COM AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING THEIR ROTORS. I AM A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD NOW FROM SUPPOSEDLY HAVING PROBLEM FIXED AND ROTORS ARE AGAIN STARTING TO SHIMMY. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT BACK INTO ADAMS JEEP OF ANNAPOLIS. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD WITH 40,000 MILES. RECENTLY THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FAIL. THE DEALER SAYS THE 1999 DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE BRAKES ARE TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLE WEIGHT. JEEP RECOMMENDS THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS BE REPLACED WITH A LARGER ROTOR. JEEP TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKE. WONDER HOW MANY ROLLOVERS OCCUR WHEN YOUR OEM BRAKES ARE TOO SMALL TO STOP YOU?*AK

SINCE I PURCHASED THE MY 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR BRAKE REPAIRS SEVEN (7) TIMES AT INTERVALS RANGING FROM 2,000 TO 12,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN PULSATING/CHATTERING AT HIGH SPEED BRAKING...AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE DEALER HAS ALWAYS REPAIRED THE BRAKES AT NO COST TO ME. REPAIRS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN REPLACING THE CALIPERS AND TURNING THE ROTORS. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 36,000 MILES AND THEN RE-TURNED AT 41,700 MILES. I NOW HAVE 48,300 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES ARE PULSATING/CHATTERING AT HIGH SPEED BRAKING. THE DEALER SAID HE WOULD NO LONGER REPAIR THE BRAKES FOR FREE AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY FUTURE REPAIRS. BASED ON THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR CONDITIONS I HAVE READ ON THIS NHTSA SITE, THE BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE. A RECALL CERTAINLY SOUNDS IN ORDER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW COMPLETELY FELL INTO DOOR. POWER WINDOW MOTOR STILL APPEARED TO WORK, BUT THE WINDOW WOULDN'T RISE. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT REGULATOR WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

AFTER 27,000 MILES, ALL FOUR GOODYEAR, WRANGLER ST TIRES EXHIBIT CRACKS, ADJACENT TO THE RIM FOR THE FULL DISTANCE AROUND EACH TIRE. THE LOCAL GOODYEAR STORE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES ON A PRORATED BASIS. BASED UPON SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE, AND THE POTENTIAL UGLY RESULTS FROM TIRE FAILURE, I AM REGISTERING MY COMPLAINT ALSO. THE TIRE SIZE IS 225/75R16.*AK

HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKE ROTORS FOR THE THIRD TIME. *AK

BRAKE PROBLEMS - ROTORS/CALIPERS AND WHEEL CYLINDERS - ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE LOOKING TIRES OVER NOTICED A BUBBLE ON RIGHT FRONT SIDEWALL OF TIRE . DEALER REPLACED TIRE. *AK

I PURCHASED MY 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE IN OCTOBER 1999. WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS, I HAD THE ROTORS TURNED. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, I HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED ANOTHER TWO TIMES, HAD THEM REPLACED AND HAD NEW FRONT PADS PUT ON. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, I HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED AT LEAST THREE TIME AND HAD THE REPLACED ONE TIME. I'M NOW IN MY FOURTH YEAR OF OWNING THE VEHICLE AND AGAIN REPLACED THE ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS. AS THE CAR LEFT WARRANTY AT TWO YEARS, MY TOTAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS IS APPROXIMATELY $2,400. WITH THIS EXPENSE, I HAVE PUT OFF REPAIRS UNTIL THE DRIVING IS SO BAD BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD THEM. BRAKES ARE A SAFETY ISSUE AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN IGNORED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND NHTSA. WHEN THE ROTORS BECOME WARPED, THE CAR IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE WHILE BRAKING. I ONCE DROVE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE BRAKING IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE I WAS SCARED THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR IN MY LANE OF TRAFFIC. WHEN THE CAR IS 7000 MILES + ON THE RESURFACED OR REPLACED ROTORS, I DON'T LEND THE CAR TO ANYONE BECAUSE OF SAFETY. IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE RESULTS FROM BRAKING ON WARPED ROTORS, YOU WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY HANDLING THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO BE INJURED OR WORSE, DIE, FOR DAIMLER CHRYSLER OR NHTSA TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM? THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 4.7 LITRE. WHENEVER THE FUEL IS LESS THAN HALF A TANK THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN TAKING A CURVE OR MAKING A TURN.*AK I HAD TO TAKE TO A DITCH LAST WEEK TO AVOID BEING RUN OVER BY A SEMI WHEN THE ENGINE CUTOUT ELIMINATING THE CHANCE FOR ME TO ACCELERATE OUT OF HARMS WAY. ONE LOCAL DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROBLEM - ONE DENIES THEY EVER HEARD OF IT. A LOCAL MECHANIC TALK SHOW HAD SOMEONE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE CALL IN A COUPLD OF WEEKS AGO AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM WHEN I CALLED IN TODAY. A WOMAN AT CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS LAST WEEK PUT ME ON HOLD WHEN I CALLED IN AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK SHE SAID SHE WAS READING A SIMILAR COMPLAINT. SHE THEN DENIED THAT THERE IS ANY PROBLEM (BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARANTY). IF SOMEONE HAS NOT ALREADY DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM SOMEONE SURELY WILL. I WOULD APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU! JEFFREY C ASPLUND 952-890-1969

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB PH *JB

FRONT AND REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS FAIL AND LEAK FLUIDS REQUIRING REPLACMENT. FIRST INCIDENT, FRONT AN REAR SHOCKS REPLACED AT 36000 MILES. AT 54,000 MILES THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. CHRYSLER ADMITTED ON THE PHONE THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SHOCKS. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE SHOCKS. RIDE AND HANDLING ARE AFFECTED NEGATIVELY. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SINCE MAY 2001. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING CLUSTER HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. ON 7/8/2003, THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO SELL THE VEHICLE OR TRADE IT IN. *AK

ERRATIC, INTERMITTENT INSTRUMENTATION CLUSTER, FAILURE (SHUT-DOWN) WHILE DRIVING, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, AMP GAUGE, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, ODOMETER,GAS GAUGE AND TACHOMETER GAUGE. ISOLATED OCCURRENCES WITHOUT WARNING MADE IT DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN. BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS THIS EQUIPMENT FAILURE AS NOTED IN COMPANY SERVICE BULLETINS (081599) SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE VEHICLE OWNERS AND REPAIRED AT CHRYSLER EXPENSE.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH FAILING AXLES AND TRANSMISSION. *MR THE CONSUMER FELT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD FIX THE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH AXLES AND TRANSMISSION AND GIVE A WARRANTY FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. ALSO THE WINDOW LIFT LEAKED, THE REAR ABSORBERS, THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW LEAKED AIR, THE SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLTS, FIRE HAZARD ON THE MANIFOLD DEBRIS SHIELD, BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WILDLY(FRONT ROTORS TURNED), THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAD STUCK SHUT, THE EXTERIOR MIRROR HAD BROKEN OFF, AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO REVERSE. THERE WAS A BUZZ IN THE REAR WHICH HAD PROGRESSED TO A HOWL. REFER TO ODI# 10029353 *SCC *JB

BROKEN WINDOW MOTOR, SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLTS, LEAKING REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS, ETC...*MR THE CONSUMER FELT JEEP SHOULD FIX THE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH THE AXLES AND THE TRANSMISSION AND GIVE A WARRANTY FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NOISE WHILE IN MOTION. ALSO THE BROKEN WINDOW LIFT LEAKED, THE REAR ABSORBERS FAILED, THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW LEAKED AIR, THE SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLTS FAILED,AND A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD ON THE MANIFOLD DEBRIS SHIELD, THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WILDLY(FRONT WERE ROTORS TURNED), THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAD STUCK SHUT, THE EXTERIOR MIRROR HAD BROKEN OFF, AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO REVERSE. THERE WAS A BUZZ IN THE REAR WHICH HAD PROGRESSED TO A HOWL. REFER TO ODI# 10027025 *SCC *JB *JB *JB *CB

VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT.*AK

THERE HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG PULSATION WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT UNLOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

BAD ROTORS. *NLM

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. *AK TSB # 05 033 02 WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE BRAKES. THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER REPLACED AT OWN EXPENSE. AT 56K MILES, THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED LIGHTLY, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED SEVERELY AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL. *SCC *JB

PROBLEMS WITH CLOCK SPRING. *MR. *PH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WERE WARNING TONE SIGNALS WHEN A RIGHT TURN WAS MADE. *JB

THE ROTORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ARE GOING BAD AFTER HAVING THEM DONE LAST YEAR. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NORM. *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK, DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND LEFT THE DOOR OPEN. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE, AND HIT THE WALL, AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR CAME OFF. DRIVER JUMPED BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. JEEP, GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ,1999. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED EVERY 3,000-4,000 MILES...THE LAST TIME VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR PROBLEM, THE ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS DRIVER ABUSE FOR PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PARTS...I WAS FURIOUS! NOW AFTER 4,000 MILES. BRAKES ARE SHOT...VIOLENT STEERING WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 50+.... *JB

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW SUV, GRAND CHEROKEE, IN 1999. SINCE THEN, I'VE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE ROTOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE FROM SPEED >50 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 36,000 MILES, THE DEALER GRACIOUSLY FIXED THE PROBLEMS WITHOUT CHARGE. LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I HAD TO FIX THE SAME PROBLEM FOR A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR IT'S >36,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT JEEP HAS IMPROVED THE ROTOR DESIGN AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. BUT NOW I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. MY FRIEND OWNS THE SAME MODEL AND IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED JEEP BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT'S NOT A DEFECT. SO, AS A CONSUMER, AM I SUPPOSED TO FIX THE ROTOR ONCE EVERY 9 MONTHS? MY OTHER VEHICLES DO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM. *NLM

I OWN A 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT AND THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKE. UPON BRINGING IT TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP THE EMPLOYEE TOLD ME WHEN HE ORDERED THE PART THE PARTS STORE TOLD HIM THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF THEM BEING ORDERED FOR THAT VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF PERHAPS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE AND IF IT IS HOW TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE MONEY I PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED. *NLM

THIS IS MY SIXTH REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS AND CHRYSLER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE PARTS CONTINUING TO FAIL. THE DEALER STATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 1,000 CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD REPLACEMENT ROTORS INSTALLED AND MORE THAN 20% CONTINUE TO RETURN BECAUSE OF PULSATION AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AFTER COUNTLESS THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS LIKE MYSELF HAVE HAD TO ENDURE NOT ONLY UNSAFE DRIVING AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT INCONVENIENCES, ADDITIONAL OUT OF POCKET COSTS, TIME WASTED AND THE HASSLES OF DEALING WITH THE MANUFACTURE. THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY UNLESS NHTSA DOES SOMETHING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. *NLM

NAR 06/19/2003. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE DISK BRAKES EVER SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND REPAIR OR CONTINUE TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE VEHICLE. *CB *JB

I PURCHASED A NEW 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN MAY 1999. AFTER 11,000 MILES THIS VEHICLE BEGAN SHUDDERING WHEN BRAKING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED UNDER THE WARRANTY. AT 27,000 MILES (NOV. 2002) THE PROBLEM RETURNED . THIS TIME THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE PARTS AT NO CHARGE BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR TO REPLACE THE ROTORS. THE DEALER ASSURED ME THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THE BRAKE/SHUDDER PROBLEM. YESTERDAY, SEVEN MONTHS AND 5,000 MILES LATER IT TOOK THE CAR BACK IN FOR THE SAME BRAKING PROBLEM. THIS TIME, I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR TO HAVE THE CALIPERS REPLACED AND WARPED ROTORS. I AM FINDING THAT THIS BRAKE PROBLEM WITH JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES IS NOT ISOLATED TO MY CAR. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE "PROBLEMS" WITH THE BRAKES FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL. CHRYSLER/JEEP SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THE 1999 GRAND CHEROKEES AND PERMANENTLY FIX THIS FLAWED BRAKING SYSTEM. *JB

PURCHASED VEHICLE 1/29/99. BEGAN EXPERIENCING DANGEROUS SHAKING AND VIBRATION DURING BREAKING AROUND 20000 MILES. ON 9/15/00 REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AT 29503 MILES. SHAKING AND VIBRATION DURING RESUMED. REPLACED ROTORS AT 48532 MILES ON 11/14/01. DANGEROUS SHAKING AND VIBRATION RESUMED DURING BREAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OFTEN RESULTING IN DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE. AT 68918 MILES REPLACED BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS ON 6/12/03. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN A MAJOR CITY, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY WHEELS STOPPED TURNING AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN. I CALLED 911 AND ASSISTANCE WAS IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED. I WAS DRIVING A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. ONCE THE TOW TRUCK AND A VEHICLE MECHANIC ARRIVED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS DEFECTIVE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE STEMMED FROM A FACTORY DEFECT. I WOULD LIKE FOR AN INVESTIGATION TO TAKE PLACE REGARDING THE AFOREMENTIONED TYPE OF VEHICLE TO SEE IF THIS INDEED WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. I HAVE A TOWING AND VEHICLE MECHANIC BILL THAT I HAD TO PAY REGARDING THIS INCIDENT THAT I THINK SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER IF THIS PROVES TO BE A PROBLEM CREATED BY THEM. THIS COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT FOR ME AS WELL AS FOR MY 3, 13, AND 18 YEAR OLD PASSENGERS HAD THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE OR AT ANY RATE OF SPEED HIGHER THAN THE SPEED OF ABOUT THE ESTIMATED 15 MPH OR SO WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THE TURN. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU REGARDING THIS MATTER.*AK

BRAKES STILL SQUEAK AFTER BEING REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. AIR CONDITIONER WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS ALSO A FOUL ODOR COMING OUT OF IT. HAD TO FILL WITH FREON ONCE A MONTH. NO AIR CONDITIONER NOW. *TT

BRAKES DO NOT WORK WHEN GOING AT A HIGH SPEED. VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK. VEHICLE POPPED INTO REVERSE ,AUSING AN ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN A PARKING LOT.*AK

HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED FIVE TIMES AT 40,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 50 MPH OR ABOVE WHICH CAUSED PULSATION AND VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END WHICH FELT AS IF THE FRONT WHEELS WERE GOING TO FALL OFF. *TT

CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE RUNNING. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, VEHICLE ROLLED BACK AND DAMAGED THE FENCING OF THE RESIDENCE. VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. ONLY 45,000 MILES. VEHICLE STALLED WHEN MAKING TURNS AND NOW STALLS WHEN OPERATING AT HIGH SPEEDS. LAST TIME VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES AN HOUR AND STALLED. USUALLY THE VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP AS SOON AS IT IS PUT IN NEUTRAL AND YOU TURN THE KEY. BUT ON SOME OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAS HAD TO SIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP ON 2 OCCASIONS AND EACH TIME WHEN IT ARRIVES AND IS CHECKED BY MECHANICS IT STARTS UP. MECHANICS AND COMPUTER CHECKS REVEALED NO PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT IS POSSIBLY A COMPUTER PROBLEM IN THE VEHICLE AND THE REASON THE DEALERS FOUND NOTHING WRONG IS THE COMPUTER RESETS ITSELF EACH TIME THE JEEP IS RESTARTED. NOT SURE BUT THE DEALERSHIPS CANNOT GIVE ME ANY ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I AM WORRIED THAT VEHICLE STALLING AT HIGH SPEEDS IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS A PROBLEM YOU HAVE FOUND IN OTHER JEEPS AND IF YOU KNOW A REMEDY. JEEP HAS ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PAST SUCH AS TWO AUTO DOOR LOCKS GOING BAD, AIR CONDITIONER WENT BAD, AND THE BATTERY FAILED. NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED SOMEHOW OR NOT. CHECK OF PAST OWNER RECORDS SHOWS MAINTENANCE FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT 21418 MILES (2/19/01) AND 33488 (2/28/02) AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 33488 MILES. *TT

IN APRIL OF 2002 I PURCHASED A USED 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FROM A LOCAL DEALER BECAUSE IT HAD ONLY 14000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS DUE TO VIBRATION 2 TIMES. AT 46000 MILES I PUT NEW TIRES ON THIS TO QUIET A NOISE PROBLEM. NOW AT 65000 MILES THE NOISE IS EXTREME COMING FROM DRIVE TRAIN. I WAS TOLD TODAY THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE RING/PINION GEAR ASSEMBLIES USED ON THE 99/00 MODEL YEAR JEEPS. BUT THERE HAS YET TO BE A RECALL REGARDING THIS CONDITION. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE DURABILITY OF THE PRODUCT, AS IT SHOULD HAVE LASTED FAR LONGER THAN 65000 MILES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AMOUNT PAID FOR IT! HOPEFULLY CHRYSLER WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN QUALITY. BUT I DOUBT IT. THE ROARING AND HOWLING NOISE IS SO LOUD THAT YOU CAN NOT HEAR OTHERS TALKING AT ROAD SPEED, AND I AM GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE, BUT DUE TO THE GREAT COST OF IT, I CANNOT TRADE IT OR AFFORD TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE I AM ON DISABILITY!!!!!!!!!! *NLM

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 40 TO 65MPH, I AM HEARING A WHINE COMMING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE. I PRESUME IT IS FROM THE TRANSFER CASE OR THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS MY SECOND JEEP, AND COULD BE MY LAST IF I CAN'T RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

**SAFETY ISSUE ** AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, FUEL SPEWED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, FORMING A PUDDLE APPROXIMATELY 2 FT IN DIAMETER. EVENTUALLY IT SLOWED TO A DRIP. I TOOK IT TO SHAKOPEE DODGE TO FIX THE LEAK. $374.19 LATER, IT'S FIXED. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO ARGUE THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, AS IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN. THEY CHOSE NOT TO SUPPORT ME, AND SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING.

I TOOK MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM I WAS HAVING WITH THE GAS GAUGE FAILING TO REGISTER HOW MUCH GAS I HAD IN MY TANK. I WAS CHARGED $55.00 JUST TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I HAD A DEFECTIVE FLOTATION SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK. THE PART IS GOING TO COST $124.00, NOT INCLUDING LABOR. I EXPECT THE REPAIR BILL FOR THIS PROBLEM TO BE AT LEAST $200.00, NOT COUNTING THE $55.00 I'VE ALREADY PAID JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE JEEP HAS LESS THAN 52,000 MILES ON IT, SO I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING THIS SOON. I'VE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN LATE MODEL JEEP CHEROKEES, YET THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PUT ON A RECALL LIST (AT LEAST, MINE ISN'T ON A RECALL LIST). I CONTACTED THE JEEP (DAIMLER/CHRYSLER) HEADQUARTERS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, AND THEY DECLINED. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I FEEL I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEP CHEROKEES. PLUS, THIS VEHICLE HAS TOO LOW OF A MILEAGE TO BE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 1999. (PURCHASED NEW) WE ARE HAVING CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. TODAY THE 3RD SET OF NEW ROTORS WERE INSTALLED. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 28,700 MILES!!!! WHEN BRAKING THIS IS A VERY UNSTABLE VEHICLE. VIBRATIONS ARE SO SEVERE IT FEELS AS IF YOU COULD LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. WHY NO RECALL??????? *NLM

THE VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL MOTOR FAILED. *NLM

I OWN A 1999 SIX-CYLINDER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (PURCHASED NEW). HAVE HAD RECURRENT BRAKE PROBLEMS. ROTORS WARP PREMATURELY. BRAKING CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD, CAR AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. HAD ROTORS TURNED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AND NEW PADS. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER IS AWARE THEY HAVE PUT INFERIOR BRAKES ON THEIR VEHICLES BUT REFUSE TO ADMIT IT. PRESSURE NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THIS COMPANY. I AM PURCHASING A WHOLE NEW SET OF RAYBESTOS ROTORS AND PADS AS I AM SICK OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS MAYBE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BRAKES, YET DAIMLER-CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. *NLM

BETWEEN 45K-$65K MILES HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND RE-MACHINED TWICE, MOST RECENTLY ADVISED TO UPGRADE TO AFTERMARKET CERAMIC PADS, 10K MILES LATER EXACT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. BRAKES PULSE AT ALL SPEEDS ONCE WARM, BOTH DURING DRIVING AND PARTICULARLY WHEN APPLIED CAUSING VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHIMMY. 80% OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY AND THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. MULTIPLE DEALERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 99-01 MODELS BUT THAT CHRYSLER WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. NOW I'VE BEEN ADVISED TO REPLACE WITH A NEWER CALIPER DESIGN THAT WILL COST AN ADDTL. $450 BRINGING MY TOTAL BRAKE EXPENSES ON THE FRONT AXLE TO WELL OVER $1000 IN 1 YEAR. *NLM

BROKEN ELEVATOR BRACKET ON DRIVERS POWER SEAT. THE FRONT LEFT BRACKET HAS BROKEN AT THE WELD. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THIS WELD HAD BEEN ADEQUATELY FUSED TO THE AXIS SHAFT. THE BRACKET BROKE IN HALF AT THE POINT WHERE IT IS INTERSECTED BY THE AXIS COMPONENT. SOMETIMES THIS SEAT ROCKS BACKWARD SUDDENLY WHEN DRIVING WHICH DIMINISHES MY ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I AM MORE CONCERNED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT IS NOT ANCHORED TO THE VEHICLE CHASSIS AS DESIGNED. IN THE EVENT OF BEING THE VICTIM OF A REAR END COLLISION, I ANTICIPATE BEING THROWN TO THE REAR OF THE CAB DUE TO LACK OF RESTRAINT. I AM VIRTUALLY THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE AND THE SEAT HAS ONLY BEEN ELEVATED FROM ITS LOWEST POSITION A FEW TIMES. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $586 (TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY) AS THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS FAILURE IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT DUE TO WEAR OR MISUSE. THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISES DRIVER AND OCCUPANT SAFETY. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES - ROTORS ON JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THEY HAVE CHANGED TO DIFFERENT ROTORS THAT COST MORE VERSES THE GENERAL REPLACEMENT ONES. THE PRICE WAS DOUBLE?? *NLM

1999 JEEP BRAKE ROTORS- SHAKING WHILE BRAKING. PURCHASED JEEP WITH 45,000 MILE AND THEY RESURFACED THEM BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. KNOW AT 60000 MILE IT SHAKES AGAIN PULLING LIKE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED. IT IS VERY SERIOUS SHAKING AND IF NOT PREPARED COULD AND PROBABLY HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS. TOOK JEEP IN FOR UNRELATED SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT JEEP HAS COME OUT WITH NEW ROTORS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME $407.00 DOUBLE WHAT REGULAR ROTOR WOULD COST?? I WANT TO KNOW IF SOMEONE CAN HELP EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE NOT BACKING THEIR PRODUCT IF THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM? THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW THIS OTHER WISE WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO SELL ME ANOTHER PRODUCT TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. I HAVE HEARD AND READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT JEEPS AND THE BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS KNOW AFTER CHECKING THIS OFFICE'S COMPLAINT FILES. SOME ONE PLEASE POINT ME TO WHOM I SHOULD TALK TO. I AM IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD AND HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE SHAKE WHILE BRAKING LIKE THIS BEFORE IS JEEP NOT BACKING IT'S VEHICLES?? *NLM

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB

FAULTY GEN 3 SEATBELT INSTALLED ON 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALL AND WOULD NOT RESTART. *NLM

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OURSELVES, I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND WOULD LIKE THE SEAT BELTS REPLACED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND INJURIES RELATED TO THE GENERATION 3 UNLATCHING PROBLEMS. I HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD, A 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND WOULD BE DEVASTATED IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO HER THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. WE SPENT $20,000 ON THIS VEHICLE AND EXPECT IT TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. THE HORN FAILED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. THE DOOR LOCKS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHEN AT IDLE FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED MORE THAN THREE TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE BRAKES VIBRATED AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASE. THE CONSUMER HAS REQUESTED JEEP TO BUY BACK THE VEHICLE. MR SCC *NLM

PLASTIC CLIP ON WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. WINDOW FELL INTO DOOR & STARTLED DRIVER AT HIGHWAY SPEED ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT. NEW UNIT FROM DEALER HAS BEEN REDESIGNED W/ METAL COMPONENT BUT NO RECALL ON OBVIOUS PROBLEM/SAFETY DEFECT. *NLM

DURING FOUR YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, I HAVE HAD 5 REPLACEMENTS OF ROTORS. CAUSING SERIOUS VIBRATIONS OF THE WHEELS, STEERING AND THE ENTIRE AUTO. *NLM

I KNOW YOU DON'T CARE AND WILL DO NOTHING TO REMEDY THIS SAFETY DEFECT, BUT JUST SO I CAN SAY THAT I TOLD YOU. THE BRAKE ROTORS FOR THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ARE NO GOOD AND WARP WITHIN 3 TO 6,000 MILES. THE OPERATORS AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ARE PUT IN DANGER WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OUT OF CONTROL AS THE WHEEL IS PULLED FROM YOUR HANDS AND SWERVES AS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. THE DEALERS DO NOT OFFER ANY PERMANENT REPAIRS AND CHARGE THE CUSTOMER TO TURN THE ROTORS AGAIN AND AGAIN. WITH EACH EPISODE OTHERS ARE PUT IN DANGER, AGAIN AND AGAIN. I GUESS SOMEDAY WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THE NHTSA WITH A JAPANESE GROUP TOO, BECAUSE YOU ARE ABOUT AS EFFECTIVE AS THE AMERICAN AUTO MFGRS IN CAUSING AN IMPROVEMENT. *NLM

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WORN, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB *TS

B.F. GOODRICH TRAIL A/P P245/70 R16 106S M+S SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. DOT BF9LF93J. THIS IS THE 2ND REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ON THESE TIRES IN 6 MONTHS. THE FIRST OCCURRED 3 MONTHS AGO AT 40 MPH, YESTERDAYS OCCURRED AT 65 MPH. THE UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL STATED THAT WHEN THE FRONT TIRES BLOWOUT, THERE MOST LIKELY WILL BE FATALITIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. *JB

THE FUEL LINE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO "PUTTER" THEN STALL. *JB

THE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. *JB

THE ENTIRE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: NO HORN, INTERIOR LIGHTS, OR DOOR LOCKS, THE ABS/BRAKES LIGHTS WERE ON, CONTINUOUS OVERHEATING WHEN IDLED, DESPITE REPEATED BRAKE WORK, THEY WERE STILL A PROBLEM, THE DASHLIGHTS DIDN'T GET BRIGHT AS NORMAL, HISSING NOISE IN THE BRAKES (BOOSTER WAS REPLACED), BLOWER MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE ALONG WITH MODE POSITION (REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER WIRING HARNESS), FRONT PINION SEAL LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS A BROKEN BOLT IN THE REAR STABILIZER BAR (REMOVED), WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE FROM PARK, IT SHIFTED HARD (REPLACED DRIVESHAFT), THE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED, THE BRAKES PULSATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS (TSB WAS COMPLETED), THE BLOWER MODULE WAS REPLACED, ALL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING,ALL WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED HIGHER THAN NORMAL (REPLACED THE FAN POWER TRANSMITTER), THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND THE ARM HAD BROKEN (REPLACED THE REAR ARM). THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THE DEALER TO BACK THE VEHICLE. MR SCC

THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING. *JB *NLM

CHRYSLER KNOWS THEY HAVE EVAPORATOR FAILURES DUE TO INFERIOR COILS THAT LAST LESS THAN 4 YEARS. THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO COVER THIS COST TO THE CONSUMER. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER JEEP CHEROKEE. *JB

BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAVE REPLACED MY ROTORS 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE USED. DC HAS A TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT WILL ONLY PERFORM IT IF UNDER 35000. THIS PROBLEM OF WARPED ROTORS IS A DANGER TO MYSELF AND THE PUBLIC. PLEASE FORCE DC TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

BAD ROTORS AND BAD FUEL PUMP. *NLM

WHEN BRAKING HARD THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END VIBRATED SEVERELY. THERE IS A TSB 05-003-02 FOR THIS ISSUE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS WHILE PARKED ON A HILL WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. THE DOOR WAS DAMAGED. *JB

THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ROTORS YET THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF OUT GEAR. *JB THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF OUT GEAR.*MR

THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE SERVICED ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *TS. THE WEATHER STRIP WAS LOOSE ON THE RIGHT REAR DOOR, ALSO THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. *JB

DIMINISHED BRAKING AND STOPPING DISTANCE. REPLACING FRONT ROTORS OF VEHICLE FOR 3RD TIME AT 80000 MILES. THE LAST BRAKE INSPECTION AT 70000 MILES INDICATED 80% LIFE REMAINING FOR FRONT AND BACK BRAKES. CURRENTLY AT 80000 MILES FRONT BRAKES ARE AT 10% LIFE. REPLACED ROTORS FOR FIRST TIME AT 57000 MILES. ALSO, HAD ROTORS "DEGLAZED" AT 24000 MILES DUE TO SQUEAKS AND DIMINISHED STOPPING ABILITY. *JB

A SEVERE SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS, AND IS GETTING WORSE. WAS TOLD BY A DEALER "DICK HANNAH" IN WASHINGTON, CHRYSLER WOULD NOT PAY FOR ANY PROBLEMS THOUGH CHRYSLER HAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM. I FOUND A LOCAL COMPANY TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT $200 LESS THAN THE DEALER. I AM STILL VERY PISSED-OFF ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OF CHRYSLER. WITH THIS MANY COMPLAINTS WHY ARE THEY SO UNWILLING TO PAY FOR, WHAT SOUNDS TO ME, LIKE AN ENGINEERING MISTAKE IN THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKES. I WILL NEVER BUY A CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN. *JB

BRAKES PADS AND ROTOR FAILURE BOUGHT NEW AT 8000 ROTORS VIBRATING AND PULSATING AND AGIAN AT 12-13000 AND AGAIN AT 22000 AND AGAIN AT 36000 AND ONCE AGAIN AT 45000 DEALER DID TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS BUT AT ONE TIME THEY CHARGED ME FOR PADS AT 102.00 VERY HIGH AND RIGHT KNOW I HAVE 56000 AND AGAIN ROTOR VIBRATING

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, I REPLACED THE THE REAR PINION BEARING IN APRIL OF 2001 AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. DAIMLER/CHRYSTLER IS UNWILLING TO WORK WITH ME ON THE REPAIR OF THIS ITEM. HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER REPAIRED THIS ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE ONCE, MUCH LESS TWICE!

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS, HOWEVER 1 YEAR LATER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AND RESURFACED TWICE. *AK *JB

1999 JEEP AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE FAILED. *JB

KEYLESS ENTRY LOCK SYSTEM ISN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. PH *NLM

THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, PADS, AND CALIPERS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $400. THIS IS DUE TO A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY CHRYSLER IN EARLY 2002. ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER RECOMMENDS THIS KIT FOR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES, IT WILL ONLY COVER THE COST OF THIS CHANGE FOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE ORIGINAL CALIPER DESIGN WAS A TWO PISTON ARRANGEMENT THAT APPLIED UNEVEN PRESSURE TO THE ROTOR THROUGH THE BRAKE PADS RESULTING IN UNEVEN WEAR ON THE ROTORS. THE NEW CALIPER IS A FOUR PISTON DESIGN THAT APPLIES PRESSURE IN A MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED FASHION. AN INADEQUATE DESIGN OF THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER THAT RESULTS IN UNEVEN WEAR IS A SAFETY ISSUE THE COST OF WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHRYSLER FOR ALL VEHICLES CONTAINING THIS PROBLEM. I WAS ADVISED BY CHRYLSER THAT IF A RECALL IS ISSUED IN THE FUTURE I WOULD BE REIMBURSED. *NLM

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLE.

THE ROTORS WARPED AT A LOW MILEAGE. *JB

1999 JEEP TRANSMISSION FAILURE, HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3300.00. NEVER HAS BEEN OFF ROAD, CITY DRIVING UNDER 64,000 MILES. *JB

I WAS DRIVEN OFF THE HIGHWAY BY A SNOW PLOW. I WAS DRIVING MORE THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR AND I STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON. THE COMPLAINT RESULTS FROM THE FACT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH JEEP CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WAS A FAILURE.*JB

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AT 30,000 MILES. JEEP WILL DO NOTHING SINCE WE DID NOT TAKE THE EXPENSIVE EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOTICED ON YOUR SITE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION, ANY POSSIBILITIES OF A RECALL? *JB

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR DID NOT LOCK WITH THE AUTOMATIC LOCKING SYSTEM.*JB

EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET OVER HEATED AND BURNED UP IN TURN HAD CAUSED OVER HEATING IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THIS LED TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. KEYLESS ENTRY LOCK HAD MALFUNCTION ALSO.*JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER WAS INJURED.*JB

AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED, GAS STARTED TO SPILL OUT OF THE TANK.*JB

THE CONSUMER SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF UNCONTROLLABLY IN REVERSE. *DT *JB

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO TROUBLE-SHOOT. HE INDICATED IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST HAD THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS AND FINALLY REFUSED TO WORK ON IT SAYING THAT HE HAD SEEN NUMEROUS 1999 MODELS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND REFERRED ME TO THE DEALER. CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY; DEALER SERVICE DEPT INDICATED THE PROBLEM WASN'T WIDE-SPREAD. 1,1000 TO FIX. *JB

BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 37,000 MIILES. THEY HAD WARPPED BADLY. PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 24000 MILES BUT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL I COULD AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM AS IT IS EXPENSIVE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE STEERING SHOCK VIOLENTLY. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. *JB

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS FAILED, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY AN INOPERATIVE REGULATOR.*JB *TS

SEATBELT COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FROM RETRACTOR TO ALLOW USE.*JB

WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

DRIVERS SEAT TRACK MECHANISM ON LT. FRONT CORNER, SNAPPED, CAUSING THE SEAT TO BECOME LOOSE AND NOT SECURE

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT. *JB THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND THE DRIVER SIDE LOCK ASSEMBLY WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP. SCC

WHILE DRIVING TO FLORIDA IN OUR 1999 JEEP GRANG CHEROKEE, THE TIE ROD ON DRIVERS SIDE DROPPED TO THE GROUND. FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE WERE NOT GOING FAST AT THE TIME. THE TIE ROD END WHICH CONSISTS OF A BALL AND SOCKET CAME APART. INSPECTION BY A JEEP DEALER DETERMINED THAT ALL 4 TIE ROD ENDS (2 TIE ROD AND 2 DRAG LINK) WERE LOOSE AND IN DANGER OF FAILING. IF WE HAD BEEN MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, WE WOULD HAVE LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL. THERE ARE NO GREASE FITTINGS ON THE FAILED AND FAILING PARTS AND NO MENTION OF HAVING THE TIE ROD ENDS CHECKED AT REGULAR INTERVALS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. WE ENDED UP HAVING ALL FOUR TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE ALIGNED, AND BUYING FOUR NEW TIRES, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE JUST FEEL FORTUNATE WE WEREN'T IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR WORSE. THE FAILURE OF THE TIR ROD ENDS SHOULD BE MADE A RECALL FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS.

A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 28000 MILES DEVELOPED A GRINDING NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. UPON INSPECTION AT A LOCAL SERVICE STATION IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL FOUR ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CRACKED.I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS ONLY 12,000MILES , THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT THE ROTORS WERE PROBABLY DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE/MACHINE THE FRONT ROTORS EVERY 8 - 10,000 MILES SINCE I PURCHASED THE THE VEHICLE NEW. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME ALL KINDS OF EXCUSSES FROM WARE AND TEAR TO DRIVING INRAIN CAUSE THE ROTOR TO WARP WHEN THEY ARE HOT AND HIT WATER. I THINK IT THE CALIPER THAT ARE PROBLEM AND NOT THE PAD OR ROTOR.

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START; ENGINE CRANKS W/O STARTING. INITIALLY IT WOULD CRANK FOR LONG PERIODS, IE. 20 SECONDS, AND START. THEN NOT AT ALL. TOOK IT TO DEALER, WHO WAS AWARE OF SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED RE: FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM, AT TANK FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. REPAIR WAS MADE AT COST OF APPR. $400.00. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FREE OF CHARGE.

PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE TO WAS IN A COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. PH

THE BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD AND WHEN PRESSING THE VEHICLE SHIMMIES VIOLENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE/MACHINE THE FRONT ROTORS EVERY 8 - 10,000 MILES SINCE I PURCHASED THE THE VEHICLE NEW IN SEPTEMBER, 1999.

WHILE DRIVING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

ON DECEMBER 7, 2002 MY FAMILY AND I (INCLUDING MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER) WERE DRIVING DOWN THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AND OUR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CAUGHT FIRE. A STATE TROOPER AIDED US IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT AND WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE. UPON OUR RETURN HOME THAT EVENING WE DISCOVERED A DAIMLER CHRYSLER RECALL NOTICE (RECALL: B06) IN THE MAIL STATING THAT A DEFECT IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD MAY RESULT IN AND UNDERHOOD FIRE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS SINCE INFORMED US THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 3 YEARS OLD THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE US FOR THE COSTS OF REPAIR OR PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW OR WHY THE FIRE OCURRED.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR END AND TRANSFER CASE PROBLEMS. ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A SPECIALIST FOR THE TRANSFER CASE AND REAR END AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY WILL QUIT WORKING ON THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING WITH TO MANY DEFECTIVE PROBLEMS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT WARRANTY. MANUFACTURE WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES. TS

PASSENGER RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM DOOR POST ASSEMBLY THEREBY PROHIBITING THEIR USE.

DRIVER HAD THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THIS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE.

CAR WAS MAKING A LOW PITCHED GRUNTING NOISE, AND SLOW ON ACCELERATION, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSFER CASE HAD A HOLE IN IT. CAUSED BY THE CHAIN IN THE TRANSFER CASE BECOMING LOOSE AND RUBBING AGAINST THE CASE.

THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE FROM THE PARK POSITION AND PLACED IN REVERSE, WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE HAD TAKEN OFF OUT OF CONTROL, HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. SCC

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 4.7 LITER V8 HAS A NASTY WHITE FOAM WHERE I FILL THE OIL. LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF EMULSIFICATION. MAYBE WATER IN MY OIL. I CHANGED THE OIL THIS WEEKEND WHEN IT WAS 2 DEGREES OUT AND THE WHITE FOAM WAS FROZEN IN CHUNKS WHICH THEN FELL DOWN THE TUBE. IS THERE A TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD SIMILAR PROBLEMS FROM OTHERS WITH THE 4.7 LITER. HOW CAN I GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED BY JEEP?

CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO A BAD BRAKE PUMP.*JB

THE WIND GUST FROM AN ONCOMING SEMI CAUSED THE HOOD ON MY 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TO POP OPEN. THE SECONDARY LATCH HELD THANKFULLY

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS COME ON BY THEMSELVES.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 45-50 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT,STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIED, AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPERS HAD LOCKED UP AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CALIPERS,ROTOR,PADS ETC,. PROBLEM RECURRED. *NLM

WE ARE IN A DISUPUTE WITH DIALMERCHRYSLER REGARDING A ENGINE REPAIR WITH OUR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. ON DEC. 23, 2002 WE BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE A ROCKER ARM SPRING BROKE CAUSING A ROD TO BREAK THROUGH THE VALVE COVER AND DROP DOWN INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING $1600 IN DAMAGE. THE JEEP HAS 43,000 MILES ON IT AND IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WE PURCHASED THE JEEP IN FEB. 2002 AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS, A LEAKING SEALS AND NOW THE ENGINE PROBLEM. WHEN WE APPROACHED CHRYSLER ABOUT POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR BILL, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ENGING PROBLEMS AND WE DID NOT PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THEY WOULD NOT HELP US. OUR POINT IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DOUBTFUL THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS KIND OF PROBLEM (NOR SHOULD IT HAVE THIS PROBLEM) WITH SUCH LOW MILES. ALSO, WE WERE NEVER OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AT TIME OF PURCHASE. WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE SALESMAN HE STATED THAT COST WAS AN ISSUE WHEN BUYING THE JEEP SO HE DIDN'T WANT THE PRICE TO BE ANY HIGHER. ISN'T COST ALWAYS THE ISSUE WHEN BUYING A NEW CAR AND SHOULDN'T WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED A CHANCE TO PURCHASE THE WARRANTY? WE FEEL THAT A $6 SPRING SHOULDN'T CAUSE $1600 TO AN ENGINE ANYHOW. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD BE OF HELP TO US?

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE RECALL PART. DEALER HAS THE PART AND DIDN'T CALL THE CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING,VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS, VEHICLE WILL STICK IN GEAR. THE DEALERS INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS SHUT AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

OIL PUMP SEIZED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CUT OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEED.TS...*AK

VIOLENT SHAKING IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE

VEHICLE SHIFT GEARS BY ITSELF. VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK GEAR AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

I HAVE A 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I CURRENTLY HAVE 34,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHEN I USE THE BRAKES. I WAS TOLD THE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THE FIRST TIME (19,000 MILES). I JUST BROUGHT THE CAR BACK IN TODAY FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT CHRYSLER CAME OUT WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE ROTORS, BUT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. THIS IS BS. I'M A MECHANIC IN THE AIR FORCE AND THIS IS A BIG TIME SAFETY ISSUE. IF LEFT UNCORRECTED THIS MAY EVENTUALLY CAUSE BREAK FAILURE. TS

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 6CYL. MILEAGE 78000. DURING REFUELING, FUEL WOULD NOT ENTER GAS TANK. AFTER HAVING ONE DEALER LOOK AND STATE IT NEEDED GAS FILLER TUBE WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE ORDERED. I MANAGE TO GET GAS IN CAR AND GET HOME FROM 200 MILES AWAY. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE VEHICLE I NOTICE GAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. TOOK TO LOCAL DLR, THEY HAD TO REPLACE FUEL LINE TO GAS TANK AND FILLER TUBE. THIS WAS A $470.00 REPAIR. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK SYSTEM ON THIS JEEP. THIS IS A VARY SERIOUS SITUATION DUE TO FUMES GETTING INTO THE PASSENGER AREA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE FROM LEAKING FUEL RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE CAR. TWO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR IS THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKS DUE TO A BAD O-RING(THIS IS A 10 CENT PART THAT COST $500.00 TO REPLACE BECAUSE THE TRANSFER CASE HAS TO BE TAKEN APART), FRONT WHEEL BEARING GOING BAD @ 78000 MILES, REPLACEMENT COST $400.00. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT OR REAR WINDOWS WOULD FAIL AND STICK IN THE SEAL CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

SEAT BELTS. THE SEATBELT LATCH MECHANISM ON THIS VEHICLE CONSIST OF A METAL MECHANISM SURROUNDED BY A PLASTIC COVER. THE PLASTIC COVER IS POOR FITTING, ALLOWING THE SEATBELT PART TO BE INSERTED BETWEEN THE PLASTIC COVER AND THE MECHANISM, THEREBY NOT BEING FASTENED AT ALL, AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT REALIZING IT UNTIL IT COMES APART AS YOU DRIVE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES VERY CAREFUL INSERTION OF SEAT BELT PART INTO MECHANISM, SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT.

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WITH LEFT TURN OF VEHICLE. THE DEALER CAN NOT EASILY FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSES THIS. OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS.

WHILE IN MOTION, THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPPED INTO THE DOOR. THE REGUALTOR HAD WORN AND BROKE. *JG TS

4 WHEEL DRIVE FAILURE ON SNOWY INCLINE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF 4 WHEEL LOW , LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE SLID BACKWARDS AT LEAST 75 TO 100 FT. INTO AN EMBANKMENT. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, I WAS COMING UP SNOWY DRIVEWAY THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HAD VEHICLE IN 4 WHEEL LOW AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MAKE IT UP HILL AND SLID BACKWARDS ON ME, AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO MY DRIVING HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY IT OCCURRED AGAIN AND REALIZED THAT VEHICLE HAD KICKED OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND ONLY REAR WHEELS WORKING. PREMATURE WEARING OF FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, SHIMMY AND SQUEAL WHEN APPLING BRAKES. DT

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND CONSUMER HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION. CONSUMER STATES THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD AND SLIPPED ON ACCELERATION. FOUND WRONG FLUID IN TRANSMISSION. IGNITION CYLINDER LOOSE. DEALER ADVISED THIS WAS NORMAL. TRANSMISSION BANGED WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. *TT

THE CONSUMER PLACED THE SHIFTER IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH IT STILL RUNNING. ONCE THE CONSUMER STEPPED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE SHE HEARD A POP THEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT A DUMPSTER. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS DAMAGED AND THE REAR HATCH WINDOW SHATTERED. *TS *NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE FASTER THE VEHICLE IS GOING THE MORE IT WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. TS

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE BRAKE/ROTOR PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A PERMANENT FIX. THE CONSUMER STATES THE EVERY 6-9 MONTHS(AVERAGE)THE BRAKES/ROTORS MUST BE REPAIRED-3 TIMES. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT STEERING PULLS TO LEFT WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER ALSO ADVISED THAT STEERING PULLS "DRAMATICALLY" TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS REPLACED/REPAIRED SEVERAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING TIRES, STEERING GEAR BOX AND 3 ALIGNMENTS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TS

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHIMMYS, ALSO WHEN SLOWING DOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO JEEP AND THEY REPLACED ROTORS AND CALIPERS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURING. THE DEALER IS NOW REPLACING THE BEARINGS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DASHLIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY WORK. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE FUSES HAVE BEEN CHANGED, TWENTY MINUTES LATER THE LIGHTS ARE OUT AGAIN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *JG

INTERMITTENT HARD STARTING OR EXTENDED CRANKING. DIAGONOIS-FUEL PUMP LOSING PRESSURE DUE TO FUEL PUMP O-RING(FUEL SEAL). DT

CONSUMER STATE DRIVER SEAT TRACK BRACKET HAS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED CANT FIX PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ROLLED BACKWARDS AND HIT A PARKED VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER IT ONLY INCLUDED 1993-1998 MODELS. MR *JB

THE DEFOGGER FOR HEAT VENILATION WILL NOT BLOW OUT HEAT. THE BLEND AIR DOOR ARM BROKE OFF THIS IS PART OF THE HEATER BOX. CAUSING FOG ON THE OUTISIDE OF THE WINDOW. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

BRAKES CALIPERS ARE USAFE AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES AND LAST ONLY A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES AT MOST. THIS IS DANGEROUS AT TIMES. DT

CONSUMER STATEED THE REAR CARRIER BEARINGS IN THE REAR AXEL WERE WORN. * TS CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT, THE DEALER REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, WAS INFROMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, PARTS IS BACK ORDER. TS

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING WHEEL UP ON BRAKING. TS

MFR# B02 & NHTSA# 02 V 053 000/INADVERTENT VEHICLE MOVEMONT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAVE DIFFICULTY OF SHIFTING OUT OF PARKED AT 50 DEGREE OR COOLER SINCE THE RECALL REPAIRS WAS MADE AT THE DEALER ADAM JEEP, IN ABERDEEN, MD. PHONE# 410/879 5800. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON A ROUTINE VISIT. MECHANIC STATED REAR BEARING IS DEFECTED, AND RING AND PINION IS DAMAGED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL START TO OVER HEAT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER TO LET THE VEHICLE COOL DOWN BEFORE CONSUMER THINK IT SAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT A NOISE WOULD COME FROM THE REAR END WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER AND INFORMED THAT THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES SINCE 30,000 MILES AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL PURSATING WHEN APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASION. NOW AT THE PRESENT TIME DEALER INFORMED THAT THE BRAKES SYSTEM NEED TO BE OVERHAUL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT & CHIME WENT ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE DEALER FIRST REPLACED THE "AIR BAG" COMPUTER AND, ON A SECOND REPAIR VISIT A "CLOCK SPRING" AND CHARGED ME A TOTAL OF $600 FOR THESE REPAIRS. I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS FOR THIS SAFETY ITEM. FAILURE OF THE AIR BAG COMPUTER COULD RESULT IN THE FAILURE OF THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY IN A FRONT CRASH. MR

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO SETS OF BRAKES SINCE NEW, 60,000 MILES AGO. AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES THE FRONT DISC BRAKE CALIPHER WARPS CAUSING VIBRATION AND SHIMMYING OF FRONT OF VEHICLE TO THE POINT OF "NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL". THERE IS A "SERVICE BULLETIN" OUT FROM CHRYSLER TO CHANGE THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHEN CUSTOMERS COME IN WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE CUSTOMER MUST PAY $425.00 FOR THIS COMPONENT. IF THE COMPONENT MUST BE REPLACED. THERE SHOULD BE NO COST REPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER AND THE DEALER REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS POSITION. CAN YOU HELP??? TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IS WEARING OUT PREMATURLY, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM IT WHEN DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE ROTORS, WHICH CAUSE SEVERE VIBRATION, HAD TO BE REPLACED, TURNED OR RESURFACED 8 TIMES EVERY 10,000 MILES. THE CALIPERS ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A UPDATED MANUFACTURED CALIPER. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE CALIPERS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS OF THIS DEFECT. THERE HAS BEEN VIBRATIONS FELT ABOUT EVERY 10,000 MILES AFTER A REPAIR. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT OF MONIES PAID FOR REPAIRS. *JG

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGH SPEED FRONT WHEELS VIBRATE. BRAKE ROTORS WERE RECUT DOWN AT 28,000. FAILURE REOCCURRED AFTER SOME MILEAGE ACCUMULATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 60MPH THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL CAME OFF. CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT.*JB

AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATING EVERY TEN SECONDS ON AND OFF. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE DRIVING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSFER CASE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO REPLACED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BEARINGS, AND O-RINGS IN FUEL PUMP. ALSO, VEHICLE MAKES LOUD "ROARING" NOISES, AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. *AK

THE DESIGN OF THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR MOTOR ASSEMBLY APPEARS TO BE FLAWED. THERE IS A SMALL PLASTIC "CLIP" THAT IS HEAT MELTED TO THE NYLON MOVEMENT ASSEMBLY DURING MANUFACTURING. THIS CLIP RECEIVES A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS DURING WINDOW OPERATION AND IS DOOMED TO FAIL FROM THE BEGINNING. WHEN THE CLIP FAILS, THE WINDOW WILL "UNEXPECTANTLY" DROP INTO THE DOOR OFTEN RESULTING IN BROKEN OR DAMAGED GLASS. THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF A DRIVER IS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS FAILURE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO GRIND, AND THE WHEEL BEARING ON BOTH SIDES WERE MAKING NOISE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT BOTH FRONT HUB BEARINGS AND AXLE SEALS WERE REPLACED AT THE DEALER. THE ROTORS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH THE FACTORY PADS INTACT. THE PAD WERE STILL GOOD. THE ROTORS HOWEVER WERE SO THIN THAT THEY CRUMBLED(VERY DANGEROUS). NOW THE REAR HUBS ARE LOUD AN NEED REPLACING. THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE REAR WHEEL BEARING, AND THE BEARINGS ON THE REAR AXLE IN THE HUB ARE SEPERATED/EXTREMELY DANGEROUS-PART OF THE BEARING ARE SPINNING IN THE INSIDE OF THE HUB. *SCC

ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED THREE TIMES, BUT PROBLEMS STILL REOCCURRING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 30 MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE AND STARTED TO MOVE IN REVERSE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE AND THE SECOND TIME THE CONSUMER HAD THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

BRACKET WHICH HOLDS POWER ASSIST PUMP BROKE WHILE STARTING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJ TRNPKE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND COASTED TOWARDS THE SHOULDER. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND OPENED THE HOOD, AND DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING. WHILE ON THE RAMP, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND THE THERMOMETER GAUGE HAD BEGUN TO RISE. THE VEHICLE THEN BURSTED INTO FLAMES . *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT AS THEY GOT ON THE RAMP, A PASSING DRIVER WAVED, AND THE CONSUMER LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW THE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, POSSIBLE ECECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. *SCC

FRONT END SHIMMY, STEERING WHEEL PULSATES WHEN BRAKING AT45+ MPH. TOLD ROTORS HEAT UP AND WARP CAUSING FRONT END SHAKE. AT 23080MILES FRONT PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED BY DEALER. AT 33000 MILES FRONT PADS REPLACED ROTORS TURNED. AT 34000 SHIMMY CONTINUES, DEALER DEEMS NO REPAIR NECESSARY. BOUGHT NEW TIRES, HAD ALIGNMENT BEFORE RESEARCH SHOWED MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. I DRIVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FOR A LIVING, AND MY PERSONAL VEHICLE MAKES ME NERVOUS TO OPERATE. THIS IS DEFINITLY A SAFETY AND MANUFACTURER PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER 50MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL WILL ROCK SIDE TO SIDE VIBRATING HEAVILY, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

ONE OF THE ENGINE PISTONS BLEW A HOLE IN SIDE OF ENGINE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER FINDS THE SEATBELTS IN VEHICLE ARE INCORRECT. WHEN THEY BUCKLE UP THE SEATBELTS, THERE ARE TWO SLOTS, THE MALE PORTION OF THE SEATBELT SLIDES IN. CONSUMER STATES;, ONE OBVIOUSLY, IS THE CORRECT SLOT. THE OTHER SLOT, HOWEVER, IS INCORRECT, AND THE PERSON FINDS THAT UPON ARRIVAL AT THEIR DESTINATION, THEY ARE INCORRECTLY BUCKLED. (THIS IS LIFE THREATENING)CONSUMER SAYS THAT HER HUSBAND NEVER DRIVES THIS VEHICLE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEIR SON WAS INCORRECTLY BUCKLED, UNTIL THEY REACHED THEIR DESTINATION. CONSUMER EXCLAIMS, HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND THIS HAS ACCIDENTLY HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.*SCC

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY WILL HESITATE TO KICK IN AND STOP VEHICLE.. HAD BRAKES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION AT ABOUT 40 MPH. FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WILL BE CONTACTING MANUFACTURER AND/OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS.*AK

WINDOW REGULATORS---DRIVER'S WINDOW FELL IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED & UNOCCUPIED--METAL GEAR HAD WORN THE PLASTIC TEETH DOWN CAUSING THE WINDOW TO FALL INTO THE DOOR---THE PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW FELL AT RESULT OF THE WINDOW REGULATOR ALSO FAILED FOR THE SAME REASON

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE SHOT FORWARD OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL TURNED OFF KEY--DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE TRAUMA TO NERVES---OUT OF CONTROL WHEN IN PARK

VEHICLE LEAKS GAS.*AK WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULL, THE GASOLINE WOULD LEAK OUT UNTIL IT WAS UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. *JG

MY POWER STEERING BEGAN TO FAIL LAST FEBRUARY AND IT FAILS WHENEVER I AM GOING AT SPEEDS BELOW 20MPH OR IF I AM OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL JEEP OWNERS (2000 OR 1999 MODELS) THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I CALL DAIMLER CHRYSLER THEY CONTEND THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING. I DON'T BELIEVE IT. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT HEATERS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE TWICE AND NOW THE RARELY USED PASSENGER SIDE HEATER IS FAILING. THEY TOLD ME DURING MY SECOND REPAIR THAT THE 1999 JEEPS HAVE A VERY FRAGILE PART AND THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED THEM WITH A BETTER PART FOR THE 2000 JEEPS. I HAD TO PAY REPAIR COSTS ON MY SECOND REPAIR BECAUSE MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND I'M AFRAID THAT THEY MAY NOT EVEN COVER THIS NEW PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTED THAT THE PART IS FAULTY AND VERY FRAGILE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TURNED THE VEHICLE RIGHT IN ORDER TO STRAIGHTEN VEHICLE. WHEN TURNING BACK TOWARDS THE VEHICLE CAUSED VEHICLE TO FLIP SIX TIMES. DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BROKE.*AK

PROBLEM WITH BRAKE ROTORS.

HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT COOLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON A HILL, THE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *SCC

VEHICLE PULSATES WHILE BRAKING. CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS EVERY 12000-14000 MILES. CONSUMER HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED 4 TIMES. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES AND ROTORS SINCE PURCHASE OF JEEP IN 1999. CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR WORK ON BRAKES DUE TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH. CAR HAS LONG HISTORY OF REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND WARPED ROTORS. JEEP DOES NOT WANT TO HELP US SOLVE THIS ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS JEEP. WE HAD JEEP IN FOR SERVICE JULY, 2002, AGAIN WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE CALLED JEEP CORP. ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE PASSED THE BUCK BACK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BE CONTACTED BUT BELIEVE THAT JEEP IS HIDING FROM THE ROTOR PROBLEMS AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE CUSTOMER.*AK

THE REAR OF THE SUNROOF LEAKS WHEN IN AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH REPAIR COSTS.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS A SAG/HESITATION FOLLOWING A PARTIAL COOL DOWN RESTART, POSSIBLY AN OXYGEN SENSOR PROBLEM. WHILE MAKING HARD LEFT TURNS AT SLOW SPEEDS (SUCH AS A U-TURN), THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND A AUDIBLE CHIME IS ACTIVATED. THE RIGHT SIDE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS BURNT (INTERNALLY) DUE TO SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD, MISSES SHIFTS, SHIFTS REPEATEDLY AT CONSTANT SPEED AND ON A LEVEL GRADE. THE REAR DIFFERANTIAL "BUMPS" VERY HARD WITHIN 3-20 SECONDS OF COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. AN IMMOVABLE "FOG" HAS DEVELOPED ON THE LENSES OF THE COMPOSITE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS TRIED TO REPAIR VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES WITH TSAME PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY,IT HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM.*AKI

LIFTS ON HOOD FAILED TO SUPPORT HOOD, INJURING OWNER. NOT REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER: VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY.OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

CLUNKING AND GROANING WHEN SHIFTING; DRIVETRAIN WHINS AT DECELERATION; ORIGINALLY, CONTINUOUS DRIVETRAIN WHINE AND LOUD HARMONIC DRONE AT SPEEDS OVER 75 MILES PER HOUR - AFTER REPAIRS FAINT/ CONTINUOUS CLICKING NOISE AT APPROXIMATELY 75-83 MPH WITH CONTINUOUS DRIVE TRAIN WHINE AND LOUD HARMONIC DRONE AT SPEEDS OF 83 MPH AND ABOVE. THREE TRIPS TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS TO DATE (BETWEEN JULY 2 AND JULY 26) WITH EACH TRIP LASTING APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK. OWNER HAS DRIVEN VEHICLE FOR NO MORE THAN 7 CONTIGUOUS DAYS WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE WITH DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND DURING THIS "DRIVE TIME" HAS HAD TO MAKE NUMEROUS TRIPS BACK TO THE DEALER IN ORDER FOR NOTIFICATION/ NEGOTIATION ON REPAIRS, DIAGNOSIS, ACTUAL REPAIRS, ETC. PURCHASE WAS MADE CONTINGENT UPON DEALERSHIP MAKING FULL AND COMPLETE DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS TO DRIVETRAIN WITH WARRANTY OF ALL FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD; WITH ALL COSTS TO DEALER. DEALER NOW IS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF WRITTEN AGREEMENT - HOWEVER, NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL BEING HELD TOWARDS REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE DRIVERS UPPER LOWER SEAT FRAME, SNAPPED OFF. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC

SINCE PUCHASE OF VEHICLE THERE HAS BEEN A VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED ROTORS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT RECALL 00V136/MAN RECALL 879 EXPLAINS THE PROBLEMS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING, HOWEVER CONSUMER HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR ALL REPAIRS. AFTER RUNNING VEHICLE WITH A/C ON FOR LONGER THAN AN HOUR, THE A/C STOPS COOLING, A/C WAS BLOWING THROUGH DEFROSTER VENTS, FOUND MISCALIBRATED ATC HEAD. VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF AT IDLE. RIGHT REAR WINDOW INOPERABLE. CRANK SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *SLC

SEATBELT RETRACTOR IS BROKEN. CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO HAVE SEAT INSTALLED BECAUSE RETRACTOR IS BROKEN SO DEALER WILL NOT INSTALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED, CAUSING SEVERE SHIMMY ON BRAKING. I THOUGHT IT WAS PECULIAR THAT THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY WOULD CHARGE ME TO INSPECT IF HE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. I WILL NOT PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A WARRANTY ISSUE. THE BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEM WITH THE GRAND CHEROKEE IS WIDELY PUBLICIZED. I THINK THE REASON THE DEALER CHARGES TO INSPECT THIS IS TO DISCOURAGE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE FROM REPORTING THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN SHIFT INTO PARK, VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD AND THEN ROLL BACK ON ANY LEVEL OF ROAD SURFACE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAIL.*JB

THE CAR IS NOT QUITE 3 YEARS OLD AND THE PASSENGER REAR WINDOW FAILS TO WORK. THE WINDOW IS NOT USED OFTEN. THE DAIMELER CHRYSLER STATED BECAUSE OF TEH MILEAGE THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR FREE. MY QUESTION TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER WAS WHAT DOES MILEAGE HAVE TO DO WITH A WINDOW WORKING? EITHER THEY WORK OR NOT. I MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL TB ON THE POWER WINDOWS WORKING SPORADICALLY.*JB

CAR HAS 25 THOUSAND MILES. UNDER WARRANTY, ROTORS WERE "TURNED". AT 18 THOUSAND, ROTORS AND BRAKES PADS REPLACED. AT 25000, ROTORS ARE WARPED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. CHRYSLER HAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THEIR BRAKING SYSTEM THAT CAUSES ROTORS TO WARP AND BRAKE WITH MUCH VIBRATION. TWO SERVICE BULLETINS EXIST. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THE VEHICLE BEFORE INJURIES OCCUR.*AK

THE TIRE LOOKED AS IF IT WAS REMADE OVER AN OLD WHITE WALL THERE WAS A WHITEWALL UNDER THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE THAT FAILED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD, GAINING SPEED, PUT CAR INTO 2ND GEAR IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN AND NOT OVER-USE THE BRAKES...CAR SUDDENLY BOLTED BACK AND BRAKES LOCKED UP AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. I STEERED OUT OF HITTING THE MEDIAN , (IT WAS A WINDY MOUNTAIN ROAD), BUT HIT THE BACK OF A TRACTOR TRAILOR.. I WAS THEN HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER TRACTOR-TRAILOR AND PROJECTED FOWARED. I WAS ABLE TO MANUEVER OVER TO SHOULDER OF ROAD. PLACED CAR'S TRANSMISSION IN PARK..BUT IT CONTINUED TO MOVE FOWARD !!! I HAD MINOR ACHES AND PAINS, CAR SUSTAINED AT LEAST $9500 WORTH OF COLLISSION DAMAGE. TOLD REPAIR TO CHECK BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION...THEY SAID EVERYTHING OK.. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL IN THIS DRIVING EXPERIENCE. I AM EXTREMELY FEARFUL OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS STILL IN SHOP WAITING FOR FINAL ESTIMATE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FRAME AND BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION ARE OK BEFORE I CONSIDER USING VEHICLE AGAIN. MY CONFIDENCE IS LOST. CAN JEEP RESPOND AND LET ME KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED...WILL THEY BUY-BACK ? IT IS ON EXTENDED WARRANTY TIL JANUARY 2003 OR 43,000 MILES. I JUST PURCHASED IN JANUARY OF 2002. I NOW REALIZE MANY JEEPS HAVE MANY PROBLEMS.*AK

ROTORS WARPED W/IN 20000 MILES. REPLACED ROTORS AT 36000 MILES, ROTORS WARPED AGAIN AT 40000. ADVISED BY CHRYSLER AND DEALER THAT CALIPERS ARE DEFECTIVE NOT ROTORS BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A SCREECHING SOUND, VEHICLE JUST STARTED TO STALL. WHEN DRIVER PULLED OVER, TRANSMISSION QUIT. DRIVER PLACED CAR IN PARK, STEPPED OUT, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS DUE TO TRANSFER CASE LOCKING UP. DEALER SAID TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY APPLIED BRAKES STEERING COLUMN SHOOK AND VIBRATED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK TO CORRECT THE STEERING COLUMN SHAKING, THE DEALER MACHINED AND REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT SOLVED. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS LEAKING OIL. *YH

CONSUMER COULD NOT UNLATCH REAR SEAT BELT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED CONSUMER TO GET HURT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

PROBLEM 1)THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED @ 14,000 MILES AND AGAIN AROUND 22,000 MILES. THEY ARE VIBRATING WITH EACH BRAKING AGAIN @ 39,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 25 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE. AUTOPARK TRIED TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT SOMEONE WAS "RIDING" THE BRAKES. AUTOPARK TOLD US THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY @ 22,000 MILES ALTHOUGH WE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING IN OUR WARRANTY BOOK STATING THAT. THE AUTOPARK MECHANIC HAD TO GO TO HIS SHOP WARRANTY MANUAL ON PAGE 300 AND SOMETHING TO FIND THE SMALL PRINT. AGAIN, IT IS NOT IN OUR WARRANTY INFORMATION. WE BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY. PROBLEM 2) I HAD BEEN SMELLING GASOLINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THE VEHICLE IS SLOW TO START MOST OF THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND STAY RUNNING ON JUNE 3, 2002. UPON THE 2ND ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE, I SMELLED GAS, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND GAS POURED OUT OF THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS, POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE THE GAS CONTINUED TO LEAK FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE JEEP CONTINUES TO BE SLOW TO START W/39,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL LINE COMING OFF IS MORE SERIOUS THAN AUTOPARK RELAYED. IF I HAD BEEN ANYWHERE OTHER THAN MY OWN GARAGE AND SOMEONE THREW DOWN A LIT CIGARETTE OR A MATCH, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TO SEND THIS EMAIL TO YOU TODAY.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VIBRATION IN VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING. ROTORS WERE REPLACED, THEN TURNED. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS VIBRATION AGAIN WHEN BRAKING. *AK

DRIVERS SEAT BREAKS LOOSE, DOOR STOP CRACKS, DRIVE LINE WHINE OVER 40 MPH. *AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL ONCE IT IS ENGAGED IN PARK. *JG

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE A U-TURN. CONSUMER TRIED TO AVOID HITTING OTHER DRIVER BY VEERING TO THE LEFT, HOWEVER CONSUMER HIT THE OTHER DRIVER HEAD ON. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEATBELT BUT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TT

VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO ERRATIC ACCELERATION WITH NO WARNING. TIRES SQUEAL AFTER A DELAYED REACTION WHEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR, LUNGING HARD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING,. CONSUMERPULLED OVER. ENGINE BLEWOUT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE SEVERELY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 35-40 MPH, AND MORE SEVERELY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON ELEVEN OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRING. *AK THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE. THERE WAS A CLUNK NOISE FROM DRIVE LINE TO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT HOLD IN PARK. CONSUMER STATED THAT BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD FAILED AND WERE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING AT 85 MPH THE VEHICLE MAKES A GROWLING NOISE. TRANSMISSION MAKES CLUNKING NOISE WHEN PUTTING IN GEAR. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHILE GOING OVER PUMPS DUE TO FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILURE, ALSO THE STEERING SHOCK WAS REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING THERE'S A RATTLING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED IT WAS THE DIFFERENTIAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRVING VEHICLE PULSATED AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REPEATED ROTOR FAILURE WITH NEED TO REPLACE ROTORS OFTEN. *AK

I STOPPED VEHICLE AND PUT GEAR IN PARK. I EXITED VEHICLE AND WAS OUTSIDE VEHICLE WHEN, APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE LATER, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO REVERSE, ROLLED BACKWARDS & HIT A SMALL TREE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO VEHICLE AND STOP IT.*AK

WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THIS MAKE OF CAR DO NOT LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR BEFORE BEING TO FAIL. *AK

AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE SURGING AND CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FRONT END WOBBLES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGH SPEEDS. ROTORS WERE RESURFACED, AND NEW FRONT DISC BRAKES WERE PUT ON. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER IS AWARE. *AK.*MJ

ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN THIS JEEP HAVE STOPPED WORKING OVER TIME. THE FIRST TIME WAS JAN. 27, 2000 (SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE) RHT FRONT WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AND REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. ON APRIL 28, 2000 THE PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AND REGULATOR REPLACED. ON OCTOBER 6, 2000 THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND THE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. ON JUNE 26, 2001 THE DRIVER FRONT WINDOW AND THE PASSENGER REAR WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AND THE REGULATORS WERE REPLACED. FINALLY ON JUNE 4, 2002 THE DRIVERS REAR WINDOW HAS STOPPED WORKING. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE JEEP IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WANTS TO CHARGE TO $217.00 TO REPLACE THE REGULATOR. THE JEEP WAS COVERED ON THE OTHER PREVIOUS INSTANCES. I FEEL THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOWS IN THIS VEHICLE. I AM AFRAID THAT ONE DAY ALL OF THE WINDOWS WILL FAIL ON IT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THIS VEHICLE IF I AM IN AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER INCIDENCE.*AK

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 7 HOURS WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE DRIFTING BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL CRASHING INTO A PILE OF ROCKS. VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. NO INJURIES. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 45-55 MPH, VEHICLE SHAKES AND WANDERS. FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED 6 TIMES AND REPLACED ONCE SINCE PURCHASE AT 14000 MILES.*AKTHIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE. CONSUMER HAS ASKED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. ON TWO OF THESE OCCASIONS, CONSUMER ALMOST LOST STEERING CONTROL DUE TO THE BRAKING PROBLEM. *JG

WHEN BRAKING THERE IS SOME PULSATING AND SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. AT 37,200 ROTORS, CALIPERS/ AND PADS NEED REPLACING. *AK *YH

WHEN BRAKING THERE IS VIBRATION AND PULSATION, FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES DUE TO WARPING.*AK

THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN 180 DEGREES AND CRUSHED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN CLIP THAT HOLDS REAR AXLE IN PLACE. LEFT REAR AXLE, BEARING AND SEAL WERE REPLACED. THE CLIPPER MOUNTING BRACKET WAS REPLACED. *YH

WE BOUGHT THIS SUV ON 01/25/2002. WHEN TOOK FOR THE TEST DRIVE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON. THE DEALER SAID THEY WILL TAKE CARE THIS PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR BACK TO DEALER SIX TIMES. IT FIXED AND CAME BACK AFTER ONE OR TWO WEEKS AFTER. PLEASE, SEND ME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEMS. THANK YOU.*AK

SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA RECALL NO. 00V136/CHRYSLER RECALL NO. 879 -- WILL NOT HONOR FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

ONGOING FRONT BRAKE ROTOR REPLACEMENTS DO NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. MINE HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES AND STILL THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. IT IS VERY EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH FRONT END SHIMMEY SO SEVERE VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ON THE ROAD. JEEP IS KEEPING THIS A SECRET. ASK ANY JEEP OWNER STARTING WITH 1999 AND FORWARD, I WILL BE WILLING TO BET THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED FRONT BRAKES EARLY AND OFTEN. JEEP OF DUPAGE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, BUT I WOULD ASK THEIR SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT THIS. HE WARRANTEED MY VEHICLE TWICE AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED.*AK

I BELIVE THE DESIGN/PARTS/ASSEMBLY OF THIS ENTIRE DRIVETRAIN ARE DEFFECTIVE, RESULTING IN ABNORMAL WEAR AND INEVITABLE PREMATURE FAILURE. THIS, AND ANY OTHER, 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EXHIBIT A DRIVELINE NOISE OR WHINE AT ALMOST ANY SPEED. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT SOMETHINGS WRONG. THE INTERNET IS LOADED WITH NEWSGROUP POSTS FROM OWNERS THAT EXPERIENCED THIS FAULT. AFTER MANY TRIPS TO THE SHOP, WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE SERVICING DEALER FINALLY EXPLAINED THE NOISE/WHINE WAS PREVALENT IN EVERY CAR OF THIS MODEL YEAR. I WAS TOLD CHRYSLER ACTUALLY HAD A RATING SCALE IN PLACE FOR THE DEALERS TO JUSTIFY WHICH VEHICLES THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO REPAIR. MY LETTER TO CHRYSLERS CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER RESULTED ONLY IN A RETURN PHONE CALL WITH A LIVE WITH IT ATTITUDE, WHICH DEMONSTRATED THEIR INDIFFERENCE OR ACTUALLY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS DEFECT. WITH NOW OVER 100K MILES, THIS DESIGN FLAW HAS COST WELL INTO THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS, NOT TO MENTION THE OBVIOUS VALUE LOSS AT THE TIME OF TRADE OR RESALE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE ROUGHNESS AND PEDAL PULSATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THIS SENSITIVE BRAKING SYSTEM. *YD UPDATED *JB

THERE WAS LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. TOWED VEHICLE TO MECHANIC . METAL PIN BROKE THAT CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP SHIFTING.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR REPEATED INSTANCES OF "WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS" WITHIN ONLY 24,000 MILES, A CONDITION WHICH MAY POSE A SAFETY RISK. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS PROBLEM APPARENTLY EXISTS ON MANY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES, INCLUDING MODEL YEARS PRIOR TO, AND AFTER 1999. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM ON FUTURE MODEL YEARS, THE 2003 GRAND CHEROKEES WILL BE INTRODUCED WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW BRAKING SYSTEM. WHEN THE ROTORS BEGIN TO WARP, THE FIRST NOTICEABLE SIGN IS A SLIGHT PULSING WHILE THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. OVER TIME, THE ROTORS BECOME MORE SERIOUSLY WARPED AND THE PROBLEM THEN IS EVEN MORE OBVIOUS. WHAT WAS PULSING BECOMES MORE OF A COMPLETE VEHICLE SHAKING THAT EMINATES FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WITH FURTHER DETERIORATION OF THE ROTORS, THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY SHAKES SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

I HAVE ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE/SHIMMY AS DOES THE STEERING WHEEL.THE FIRST TIME I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR THIS WAS ON 7/14/99 WITH 6,492 MILES. THE DEALER WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OTHER VEHICLES WERE SERVICED FOR THE SAME THING. THE FIX WAS TO TURN THE ROTORS TO BRING THEM BACK TO SPEC. THE PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN AND ON 2/24/00 WITH 12,325 MILES I RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEY AGAIN TURNED THE ROTORS. THE THIRD TIME WAS ON 12/6/00 WITH 20,848 MILES. SINCE THE ROTORS WERE TURNED THE TWO PREVIOUS TIMES, THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED WITH ONLY 2,847 MILES ON THE "NEW" ROTORS, (VEHICLE MILES WAS 23,695) THE PROBLEM WAS BACK. THIS TIME, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALER ON 3/22/01,(LAMARQUE DODGE, 4848 VETERANS BLVD., METAIRIE, LA 70006, 504/779-4200. I GAVE THEM THE HISTORY ON THE BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEM. THERE FIX WAS ALSO TO TURN THE ROTORS AND REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS PER TSB 05-01-00. THE FIFTH TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURED WAS ON 1/10/02 WITH 34,419 MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO LAMARQUE DODGE AND THEY AGAIN TURNED THE ROTORS. IT IS NOW THE SIXTH TIME THE PROBLEM IS OCCURING. AS OF THIS DATE (5/31/02) THE VEHICLE HAS 37,489 MILES. THIS IS ONLY 3,070 MILES SINCE THE ROTORS WERE TURNED. I AM SURE THIS TIME, ONCE AGAIN, THE ROTORS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE NHTSA WEBSITE HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM, AS DO OTHER WEBSITES. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT TAKES FOR A RECALL, BUT I THINK IT IS TIME THAT SOMETHING IS DONE. DAIMLERCHRYLSER HAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE. I HOPE SOME ACTION IS TAKEN SOON.*AK

THE CONSUMER IS HAVING THE ROTORS REPLACED FOR THE 3RD TIME. THE PROBLEM STARTED AT 15,000 MILES AND PERSIST TO 44,000 MILES. THE STOPPING DISTANCES HAS INCREASED. THE BRAKES ARE BACK TO PULSATING AND SHAKING ONLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*JB

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING WARPED. I HAD THEM TURNED 4 TIMES IN ABOUT 35000 MILES. THE VEHICLE SHIMMIES SO MUCH WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES THAT YOU HAVE A HARD TIME CONTROLLING THE STEERING. IT SEEMS THAT THE FRONT ROTORS ARE OVER HEATING AND WARPING AFTER ABOUT 4-6K MILES. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT TO TURN ROTORS AGAIN. THIS WILL LAST ABOUT 4-6K MILES AND THEY WARP AGAIN.*TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***762447

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS OF FRONT MORE SO THAN ON REAR WITH VEHICLE VIBRATING TREMENDOUSLY UPON BRAKE APPLICATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES WARP EVERY 16,000 MILES. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

EVERY 10 THOUSAND MILES ROTORS WARP, CAUSING ABS BRAKES NOT TO FUNCTION. HAD THEM REPLACED 3 TIMES; BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

WHILE CLEANING WHEEL CONSUMER WAS TURNING THE CLOTH IN A CIRCULAR MOTION WITH HIS HAND. AND LUGS: NUTS BOLTS STARTED TURNING ON THEIR OWN . BOLTS WERE COMING LOOSE ON DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BEARINGS IN THE REAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THIS NATURE, OCCURRING SO EARLY IN THE VEHICLES LIFE IS ONE THAT ORIGINATED FROM A DEFECT IN DESIGN, ASSEMBLY AND OR MATERIALS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING OR STARTING VEHICLE GAS GAUGE DROPS TO ZERO AND LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. GAS MILEAGE COMPUTER ALSO INDICATES ZERO. CONSUMER DOES NOT KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AKJG

THE CONSUMER STATES THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND REPLACED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. THE VEHICLE'S STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED AS WELL AS A VIOLENT VIBRATION ALMOST SHAKING, THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF HAND. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER HAD TO ROTATE ROTORS TWICE WITHIN LESS THAN 39 THOUSAND MILES.ALSO, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THEY SHIMMY. *AK

MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAD THE BRAKES & ROTORS CHANGED AT 22,000 MILES THROUGH A RECALL. NOW, AT 55,000 MILES THEY BOTH NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN. THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE TYPICAL WEAR AND TEAR AS I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AND ROTORS AFTER SUCH A SHORT DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP BLAMES IT ON DRIVING TECHNIQUES, BUT LIKE I SAID, I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED.*AK

6 ROTORS MACHINED OR REPLACED IN TWO YEARS, 2000 TO 2002. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED, VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. CONSUMER FEEL THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVED ON THE VEHICLE. *YD

BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPING. CONSUMER HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND THE DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING AT HIGH SPEED THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. ALSO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS A PROBLEM AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH WITH MEDIUM TO MAXIMUM BRAKING. *YH

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ROLLS FIRST AND THEN BRAKES CATCH AND RELEASE. PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED TO WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE CHATTERS WHEN BRAKING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK. THE ROTORS MUST BE MACHINED OR REPLACED EVERY SIX MONTHS UNDER NORMAL WEAR. DESIGN PROBLEM ACCORDING TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BUT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TT

PURCHASED MY 3RD JEEP IN MAY OF 1999. IN MAY OF 2001 THE STEERING WHEEL STARTING SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. DEALER MACHINED THEM AND WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE WORK DONE. SENT A NOTE TO JEEP AND FOR CUSTOMER ACCOMODATIONS I WAS REIMBURSED 50%. MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS 28,447. IN AUGUST OF 2001 AT 32,771 MILES THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED TO PUT NEW ROTORS ON BUT THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY THEM. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. IN MAY OF 2002 AT 45,255 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. ONCE AGAIN, I WAS TOLD NO WARRANTY. AFTER ANOTHER "HEATED" DISCUSSION THEY AGREED TO WARRANTY AFTER CALLING THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR CHRYSLER. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND CANNOT BELIEVE THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE OF AUTHORITY AT CHRYSLER TO DISCUSS. I HAVE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD PROBABLY GO NOWHERE SINCE THEY DID REPLACE THE ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO A LACK OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY BY JEEP/CHRYSLER. *AK

SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS FIVE TIMES AND THIS IS MY SIXTH TIME. THE DEALER REQUIRES ME TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE BRAKE ROTORS WARPING CAUSING THE STEERING TO WOBBLE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. I HAVE CONTACTED DAIMLERCHRYSLER WITHOUT, BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO HELP. MY BRAKE ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS THE MANUFACTURER'S FAULT. THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES, AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU.*AK

I HAVE TALKED TO VARIOUS JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS AND RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 4.0 LITER CHEROKEE. I THINK IT IS A HEALTH RELATED ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THE CO2 GASES ARE LEAKING OUT UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND COULD ENTER INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE.

BUCKLES ON SEATBELTS DO NOT RECEIVE PROPERLY. WHEN FASTENING BUCKLE THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR BUCKLE TO GO INTO THE WRONG SLOT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK *YH

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP AFTER ABOUT 8 - 9,000 MILES. I AM ON MY 5TH SET OF ROTORS AND THEY ARE WARPED NOW. THERE IS NO FIX IN SIGHT. MEGA BRAKE DUST ON FRONT WHEELS. BRAKES CONTINUALLY RUBBING AGAINST ROTORS.*

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT VIBRATION IN THE FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM. CONSUMER BELIEVES IT TO SOMEHOW BE RELATED TO THE FRONT DISC/ROTOR SYSTEM. CONSUMER THINKS THE REAR BRAKES HAVE NEEDED REPAIR EARLIER THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF STRESS PUT ON FROM THE FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM. VIBRATION STARTS ABOUT EVERY 10,000 MILES AFTER A REPAIR. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ROTORS 3 TIMES. *JG THE CALIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE SINCE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WERE REPLACED. THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED TWICE AND WERE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FRONT PADS WERE RESURFACED. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING FULL REIMBURSEMENT. *YH

FRONT BRAKE ROTOR FAILURE. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AT 7,500 MILES. VEHICLE NOW HAS 60,000 MILES AND WE ARE ON OUR 3RD SET OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE AND SHAKE, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES. *TT

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO JERK FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS RIPPED FROM THE CONSUMERS HAND, THE VEHICLE THEN BEGINS TO SWERVE BACK AND FORTH, THE DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC

THREE SETS OF FRONT ROTORS AND THREE SETS OF BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED WITHIN 35,000 MILES OF WEAR BY DEALER BUT, PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE ROTORS WARP THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED.*JB

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW GLASS HAS UNEXPECTEDLY FALLEN INTO DOOR. WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THIS WAS A RARE OCCURRENCE AND THEY HAVE FIXED ONE SIDE UNDER WARRANTY AND THE OTHER WILL BE REPAIRED NEXT WEEK. BOTH OCCURRENCES OCCURED AT SPEED AND SUDDENLY. WAS ADVISED THAT THE WINDOWS ARE HELD BY PLASTIC CLIPS THAT FAILED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED WITH PROPER FASTENERS FOR AN SUV TYPE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE WEARING PREMATURELY. DEALER CONTACTED, HAD REPAIRED ROTORS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER ADDS NOW AT 22,000 MILES IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ROTORS REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 18500 MILES. *TT

REAR AXLE MAKES NOISES. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT EXTERIOR BEARINGS OR REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS INFORMED AND HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES FROM.*AK NOISE IS HEARD WHILE DRIVING AND ACCELRATING. THE NOISE INCREASES WITH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE ALSO NEEDS REAR BRAKE WORK, THE SERPENTINE BELT IS CRACKED, AND THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING. *JG

SINCE I PURCHASED THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EXCESSIVE PULSATION AND VIBRATION HAVE BEEN EVIDENT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 45 MPH. WHEN WE INITALLY Q

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES FRONT OF VEHICLE VIBRATES DUE TO WARPING OF ROTORS. ROTORS AND BRAKES HAS BEEN WEARING PREMATURELY. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED, BRAKES START PULSATING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS SIMILAR TO RECALL 00V136. *SLC

PULSATING AND VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEED, FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 15000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 40000 MILES DUE TO BEING WARPED.*AK