1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT EXCESSIVELY WHICH HAS CAUSED VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED EVERY TEN THOUSAND MILES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS TURNED THE ROTORS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK CONSUMER STATES AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT COLD ENOUGH. *SLC

THE BRAKES IN MY 99 JEEP WARP EVERY 10,000 MILES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE WHEN BREAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS TOLD "YEAH IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW" BY THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT IT IN AND THAT THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH MOST OF THE JEEPS THEY SELL. EVERY 10,000 MILES!!!! I DO NOT COMMUTE OR DRIVE GRADES. 10,000 MILES PER ROTOR RESURFACING.*AK

DUE TO TRANSMISSION ,VEHCLE WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN IDLING AT A STOP OR AT RANDOM, AND DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20MPH WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE WILL CLUNK VERY HARD LIFTING CONSUMER OFF SEAT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 6 TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, AND CONSUMER FELT DEALER WAS IN DENIAL.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM, IT EXPERIENCES ROUGH SHIFTING, BUMPING, AND CLUNKING. *SLC

VEHICLE SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE IDLING, RESULTING IN A COLLISION CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES,AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM..*AK VEHICLE FAILED NINE MORE TIMES AND CHRYSLER AGREED TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK. *SLC

FIRST, BRAKE RELATED PROBLEMS: MILEAGE 2341 COMPLAINT PULSATTING WHEN STOPPING 20-55 MPH , FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED , COMPLAINT 2 MILEAGE 16040 BRAKES PULSATTING WHEN STOPPING ALSO SHIMMY IN STEERING 45-55 MPH, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED REASON WARPAGE DUE TO OVERHEATING DESIGN FLAW? / COMPLAINT 3 MILEAGE 17000, BRAKES PULSATTING , VIBARATION IN VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY WHEN BRAKE ARE APPLIED. HAVE NOT RPORTEDTO DEALER AT THIS TIME WILL SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF 07/16/01. SECONDLY, TRANSMISSION SHIFT PROBLEMS: STARTED WHEN VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW WHEN STOPPING IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS HITTING YOU IN THE REAR END. FIRST REPAIR ,MILEAGE 4428 CONSISTED OF TSB0300799 AND REPLACEMENT OF REAR DRIVESHAFT,ALSO REAR AXLE CARRIER AND PINION BEARINGS WERE REPLACED.SECOND TRANSMISSION REPAIR MILEAGE 10453 DUE TO HARSH SHIFFTING @ 20 MPH AND AGAIN WHEN STOPPING IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE RAN INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION YOKE WAS REPLACED AND ANOTHER TRANSMISSION UPDATE PER TSB21-09-00,ALSO DURING THIS SERVICE THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT WAS REPLACED DUE TO A HOWLING NOISE WHICH STARTED AROUND 55-60 MPH, COMPLAINT THREE MILEAGE 10818 VEHICLE STILL HAS WHINING NOISE COMING FROM DRIVE TRAIN. IN ADDITTION, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CONTINUE WITH HARSH SHIFTING AT TIMES AT 20 MPH AND 50-55MPH,THESE SHIFT POINTS WORSEN AS OTHER PROBLEMS WERE BEING CORRECTED,DEALER CLAIMS THAT THHIS IS ADAPTIVE MEMORY AND THEIR NOTHING THAT WILL BE DONE TO CORRECT IT. ACCORDING TO CASEY JEEP SERVICE MANAGER DAIMLERCHRYSLER DOES NOT SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM ONLY AN ISSUE. FOURTH COMPLAINT MILEAGE 16040 TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SHIFT HARD AT TIMES @ 20 MPH AND 50-55 MPH. AT THIS TIME DEALER SHOW NO CONCERN IN CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM . IN SUMMARY, BRAKE AND DRIVE TRAIN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE STARTING AT 2341 MILES, AND THEY CONTINUE BE ON-GOING. I NOW QUESTION THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE.

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT LOCK INTO THE PARK POSITION. IT WILL SLIP INTO GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE AUTOMATIC STICK SHIFT.*AK

ROTORS AND PADS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED BY DEALER AT 11K MILES ROTORS WARPED AGAIN AT 30K THEY SAID CHRYSLER WONT PAY TOOK JEEP TO MY OWN MECHANIC WHO REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND SAID IT DIDNT LOOK LIKE THEY HAD REPLACED THE ROTORS BUT RECUT THEM I RECHECKED MY INVOICE FROM DEALER SAYS REPLACED PER SERVICE BULLETIN,CALLED CHRYSLER THEY SAY THEY REPORTED THEY WERE JUST RESURFACED. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS THIS IS CRAZY THAT SO MANY JEEPS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I DIDNT WANT ANY MORE INFERIOR MOPAR JUNK PUT ON MY CAR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN ,AND STOP VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.*AK

VEHICLE HAD COME TO A STOP, ENGINE RUNNING, PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AND IT STARTED BACKWARD SLOWER THAN NORMAL. HE THEN APPLIED BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP, APPLIED BRAKES, AND PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE. SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE HARD TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. NO INJURIES. *AK