1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

MY JEEP POPPED OUT OF PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND REVERSED INTO STREET, THROUGH THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD, BEFORE FINALLY COASTING TO A SLOW ENOUGH SPEED REVERSING UP A HILL THAT I COULD JUMP IN AND STOP IT. I WAS INJURED TRYING TO CATCH UP TO THE VEHICLE AND OPEN THE DOOR TO GET IN JUST AS IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. DAMAGE WAS TO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD.

I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY, PLACED IT IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO CHECK THE MAIL. WHILE AT THE MAILBOX, I REALIZED THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE BACKING UP THE DRIVEWAY. IT HIT MY FENCE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FENCE AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE. I NEVER GAVE IT MUCH THOUGHT AS TO WHO WAS AT FAULT. I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE. AFTER HEARING OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR, I AM CONVINCED THAT I TOO, HAVE EXPERIENCED THE CAR JUMPING INTO REVERSE FROM PARK.*AK

EXPERIENCED AUTO SLIPPING FROM PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND UNOCCUPPIED. SAME SITUATION REPORTED IN ARTICLE ON CNN.COM ON 4 JUL 2001. *AK

CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS ON SLIGHT INCLINE WHILE IN PARK ONCE WITH ENGINE ON AND ONCE WITH ENGINE OFF. I TOOK IT IN TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. TODAY I READ ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION AND SINCE I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM THOUGHT I SHOULD FILE A REPORT. NOW I ALWAYS USE THE PARKING BRAKE SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM.*AK

TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE ENGINE' CHECK LIGHT ON; DEALER REMOVED FUEL TANK FOUND THAT PRESSURE LINE IS SEEPING FUEL FROM AROUND IT. REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULE; RESET 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT RETURNED VEHICLE TO ME. DATE: 04/24/01. NEXT . TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS ON . DEALER RESET 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT AND SAID COULD NOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM ; SAID SYSTEM CHECKED OK. RETURNED CAR TO ME. I TOOK CAR DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM DEALERSHIP TO MOBIL GAS STATION, FILLED-UP GAS TANK, AND FUEL IMMEDIATELY BEGAN LEAKING FROM CAR FROM GAS TANK AREA; CALLED DEALERSHIP BACK , THEY SENT TECHNICIAN TO GAS STATION TO DRIVE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP. NEXT DAY THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME, FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL ON TOP OF GAS TANK WAS LEAKING; REMOVED AND REPLACED LEAKING FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL. RETURNED CAR TO ME. DATE: 07/03/01. *AK

SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO COMPLETE POWER FAILURE, VEHICLE DECELERATED ON ITS OWN WITH A SMALL JAR AS IF TAPPED FROM REAR, THEN @ 45 MPH I LOST COMPLETE POWER, NO STEERING ABILITY, POWER BRAKES GONE, COASTED TO STOP. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS PRIOR TO POWER LOSS, TURNED OFF A/C, RADIO ETC. VEHICLE RE-STARTED. I TOOK TO DEALER NEXT DAY. THEY HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS, & ONLY REPLACED BATTERY. PICKED UP VEHICLE ON 6/28 & 6/30 VEHICLE SHUT DOWN @ 45-50 MPH SAME SCENARIO, TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED MODULE-POWERTRAIN CONTROL. PICKED UP 07/03, DROVE LESS THAN 10 MI & VEHICLE STARTED THE DECELERATION PROBLEM AGAIN.*AK

STEERING HAD BEEN MAKING A WINING SOUND ON SLOW TURNS FOR ABOUT A MONTH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. SAID IT WAS JUST NOISE NOT DANGER. WAS PULLING SMALL U-HALL TRAILER DOWN MOUNTAIN IN 2ND GEAR. ON TIGHT MOUNTAIN TURN HAD VERY STIFF STEERING, NO POWER STEERING. WENT INTO NEARBY TOWN AND TURNED STREET CORNERS, PROBLEM CONTINUED. SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. WENT OVER ANOTHER MOUNTAIN PASS IN DRIVE AND PROBLEM REOCCURED ON ALL TIGHT TURNS AT SPEEDS OF ABOUT 1 OR 2 MPH. NORMAL HIGHWAY TURNS HAD NO PROBLEMS. AFTER DROPPING OFF TRAILER, TOOK CAR TO DEALER - COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. RETURNED HOME BY SAME ROUT. THE WHINING NOISE CONTINUED BUT NO PROBLEM STEERING ON TIGHT MOUNTAIN CURVES. DEALER SAYS JEEP HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK

AFTER READING ABOUT A RECENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE GRAND CHEROKEE GOING INTO REVERSE, IT PROMPTED ME TO REPORT THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY GRAND CHEROKEE HAD GONE INTO REVERSE UNEXPECTEDLY TWICE NOW. ONCE IT RESULTED IN DAMAGE. THE SECOND TIME I CAUGHT IT. IT APPEARS THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO PARK, THE SHIFTER WILL BOUNCE BACK INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT BEGAN TO GO INTO REVERSE. THE SECOND PROBLEM INVOLVES THE FRONT DISC ASSEMBLIES. IT APPEARS THAT THEY WARP EARLY IN THEIR LIFESPAN. I NOTICED A LOT OF VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH. THIS STARTED AT ABOUT 15000 MILES AND GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. SEVERAL OTHER GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS HAVE SAID TO ME THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WITH ONLY 35000 MILES ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS HAD IT SERVICED FOUR TIMES FOR BRAKES AND IS NEEDING TO HAVE IT SERVICED AGAIN, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE PADS SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN DESIGNED OR ASSEMBLED WITH TOO TIGHT CLEARANCE, CAUSING ROTORS TO WARP FROM THE HEAT GENERATED DURING BRAKING. *SLC

THERE WAS VIBRATION IN STEERING AND EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKING, ALSO NOISE. DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS. IN OCT 2000, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SAME PROBLEM, AT THAT TIME DEALER TURNED ROTORS.*AK *SLC