1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL AND DRIVING UPHILL, VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE THROWN FORWARD. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, AND CHRYSLER DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY. *AK *SLC

THERE WAS VIBRATION IN STEERING COLUMN DURING BRAKE APPLICATION, MORE SEVERE UNDER HARD BRAKING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AT 6,000 /15,000 /24,000/ 30,000 AND 40,000 MILES, AND FAILED TO REMEDY PROBLEM , ONLY TURNING AND REPLACING BRAKE ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ROTORS FOR THE 1999 JEEP GRAND, CHEROKEE CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHAKE, AND DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SPEED WAS ABOVE 25MPH. CONSUMER HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED ON VEHICLE LESS THAN 1,000 MILES AGO. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 8,225 MILES. 3 MORE TIMES SINCE. DEALER REPLACED ONCE AND RESURFACED ONCE. OWNER PAID OTHER 2 TIMES. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE BREAK SYSTEM. SHOULD BE RECALLED & NEW BRAKE SYSTEM INSTALLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER BRAKES WERE VIBRATING, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WIGGLING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER SURMISED THAT ROTORS HAVE GONE BAD, NEEDED REPLACING. *AK *SLC

AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 65 MPH,HARD SHIMMY DURING NORMAL BRAKING. DEALER DISCOVERED WARPED ROTORS, AND REPLACED UNDER 12MO/12,000MI WARRANTY. AT 9,000 MILES AND 8 MONTHS LATER SAME PROBLEM DEVELOPED. WARPED ROTORS AGAIN. DEALER ADVISED I'M OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD PAY FOR REPAIRS. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM MAKING THE VEHICLE HARDER TO CONTROL AS PROBLEM WORSENS. SERVICE DEPT. ACKNOWLEDGES THERE'S A PROBLEM, BUT SEEMS TO BE HOPING IT'LL GO AWAY! *AK

SEVER FRONT END SHIMMY AND PUSLATION OF BRAKES WHEN BRAKING FROM HWY SPEED. DEALER REPORTED WARPED ROTORS DUE TO HIGH HEAT PLACED ON BRAKES. WHEN I ASKED WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE HIGH HEAT I WAS TOLD I MUST DRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHICH I DON'T DO. DEALER MACHINED ROTORS AT OWNERS EXPENSE.*AK

BRAKES PULSATING WITH TREMENDOUS VIBRATION GOING UP THROUGHT STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKES APPLIED 50MPH OR ABOVE AT 8800 MILES. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN UNEXPECTEDLY ENCOUNTERED ON HIGHWAY FIRST TIME. ROTORS REPORTEDLY WARPER. REPLACED BY DEALER. PROBLEM AROUSE AGAIN AT 22114 MILES. *AK

THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE ROTORS AND PADS OCCURRED AT 16,065 MI. AND THE DEALER AGAINED REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS. THIS VEHICLE IN LESS THAT 2 YEARS HAD THREE SETS OF ROTORS AND PAD, I.E THE ORIGINAL, THE FIRST REPLACEMENT AND THE THIRD SET IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR 10 MONTHS. THE DEALER INDICATED TO ME THAT NEXT REGARDLESS OF WHEN IT HAPPENS WILL COST ME AN EST. $450.00 . THE FIRST FAILURE WAS 09/20/00 AND THE LAST FAILURE WAS 06/14/01. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN THIS JEEP - I BEEN ADVISED THAT SOME 1999 JEEPS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT MINE--HELP PLEASE THANKING YOU IN ADVANCEORIGINAL ROTOR AND PADS FAILED AT 9,564 MI AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS AT NO COST. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING ..RANDOMLY FROM A STOP,THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP UNTILL THE RPM'S OF THE ENGINE GOT TO 2OR 3 X THEN SLAM INTO GEAR ..CAUSING A FEELING OF BEING REARENDED AT 5 TO 10 MPH .. WE ALSO FEEL THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WARPED ..AS THEY SHOOK SEVERLY WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED AT HIGHER SPEEDS . *AK.