2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

1. EXCEPTIONALLY HARD DOWNSHIFT UNDER ACCELERATION. 2. UNDER LIGHT OR MODERATE ACCELERATION, WOULD START IN 2ND GEAR. POSSIBLE TO MOVE SELECTOR TO 1ST GEAR. 3. AT FULL STOP WOULD HUNT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. UNINTENDED FORWARD MOVEMENT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. IN ONE INSTANCE PEDESTRIAN WALKED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE WHEN THIS UNINTENDED MOVEMENT OCCURRED NEARLY PINNING PEDESTRIAN BETWEEN 2 VEHICLES 4. UNDER ACCELERATION JEEP VEHICLE SEEMED TO GO OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL AT ABOUT 60 TO 65 MPH. LOSS OF FORWARD MOMENTUM AND FUEL SHUT OFF OCCURRED . THE TRANSMISSION RESUMED ACCELERATION BUT WITH VERY DELIBERATE AND EXTENDED GEAR SELECTION. WHILE ACCELERATING TO PASS A SEMI ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY WITH LONG UPHILL GRADE I GOT ALONGSIDE THE SEMI AND COULD SEE THE DRIVERS DOOR IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION. THE JEEP VEHICLE KICKED INTO NEUTRAL , THE FUEL SHUT OFF OCCURRED AND I LOST ENOUGH FORWARD MOMENTUM TO NOT COMPLETE THE PASS SAFELY. ANOTHER VEHICLE APPEARED OVER THE CREST OF THE HILL SOME DISTANCE AWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE HARD ENOUGH TO GET BACK IN LINE WITH THE SEMI. A HEAD ON COLLISION WAS AVERTED. WHILE TRAVELING ON A FEDERAL HIGHWAY IN COLORADO WITH A LONG GRADUAL UPHILL GRADE AND CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 65 THE JEEP VEHICLE SELECTED NEUTRAL CAUSING RAPID INCREASE IN RPM TO FUEL SHUTOFF POINT AND LOSS OF FORWARD MOMENTUM TO ABOUT 35 OR 40 MPH. AFTER TRANSMISSION RETURNED TO A GEAR I WAS ABLE TO RESUME TRAVEL AND CLICK THE CRUISE BACK ON. THIS TYPE OCCURRENCE BECAME FREQUENT. JEEP VEHICLE SVC TECH DROVE VEHICLE OVER 160 MILES AND WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE OCCURRENCE. THE BANDS WERE TIGHTENED AND VARIOUS OTHER LITTLE FIXES. JEEP VEHICLE NOW SELECTS 1ST GEAR TO START. JEEP VEHICLE NO LONGER HUNTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND. JEP VEHICLE HAS STARTED TO KICK INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN. REPAIRS STARTED AT ABOUT 5 OR 6000 MILES AND HAVE NOW TOTALED 6 ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THIS UNSAFE (IN MY OPINION) VARIETY OF COMPLAINTS ALL CENTERED ON MALFUNCTIONS IN (APPARENTLY) THE TRANSMISSION. *JB

THE ROTORS ON MY 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ARE DEFECTIVE. AT 31,000 MILES, I FELT A PULSING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE DEALER INSPECTED MY BRAKES AND SAID THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED 0.4. I DO NOT USE BRAKES HEAVILY. THE PADS STILL HAVE 3/8"(I HAVE THE OLD PADS) REMAINING AFTER 31,000 MILES. WHEN I HAD THE ROTORS TURNED I ASKED THE MECHANIC IF THIS WAS UNUSUAL AND HIS COMMENT WAS, "CHRYSLER KEEPS HIM VERY BUSY. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TO TURN THEM DOWN TO THE MINIMUM ALLOWED, SO IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL HAVE TO BUY NEW ROTORS. I REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. WHEN I WAS BLEEDING THE BRAKE LINES, I NOTICED THE CALIPER TWISTED THE ROTOR INWARD WHEN BRAKING PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. I AM 62 AND THIS IS MY FIRST CHRYSLER CAR. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED ON ANY OF MY PREVIOUS CARS, WHICH BEFORE THIS JEEP WERE ALL GM CARS. I BELIEVE THE ROTORS AND/OR CALIPERS/BRAKE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND NEED TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER IN OCTOBER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE NOT ANSWERED ME TO DATE. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 25,000 MILES. SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE THE JEEP WOULD SHAKE EVERYTIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DEALER REPORTED I WOULD PROBABLY NEED NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THE DEALER REPORTS "THAT HE IS NOT AWARE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2004 JEEPS." HE STATED THE CONSUMER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. HE ATTRIBUTED THE WEAR OF THE BRAKES TO THE CONSUMERS DRIVING STYLE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. *NM

THIS IS A LITTLE OUTOF YOUR NORMAL SCHOPE; HOWEVER, I THINK THE POTENTIAL IS CLEAR. OUR 2004 JEEP WAS REARENDED AND THE FUEL TANK WAS INVOLVED. THE PLASTIC TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. OUR INSURER, STATE FARM REFUSED TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW TANK, INSTEAD INSISTING ON USING A USED TANK FROM WRECKED JEEP. THE TANK RECIEVED NO TESTING OTHER THAN A VISUAL FROM THE JUNK YARD. THE QUALITY OF THE ATTACHMENT POINTS ON THE TANK RECIEVED NO CLOSE INSPECTION OTHER THAN VISUAL

DT: 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE GAS PEDAL BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE THROTTLE CABLE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO IT BROKE. THIS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER RAN INTO A BRICK WALL, PARKED CAR, AND A POLE BEFORE THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. CHRYSLER WILL NOT TELL THE CONTACT ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THIS HAPPENED. NO ONE WAS INJURED THE POLICE WERE CALLED, BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND BECAUSE IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING NORMALLY PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2004. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS THE AGENCY THAT FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STILL HAS THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS NOT TOTALED. *AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

DT: EVENFLO MODEL # 3781522P1, DOM SEPTEMBER 2, 2004. WHEN THE CONTACT WENT TO PUT THE CHILD IN THE SEAT SHE FOUND THAT THE BAR HAD BROKE WHERE IT ATTACHED TO THE SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF WHAT CAUSED THE BRAKEAGE. *AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

WARPED BRAKES ON 2004 GRAND CHEROKEE. EAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DO LOTS OF CITY DRIVING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN GRAND CHEROKEES. I EVEN HAD AN ASSOCIATE THAT SOLD HIS FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM. WHILE BRAKING ON HIGHWAY THE CAR VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS THE VEHICLE I TRANSPORT MY CHILD IN AND IT IS NOT A RESPONSIBLE FEELING I GET WHEN I PUT HER IN THE CAR. CHRYLSER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. LOOKING AT RESEARCH I DID THIS PROBLEM GOES BACK AT LEAST 8 YEARS. *JB

I OWN A 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I HAVE UNDER 30,000 MILES ON THE CAR. WHEN I BRAKE, THE STEERING WHEEL SHUDDERS AND THE BRAKES PULSE. THE DEALER INFORMS ME THAT THE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. ROTORS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES. IT IS UNSAFE AND EXPENSIVE. CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AS IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE 1990'S AND THEY STILL DO NOT FIX THE ROTORS.*JB

DT: THE BRAKES ARE PULSING MUCH MORE THAN USUAL. WHEN PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES ONE COULD FEEL THE PULSING. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP , THEY WERE NOT SURPRISED .THEY PUT ON NEW FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THIS STARTED ON APRIL 15, 2005. WHEN GOING OVER 20 MPH ONE WOULD NOTICE THE PROBLEM MORE.*AK *NM

2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, WHILE PUTTING THE PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW UP, IT JUST FELL INTO THE DOOR. TODAY, THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW. SEE THIS ISSUE OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON MULTIPLE FORUM/MESSAGE BOARDS. IS ANYONE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? *NM