1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

BRAKE ROTORS REPEATEDLY WARP CAUSING SEVERE SHAKING IN STEERING DURING HIGHWAY SPEED BRAKING AND MODERATE SHAKING AT SLOWER SPEEDS BRAKING. THIS IS A PERSISTANT PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL JEEP - MINE, AS WELL AS OTHERS ACCORDING TO REPORTS I'VE READ. JEEP REPAIRS THIS DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY BY USING AN "ON-THE-CAR LATHE". THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX AT BEST AS THESE BRAKE ROTORS ARE OF DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING. . CHRYSLER/JEEP IS STALLING A RECALL BY ATTEMPTING THESE INEFFECTIVE REPAIRS IN MY OPINION. I BELIEVE A SAFETY RECALL IS URGENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED AT ABOVE 40 MPH CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES, AND THERE IS PULSATION AND VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED AT VEHICLE 5 TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TELL CONSUMER REASON FOR DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FRONT DISC ROTORS WARP EASILY CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. DEALER ATTEMPTED FIX FOUR TIMES, REFUSES TO FIX FURTHER, EVEN THOUGH SERVICE ADMITS MANY OF SAME PROBLEMS WITH OTHER VEHICLES.

ROTORS TURNED, BRAKES REPLACED ONCE, CHRONIC PROBLEM, NOT CORRECTED, DEALER BLAMES MY DRIVING - NO WAY- PROBLEM NEVER FIXED, BRAKES GRAB AND WOBBLE, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES,REOCCURS. *AK

BRAKES CAUSE PULSE IN BRAKE PEDAL WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. BRAKSE ALSO SQUEAK. BELIEVE CURRENT ROTORS UNABLE TO STAND HEAT...REASON FOR WARPPING. CALIPERS MAY ALSO BE CAUSE. RECOMMEND REPLACE WITH AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS...BELIEVE MOPAR PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL. *AK

THE FRONT ROTORS CONTINUE TO PREMATURELY WARP EVERY 6 TO 7K SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*AK

REPEATED VIBRATION AND SMOKING OF BRAKES OVE 22 MONTHS; NO IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE OF PROBLEM BY MAUFACTURER. AUTHORIZED DEALER SERVICE; NO ASSISTANCE FROM MANUFACTURER; LEMON LAW COMPLAINT INITIATED 4/01. *AK

I LEASED MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN DECEMBER OF 1998. IN AUGUST OF 1999, THE DEALER HAD TO MACHINE THE ROTORS AT 11,200 MILES (THE PADS WERE FINE). IN JANUARY 2000, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS AT 19,062 MILES (AGAIN, THE PADS WERE FINE). IN JUNE 2000, THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS AT 27,324 MILES (AS USUAL, THE PADS WERE OK). NOW THAT IT IS OUT-OF-WARRANTY, I HAD THE JEEP CHECKED BY OUR MECHANIC. IN APRIL 2001, HE HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR ROTORS AT 38,500 MILES. I DID NEED PADS THIS TIME. BASED ON THE REPORTS OF FAULTY ROTORS ON THE 1996, 1997, AND 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES, I BELIEVE THAT DAIMLERCHRYSLER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I ALSO WANT TO BE REIMBUSED BY THEM.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS WERE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR. ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 12,000 MILES AND AT 28,000 MILES. *AK CONSUMER STATES CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY 1/2 OF THE REPAIRS. *SLC

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. ROTORS HAVE WARPED DUE TO HEAT. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS TWICE, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED.*AK