1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

FRONT ROTORS WARPED AND CAR VIBRATES BADLY WHEN BRAKING ON FREEWAY. FRONT ROTORS RESURFACED @ 11,117 MILES, FRONT ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED @ 20,126 MILES, AND FRONT ROTORS REPLACED @ 32,314 MILES. CAR SHAKES DANGEROUSLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP OFF FREEWAY OR SPEEDS OF AROUND 40+ MPH.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS EVERY 7,000 MILES DUE TO THE WARPING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FIRST REPORT MAY HAVE STATED SOME OTHER BRAKE COMPONENT...IF I DIDN'T KNOW THE EXACT PART WHEN REPORTING THE FAILURE....SECOND REPORT DID STATE ROTORS, THIS IS THE 3RD REPORT OF FAILURE. *AK

AFTER ALMOST TWICE A MONTH TRIPS TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND BEING TOLD THAT MY ALLIGNMENT WAS A RESULT OF MY DRIVING THERE WAS A RECALL POSTED FOR A PART THAT CAUSED ALLIGNMENT PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS EVENTUALLY FIXED, MY TIRES SUFFERED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED VERY PREMATURELY. AFTER CONTACTING GOODYEAR AND CHRYSLER I WAS TOLD THE TIRES WERE MY RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THE "BAD" PART WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TIRE DAMAGE. I STILL FEEL THAT ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM IS BETTER IT IS STILL APPARENT AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE RESOLVED. AFTER OWNING THIS CAR FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS THE MYRIAD OF MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURES IS RATHER FRUSTRATING ESPECIALLY WHEN THE JEEP SERVICE PROVIDERS WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND SEEM TO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS WHO PAY THEIR SALARIES. THIS IS AN EMBARRESSMENT TO THE AMERICAN CAR INDUSTRY. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD BE DRAGGING. WOULD BE IN RIGHT GEAR, BUT NOT PULLING. THIS IS A LEASED VEHICLE. REAR WHEEL BEARINGS ARE FAILING ON VEHICLE. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR BEARINGS.*AK

SAFETY CONCERN REGARDING PULSATION OF STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. *AK

BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE WHEEL SHUTTER WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (15K MILES) ROTORS TURNED @ 27K. NOW ALL 4 ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED @ 53K. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO AKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE ANY REOCCURRING ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKE VEHICLE WOULD WOBBLE. TO DEALER WHO ROTATED TIRES. THIS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, DEALER THEN INSPECTED ROTORS AND FOUND THEM WARPED.*AK

ON THREE OCCASIONS, I HAVE HAD VERY NOTICABLE VIBRATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL, WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS(50-60MPH). THE 1ST TIME WAS 30AUG2000. THE CORRECTION MADE WAS TO CUT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THE 2ND TIME WAS 12DEC2000, AT 36,242MI. THE CORRECTION MADE WAS TO RESURFACE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THE 3RD TIME I HAD TO HAVE SERVICE WAS 16MAR2001 AT 41,560MI. THE CORRECTION MADE WAS TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RESURFACED. THE SERVICE REPS. HAVE TOLD ME, SEVERAL TIMES, THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE. THE CAUSE, AS BEST I CAN REMEMBER, IS THE SIZE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS VERSUS (I BELIEVE) THE BRAKE SHOES. I HAVE TALKED TO ONE OTHER PERSON, WHO STATED STATED HIS WIFE GRAND CHEROKEE, HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL, ON THIS PROBLEM. SO FAR, OTHER THAN THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATING(AT HIGH SPEEDS) WHEN BRAKING, I HAVE NOT HAD IT CAUSE FURTHER PROBLEMS. I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT, BUT WANTED TO CONTACT YOUR AGENCY, TO SEE WHAT, IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE, TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THANKYOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A RECURRENT PROBLEM OF A HARD SHIMY/ SHAKING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES SUDDENTLY AT SPEEDS OF 50MPH AND ABOVE. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE PROBLEM 4 TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED THE JEEP IN DECEMBER 1998. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR THE 5TH TIME. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR JEEP, AS WELL AS ALL THOSE OTHER JEEPS WITH THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEMS, BEING ON OUR NATIONS HIGHWAYS. JEEP IS NOT RESPONSIVE TO OUR CONCERNS.*AK