1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER HAS REPAIRED/REPLACED ROTORS FIVE TIMES, AND PROBLEM CONTINUES TO REOCCUR. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

RESURFACED ROTORS TWICE; REPLACEMENT ON THIRD VISIT; SHUTTER WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. *AK

AT 8000 MILES, BRAKES WERE PULSATING BADLY. DEALER TURNED ROTORS "AS A COURTESY" WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. NOW, AT 19000 MILES, I AM HAVING TO REPLACE ALL FOUR BRAKES IN THEIR ENTIRETY; ROTORS, CALIPERS, PISTONS, ETC. LOCAL BRAKE SHOP SAYS CHRYSLER USES PLASTIC SLEEVES IN THEIR PISTONS INSTEAD OF METAL. THIS CAUSES OVERHEATING AND WARPING OF PISTON WHICH RESULTS IN WARPING OF ROTORS. THIS REPAIR WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $1000.00. LOCAL BRAKE SHOP SAYS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW ON CHRYSLER'S PART. WOULD APPRECIATE INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM. NOT ONLY IS IT EXPENSIVE, BUT MY BRAKES WERE SHOT....EMERGENCY STOPPING VERY MUCH IN QUESTION. THANK YOU. *AK

JEEP LEMON!!! TERRIBLE VEHICLE, TERRIBLE COMPANY!! THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY FOR THESE TWO ISSUES, AMONG OTHERS! I HAVE ALMOST REARENDED SOMEONE, BY LOOKINGBACK TO SEE IF I WAS REAR ENDED DUE TO THE HARD SHIFT. THE BRAKES SHAKE SO MUCH UNDER BRAKING THAT I DID REAR END SOMEONE, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO NOTICABLE DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE. *AK

REPATED BRAKE FAILURES: FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUE TO WARP AND FAIL EVERY 5000 TO 12000 MILES. DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO REPLACE ROTORS, BUT FAILS TO DISCOVER THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. BRAKES ARE THE NUMBER ONE SAFETY COMPONENT ON A VEHICLE, AND THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE HAS CAUSED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO FAIL. DURING EMERGENCY STOPS THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK AND VEHICLE BEGINS TO SKID. AFTER FOUR FAILURES, THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE APPLICABLE EXPRESS WARRANTIES, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS HAD A REASONABLE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER SHOULD EITHER REPLACE THE VEHICLE OR REIMBURSE ME FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE VEHICLE LESS THE AMOUNT ATTRIBUTABLE TO USE PRIOR TO THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF THE NONCONFORMITY AT 12,335 MILES.*AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES. LAST TIME 5 WEEKS AGO. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERS AT THIS TIME FOR ANOTHER ROTOR REPLACEMENT. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES, VEHICLE JERKS, AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. *AK

ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY 8000 MILES. VEHICLE AT DEALERS FOR 5TH ROTOR CHANGE SINCE PURCHASE. *AK

ROTORS WERE FOUND TO BE WARPED. HAD THEM TURNED AND IN LESS THAN 12,000 MILES EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM.*AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM : INSTRUMENT PANEL: CLUSTER MODULE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. SPEEDOMETER AND ALL GAUGES WOULD GO DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND REMDY, AND ADVISED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT A SAFETY DEFECT. DEFECT COULD PROBE CONSUMER INTO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WITH SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING.*AK

SINCE I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, RESURFACED TWICE, AND THE DEALER CAN STILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE WARPING OF THE ROTORS SENDS A PULSATION THROUGH THE STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHIMMY LEFT AND RIGHT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 32,000 MILES. I DO NOT RIDE THE BRAKES, IN FACT I SOLD MY LAST CAR WITH 75K MILES ON THE ORIGINAL ROTORS WITH A PAD REPLACEMENT AT ABOUT 60K MILES. THE DEALER AND THE FACTORY WILL NOT TELL ME WHY THE ROTORS CONTINUE TO WARP AND THEY JUST KEEP REPLACING THEM, THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THEY ARE NOW STARTING TO CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY PERIOD. IT'S ABSURD, I CHECKED YOUR WEB SITE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECT. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE UNSAFE THAN A DEFECT WHICH DEGRADES BRAKING AND STEERING. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU GET AFTER THEM TO FIND A PERMANENT FIX TO THIS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. THANKS. *AK