1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

AFTER DOT IS : M671 EKWR 039. DEALER WILL NOT HONOR TIRE - NOR WILL GOODYEAR. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M671 EKWR TIRESIZE: 225 75 R16)

I EXPERIENCED SEVERE BRAKE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING CASUALLY AT HWY SPEEDS. THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL STEADY AND HOLD CONTROL ON THE ROAD. DEALER SAID ROTORS NEED TURNING- AT 8000 MILES? PROBLEM REOCCURED 6 MNTHS LATER AT 15000 MILES-HAD A BROAD BLADE LATHE CUT AT A DIFFERENT DEALER. FIRST DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE ME AND THEN SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO FIX IT. PROBLEM REOCCURED AGAIN AT 19000 MILES. HAD ROTORS AND HUBS REPLACED. HAD TO FIGHT TO GET WARRANTY TO FIX IT. HOPE THIS WORKS THIS TIME. WHEN BRAKES VIBRATE IT FEELS UNSAFE. *AK

HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS QUALITY PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE GRINDING AND JUMPING, WINDOW FUNCTION PROBLEMS, REAR WASHERHOSE LEAK INTO REAR COMPARTMENT, ROUGH TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE FROM PARK, OIL GAUGE FAILURE AND ENGINE CLICKING NOISE DURING ACCELERATION. DEALER ON MANY OCCASIONS SAYS THEY ARE NORMAL FOR THE TRUCK TO EXPERIENCE AND NOT TO WORRY. I DON'T BELIEVE THEM.

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH CONSUMER PUT ON BRAKES, AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. IT JUST SLID/SLID AND SLID. CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND CAR CAME TO A STOP. ROAD WAS WET. *AK

THERE WAS HARD PULSATION WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT SPEEDS OF 55MPH AND HIGHER. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED AFTER ABOUT 3000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE. BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY. *AK ALL SHOCK ABSORBERS NEED REPLACEMENT AT 23,000 MILES. *YH

REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO PULSATING BRAKES, 6000 MILES LATER, BRAKES WERE REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE OF PULSATION, NOW AT 35000 MILES THE BRAKES ARE PULSATING AGAIN. *SLC

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE SEVERLY PREMATURELY WARPED TWICE ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSING THE SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WHILE TRYING TO COME TO A STOP. I WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP MYSELF. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED TO ALEVIATE THE PROBLEM. TEN THOUSAND MILES LATER THE SAME THING OCCURS AGAIN CAUSING SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WHEN BRAKING. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WAS CARRIED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS AGAIN WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR THE TIME BEING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THE ROTORS, ONLY RESURFACE THEM. IT APPEARS THAT THE DEALER SHOULD REPLACE THE ROTORS, AT HIS EXPENSE, WITH HIGH QUALITY ROTORS TO ALEVIATE THE PROBLEM ENTIRELY. BRAKE ROTORS CAN ONLY BE RESURFACED A NUMBER OF TIMES TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION ON YOUR WEB SITE AND YOU SEEM TO HAVE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DEFECT OF THE MANUFACTURER AND SHOULD BE A RECALL SITUATION. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS MATTER AND I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPAIRED 3 TIMES DUE TO BEING WARPED. IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHIMMY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BRAKE PADS & ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN SINCE LAST REPAIR. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED CAUSE OF PROBLEM WAS THE WAY DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES. BRAKE ROTORS WOULD GET HOT, AND THIS CAUSED ROTORS TO GET OUT OF ROUND. *AK

VEHICLE STALLING IS LEAVING MY FAMILY WDE OPEN FOR REAR AND SIDE IMPACT. THIS LEMON SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD, AND THE SELLING DEALER STATED THER IS NO MORE HE COULD DO FOR OUR VEHICLE. *AK