1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH BEEN REPLACED ONCE, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. ALSO, IN REVERSE POSITION THERE IS A LOUD NOISE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHEN HORN IS NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY HORN NEGLECTS TO SOUND OFF WHICH COULD CAUSE NEAR ACCIDENTS. ALSO, NOTE HORN WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED OVER 20 MPH. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

HAVE HAD ROTORS TURNED TWICE.THIRD TIME DEALER REPLACED EVERYTHING,NOW SIX MONTHS LATER BRAKES ARE SHIMMYING AGAIN. KNOW OF TWO MORE JEEPS WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT REST AREA. WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. WHEN HE UNLATCHED THE HOOD, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT PLASTIC COMPONENT WAS ON FIRE, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF WIRES THAT WERE MELTED. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED WITH SAME QUALITY, THUS ARE WARPED AGAIN, CAUSING SEVERE SHAKING TO FRONT END UPON BRAKING. MFG. ZONE MGR REFUSES TO CORRECT SITUATION, STATING IT IS WEAR AND TEAR, (NHTSA CAMPAIGN-00V136000). STARTER DRAGS INTERMITTENTLY UPON STARTING WITH A COMPLETE FAILURE AT 500 MILES. MFG WILL NOT REPLACE STARTER UNTIL IT COMPLETELY FAILS AGAIN. HEAT IS RESRICTED TO DRIVERS FEET, AND HIGH PITCHED SOUND IS HEARD AS A RESULT OF THE RESTRICTION. MFG. TECH SERVICE BULLETIN ON FILE FOR PROBLEM, BUT DEALER CALLS IT NORMAL. REMOTE CONTROL MEMORY SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WILL NOT RESET TO PROPER POSITIONS, THUS CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE, AS MIRRORS ARE NEVER IN THE SAME PLACE TWICE. DEALER OBSERVED PROBLEM AND DISREGARDED SAME. PITTSBURGH ZONE MANAGER CONTACTED BY DEALER. MGR REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH SAFETY ISSUES ARE INVOLVED, AS WITH BRAKES, MIRRORS, AND STARTING PROBLEM. *AK

ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 6500 MILES, RESURFACED ATH 13500 MILES, AND RESURFACED AT 18500 MILES. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE WEAR. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS - LOSS OF POWER TO THE DRIVETRAIN BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. *AK

CAR WOULD SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING - BRAKES HAD TO BE GROUNDED & WAS TOLD THIS WAS COMMON WITH THE 1999 JEEP. SALESMAN DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. BRAKES WERE GROUND DOWN TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL WARPING.

THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL:THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON: MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR WAS PLACED INTO DRIVE. THE WHEELS SPUN AND LEFT RUBBER TRACKS AS LONG AS 24" ON THE PAVMENT ALTHOUGH MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. WITH THE CAR CAREENING FORWARD, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH AS MUCH FORCE AS POSSIBLE, BUT THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND AND CONTINUED FORWARD.THE VEHICLE STOPPED ONLY WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THE WALL OF MY GARAGE.THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY FOOT WAS NEVER ON THE ACCELERATOR. AS SOON AS THE CAR STOPPED, I CHECKED THE LOCATION OF MY FEET AND I CONFIRMED THAT THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT BEING DEPRESSED. I HAD THE POLICE COME AND PREPARE AN ACIDENT REPORT WHICH RECORDED THE ACCELERATION MARKS THAT REMAINED ON MY DRIVEWAY AS A RESULT OF THE SUDDEN AND HIGH ACCELERATION WHICH WAS INCURRED. *AK