1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

BOTH FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 19,000 MILES AND TURNED, NOW WARPED AGAIN AT 25,000 AND FRONT PADS STILL ORIGINAL AND DO NOT NEED REPLACED. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THEY HAVE DONE RECALLS ON PREVIOUS MODELS AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT FIXED ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. THEY WANT TO EXCLUCE FROM WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS BRAKES, BUT WHY DO PADS OUTLAST ROTORS. CAUSES EXTREME SHIMMY OF STEERING WHEEL AND VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. SERIOUS RISK FOR ACCIDENT. *AK

WARPED ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED,REPLACED,RESURFACED AND REFUSED ADDITIONAL REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY, STATING PROBLEM WAS "DRIVING HABITS". *AK

WE HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DOOR, HARD GRIND WHEN SHIFTING TO REVERSE, WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE...NOTHING HAPPENED, WHISTLING NOISE WHEN DRIVING OVER 45-50 MPH., BLOWER PROBLEMS, FOWL SMELL AFTER USING A.C., LEAK IN REAR WINDOW, CLICKING IN AUTOMATIC LOCK SECTION, FAULTY SPEAKER. *AK

ROTORS FAILED- BRAKES PULSATE- DEALER RESURFACED ROTORS @ 6,000 AND AGAIN @12,582. *AK

FRONT BRAKES SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN APPLIED AT SPEED BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. CONTINUE SHAKING UNTIL VEHICLE IS BELOW 40 MPH OR DRIVER LETS UP ON BRAKES. I'VE READ THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS AND SEE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. I FIRST HAD THE PROBLEM AT 3,707 MILES (1/29/99) AND ARCHER JEEP IN HOUSTON RESURFACED THE FRONT ROTORS. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT 10,427 MILES (6/17/99) AND THEY AGAIN RESURFACED FRONT ROTORS. WHEN IT HAPPENED THE THIRD TIME 16,750 MILES (11/11/99) THEY REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS. NOW, AT 26,090 MILES (5/17/00) THE PROBLEM HAD RETURNED AGAIN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A ROTOR PROBLEM AND IF IT HAPPENS ON A WET ROAD, AN ACCIDENT WILL MOST CERTAINLY RESULT. THIS IS NOT A MAINTENANCE OR DEALER PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS BEEN MOST HELPFUL. JEEP/CHRYSLER SHOULD BE MADE TO INVESTIGATE AND CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. WARRANTY EXPIRES IN 10,000 MILES AND I WILL STILL HAVE BRAKES THAT WERE NEVER RIGHT. *AK

THIS TRUCK IS A LEMON, I WILL NEVER BUY AMERICAN AGAIN. THE JEEP IS UNSAFE ROTORS WARP AND CAUSE SEVERE CONTROL PROBLEMS WHILE BRAKING. I WILL BE STARTING A NEW WEB PAGE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE AND RETURN TO THE FAITHFUL NISSAN FAMILY AND PURCHASE A PATHFINDER *AK

EXTREME PULSATION IN FRONT BRAKES. ROTORS HAVE BEEN CUT ONCE, REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES, AND NOW DOING IT AGAIN.*AK

INTERMITTENT ENGINE IDLE PROBLEM. OCCURS WHEN ENGINE IS FULLY WARMED UP AND IN GEAR AND AT A FULL STOP. ENGINE IDLE SPEED WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 300 & 600 RPM . WHEN THIS HAPPENS, ENGINE ROUGHNESS IS VERY NOTICABLE AND ON OCCASSION IT WILL STALL. ON THE FIRST VISIT TO THE DEALER, THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED AS PER A TSB. THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SECOND VISIT, CHRYSLER ADVISED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. AGAIN THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE DEALER HAS NOTIFIED CHRYSLER AND IS STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER. *AK

STALLED ON MANY OCCASIONS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WITH POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENT. EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE WITH POOR BUILD QUALITY. DEALER UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE STALLING PROBLEM. LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST 27,000 MILES. VERY UPSET WITH THIS VEHICLE AND CHRYSLER DOESN'T SEEM TO REALLY CARE AT ALL.*AK

NONE OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN FIXED TO DATE. DEALER WAS GIVEN 2 CHANCES AND KEPT SAYING THEY COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER & THEY SAID DRIVE SHAFT, BRAKES, PINION & GEAR, BACK GLASS ALL NEEDED REPLACED. WOULD NOT WORK ON VEHICLE BECAUSE OF DEALER FRAUD. BOUGHT OCT. 1999 NEW. HAD BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE SEPT. 1998. DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK