2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

FRONT SEAT OF 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS UNSAFE. HEARD FROM NUMEROUS OTHER JEEP DRIVERS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL YEAR. DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHAIR BREAKS AND BECOMES UNSTEADY. CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO TRY AND PULL OF THE ROAD. THE CHAIR WILL NOW RECLINE WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AND FLOW FORWARD UPON BREAKING - WHICH HAS ITS IMPACT ON GAS/BREAK PEDALS WHEN APPLIED. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEATER DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR. IT WILL NOT DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THEREFORE CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD BY LIMITING SIGHT OF THE DRIVER. *TR

I WAS BACKING UP IN A PARKING LOT. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT SNAPPED LOSE AND I HIT TWO CEMENT BARACADES. BADLY DENTING MY REAR DOOR. LUCKY THERE WAS NOT A PERSON STANDING THERE, I WAS AT A COLLEGE. THE SEAT HAD BEEN ROCKING A BIT. WHEN I LOOKED AT IT THE SEAT MOUNT THE REAR PIVOT POINT HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF BOTH SIDES. THE MOUNTS HOLDING THE SEAT TO THE MOUNT WERE ALSO BROKEN. THIS SEEM TO HAPPEN A LOT AND I COULD NOT FINE A JUNK YARD REPLACEMENT.. DEALERS WANTED $700-$1200 FOR THE REPAIR. I TOOK THE SEAT OUT AND HAD IT WELDED. I CAN NO LONGER USE THE HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL SEAT ADJUSTMENT BUT IT TILTS AND GOES BACK AND FORTH. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO FIX THE BACK DOOR YET. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER SEAT SUDDENLY BECAME WARM. THE FUSE BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE SEAT WARMER NO LONGER FUNCTIONED AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 09V117000 (SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER) WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 121,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 127,000.

OWNER OF 2001 JEEP GR CHEROKEE LAREDO. I WISH TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DRIVER'S SEAT. STARTED OUT WITH AN ANNOYING SQUEAK AND SOME POPPING ON ENTRANCE, EXIT, ACCELERATION, AND BRAKING OF VEHICLE. WITHIN 1 MTH OF NOTICING THIS PROBLEM THE FRONT BOLT BROKE AWAY FROM THE SEAT FRAME AND METAL THEN IT WENT TO THE BACK RIGHT BOLT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET THIS WELDED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS TOO INVOLVED, I TRIED SEARCHING THE JUNK YARDS FOR A USED SEAT AND APPARENTLY THESE SEATS ARE HARD TO COME BY, AND HAVE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP IN REGARDS TO GETTING THIS FIXED AND I WAS QUOTED A PRICE BUT TOLD NO GUARANTEE WITH THE REPAIR AND THE PART WAS ON A BACKORDER. TO DATE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE REPLACEMENT OR FIX CAUSING ME NOT TO PASS INSPECTION (WHEN THE INSPECTOR GOT IN TO CHECK SOMETHING ELSE HE WOUND UP IN MY SON'S CAR SEAT.). I HAVE HAD TO PUT WOODEN BLOCKS UNDERNEATH BUT IT STILL ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. *TR

THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE CONTACTS IN THE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU HAVE TO BEND THE CONTACT BACK OUT SO IT MAKES CONTACT AGAIN. *TR

MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 140,000 MILES HAS HAD AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS WHERE IT DOESN'T BLOW OUT COLD AIR, FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. I DIDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT IT AND DIDN'T PLAN TO FIX IT UNTIL I NOTICED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS DOING THE SAME THING. THE MIDDLE VENTS BLOW OUT COLD AIR AND THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS BLOW NORMAL HOT AIR. I LIVE IN A STATE WHERE IT GETS BRUTALLY COLD OUT IN THE WINTER TIME AND OBVIOUSLY THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED FOR COMFORT AND ALSO FOR DEFROST. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE REPAIR IS VERY COSTLY $8-1800. AND THE MOST HORRIFYING OF ALL IS THAT AFTER THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED, IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN AGAIN AND YOU WILL BE FORCED TO PAY TO FIX IT ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE PARTS CHRYSLER USES. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS CAR DEALER IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND IS IGNORING ALL COMPLAINTS AND FORCING CONSUMERS TO PAY FOR THE PROBLEM, WHEN IT IS JUST GOING TO BREAK AGAIN. THIS IS ALMOST CRIMINAL! *TR

THE DRIVER SEAT ON MY 2001 GRAND CHEROKEE HAS BROKEN AT 3 OF THE 4 ATTACHMENT POINTS AND IS NOT POSING A SAFETY PROBLEM. I AM UNABLE TO FIND AVAILABLE REPLACEMENT PARTS AND HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM LIKE THIS IN OTHER VEHICLES. THE METAL HAS BROKEN. *TR

THE FAILURE OF THE BLENDER MOTOR HAS LEFT OUR JEEP WITHOUT A WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER. IT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR AND DOES NOT CLEAR LEAVING VISIBILITY AT ZERO. IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL AND NOW IT IS DANGEROUS FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY TO DRIVE IN OUR "FAMILY CAR". NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE AN $800-$1500 REPAIR NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WE PURCHASED. *TR

I WASHED MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AT A COIN OPERATED CAR WASH. I CLIMBED INTO THE CAR, STARTED IT UP AND SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE CAR WENT TO FULL THROTTLE INSTANTLY ON IT'S OWN. I APPLIED BRAKES BUT THAT HAD LITTLE AFFECT AND THE CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED OUT OF THE CAR WASH STALL TOWARD A BRICK WALL APPROX. 20 FEET AWAY. I STEERED THE CAR INTO A TREE AS I FELT IT WOULD BE A SOFTER CRASH AS OPPOSED TO A WALL. THE CAR BOUNCED OFF OF THE TREE AND CONTINUED AT FULL THROTTLE INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE CAR WASH AS I CONTINUED TO PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD. I FINALLY TURNED THE KEY OFF AND STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE REACTED SOONER. THE LEFT FRONT FENDER AND GRILL WERE DAMAGED AND I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT NOBODY WAS HURT AND I AM VERY INTERESTED IN FINDING THE CAUSE OF THIS . *TR