1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION GEAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE THERE IS A VERY LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE STALLS. *AK

THIS VEHICLE EXHIBITED STRONG BRAKE PULSATION WHEN STOPPING. MANUFACTURER REFUSED REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS, AND TURNED ROTORS WHILE ON HUBS OF VEHICLE. PULSATION HAS NOW RETURNED.

TOOK TO DEALER 6 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX. WAS IN A FENDER BENDER ON 7-25-99 DO TO TRANSMISSION HESITATION AND JERKING. GOING TO ARBITRATION ON 8-9-99.

I BOUGHT TWO JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES IN APRIL OF '99. IN BOTH VEHICLES, THE WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. I CAN'T ROLL-DOWN THE WINDOWS, AND THE PROBLEM CAN'T BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON A NATIONAL BACK-ORDER LIST, SO OTHER JEEP OWNERS MUST BE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP, ACCELERATOR LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AFTER COLLIDING WITH A COUPLE OF VEHICLES AND A FIRE HYDRANT, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. AFTER APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE, VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. REPORT GIVEN BY LIZA DELCAMPO AT STATE FARM INSURANCE. TSB# 18-40-98 *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS AN ERRATIC HARD CLUNK SHIFT FROM 1 TO 2, AS WELL AS A DOWN SHIFT FROM 3 TO 2, DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE LEFT REAR TOE WAS OUT OF SPEC., DEALER SLOTTED REAR TRAILING ARM MOUNTING POINT, BUT CAR STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT.

THE MOTOR HAS A METALLIC TYPE KNOCKING OR TAPPING NOISE THAT INCREASES IN RAPIDITY AS THE RPM INCREASES UNTIL IT BECOMES A HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING TYPE SOUND. THE DEALER REFUSES TO ACCEPT THIS AS A PROBLEM SINCE OTHER 1999 6 CYLINDER JEEPS DO IT ALSO. HOWEVER MY 1996 JEEP WITH THE SAME ENGINE DIDNOT MAKE THESE NOISES. *AK

COMPUTER CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION FAILED, REPAIRS ARE NOT POSSIBLE. TRANSMISSION COMPUTER MUST BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER ATTEMPTED FIX 4 TIMES. NO SUCCESS. ALSO SQUEAKS FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED LEFT. DEALER UNABLE TO FIX. *AK

TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM "PARK" TO "REVERSE", IT ONLY HAPPEN SOMETIMES, UNABLE TO DETERMINE FAILURE. *YC