1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 5 MPH WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVE WAY AND BACKED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER SAYS THER REAR GLASS IS TO DARK, FOR CORRECT VISIABILITY. THE GLASS IS SUPER TINTED. (PRIVATE TINTING) THE VIN.# REGISTERS SUPER TINT, AND CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT TINT AT TIME OF PURCHASED. CHRYSLER SAYS TINT MEET FMVSS.

TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO REVERSE WIEH PLACED IN REVERSE GEAR..DEALER HAS NO ANSWER FOR THIS PROBLEM..DEALER STATES THEY HAVE CONTACTED THIE MANUFACTURE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A ANSWER...

THE STEERING (DUE TO THE QUADRA-DRIVE SYSTEM) MADE THE VEHICLE FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS ON A VERY BUMPY HIGHWAY. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TEST DROVE AN IDENTICAL VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS. I, THEN, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHEREUPON THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ALL A "MINOR" PROBLEM, THOUGH THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT APPEARED ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP IN QUESTION ATTRIBUTED THIS WARNING TO A VAPOR LEAK. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN THIS WAY SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED.

4 ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON, GAS MILEAGE DROPS SEVERELY AND ENGINE RIDES ROUGH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE 29 DAYS AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. *AK

LOW BEAMS DIM, VISIBILITY APPROX. 30 FEET. BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE CLOUDY FILM INSIDE. I HAVE NOTICED THIS ON SEVERAL VEHICLES AT DEALER

STRONG VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL COLUMN WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED FIRMLY AT HIGH SPEED. DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS FAILS TO OPERATE. DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS IN REAR DOOR CAUSES WARNING CHIMES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR MAKING SHARP TURNS. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING INTO "REVERSE" THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS VERY HARD INTO REVERSE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED IN TWENTY YEARS OF DRIVING. WHEN IT SLAMS INTO REVERSE, IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND THE JEEP WOULD LUNGE BUT FOR MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL ON ALL 1999 GRAND CHEROKEES. I QUESTION WHETHER THIS IS NORMAL. *AK

WHILE IN REVERSE AND GOING INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, WHEN STARTING VEHICLE WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON, THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF WHEN INSTRUCTED TO BE ON. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM, THEY SAY IT MIGHT BE THE COMPUTER MODULE, BUT HAVE NOT FIXED THAT PART. *AK

SHOWED DISTORTED WINDSHIELD TO DEALER ON 4/8/99, WHO SAID HE WOULD CONTACT CHRYSLER.

WHEN TRANSFER CASE IS IN FULL TIME 4WD, NO INDICATOR LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. CAUSES UNSAFE HANDLING ON DRY PAVEMENT. JEEP SAYS- PROBLEM ON ALL JEEPS. JEEP WILL NOT CORRECT PROBLEM.