1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT BACK IN 1993 SUDDEN ACCELERATION, I WAS INJURED I HAD SURGERY ON BOTH MY HANDS DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT, IT WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE I EVER HAD. I HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BECAUSE OF A TERRIBLE DEFECT IN THESE JEEPS. PLEASE CONTACT ME I READ THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FINALLY CHECKING THIS PROBLEM OUT ITS ABOUT TIME. PLEASE FIND THIS PROBLEM I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME THAT DAY. I ONLY HAD THE JEEP NOT EVEN 24 HOURS WHEN IT TOOK OFF ON ME IN A PARKING LOT I CLIMBED ON TOP OF A PARK CAR AND TOOK OFF GOING WEST IN THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC WITH A CAR UNDER ME YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE. THEN ALL I HEARD WAS THE ENGINE THRUSTING GOING FASTER AND FASTER LET ME TELL YOU THOSE JEEPS ARE VERY POWERFUL YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE. I WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR WITH A CAR UNDERNEATH ME/ FINALLY THE CAR UNDER MY JEEP CAME LOSE AND SLAMPED INTO A STORE WINDOW AND ALMOST KILLED THE GIRL AT THE FRONT DESK THANK GOD IT JUST MISSED HER THERE WAS ABOUT $90,000 DOLLARS TO THIS OFFICE AND REPLACING THE CAR THAT I SMASHED AND THE DAMAGE TO MY JEEP. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME I HAVE PICTURES AND I MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER. NO ONE WATCHING COULD BELIEVE WHAT WAS FLYING DOWN THE STREET. THE WAS A COP ACROSS THE STREET IN A RESTAURANT IN SAID IN THE NEWSPAPER IN COULD NOT BELIEVE HE'S EYES WHAT HE WAS SEEING. A JEEP WITH A CAR UNDER IT GOING WEST IN THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC AT LUNCH TIME WHEN IT WAS VERY BUSY THE ROADS. I ALSO HAVE WITTNESS. I HOPE SOME DAY THERE WILL BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND I HOPE THAT YOU FIND OUT VERY SOON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK THE JEEP BACK THAT DAY AND I REFUSED TO KEEP IT SO THEY GAVE ME ANOTHER JEEP I DIDN'T WANT THAT ONE EITHER BECAUSE I WAS SO AFRAID OF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING AGAIN BUT THE DEALERSHIP GARY FRONRATH REFUSED TO GIVE ME BACK MY CAR THEY SAID IS WAS SOLD ALREADY, WHICH WAS IMPOSSIBLE. CALL ,ME {

AT 91,680 MILES, WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60-65 MPH, NOTICED A FUEL SMELL COMING INTO VEHICLE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED THAT PROBLEM WAS A FUEL RAIL LEAKAGE.*AK LOCATION OF FUEL LINE TO ENGINE CAUSED FUEL LINE TO RUPTURE DUE TO VIBRATION, APPEARS TO BE DUE TO DESIGN OF LOCATION OF THE FUEL LINE PER DEALER. *SLC

TIRE SIZE P23575R15, TIRES HAVE 15, 000 MILES ON THEM. TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES FOR A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING AT 20 MPH FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK CONSUMER GOING SLOW ON A DIRT ROAD WHEN THE SIDE WALL WAS FAILED. A VERTICAL SPLIT ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG, THE TIRE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY, ALL AT ONCE. *YH

BRAKES LOCKED UP ON MY WIFE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC (2 POLICE OFFICERS WITNESSED THE LOCK-UP SINCE SHE WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC). THE OFFICERS CALLED A WRECKER, BUT SHE TURNED THE KEY ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES AND THE BRAKES RELEASED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I SEARCHED OTHER COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA'S WEBSITE AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF BRAKE LOCK-UP ON THIS MODEL. I ALSO HAVE INVESTIGATED AN ASE WEBSITE THAT INDICATES SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I WORRY ABOUT MY WIFE AND 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER'S SAFETY IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN THAT MAKES IT PRONE TO LOCK-UP THE BRAKES. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IT BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT.*AK

THE STEERING STABILIZER FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

93 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CAR FIRE (5/7/2001; ABOUT 4:15 PM)I HAVE A STORY TO RELATE; HOPEFULLY THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM ITMY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING TO BWI TO DROP OFF OUR SON SO HE COULD CATCH A PLANE BACK TO CHICAGO. A FEW MILES BEFORE THE I-695 N EXIT, WE STARTED SMELLING A BURNT RUBBER OR PERHAPS EXHAUST TYPE OF SMELL. MY SON WAS DRIVING AND I SUGGESTED HE GET IN THE OUTSIDE LANE AND SLOW DOWN TO SEE OF THE SMELL GOT WORSE OR WENT AWAY. ALL THE ENGINE GAUGES READ FINE. AS WE WERE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO, THE CAR SUDDENLY TOOK A COUPLE OF HARD JERKS AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE CAR WAS COMING TO A QUICK STOP. WE WERE IN THE OUTSIDE LANE, BUT RIGHT AT THE I-695 EXIT SO THERE WERE 2 MORE EXIT LANES ON OUR RIGHT. WE COULDN'T GET TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR CAME TO STOP QUICKLY; IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO WANT TO COAST EVEN WHEN I SUGGESTED MY SON MOVE THE TRANSMISSION LEVER TO NEUTRAL. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR. AT FIRST I HESITATED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR FOR FEAR OF BEING HIT BY OTHER TRAFFIC AND WE COULDN'T SEE TO OUR REAR BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE. WHEN I REALIZED THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING PAST US, I GOT OUT OF THE REAR SEAT AND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR; THERE WERE FLAMES. I YELLED AT MY WIFE AND SON TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND WE ALL WENT ACROSS TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE JEEP BURNED TOTALLY. . LATER IN SPEAKING TO THE FIRE CAPTAIN, HE TOLD US THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF THE CAR HAD BEEN CHERRY RED. THEY HAD PUT 700 GALLONS ON THE CAR TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AND COOL OF THE DIFFERENTIAL. IT APPEARS THE DIFFERENTIAL HAD FAILED (I BELIEVE IT WAS THE INPUT BEARING WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT CONNECTS), OBVIOUSLY GOTTEN VERY HOT, AND LOCKED UP CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO BREAK OFF AT THE DIFFERENTIAL (THAT END OF THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS RESTING ON THE GROUND). WHEN THE THINGS STARTED BREAKING, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME RUPTURE OF A FUEL LINE OR THE FUEL TANK; THEN THERE WAS FIRE.*A

STEERING COLUMN HAS ROTATED WHICH CAUSED CRUISE CONTROL TO BE ON TOP INSTEAD OF ON SIDE. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS. THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH STEERING. *AK

LEFT REAR AXLE SEPARATED AND FELL OFF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK DEALER ESTIMATED REPAIR TO BE AT $4,900.00 *JB

ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK WHEN APPLYING BRAKE, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE, AND STEERING MAKES NOISE TOO. NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER , CANNOT REMEDY. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLS AT LOW SPEED WHEN IN REVERSE. *AK

THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, APPARENTLY IN TWO PLACES. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HF IPJ TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)