1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

HEADLIGHT LENS BECAME DISCOLORED AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR FELL OFF. NO ACCIDENT OR OTHER CAUSE PRECEDED DOOR FALLING OFF. JEEP DEALER SAID THE CAUSE WAS A "MANUFACTURING DEFECT" AND THAT AS SUCH, IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTEE AT 70,000 MILES. DEALER DECLINED TO PAY FOR REPAIR, AND DECLINED TO BILL MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR. MANUFACTURER, CONTACTED BY OWNER, DID NOT REPLY. OWNER PAID APPROX. $800 TO WELD DOOR HINGE AND DOOR STRUCTURE TOGETHER. OWNER WAS, AND IS, DISSATISFIED. OWNER, TYPING THIS REPORT, FEELS HE IS BEING REMARKABLY CIVIL.

STEERING WOULD MAKE NOISES WHENEVER TURNING. IT WOULD NOT RETURN TO ORIGINAL POSITION AFTERWARDS. TOOK TO SEVERAL MECHANICS. WAS INFORMED BY FIRST MECHANIC IT WAS SUSPENSION, AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ANOTHER MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER IT WAS GEAR BOX CAUSING NOISE. ALSO, DRIVER'S DOOR CAME APART AT SEAMS, HOLDING IT TOGETHER WITH A ROPE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS APPLYING BRAKES IN TRAFFIC, AND BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER HAD TO BRAKE AGAIN WITH BOTH FEET DOWN ON BRAKES TO STOP. CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE BRAKES DID NOT GRAB IN TIME. *AK

CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED TWO TIMES ALREADY. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK VEHICLE SHUTDOWN DUE TO COIL FAILURE. *YH

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO ELECTRICAL SHOP TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED FIRE, FIRE STARTED WITH A FUEL LEAKAGE AND BURNED WIRES WHERE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO UNREPLACEABLE PARTS. AK

MOTORS MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO RISE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. ALSO, THROTTLE STUCK. MOTORS MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 60,000 MILES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASES UNEXPECTEDLY, AND WON'T PROTECT OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. WILL BE CONTACTING JEEP. *AK THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS ABOUT THE SEAT BELT

THE MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RISE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AND ALSO CAUSES THE THROTTLE TO STICK. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 60,000 MILES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THERE'S A SHUTTER WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.IT STARTS TO GET HARDER TO STEER, AND IN EMERGENCY IT COULD BE WORSE. *AK