2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT WAS BROKEN. THE NUTS AND BOLTS BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME CAUSING THE CONTACT TO FALL INTO THE REAR SEAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT WAS NO LONGER IN STOCK. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

DRIVER SIDE SEAT MOUNT BROKE (LOWER LEFT SIDE) AND LEFT BACK SUPPORT MOUNT BROKE. *TR

CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY HIS 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL *GR THE CONSUMER STATED THE HEATED SEATS IN HIS VEHICLE BECAME EXTREMELY HOT AND ULTIMATELY SHORTED OUT. *JB

WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION MY DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE FREE AND TILTED IN TO THE BACK SEATING AREA. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I NOTICED THAT SEAT IN MY JEEP WAS ROCKING TO THE SIDE. CONTINUING DOWN THE ROAD I HEARD A SNAP, SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LEFT AND REAR RIGHT MOUNTS ON MY DRIVER SEAT HAD BROKE. CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT PART, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING I TOOK THE JEEP TO A LOCAL WELDER AND HAD THE WELDER WELD THE BROKEN BRACKETS. WHILE DISCUSSING THE REPAIR THE WELDER INFORMED ME THAT THIS WASNT THE FIRST ONE HE HAS REPAIRED, HE TOO HAD TO WELD SEAT BRACKETS ON HIS JEEP.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE BEEN GETTING A BURNING SMELL INSIDE MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WHEN I OPERATE THE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER HOTLINE TODAY TO SEE ABOUT ANY RECALLS ,THEY REPLIED NONE ON THIS VEHICLE. I TOLD THEM I WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD CATCH FIRE, I GOT NO REPLY OTHER THEN THERE ARE NO CAMPAIGNSON THAT PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT COULD CATCH FIRE. NOW MY SEAT HEATER HAS NOT BEEN WORKING, THE LIGHT GOES ON BUT NO HEAT. PLEASE ADVISE! [XXX] I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LAST MONTH USED. *TR

MY SEAT HEATER GOT SO HOT WHILE I WAS DRIVING...I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LIFT MY LEG (IM AN AMPUTEE) OFF THE SEAT...FELT LIKE MY PANTYHOSE WERE MELTING...2001 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED...INSPECTOR FOUND BURNT WIRES...BUT WHEN CHRYSLER CONTACTED ME...THEY SAID MY JEEP WAS "MADE IN THE FACTORY" WHERE THEY WERE RECALLING THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT IN MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO FAILED, WITH THE METAL SUPPORT TRACK CRACKING AND THEN BREAKING, LEAVING THE SEAT NEARLY FREE. THE SEAT HAD BEEN LOOSE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, SINCE THE TIME I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2009. I HAD RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER DUE TO NOISE IN THE SEAT FRAME, AND WAS TOLD IT WAS "NATURAL WEAR AND TEAR" AND WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE TRACK WELDED TO REPAIR AND REINFORCE THE METAL, BUT IT DOES NEED A NEW TRACK FOR ANY PERMANENT REPAIR, WHICH CHRYSLER ESTIMATES AT $1,500. IF I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS SEAT WAS WOBBLING, I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE FAILED COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT HAVE RESTRAINED ME IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE, IF NOT ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER/JEEP, WHO HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS FOR MANY YEARS IN THE GRAND CHEROKEE, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN IN RECENT DAYS. MY MECHANIC ALSO TOLD ME IT WAS CLEAR THE SEAT TRACK THAT IS NOW IN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ORIGINAL, AND WAS A REPLACEMENT PART OF THE ORIGINAL, WHICH ALSO MUST HAVE FAILED. *TR

I BOUGHT A GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED IN 2001 AND THE SEAT HEATERS (DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS) WERE BOTH REPLACED IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS BECAUSE THEY BECAME INOPERABLE. IN 2007 THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HEATER BECAME SO HOT IT BURNT OUT. IN 2008 THE PASSENGER SIDE DID THE SAME. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY JEEP SERVICE DEPT. THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. *TR

REAR BRAKE AND SAFETY LIGHTS ON 2001 JEEP KEEP NOT WORKING FLAW IN WORKMANSHIP AND CONSTRUCTION OF ASSEMBLY. DRIVER SEAT COMING LOSE AT BASE BRACKETS THAT SLID THE SEAT BACK AND FORWARD. WINDOW LIFTS BREAK CONSTANTLY. BLOWER DOOR BRAKES CEASING DEFROST AND WINDOWS FOG DURING COLD DAYS. *TR