1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE COMPUTER HAD A SHORT IN THE ECM AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED EVERY SENSOR AND MODULE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS IN THE VEHICLE EVEN THE ENGINE AND NONE OF THEM HAVE REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED SINCE THE VEHICLE STALLING COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

OUT OF NO WHERE MY 98 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE STARTED EXPERIENCING STALLING PROBLEMS AND MISFIRES SPORADICALLY DURING ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WILL BE SITTING AT IDLE OR GOING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AND WILL JUST STALL. IT CRANKS BACK UP FINE (MOST OF THE TIME-SOMETIMES, IT TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS OF CRANKING IT) THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT DIFFERENT TIMES - MORNING, NIGHT, COLD, HOT, ETC. IT SEEMS TO ACT WORSE THE LONGER THE VEHICLE HAS SAT UNDRIVEN (OVERNIGHT OR DURING A WORK SHIFT). I STALL OUT IN TRAFFIC - RECENTLY AT A LIGHT AND THEN THE LIGHT CHANGED AND I COULD NOT START MY VEHICLE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A RECALL ITEM AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE POSTED THESE COMPLAINTS. THE IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND WITH THE STALLING ISSUES HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING - IT'S A BIG PROBLEM THAT SOMEONE SHOULD ADDRESS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I HAVE SPENT A WEEK AT THE MECHANIC SHOP REPLACING PART AND SPENDING MONEY ONLY TO NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE DISTRIBUTOR, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, SPARK PLUG WIRES, ETC HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM - $500 LATER. *TR

THE GLASS SUN ROOF OF OUR 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TOTALLY DETACHED (BLEW OFF) WHILE MY WIFE AND 4 YEAR OLD GRANDSON WERE DRIVING ON AN IDAHO HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 55 MPH. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VEHICLE. UPON CALLING OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH AN OCCURRENCE AND WERE OF ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE WAS CONTINUOUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TIMES. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PERTAINING TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE REPAIRS CONSISTED OF REPLACING THE IGNITION COIL, CRANK SHIFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR. IN ADDITION, THE THROTTLE BODY AND FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLEANED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOLLOWING REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 01/07/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT RESTART IMMEDIATELY AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT SERVICE STATIONS WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND FOUND DIFFERENT CODES INCLUDING THE 02 CRANK POSITION SENSORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE REPAIRS WERE AT HIS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND CLAIM#19770779 AND CASE#2484134 WERE FILED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT THEY NEVER DID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000. UPDATED 12/08/10 *BF UPDATED 12/13/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STALLED. UPON RESTART IT OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE BEGAN TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,050. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I OWN A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I JUST READ ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING A POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE GAS TANK ON THESE CARS IN THE EVENT OF A REAR END COLLISION. THIS MIGHT BE A FACTOR AND IF NOT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. THERE IS A HEAT SHIELD THAT IS ABOUT A SQUARE FOOT IN SIZE MOUNTED IN FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK THAT IS BOLTED TO THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE CAR. IT IS HELD ON WITH TWO STEEL SCREWS WITH WASHERS. SINCE STEEL AND ALUMINUM WILL REACT WHEN PLACE TOGETHER THE HOLES THROUGH THE ALUMINUM BECOME OVERSIZED AND THE SHIELDS DROP OFF. IT IS THERE FOR A REASON AND THUSLY SHOULD BE REPLACED. JEEP NO LONGER HAS A REPLACEMENT PART BECAUSE I GUESS THE PROBLEM IS SO PREVALENT THAT THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF STOCK AND ELECT NOT TO MAKE MORE OF THEM. THERE HAS TO BE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF THESE CARS STILL ON THE ROAD MISSING THIS SHIELD. JEEP SHOULD BE FORCED TO MAKE MORE OF THEM SO THE PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED. IT SHOULD BE REDESIGNED AS WELL SO IT WILL NOT BE PRONE TO FALLING OFF IN THE FUTURE. *TR

CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM. IT CONTINUES TO STALL NO MATTER THE WEATHER OR HOW LONG HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR. IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU A WARNING OF THE STALL. THE CAR STOP WHILE TURNING OR JUST DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY (HIGHWAY) AT ANY SPEED. I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCK AND NOT GOTTEN KILLED. DUE TO THE CAR STALLING ON THE FREEWAY. AND FROM THE INTERNET INFORMATION THERE ARE ALOT OF GRAND CHEROKEES OUT THERE HAVING THE SAME STALLING PROBLEM. HOPE THAT NOBODY HAS TO DIE BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS ADDRESSED. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE STALL PROBLEM FOR THE 2008 CARS BUT IT SHOULD OF BEEN DONE FOR THE CARS FROM 1996 TO 2008. DUE TO HAVING THE SAME STALLING PROBLEMS. *TR

HAVE JUST BEEN ADVISED THAT A MOTOR WHICH OPERATES SOME TYPE OF DOOR TO RELEASE HEAT AND AIR IN A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT APPEARS THAT NO REPLACEMENT IS AVAILABLE AND JEEP HAS A 1200 PART BACKLOG WITH NO PLANS IN THE WORKS TO EVEN BEGIN PRODUCTION OF THIS PART FOR REPLACEMENT. WHILE ONE CAN CONCEIVABLY DO WITHOUT HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING, THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS HAVING A WORKING DEFROSTER IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER IS A NECESSITY. *TR

MY 98 JGC STARTED STALLING RANDOMLY; ON ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, HIGHWAY, STOPLIGHTS, ETC. IT WOULD ALWAYS START BACK UP AND RUN AGAIN, BUT THE STALLING WOULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. NO CODES WOULD REGISTER EITHER. THE DEALER TRIED REPLACING THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR AND IGNITION COIL ($300), BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. I REPLACED THE IGNITION WIRES, DISTRIBUTOR CAP, SPARK PLUGS, AND THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR BUT STILL THE SAME. . WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD DROP OUT MOMENTARILY. ALSO, WHEN THE ASD DROPS OUT, THERE ARE NO COMPUTER CODES REGISTERED. THEY ALSO CLEANED THE CONTACTS ON ALL THE RELAYS UNDER THE HOOD AND COATING WITH DI-ELECTRIC GREASE. THIS DID NOT HELP EITHER. *TR