1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED/BURNED UP TWICE, BOTH TIMES AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. PAINT IS FLAKING OFF IN LARGE PIECES. COIL SUSUPENSION SQUEAKS AND HAS BEEN SINCE ABOUT 50,000 MILES.

THE ORIGINAL PAINT ON MY VEHICLE IS BUBBLING OFF DOWN TO THE PRIMER. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS KEPT IN A GARAGE AND MAINTAINED EXCELLENTLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A BODY SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD PAINT JOB FROM THE FACTORY.NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

TRUCK SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART AFTER 100,000 - NUMEROUS ITEMS: SPEED SENSOR FAILED, OIL SENSOR AND COOLENT SENSOR ALWAY ON, EVEN AT PROPER LEVELS, REAR DOOR RATTLES, HEAD GASKET STARTING TO GO, NUMEROUS RATTLES, ENGINE LEAKES OIL, STARTING TO RUST

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH ALL POWER SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER HAD NO POWER STEERING, AND NO BRAKES. *AK

TRAVELING 70 MPH WHEN EXPERIENCED 1-2 SECONDS OF MILD SHAKINESS IN CAR FOLLOWED SUDDENLY BY SOUND THAT RESEMBLED JACKHAMMER AND EXTREME DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING CAR. ONCE CAME TO REST FOUND THAT ROUGHLY 50% OF TIRE TREAD WIDTH HAD SEPARATED AND PEELED BACK BETWEEN 180-270 DEGREES OF THE TIRE CIRCUMFERENCE, LEAVING A FLAP THAT SPUN AND DESTROYED REAR BUMPER AND SPLASH GUARD (LEFT), ALSO CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT QUARTER PANEL AND LEFT REAR DOOR AND ASSOCIATED PLASTIC MOLDINGS. I AM CURRENTLY SENDING A CLAIM TO THE MANAUFACTURER, WHOSE NUMBER I GOT FROM THE NHTSA HOTLINE. I WILL SEND A COPY OF THE COVER LETTER TO YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15XL )

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS CAUSING THE IGNITION COIL TO CONTINOUSLY FAIL. DEALER'S REMEDY WAS TO REPLACE COIL. THE COIL HAS BEEN REPLACED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND CONTINUES TO BURN OUT.*AK

POWER STEERING LEAKED AT RETURN LINE FITTING ON RESERVOIR, FITTING ON RESERVOIR BROKEN OFF DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT THAT BUILDS UP IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE OTHER PLASTIC COMPONENTS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH HAVE BECOME BRITTLE FROM SEVEN YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO HEAT BUILD UP WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED ENGINE FIRE, STEERING FLUID WAS SPRAYING ONTO EXSHAUST MANIFOLD, FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I DID NOT HAVE A FIRE.

LATCH HAS SEPARATED FROM DOOR ON BOTH LEFT DOORS; REAR FIXED; NOW FRONT FAILED. *AK

SHEET-METAL WELDS IN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAVE SEPARATED, CAUSING DOOR TO SAG AND CLOSE INCOMPLETELY. DEALER DENIES ANY MANUFACTURER CULPABILITY AS REGARDS THE PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS RELATED COMPLAINTS EXIST AT NHTSA AND A GENEROUS REPAIR DISCOUNT WAS OFFERED.

THE REPLACED EVAPORATOR IN 1999 COULD HAVE CAUSED THE COMPRESSOR TO FREEZE UP RESULTING IN TWO REPAIR COSTS TO ME IN THE AMOUNT OF $872.77 & $1193.66. *AK