1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT WHEN BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. THE BULB, THE LIGHT SOCKET, AND THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. REPLACING THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX, THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL AGAIN NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT TO MALFUNCTION. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SEAT BRACKET IS CRACKED MAKING THE SEAT LOPSIDED AND POORLY ATTACHED IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR WHERE THE SEAT HAS BROKEN IN 35 YEARS OF CAR OWNERSHIP. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED W/42,000 MILES. YES . NOT A TYPO . 42,000, ORIGNAL OWNER & "SCARED TO DEATH" TO DRIVE THIS SUV. I HAVE ALOT OF THE ALREADY PROBLEMS, THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HAD TO PAY MANY, W/MY OWN CASH. THIS SUV SCHOULD HAVE CAME IN 1 COLOR "LEMON YELLOW". IT IS AN ACCIDENT WATNG TO HAPPEN. THE RECENT PROBLEM IS NOW I HAVE NO A/C-HEAT OR DEFROSTER. THS IS DUE, TO FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TEMP CONTROL TO WORK. I T STARTED 1ST BY INTERMITTENTLY WORKING, TILL NOW NOT WORKING AT ALL, THIS IS JUST 1 MORE, TO THE LIST , OF MANY OTHER PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS AN COINCIDENCE THAT ALL MY ISSUE HAVE HAPPENNED, ALMOST EXACTLY, IN THE ORDER, OF ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. I CAN'T UNDESTAND HOW A COMPANY CAN GET AWAY W/THIS. THIS NEW PROBLEM CAN COST UP TO $2000, IF IT IS, LIKE PREVIOUS REPORTED PROBLEMS, HAPPENS TO BE THE "BLEND DOORS". AS A HANDICAPPED DRIVER I DRIVE LESS THAN 4,000 MILES A YEAR. THIS IS THE ONLY AUTO I DRIVE, THUS THE MANY, MANY PROBS HAVE YET TO RAISE THIER HEAD. I HAVE READ ALMOST ALL COMPLAINTS(TOO MANY TO READ) THIS SUV SCHOULD BE A "TOTAL RECALL, I HAVE NEVER HEARD MORE COMPLAINTS & PROBLEMS, IN MY LIFE, FOR ANY AUTOMOBILE. THIS SUV SCHOULD BE STUDIED & RESEACHED, ON "HOW NOT TO BUILD AN AUTOMOBILE. JUST READ THE MANY COMPLAINTS HERE & ON THE INTERNET. WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY STAYED IN BUSINESS AS LONG AS THEY DID. WE, THE TAXPAYERS, BAILED THEM OUT. WHO IS BAILING OUT ALL THE OWNERS, OF THIS "DEATH-TRAP"? IF THAT IS NOT ABSURD ENUFF, MANY PROBLEMS COULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, BY JEEP & STILL CAN. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE, OF NHSTA, IF NOT TO INTERVENE? YOU HAVE ALL THE COMPLAINTS. HUNDREDS OF THEM. YOU HAVE THEM POSTED, YET, WE TAXPAYERS/OWNERS SAFETY, HAS BEEN AT RISK EVER SINCE THIS SUV WAS DRIVEN OUT OF THE SHOWROOM. HOW DID YOU NOT MAKE A RECALL ON THE ROTOR/BRAKES ISSUE WHICH WAS REPORTED AT 3,000 MILES? I AM SO FRUSTRATED. IS BRAKING PROBLEMS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? PLEASE, HELP US! *TR

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT STALLS ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO IT- IT WILL STALL GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, DRIVING IN TOWN AT 25-35 MPH, WHILE TURNING A CORNER, WHILE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH-- IT HAS HAPPENED IN ALL THOSE INSTANCES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS HOT OR COLD EITHER. THE ENGINE JUST SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF, BUT THE LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC. ALL STAY ON. IT OCCURS DURING COLD AND HOT WEATHER, WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICES ON OR OFF, IN PARK, NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. IT IS VERY RANDOM AND VERY DANGEROUS. ONCE IT STALLS THE STEERING GETS VERY HARD AND THE JEEP HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING THE JEEP WOULD ALWAYS START AGAIN ON THE FIRST TRY. NOW THE JEEP WILL ALWAYS START WHEN I FIRST GET IN THE CAR IN THE MORNING, BUT ONCE IT STALLS OUT, IT TAKES 20-50 MINUTES TO RESTART. LUCKILY, THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY (8-2009) AND THE PCM WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS BACK. WE HAVE BROUGHT IT INTO THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET IT FIXED, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING, BY I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO I CAN'T. SOME WEEKS IT WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY, AND THEN IT WILL GO DAYS OR WEEKS WITHOUT DOING IT AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM PUTS US AND THE OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD IN POTENTIAL DANGER. I READ ON SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT THE 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND SO WERE JEEP COMMANDERS. HOPEFULLY, THE 1999 WILL ALSO BE CHECKED AND POSSIBLY RECALLED. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BOLTS HAVE PULLED THROUGH THE SEAT FRAME THAT HOLDS IT TO THE CAR. FAILURE OCCURRED 3 YEARS AGO. COST FOR NEW FRAME AND INSTALLING WAS $850. SO WE KEEP THE BACK SEAT FOLDED FORWARD SO THE FRONT SEAT, IN THE 'FURTHEREST BACK' POSITION, RESTS AGAINST THE BACK SEAT AND WE HAVE WIRE TWISTED TO HOLD THE SEAT IN PLACE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. WE WERE TOLD SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, CHYRSLER WOULD NOT FIX IT, EVEN THOUGH IN OUR MECHANIC'S OPINION IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FLAW STRUCTURE OF THE SEAT AND NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND ORIGINAL DRIVER IS ONLY DRIVER (FORTUNATELY HE IS LONG LEGGED) AND SINCE THE FAILURE IT IS ONLY DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK (20 MILES A DAY). CURRENT MILEAGE IS 68,798. *TR

MY DRIVER SEAT ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS BROKEN OFF OF THE BRACKET, IT IS LIKE SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR, IF I LEAN TO FAR BACK IT WILL PUT ME IN THE BACK SEAT. I HAVE HAD IT WELDED BACK TOGETHER ONCE BEFORE, BUT THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS WOBBLING. HE NOTICED THAT THE BRACKET FAILED, WHICH HOLDS THE SEAT IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SEAT BRACKET FAILED. THE SEAT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $150. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE PROVIDED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

THIS INCIDENT STARTED WITH A CLUNKING NOISE WE THOUGHT WAS THE MUFFLER SYSTEM, IN FACT, THE DAY BEFORE THE CAR FAILED WE HAD THE MUFFLER REPLACED. ON 6/17/09 WHILE OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, SHE PULLED OVER, A POLICE OFFICER ASSISTED AND FOLLOWED HER FOR A WHILE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. IT DIDN'T DO IT WHILE THE POLICE OFFICER WATCHED. AFTER THE POLICE OFFICER LEFT, THE VEHICLE LURCHED AGAIN AND OUR DAUGHTER PULLED OVER AND CALLED HER FATHER, HE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THAT IS WHEN THE FRAME BROKE AND THE SUPPORT TO THE REAR AXLE SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE REAR WHEEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BOUND AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE REAR WHEEL WELL LEAVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY UNDRIVEABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PUT ON A TRAILER AND DELIVERED TO OUR MECHANIC. WE PAID OUR MECHANIC TO REPAIR IT BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF PURSUING A CLAIM THROUGH CHRYSLER. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS GIVEN A CASE NO. 18690533 AND WAS TOLD WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A JEEP DEALER. AS INSTRUCTED BY CHRYSLER, WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROYAL CHRYSLER IN OWEGO, NEW YORK. ROYAL WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE TO US AND AFTER INSPECTION, STATED IT WAS THE "MOST CORRODED UNDERBODY THEY HAD EVERY SEEN" AND COMMUNICATED THE SAME TO CHRYSLER DIRECTLY. CHRYSLER WAS NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING OUR CLAIM AND STATED IT WAS TOO FAR OUT OF WARRANTY. WE CURRENTLY OWN 3 JEEPS AND EXPECTED CHRYSLER TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. IT IS NOT A VEHICLE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING OUR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS DRIVE. AFTER NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS TO CHRYSLER BY BOTH THE DEALER AND OURSELVES, THEY FLATLY REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN THE CLAIM AND EVEN REFUSED TO ALLOW US TO EVEN TALK TO A MANAGER. THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ALL 3 OF OUR DAUGHTERS (ALL 3 WERE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME) HAD THEY BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH IS FRIGHTENING. THE FACT THAT CHRYSLER IS UNWILLING TO RECOGNIZE AND CORRECT THIS SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO FRONT DRIVER SEAT BROKEN OFF...METAL CLEANLY BROKE....CANNOT FIND ANOTHER SEAT TO REPLACE IT....HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHILE DRIVING. *TR

THE FRAME OF THE SEAT IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS BROKEN, ALONG WITH THE CARRIAGE THAT THE FRAME SITS ON--IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS. THERE WAS NO CRASH, OR TRAUMA OF ANY KIND DELIVERED TO THE SEAT. THE FAILURE OF THE SEATS CARRIAGE AND FRAME CAUSE ME TO PITCH AND YAW RATHER WILDLY WHEN I MAKE TURNS EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. I AM WORRIED THAT THE ADDED STRESSED PLACED ON THE REMAINING CONTACT POINTS BETWEENT HE CARRIAGE AND THE FRAME WILL CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AS WELL. *TR