2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE STOPPED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FAN BLADE FOR THE MOTOR HAD SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 06V199000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: COOLING SYSTEM: FAN). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

SEAT BRACKETS UNDER DRIVER SEAT HAVE BROKEN, WHICH CAUSES SEAT TO MOVE WHEN GOING AROUND BENDS, GETTING IN AND OUT OF SEAT. THE WAY THE BRACKET HAS BROKEN, THE SEAT CAN PHYSICALLY BE LIFTED UP OFF THE FLOOR. WE REMOVED THE SEAT, THERE IS ONLY 1 OF THE 4 BRACKETS NOT BROKEN, SO IF THE LAST ONE WOULD BREAK THE SEAT COULD TIP OVER OR FALL BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS. IF YOU WOULD GO AROUND A BEND, YOU WOULD EITHER HIT UP AGAINST THE DOOR OR AGAINST THE CONSOLE DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION YOU TURN. IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES THE SEAT WOULD FLY FORWARD INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. WE HAVE FIXED THE SEAT ONCE BY REWELDING THE BRACKETS, AND THEY BROKE AGAIN, SO WE NOW HAVE COMPLETELY REPLACED THE SEAT WITH A SEAT FROM A DIFFERENT JEEP. AFTER THE INITIAL REPAIR, IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR FOR IT TO BREAK AGAIN. *TR

HEATER BLEND DOORS BROKE NO HEAT ON DRIVERS SIDE, POWER WIRES FRAYED AND PLUG STARTING TO MELT FOR HEATER POWER

WIRING UNDER DASH THAT RUNS HEATER GETTING HOT MELTED BOX THAT CONTAINS ELECTRIC WIRES. *TR

LITTLE TO NO HEAT. MAINLY I AM GETTING VERY LITTLE HEAT FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE (NOT BLOWING LIKE DRIVERS SIDE AND DRIVERS SIDE AS WELL AS PASSENGER SIDE NOT HEATING AS IT SHOULD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. WHEN HE STARTED DRIVING, THE SEAT BEGAN WOBBLING OUT OF CONTROL. WHEN HE INSPECTED IT, HE NOTICED TWO CRACKS IN THE SEAT FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO REPAIR THE ENTIRE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

IN 2007, MY REAR TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. THEY WOULD NOT WORK IF THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. HOWEVER IF THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE OFF THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS WERE WORKING. THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHT THAT INFORMS YOU OF THIS FAILURE AND SO IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE THAT I WAS EVEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I GOT THE REAR LIGHTS REPLACED, NOT KNOWING THEN THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. HOWEVER, NOW THREE YEARS LATER, THE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED AGAIN. SAME EXACT PROBLEM. NO WARNING LIGHTS, IT JUST SO HAPPENED A FAMILY MEMBER SAW THAT MY LIGHTS WERE OUT. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM KNOWN BY JEEP/CHRYSLER.

DRIVERS SEAT APPARENTLY CRACKS, STARTS SQUEAKING, WOBBLES AND THEN BREAKS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO BE WELDED THREE TIMES NOW AND EACH TIME IT LASTS FROM A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THE PROBLEM OCCURS AGAIN. IT HAS NOW BROKEN FOR THE FORTH TIME. ELECTRIC SEAT MOTOR ALSO FAILS TO LIFT THE SEAT UNDER ITS OWN POWER WITHOUT HELPING BY PULLING THE SEAT FORWARD WHILE SELECTING THE SEAT FORWARD POSITION ON THE SEAT MOTOR CONTROL. *TR

WITHOUT ANY PRIOR SIGNS, THE FRAME ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FRONT SEAT MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BROKE. IT APPEARS THAT THE METAL NEAR THE BOLT WAS WEAK AND SIMPLY SNAPPED. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT TURNING INTO A ROCKING CHAIR YET BUT I FEAR THAT IT IS INEVITABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NEVER BEEN USED FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING. I FIND IT DISGUSTING THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON AN ISSUE THAT RANGES FOR A NUMBER OF MODEL YEARS AND IS INSTEAD FORCING US TO PAY TO MAKE OUR CARS MINIMALLY SAFE. WHEN YOU PURCHASE A CAR, YOU DON'T EXPECT THE METAL IN IT TO JUST BREAK! *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS NO HEAT, DUE TO THE BLEND DOOR MALFUNCTIONING. *TR