1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

JEEP REQUIRED PLASTIC GAS TANK TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO WARANTEE 600 DOLLAR NEW FUEL PUMP. BILL TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP AND GAS TANK WAS 1300 WITH LABOR. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. IF GAS TANK IS FAILING DUE TO GAS ADDITIVES THIS SHOULD BE RECALL/REPLACEMENT BY JEEP. THIS CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. DT

CONSUERM STATED COLLIDED HEAD-ON W/A WALL TRAVELLING APPROX 35MPH. NEITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. TS

MANIFOLD CRACK OVER $400.00 TO REPAIR ALSO BALL JIONTS OVER $500.00 TO REPAIR. AUTO USED ONLY ON ROAD AND HIGHWAY SPEED. CRACK ETC WOULD HAVE TO BE A MFG DEFECT. JEEP WILL NOT DISCUSS COVERAGE. DT

WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD 2 BRAKE REPAIRS PERFORMED ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS.*JB

CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS ABLE TO CUT THE VEHICLE OFF, AND REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN GEAR, AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK. DEPRESSING THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE SINCE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. MR *TT *JB

APPARENTLY SOME FAILURE OCCURED WITH THE JEEP THAT CAUSED SMOKE TO ENTER THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. THE COMPARTMENT FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE SMOKE HAD AN ARROMA OF ELECTRICITY. EVERYTHING THAT CONSUMER HAD RUNNING SUCH AS THE BLOWER MOTOR/AC WERE TURNED OFF. MRCONSUMER FEELS THE VEHICLE DESIGN ALLOWED DEBRIS TO ENTER THE AIR CONDITIONING AIR BOX AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BLOWER RESISTOR. THIS CAUSED THE DEBRIS TO IGNITE FORM THE HEAT SOURCE, ALSO THE ENGINE GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. *JG

I UNDERSTAND THAT EARLIER MODEL YEARS HAVE A RECALL OR SOMETHING SIMILAR BECASUE OF A COATING USED ON THE INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK THAT GETS EATEN AWAY OVER TIME BY AN ADDITIVE IN THE GAS THAT IS USED IN THE NORTH. THIS LINING THEN CLOGS THE PUMP AND FILTER CAUSING FAILURE. THE COST OF PARTS AND LABOR ENDIED UP BEING OVER 800 DOLLARS. IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHY ISN'T IT TAKEN CARE OF? MR

VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR TRAVELING APPROX. 62-71 MPH ACCORDING TO POLICE CALCULATIONS. REAR END COLLISON RESULTED IN DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT/SEATBACK COLLAPSING TO THE REAR JUST AFTER IMPACT. IS THE SEAT SUPPOSE TO COLLAPSE FROM THIS TYPE OF REAR END COLLISON OR IS IT A DEFECT? SHOULD THE SEAT HAVE STAYED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION? THE COLLAPSING OF THE SEAT MAY HAVE SAVED THE OCCUPANTS LIFE. DOES THE SAFETY BOARD TEST THESE TYPES OF REAR END ACCIDENTS AT THESE SPEEDS TO TEST THE INTEGRITY OF THE SEATS? MR

CAR WOULD NOT STAY STARTED, MECHANIC REPLACED FUEL TANK AND PUMP, DUE TO ADMITION OF JEEP'S FAULTY FUEL TANKS IN '96 JEEPS. THIS HAS OCCURRED 2 MORE TIMES WITHING 1 MONTH SINCE FIRST OCCURRANCE. ALL THREE TIMES, TANK AND PUMP WERE REPLACED WITH NO BETTER OUTCOME. JEEP SAYS THIS IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD!!! I BELIEVE IT IS, I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST QUIT, I HAD TO FIGURE SOME WAY TO AVOID GETTING HIT ON THE BUSY 2 LANE 55 MILE AN HOUR ROAD I WAS ON. IF THEY ARE GOING TO ADMIT TO A PROBLEM, THEN THEY SHOULD FIX AND PAY FOR THE MISTAKE! NLM

COMPONENTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:00V136000. I HAVE RESIDED IN MD SINCE APRIL 1996 AND HAD THE DEALER PERFORM WORK ON BRAKES 7/01/02 AND THEN TO HAVE BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON 9/24/02, BUT DEALER ENCOUNTERED THE CAMPAIGN ISSUE BUT WILL NOT FIX FOR FREE. NLM