1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

BUILD UP SLUDGE IS CAUSING ENGINE STALLING AND CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHJER INFORMATION.*AK

PROBLEM WITH SLUDGE BUILD UP IN FUEL TANK. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVER LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO TREES AND THEN ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK *JG

NHTSA RECALL 02 V 053 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL B02 CONCERNING INADVERTENT MOVEMENT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING WHEN INADVERTENTLY IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED IN REVERSE. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-136 THE LEFT BRAKE ROTOR BROKE WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

WHEN ADDING GAS PUMP DOES NOT STOP WHERE IT SHOULD, GAS KEEPS LEAKING OUT ALL OVER THE ROAD. CONSUMER STATES THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

EMERGENCY BRAKE PAD RUNNING AROUND INNER CIRCLE OF REAR ROTORS BROKE, LOCKING WHEELS, AND PREVENTING VEHICLE'S MOVEMENT.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER STARTED UP VEHICLE, AND IT FELT ODD, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HEAVY, HE LIFTED UP HOOD, AND FAN BELT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE FAN. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS FOUND HANGING LOOSELY, UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BOLT HAD SHEARED OFF AND THE BRACKET HOLDING THE POWER STEERING MOTOR HAD CRACKED AT THE TOP LEAVING IT HANGING, THAT LOOSENED THE SERPENTINE BELT WHICH ENDED UP WRAPPED AROUND THE FAN.*JB

EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS CRACKED ON MY 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE COMMON AMONG GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS. THIS IS MY THIRD GRAND CHEROKEE AND THIS IS THE SECOND THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO. I NEVER HAD THE MONEY TO FIX THE OTHER AND SOLD IT AS IS. CHRYSTLER IS ADMITTING THAT THE DESIGN IS A FAILURE WHEN THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED. THE JEEP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER MUFFLER REPAIR SHOPS NOTICE THE CRACKED MAINIFOLD AS A COMMON DEFALT AND HAVE MADE THIS REPAIR MANY TIMES. WHEN I PURCHASED THE 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAD NO PLANS FOR A BUILT IN COST OF THIS MAGNITUDE (DEALER COST APPROX. $1200.00). I HAVE NOT RESERVED THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT TO REPAIR THE JEEP IN MY BUDGET AND WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE NOISE AND POOR PERFORMANCE OR FIND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO FIX IT. IT IS MY OPION THAT THE DESIGN WAS NOT SUFFICIENCTLY TESTED FOR WEAR AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY CHRYSLER. I HAVE SEARCHED FOR RECALLS AND CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS WITH NO SUCCESS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION THAT MAYBE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE OR RETRIBUTION FOR REPAIRS. IF THE RESEARCH WERE CONDUCTED THE RESULTS WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY SHOW THAT A GREAT PRECENTAGE OF GRAND CHEROKEE'S HAVE SUFFERED FROM THIS CRACKED EXHAUST.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, TIRE BLEWOUT AND CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, VEHICLE FLIPPED AND CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT, THE RIGHT REAR SEATBELT CAME LOOSE, THERE WERE THREE INJURIES,NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN, CLAIM 40-2530-292. *SLC