1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONS. (OFTEN STOPS AND DROPS TO EMPTY, CAUSES LOW FUEL LIGHT TO SIGNAL-UNTIL THE GAUGE RETURNS TO IT'S PROPER READING, THIS OCCURS WHEN THE TANK IS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS FULL, AND WILL READ EMPTY WHEN THE TANK IS FULL) SCC

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD WILL POP UP CAUSING LOST OF VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD, ALLOWING EXHAUST GASES TO EXIT EXHAUST SYSTEM. ALLOWING GASES TO ENTER PASSENGER COMPARTMENT POSSIBLY CAUSING DEATH FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THIS MANIFOLD. AT A COST OF $1127.00 EACH TIME.

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER IS TAKING TO LONG TO PERFORM THE RECALL#02V053000 INADVERTENTLY VEHICLE MOVEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE THE NAME, NUMBER, AND ADDRESS. TS

RE: 00V136000 YOU IMPLEMENTED A RECALL THAT INCLUDED 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES IN CERTAIN STATES. MY QUESTION IS WHY WAS DELAWARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL SINCE YOU HAVE PRACTICALLY EVERY STATE SURROUNDING DELAWARE INCLUDED? (IE. MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, PA & NY.

TRANSMISSION HAD GREAT DIFFICULITY SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO THIRD GEAR AND WAS AFFIRMED BY 3 BUSINESSES THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. DT

WHILE DRIVING MY 10 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER TO SCHOOL I HANDED HER A WATER BOTTLE. THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE HIT THE RELEASE BUTTON OF HER SEAT BELT AND RELEASED THE BELT. I THOUGHT SHE MUST HAVE DONE IT AND A LECTURE FOLLOWED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE BELT FASTENED. I KNOW NOW HOWEVER THAT THE BOTTLE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE WHEN IT HIT THE RELEASE BUTTON. THE BELT WAS REFASTENED AND NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT IT UPSET ME THAT THE BELT RELEASE WAS SO EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY RELEASE. DT

CONSUMER APPALLAED AT BUSINESS ETHICS OF DEALERSHIP DURING LINKAGES RECALL REPAIR.

I PUT THE JEEP IN "PARK" WALKED TO THE BACK OF THE AUTO, WHEN IT WENT INTO REVERSE. IT RAN OVER MY FOOT, DRAGGING ME UNDER THE CAR, AND PROCEEDED TO RUN UP MY BODY AND OFF MY SHOULDER. DT

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED FOR OTHER ISSUES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS HAD CRUMBLED INTO PIECES WHEN THEY WERE REMOVED. TS *JB