1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED THE BLEND DOOR FOR THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING MAKE A TON OF NOISE, AND FAIL QUITE OFTEN. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND EVERY DEALER TELLS ME IT IS A PROBLEM STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. *TR

TWO PROBLEMS: 1. THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR BURNT OUT AND THE AC/HEAD FAN QUIT WORKING. IT WAS SPARKING WHEN I MANAGED TO DISCONNECT THE WIRE. LUCKILY, I WAS STOPPED AND COULD REACH IT IN TIME - HAD I BEEN DRIVING ITS VERY POSSIBLE MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BURNT UP. 2. NO HEAT. ENTIRE LAST WINTER I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE 2 HOURS PER DAY CONSTANTLY WIPING FOG OFF MY WINDSHIELD. I WAS TOLD BY A 'MECHANIC' IT WAS A CLOGGED HEATER CORE SO I HAD TO PUT UP WITH IT BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT AT THE TIME. DANGEROUS AND COLD, BUT I HAD NO CHOICE. NOW I AM TRYING TO GET MY VEHICLE REPAIRED I START RESEARCHING AND FIND THERE ARE ENTIRE WEB SITES DEVOTED SOLELY TO THESE TWO PROBLEMS. 1. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SHORTS OUT. TO PROPERLY REPAIR YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE RESISTOR AND THE DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS... VERY COSTLY!! $600+ 2. NO HEAT DUE TO BAD BLEND DOORS. $1200+ 3. BOTH OF THESE APPEAR TO AFFECT JEEPS 1999-2004 YEAR MODELS HOW CAN JEEP CONTINUE TO KNOWINGLY SALE AUTOMOBILES WITH 1 - A FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE FAULTY RESISTOR? 2 - A SAFETY HAZARD WITH NO HEAT DUE TO FAULTY BLEND DOORS? GOOGLE IT... BOTH OF THESE ARE VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES AND ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS. PLEASE LOOK AT THESE TWO LINKS PROVIDED. THEY JUST START TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF HOW BAD THIS PROBLEM REALLY IS. JEEP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS AS THEY ARE BOTH SAFETY ISSUES AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THEM PRIOR TO THE SALE, NOT TO MENTION THE COST OF REPAIRING THESE ITEMS PLACES AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON THE OWNER SINCE FAIR TRADE WOULD MANDATE THESE KNOWN AND RECURRING DEFECTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED PRIOR TO SALE. THESE ARE NOT RARE OR ISOLATED INCIDENTS, THEY ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS JEEP FAILED TO DISCLOSE OR REPAIR. HTTP://WWW.WJJEEPS.COM/BLOWER_MOTOR.HTM HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE/TSERAT48371ICOB68/P6 *TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER BLEND DOOR FAILURE - TSB

THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER BROKE AND NOW THE SEAT IS WIGGLING AND WOBBLING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP, AND WAS QUOTED $900.00 TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT ADJUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I OWNED. I AM FORCED TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER'S S DEFECT. *AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER (AC)/HEAT DO NOT WORK ON THE1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE LIKELY PROBLEM IS THE FAILURE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED/MANUFACTURED BLEND DOORS. ESTIMATED REPAIR COST: $1200. I WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD FAIL SO OFTEN AND COST SO MUCH TO FIX. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FILED A COMPLAINT LAST YEAR (14939715), BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE RUSTED AND THE FRAME OF HIS VEHICLE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 03/17/2007 HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT THE OTHER SIDE IS NOW RUSTED AND A SECTION BY THE FRONT WHEEL WELL WILL SOON BE SHEARED OFF OF HIS VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 104000 MILES.

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAN CHROKEE.THE HEADLAMP COVERS ARE VERY BADLY DESTORTED OVER,THAT ITS BECOMING HARD TO SEE THE ROAD AT NIGHT.I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING ON THE MARKET TO CLEAN THEM,BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK.I THINK THIS HAS BECOME A SAFTY ISSUE,AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.JEEP HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE COVERS.

THE AUTOMATIC HVAC SYSTEM ON MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS BROKEN. THE "BLEND DOORS" THAT CONTROL HOT VS. COLD AIR DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. AS A RESULT, COLD AIR IS BLOWN WHEN HOT AIR IS REQUIRED. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THOUSANDS OF OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING ON THEIR WJ LIMITEDS AND OVERLAND EDITIONS. THIS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION BY NOT BLOWING HOT AIR REQUIRED TO DEFOG THE WINDSHIELD. THE ISSUE ONLY OCCURS ON MODELS EQUIPPED WITH THE AUTOMATIC HVAC SYSTEM. *JB

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER . HEATING SYSTEM CONTINUES TO FAIL WHICH PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN I'M DRIVING AND THE WINDOWS BECOME FOGGED OVER. SOME DAYS THE DEFROSTER WORKS BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT DOES NOT. THE UNIT CONTINUALLY BLOWS COLD AIR OUT EVEN IF THE HEATER IS ON. *JB

BOTH BLEND DOORS AND/OR HVAC DOOR STOPS HAVE GONE OUT. NO, HEAT WHICH MEANS NO WINDOW DEFROSTING. *JB