1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

CRANKSHAFT COUNTER BALANCE WEIGHTS SCRAPING AGAINST INTERNAL ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO MAIN CRANKSHAFT THRUST BEARING WEARING OUT AT 115,000 MILES DUE TO BAD OEM PART. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARTS ARE EXCELLENT! THIS WEAR CAUSES AN INTERNAL TICKING SOUND THAT STEADILY GETS LOUDER AS WEAR CONTINUES. REPLACEMENT OF THE THRUST BEARING REQUIRES ENGINE REMOVAL, ENGINE DISASSEMBLY AND IS NOT PRACTICAL. AFTER $900 FOR DIAGNOSTIC WORK, MECHANIC SAYS PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND DRIVE IT UNTIL IT STOPS, THEN REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE.............OR REPLACE IT NOW........THE PART WILL FAIL AND BE TERMINAL TO THE ENGINE. *JB

VERY UNSAFE MALFUNCTION OF THE "BLEND DOORS" IN MY HEATER MECHANISM. MY FATHER'S 2003 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HEAT AND DEFROST AIR ONLY COMES OUT ONE SIDE, CAN'T SEE OUT ALL THE WINDSHIELD!!! DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, SAYS IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BAD ONE, MIGHT AS WELL REPLACE THEM BOTH WITH THE NEW REDESIGNED PARTS FOR $1600 - $1800. HELP! *JB

I WAS LEAVING THE FIRE HALL ONE MORNING AND I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFTER MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTO DRIVE AND IT ACCELERATED FORWARD. THANK GOD IT WAS TOO FAR OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY. IT HAS DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. *JB

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD, BLEND DOOR ON HVAC/DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. *NM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSE OR TO BE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000., AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. *AK

CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT FAULTY, "COMMON" FAULT WITH THIS VEHICLE MAKE / TYPE, CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE, BLOWS COLD WHEN IT SHOULDN'T BE, I AM INFORMED IT IS A FAULT WITH THE BLEND DOORS, AND TO REPAIR IS VERY VERY COSTLY AS THE WHOLE DASHBOARD HAS TO BE REMOVED, PARTS ARE AVAILABLE BUT COST OF REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE. *JB

FOGGING OF WINDSHIELD DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN OF THE HVAC ON MY JEEP. THIS SI THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKEN, WITH ONLY 55,000 MILES ON MY 99 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS HOT AIR EVEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL IS SET LOWER THAN THE DRIVER. I HAVE READ IN FORUMS AND MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

THE HEATER FAN IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STOPPED WORKING AND THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL IN THE CAR. MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE FAN RESISTOR (COMPUTER) AND PIGTAIL THAT CONNECTS TO IT WERE BURNED UP. HE CHECKED WITH JEEP AND THERE ARE 3,000 OF THESE ITEMS BACK ORDERED BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM ON MANY OF THESE VEHICLES. ITS WINTER AND 17 DEGREES IN MY CAR I COULD FREEZE WITH MY FAMILY OR MY DASHBOARD COULD CATCH ON FIRE. *JB

TRUCK ONE DAY WENT TO SH*T FROM 2ND INTO 3RD OR THE OVERDRIVE AND MADE A HUGE CLUNK AND JERKED THE TRUCK SEVERELY.. NOW AFTER YOU HAVE THE TRUCK WARMED UP AND ARE GOING TO HIT 3RD GEAR TRUCK WILL DO THE SAME AND THE SHIFT DOWN AGAIN RIGHT AWAY CAUSING VEHICLE TO CLUNK AND JERK HARD CONTINUOUSLY.. I MUST DRIVE WITH THE OVERDRIVE TURNED OFF AND THERE FOR RESULTING IN HIGHER RPM AT A HIGH SPEED. *NM