1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONER WERE NOT OPERATING NORMALLY. THEN SHE SMELLED SMOKE WHEN THE HEAT WAS ON, AND WAS AFRAID THAT VEHICLE MAY CATCH ON FIRE. THIS ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE HEAT WAS ON HIGH. THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE HARNESS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. UPDATE 04/30/07*TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER AC/HEATER/DEFROSTER BLOWER NO LONGER OPERATES PROPERLY. AC SELF-DIAGNOSTIC CODES INDICATE "TEMP DOOR/RECIRC DOOR TRAVEL TOO LARGE". NO COMBINATION OF CONTROL SETTINGS WILL MAKE THE BLOWER/FAN OPERATE. *JB

FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS WARP CAUSING VEHICLE FRONT END TO SHAKE WHEN BRAKING, VEHICLE HAS CHRYSLER'S LATEST AND GREATEST BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR KIT INSTALLED. *JB

THIS IS CONCERNING A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED EDITION, I AM WRITING DUE TO REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE DEFROST CONTROL INABILITY TO CLEAR OR KEEP CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. COLD OUTSIDE AIR BLOWS FROM THE DEFROST VENTS, AND DOES NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD OF FROST OR MOISTURE, OR CAUSES MOISTURE TO RE-FREEZE. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE BLEND DOORS IN THE HEATING SYSTEM. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AFTER ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO WARM AND THE WINDSHIELD TO CLEAR. THIS IS A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM, THE DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THAT ALL WJ SERIES JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WITH THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL WILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND WILL COST BETWEEN $1200 AND $1800 TO REPAIR AND THAT THE REPAIR IS NOT PERMANENT, JUST A FIX UNTIL THE PARTS BREAKS AGAIN. AT THIS TIME THIS HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE ADVICE OF THE SERVICE MGR OF MY JEEP DEALER, HE RECOMMENDED FILING THIS COMPLAINT AS HE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *JB

99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WILL ONLY BLOW OUT COLD AIR. NO HEAT AT ALL. GET AC CODES OF 52, 54, 56 FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN. *JB

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ON 13 NOV 02 BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BY CHRYSLER UNDER TSB 05-003-02 FRONT BRAKE PULSATION DURING LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKE APPLICATION ALL 1999-2002 GRAND CHEROKEE WJ MODELS BUILT THROUGH MAY 10, 2002 CAME EQUIPPED WITH BRAKE CALIPERS MADE BY TEVES. DUE TO POOR CALIPER CENTERING, THE TEVES CALIPERS CAUSED THE ROTORS TO WARP, A PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED GRAND CHEROKEES. THE DEALER PUT ON THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART LISTED ABOVE I.E TEVES CALIPERS. THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CONTINUES TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART. *NM

RH SIDE INCLUDING DEFROST DUCT BLOWS OUT ONLY COLD AIR, MAKING DEFROST ON THE RH SIDE DIFFICULT. *NM

THE CLIMATE CONTROL ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WILL RANDOMLY CREATE LOUD CREAKING AND CRUNCHING NOISES FROM UNDER THE DASH AND WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN DRASTIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE. THIS CAUSES THE DEFROSTER NOT TO OPERATE CORRECTLY AND THE WINDOWS TO INSTANTLY FOG UP. THIS FIRST OCCURRED IN OCTOBER OF 2005 AND HAS HAPPENED OVER A DOZEN TIMES REDUCING MY VISIBILITY SOMETIMES TO NOTHING AT ALL. THE DEALER CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS AND WILL NOT INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY PIECES OF RUBBER WERE NOTICED ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED DUE THERE WERE CHUNKS OF RUBBER FALLING FROM THE THREAD OF ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

WJ JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BLEND DOOR BREAKAGE/FAILURE VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER. *JB