1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

AT 65MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT. CONSUMER COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURED ABOUT 70 MILES FROM HIS HOME. THE VEHICLE STAYED AT THE FAILURE LOCATION UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. THE POWER STEERING AND PUMP WAS REPLACED AT A NJ GARAGE, FOR 7 DAYS, WHILE WAITING ON PARTS. (INVOICE IS AFFIXED TO THIS FORM)*AK *SCC

ORIGINAL ROTORS WERE RECALLED IN JULY OF 2000. VEHICLE HAD 17,140 MILES AT TIME REPLACEMENT ROTORS WERE INSTALLED. AT 29,140 MILES ON VEHICLE DEALER INFORMS ME THAT REPLACEMENT ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED ARE NOT ABLE TO BE RESURFACED. I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT NEW ROTORS LASTED LESS THAN 13,000 MILES.*AK

NUMEROUS TIMES, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN PARK, BUT IN REVERSE. IF THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO BACK UP. IF STOPPED, THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STARTED UNTIL THE GEAR IS "PUSHED" INTO PARK. *AK

PRIOR TO THE RECALL, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 02V053000, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK ROLLED BACK AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER IS ASKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED. *YD

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE IT WENT INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO A STREET SIGN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

AT 62 MPH, ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *SLC

MULT REPAIRS ON RECALLED BRAKES -- JEEP WONT COVER. ONGOING STEERING ISSUE -- JEEP WON'T FIX. *AK

CONSUMER PULLED OUT OF PARKING SPOT AND LEFT VEHCLE IN PARK POSITION. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER, VEHICLE JUMPED GEARS AND REVERSE SEVERAL FEET INTO A BUILDING SUPPORT BEAM, THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HEAD ON INTO A WALL. WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO RETRIEVE VEHICLE, CONSUMER NOTED THAT VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE POSITION. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE DAMAGED. CONSUMER ADDS THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS RECORDED ON BUILDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. *TT

WHILE DRIVING, HEARD CONSTANT NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE WHO STATED THAT EXHAUST MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKS GRADUALLY AND IS NOTICEABLE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD. ANY AIR LEAK IN THE FIREWALL ALLOWS EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. *YH

WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKES, THEY PULSATE. CONSUMER FEELS ROTORS ARE BAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK