1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TILTED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY FRACTURED AND THE POWER ADJUST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE SEAT SHIFTED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. AFTER INITIAL INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY WAS FRACTURED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE IS AWAITING FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE DEALER.

THE PLASTIC USED IN THE HEADLIGHT LENS COVERS BECOMES BROWN WITH EXPOSURE TO THE SUN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THE ONLY REMEDY THAT I HAVE FOUND IS TO PURCHASE NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FOR ABOUT $200 EACH. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SINCE THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE IMPROPER SELECTION BY THE AUTO MANUFACTURER OF THE CORRECT POLYMER USED TO CREATE THE LENSES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS FOUR TIMES, BUT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNSAFE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE OF VIBRATION. CONTACT WOULD BE FEARFUL IF HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING IN SUCH CONDITIONS. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AND BACK ROTORS TEN SEPARATE TIMES. AFTER EACH REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY FOR SIX MONTHS AND THE BRAKE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK UPDATED 5/30/2006 - *NM

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH APROX. 77,000 MILES. I NOTICED THE DRIVER SEAT WAS ROCKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION. I SAW 2 BROKEN PARTS IN THE BASE SUPPORT OF THE SEAT. THIS CAN CAUSE INSTABILITY AND END WITH A CRASH. THIS CAR IS TOO NEW TO HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS FOUR TIMES, BUT THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THE CALIPERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN SHAKING OCCURS THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO HAVE LESS STOPPING POWER. A DRIVER UNACCUSTOMED TO WHEEL SHAKING WHEN BRAKING COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONTACT HAS ALREADY REPLACED SIX SETS OF ROTORS. THERE SEEMS TO BE INHERENT FLAW IN THE ORIGINAL BRAKE DESIGN. THE CONTACT FELT THE DEALER DID HIS BEST TO TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A PULSATION WITHIN THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. IT WAS DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH INCREASED MILEAGE UNTIL THEY SHUDDERED AND GRABBED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED WITHIN 5,000 MILES OF REPAIRS. A KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FRONT BRAKES, IT INCLUDES NEW CALIPERS AND PADS. THE CONTACT FELT THE REAR BRAKES DEMONSTRATED THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOT AS PRONOUNCED. THERE IS NO FORMALLY RECOGNIZED PROBLEM BY JEEP, NOR A SOLUTION. *AK

MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT HAS WORKED FINE UNTIL THE OTHER DAY WHEN IT JUST UP AND QUITE WORKING. NOW THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT SNAP BACK INTO POSITION. I THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS AND NOTICED THERE WERE RECALLS ON 1999 MODELS LIKE MINE, BUT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THIS RECALL. THE NHTSA RECALL # FOR THE REAR SEAT BELTS IS 98V276000. I FIND THIS KIND OF STRANGE THAT THERE WOULD BE A RECALL ON (1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE) THE SAME THING THAT I AM NOW HAVING THE PROBLEM WITH. I HAVE ORDERED THE PART AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME $97.45 TO GET IT FIXED NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. *JB

1999 JEEP FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS. ROTORS AND PADS FAILED. CONTINENTAL TEVES STYLE BRAKES CAUSES BAD SHIMMY OR VIBERATION IN THE FRONT WHEELS. *NM

MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS ANOTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME COMPANY (DAIMLER CHRYSLER), THAT VEHICLE IS A 2002 DODGE RAM, THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 03V078000. ON MY VEHICLE THE CONNECTION FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLER IS UNDERSIZED, WITH HEAT FROM THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT THE CONNECTOR LOOSENS AND CAUSES THE BLOWER MOTOR TO CUT OUT, IT ALSO CAUSES MELTING TO THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLER ITSELF AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. FOR THE MENTIONED RECALL DAIMLER CHRYSLER INSTALLS A WIRING HARNESS OVERLAY, THE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME, THEY MAKE A WIRING HARNESS OVERLAY, THE PROBLEM HOWEVER IS THAT THE HEAT FROM THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT DAMAGES THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLERS HOUSING AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSEQUENCES TO THIS FAILURE IS THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR BECOMES INOPERABLE AND DURING TIMES WHEN THE DEFROST IS NECESSARY SUCH AS COLD WEATHER, THE BLOWER MOTOR CAN CUT OUT AND REDUCE VISIBILITY. IF YOU READ MY COMPLAINT YOU'LL SEE IT'S THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL I'VE MENTIONED. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND INVESTIGATED THIS SITUATION THOROUGHLY AND AM SURE IT'S THE SAME. I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OTHER RECALL BECAUSE I WAS EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM TO MY BROTHER WHO OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM AND HE TOLD ME IT SOUNDED EXACTLY THE SAME AS HIS PROBLEM THAT WAS A RECALL, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CLEARLY IS THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM