1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOR RECALL 99V340000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 747 ON 2-23-00. ALSO, REPLACED PADS WHICH SQUEAKED AFTER BEING CHANGED. DEALER SAID BECAUSE THEY WERE METALLIC BRAKES. ROTORS HAVE TO BE CHANGED AGAIN AT 15,000 MILES, AFTER THE REPLACEMENT.*AK

SIZE IS P235/75/R15 - THIS WAS ON THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE OF THE JEEP. WHILE ON THE HIGHWY, WE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT - THIS ALSO RESULTED IN RIPPING THE BACK BUMPER COMPLETELY OFF OF THE JEEP. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE NOT INJURED, OR EXPERIENCED AN ACCIDENT. BUT, WE DID REALIZE THAT THE TIRE COMPLETELY CAME APART AND WE LEFT A CONSIDERABLE ABOUT OF TIRE ON THE HIGHWAY. WE STILL HAVE THE TIRE - IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75/R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/R1 )

WHILE DRIVING, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONSUMER MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. STOPPED & CHECKED TIRES. NOTICED RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD. HAD THE SPARE PUT ON. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED A SECOND WHILE DRIVING 62MPH & WITH THE SPARE TIRE. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P225/75R15 ON A 1995, JEEP, GRAND CHEROKEE.*AK *SLC

THE WIRING HARNESS DRIVER'S DOOR WIRES ARE BROKEN, CAUSING WINDOW TO BE INOPERABLE, CONSUMER STATES THAT OTHER WIRES ARE BROKEN AND DEFRAYING. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT DEALER, AND REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE PEDAL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO THE REPLACEMENT TIRES THAT I PUT ON MY VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. YESTERDAY (10/3/00) MY JEEP WAS AT MY MECHANIC GETTING TRANSMISSION MAINTENENCE WORK. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE AND METAL WAS VISIBLE. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE DAYTON TIRES ON MY VEHICLE ARE THE SAME SIZE AND TYPE AS THE FIRESTONE RECALL. IN FACT THE DOT NUMBERS INDICATE THAT THEY WERE EVEN MANUFACTURED BY FIRESTONE AT THE SAME PLANT AND HAVE THE SAME NOMENCLATURE AS DEPICTED ON THE RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE TIRE DEALER THAT SOLD ME THE TIRES (BUZZ DAVIES, 93 ISLINGTON STREET, PORTSMOUTH , NH 03821; TEL 603-433-1328) AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE RECALL. HE SUGGESTED THAT I COME IN AND THAT HE CAN PRO-RATE THEM. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. IN MY OPINION THERE ARE TOO MANY SIMILARITIES AS WELL AS AN OBVIOUS TREAD SEPARATION PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES. I AM REPORTING THIS PROBLEM SO THAT YOU MAY ADD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR DATABASE FOR THE FIRESTONE RECALL. ADDITIONALLY, OTHERS WITH SIMILAR TIRES TO MINE SHOULD BE MADE ALERT TO THIS PROBLEM SO THAT THEY CAN ELECT TO REMAIN SAFE. I PLAN ON REPLACING THESE TIRES THIS WEEK END, BUT I WILL AND HOLD ONTO THEM UNTIL I CAN BE FULLY REIMBURSED. YOUR HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM IS AND WILL BE APPRECIATED BY MYSELF AND OTHER UNSUSPECTING CONSUMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED SIMILARLY MANUFACTURED FIRESTONE "NON-BRANDED" TIRES. FINALLY, IT UPSETS ME TO KNOW THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL SAFETY RECALL AND MY LIFE AND THAT OF OTHERS HAS BEEN UNKNOWINGLY IN JEOPARDY SINCE THEN. (DOT NUMBER: VDHL HLA TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER, POWER STEERING, ETC. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT, THE CONSUMER RECIEVED REPAYMENT FOR THE DEFECTIVE CRAFTMANSHIP BUT WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. AS THE IGNITION WAS ACTIVATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE. APPLYING THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HIT 2 OTHER VEHICLES AT SPEED CAUSING DMAGE TO BOTH AND INJURY TO THE DRIVER. I AHVE NOTE APPROXIMATELY 50 OTHER SIMILAR CAES REPORTED FOR 1995 GRAND CHEROKEES IN THE NHTSA COMPLAINT DATABASE.

CONSUMER WAS AT 5MPH JUST GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY WHILE DOING 65-75MPH, AND BRAKES WENT OUT WITHOUT A WARNING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER & FOUND OUT THAT POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WENT. DEALER HAD NO CONCERN FOR THE CONSUMER, IT JUST HAPPENED. *AK