1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

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  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - SCARSDALE , NY

    THE ABS MODULE AND ROTORS FAILED AND WERE REPLACED, THE FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISE AND THE REAR BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. *YH

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - UPPER MT CLAIRE, NJ

    VEHICLE WAS PARKED BUT IDILING WHEN IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING A POLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA

    WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE AND IT WOULD HESITATE. WOULD REV UP AS IF IN NEUTRAL. WOULD SUDDENLY KICK IN, AND THEN ACCELERATE. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC PROBLEM WAS LOW TRANSMISSION FLUID. AFTER CHANGING FLUID IN TRANSMISSION WAS DRIVING AGAIN, AN D PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ

    FIRST PROBLEM : IGNITION STOPS WORKING, IF STEERING IS TRUNED AND THEN TRIED IT STARTS.THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS ANYTIME. DASH LIGHT DIMS IF I PUTS ON THE HEADLIGHT AND FLICKERS WHILE DRIVING.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - POTOMAC, MD

    UNKNOWN VEHICLE STRUCK CONSUMERS PARKED VEHICLE AT A SERVICE STATION, AND INADVERTENTLY CAUSED VEHICLE TO JUMP OUT OF PARK, FORCING VEHICLE INTO STREET, AND HITTING A VEHICLE WAITING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *NLM

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - ATLANTA, GA

    WHILE AT STOP LIGHT NOTICED VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AKWHILE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WITH THE SELECTOR IN THE THE DRIVE GEAR, VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR, THE CONSUMER SOMETIMES PUTS THE VEHICLE IN PARK UNTIL IT IS TIME TO PROCEED. *NLM

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - ANDOVER, MA

    CONSUMER STATES THE REAR AXLE BEARING WAS REPLACED, AND NOW A FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IS NEEDED.*JB

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - DALLAS, TX

    CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED TO MOVE BACKWARDS, CONSUMER TRIED TO GET IN THE VEHICLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE DOOR HIT HER AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN, VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED, CONSUMER REPORTED INCIDENT TO MANUFACTURER BUT WAS DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE STATING THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.*JB

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - HOUSTON, TX

    WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF DRIVE INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS BY ITSELF. ALSO, VEHICLE MAKES A HUMMING SOUND AND IS JERKING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
    - COVINA, CA

    TRANSMISSION GEAR DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION/REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE