1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

I PURCHASED THIS JEEP USED WITH AROUND 25K MILES ON IT. AFTER BOUT 1 YEAR OF DRIVING MY ROTORS STARTED TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKE APPLIED. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS OF THIS MY DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED UP WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE OUT FOR A RIDE. I PULLED OVER TO SEE MY ROTOR GLOWING RED, I LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED THERE OVER NIGHT REPLACED ROTOR, PADS, AND A NEW CALIPER. WITHIN 2 MONTHS SAME THING OCCURRED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE, SO I FIXED THAT SIDE. SINCE THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM I'VE REPLACED BOTH ROTORS 3 TIMES AND PADS 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 8 MONTHS. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKE SYSTEM, I DISAGREE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET I SEE THAT A LOT OF OWNERS HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I CAN NOT SEE HOW A MANUFACTURER CAN GET AWAY WITH THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS. I KNOW THAT IF THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAD BUILT AND SOLD FAULTY PRODUCTS WE WOULD BE SUED AND OUT OF BUSINESS. WHY IS THIS COMPANY ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THESE OBVIOUS MALFUNCTIONS OF ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IN SAFETY ON A CAR, THE BRAKES. THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL HELP. *JB

REAR AXLE PINION GEAR AND BEARING FAILURE DUE TO RETAINING NUT BACKING OFF. IF LEFT UNFOUNDED FAILURE OF DRIVE TRAIN AND REAR AXLE LOCK UP WOULD OCCUR. INITIAL THOUGHT BY MECHANIC UNIVERSAL JOINT WAS BAD. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND RETAINING NUT BACKED OUT, RING AND PINION GEAR AND AXLE BEARINGS CHEWED UP AS RESULT OF NUT BACKING OFF.*AK

DEALER REPLACED AT 11,000 MILES THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. AT 16,000 MILES, THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED. AT 35,000 MILES THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED. AT 45, 000 MILES THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS, AND INSTALL A BIGGER CALIPER. *AK THE WARPING FRONT ROTORS CAUSED PULSATING BRAKE PEDAL AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WHEEL. *SC *NM

1999 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEP, BRAKE FAILURE AND HEAD GASKET REPLACED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SEIZED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE WHO REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE, RACK AND PINION, AND SPIDER GEARS. *JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO TWO OTHER VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR BELIEVED THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT UNDERCARRIAGE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD DUSTY BRAKE PADS, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. THEN, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS WERE LEAKING. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND PERHAPS WAS COVERING UP THE REAL PROBLEM. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD AN EXTENDED CRANK BEFORE STARTING. FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND PUMP CRANK REPAIR KIT INSTALLED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS A SHIMMY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT HAVING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR IT VIBRATES. THE LEFT OUTER CV BOOT WAS LEAKING. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR. *TC

THIRD TIME IN AS MANY YEARS THE BRAKES (PADS AND ROTORS) HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. VIOLENT PULSING ON BRAKE PEDAL, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY BECAUSE OF FRONT BRAKES PULSING. MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS AND THOSE IN OTHER VEHICLES. *JB

HEADLIGHT LENS HAVE DETERIORATED SO SEVERELY OVER A 3 YEAR PERIOD THAT SEEING AT NIGHT IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. TRIED CLEANING LENS,BUT DID NOT WORK. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY FACTOR. *JB

99 JEEP GC LIMITED 30,000 MILES. REPLACED REAR END. REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS 3 TIMES. REPLACE TRANSMISSION SENSOR. REPLACE HOOD RAMS. NEEDS NEW FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. *JB

I BOUGHT A 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE 4X2 WITH 55000 MILES AND NOW IT HAS 93000 AND I HAVE NOTICED A BUZZ FROM THE REAR THAT HAS PROGRESSED TO A HOWL OR WHINE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED IT A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE REAR AXLE AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $1300 TO $1600 TO HAVE IT DONE AND THAT MOST LIKELY IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE EVEN THE NEW ONES FAIL TOO. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE WITH EVEN LESS MILES ON THEIR JEEPS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM TOO. HOW CAN A CAR WITH LESS THAN 100 THOUSAND MILES OR LESS HAS THIS KIND OF PROBLEMS? HOW COME THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS MATTER? WHY ARE WE NOT HOLDING CHRYSLER COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HAVE THE DEALER FIX THEIR MISTAKES? THANK YOU. *JB