1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND WAS OUT OF WORK FROM MAY 2 TO JULY 19. THE DRIVER STILL HAS PAIN IN HER NECK AND LEG. HER LEFT ARM AND LOWER BACK WERE ALSO SPRAINED. THE PASSENGER HAS BRUISE CHEST AND BREAST. *NM

BRAKES DO NOT REACT PROPERLY WHEN TRYING TO STOP. ROTORS AND PADS WERE SERVICED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. MANUFACTURER EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND.*AK

HAD OCCASIONALLY HEARD A SOUND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE LIKE A HOSE LETTING OFF AIR ... FIGURED IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR. TODAY, I GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND BACKED OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HEARD A STEADY FLOW OF AIR THAT SOMETIMES ROSE AND FELL IN PITCH. I DETERMINED THAT A FLEXIBLE HOUSING COVERING THE LINKAGE FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE MASTER CYLINDER VACUUM BOOSTER HAD BURST OPEN AFTER WHAT APPEARS TO BE SHEARING FROM CONTINUAL WEAR ON THE RUBBER BOOT ITSELF. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS IS CAUSED BY OR HOW SERIOUS IT IS. I STILL HAVE BRAKES, BUT UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS I DO NOT KNOW. THE SHEARING OF THIS RUBBER BY THE MECHANISM ITSELF APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN COMMON WITH ANY GRAND CHEROKEE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR FIND OUT. *JB

THE INTERIOR OF THE HEADLAMP COVERS ON MY JEEP HAVE, OVER TIME, BECOME PITTED AND DISCOLORED TO A POINT THAT THE HEADLAMPS BARELY LIGHT THE ROADWAY. THERE IS NO WAY TO SEPARATE THE COVERS FROM THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS.*AK

4TH TIME I'M REPLACING ROTORS/PADS ON '99 JEEP GR CHEROKEE, VEHICLE HAS 52,000 MILES...REPLACING ROTORS EVERY 10,000 MILES? RIDICULOUS!!!! BRAKING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 55 MPH, WHOLE VEHICLE SHUDDERS WITH HIGH CHANCE OF LOST OF CONTROL OF FRONT END. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING DEFECT, WHY ISN'T JEEP DOING SOMETHING?

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ENGAGED INTO REVERSE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE ACCELERATED DOWN A RAMP IN REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL. DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISES ALL OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF HER BODY. *AK

HAD FRONT BRAKES SERVICED MAY 2003 NEW ROTORS, PADS. AUGUST 2004 HAD TO HAVE NEW CALIPERS, PADS AND ROTORS RESURFISED. BECAUSE CALIPERS FAILED AND ALMOST STARTED TIRE ON FIRE. TOLD THERE IS A SERVICE BULLITEN REF PUTTING ON DIFFERENT CALIPERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONSUMER COULD HERE A LOUD RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS DEFECTIVE. SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 1999 THE DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES.

I WILL START BY SAYING THAT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VERY SCARY SITUATION WHILE OPERATING MY JEEP. THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE EXPERIENCING IS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE IT WILL NOT STOP. ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE JEEP WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL BACKWARDS WITHOUT STOPPING, THIS IS WHILE I HAVE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE TO STOP IT. IT HAS MOST RECENTLY HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO (AUGUST 3, 2004) WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT WORK THE VERY SAME THING OCCURRED, THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED THE JEEP WAS A MEDIAN THAT WAS BEHING MY PARKING SPACE WHERE IT IS MY FEAR THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY REASON THE JEEP STOPPED. MY FEAR IS THAT SOMEONE MAY BE WALKING BEHIND OR SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY WILL BE BEHIND ME, AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE JEEP IN TIME. I'VE TRIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO TAKE IT TO A JEEP DEALER OR THE COMPANY WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (CARMAX), ALL I EVER GET IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT IS EITHER A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF AWAY. I BELIEVE THAT AT THIS POINT THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I HAD THE BRAKES AND ROTORS DONE ALL THE WAY AROUND IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. *AK

BRAKES PULSATE AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES - DEALER HAS REPAIRED 4 TIMES - VEHICLE ONLY HAS 25,500 MILES. SAY MANUFACTURING DEFECT BUT WILL NO LONGER REPAIR AS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON VEHICLE. SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY REPORTS OF THIS - WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CRASH, BUT WITH FAULTY BRAKES, IT CAN ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME. HOW CAN JEEP GET AWAY WITH THIS - THEY KNOW AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. *AK