1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

COMPLETE BLOWOUT ALONG STRAIGHT PIECE OF HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO REMAIN IN CONTROLL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE BLOWOUT COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED THE CAR TO GO OUT OF CONTROLL RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURIES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: MKP9 TIRESIZE: 245/70R15)

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V136000. HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. ONE MONTH LATER, RECEIVED NOTICE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC REPLACED ROTORS. BRAKES WERE OKAY. AT 73,000 MILES HAD TO TAKE IT BACK DUE TO ROTORS SHATTERING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. INFORMED CERAMIC, AND ROTORS PLACED ON VEHICLE WITH METALLIC PADS. MECHANIC REFUSED TO TURN ROTORS UNLESS PAID FOR. ALSO, DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR ON ROTORS AFTER 8,000 MILES.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. SHE HEARD A NOISE, AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WENT INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC. WHEN SHE CAME TO A STOP, FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER'S TIRES BLEWOUT. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER GSA, P24570R15.*AK

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AT 47280 MILES. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO COVER THE COMPONENTS BECAUSE THE CAR HAS A SALVAGE TITLE, EVEN THOUGH THE COMPONENT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTED. WHICH IS 8 YEARS/ 80,000 MILES. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT IN JAN.2001. ON MAY 4TH, 2001 I TOOK VECHILE TO AMOCCO TRANSMISSION TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE TRANSMISSION. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM, SINCE MY VECHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WAS TOLD TO TAKE BACK TO DEALER. JERRY'S LINCLON-JEEP DEALER HAD MY VECHILCE FOR TWO WEEKS AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, I GAVE THEM AMOCCO'S DIAGNOTIC REPORT. ON 5/20/01 I WAS DRIVING ON RT 81 SOUTH -VA, WHEN I PUT MY JEEP IN TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE, IT STARTED TO BURN, CALLED 911 AND TOLD TO GET OUT OF VECHICLE. THE JEEP THEN PROCEEDED TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE WODDSTOCK,VA FIR DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE WOODSTOCK GARAGE(JEEP DEALER). IT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE ABOUT $7500 WORTH OF DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY IT MIGHT BE TOTALED.. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A GARAGE AND HAD FRONT ROTORS REPLACED, SHE LATER RECEIVED RECALL 00V136 AND IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND HEARD A METAL NOISE. THEN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STEER, CONSUMRE WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE WHERE THE BRACKETS BOLTS FALL OUT ARE COMMON.*JB

GREAT WEATHER, SMOOTH ROAD, A BOTTOM OF A HILL, LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE AT 60 MPH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND THEN ROLL. LEFT REAR WHEEL TOTALLY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AFTER ROLLING AND LANDING UPSIDE DOWN.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECAL 00V136000 IN JUL 5, 2000 FOR ROTORS, AND LESS THAN 8,000 MILES THERE WAS A SIGN OF CORRISION ON FRONT ROTORS AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN BY THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ROTORS WERE EXPOSED TO SOME KIND OF SOLVENT. *YH

POSSIBLE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE IN THE FUEL TANK MAY HAVE CAUSED SLUDGE IN THE TANK WHICH IN TURNED CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO GO BAD ON THREE OCCASION RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TANK AND THE FUEL PUMP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. NLM