1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

MY WIFE HAD THE CAR IN PARK, LEFT THE CAR TO CLOSE OUR GATE AND THE CAR CAME OUT OF PARK AND BACKED OVER HER. WHEN SHE GOT OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE SHE CAME INTO THE HOUSE BRUSHED AND CUT. I CALLED THE EMS AND WENT OUT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. IT STILL WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. JEEP'S REP CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND HIS ANSWER WAS " THE POERATIONAL MANNAL; STATES THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE YOU MUST PUT IT IN PARK TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND REMOVE THE KEYS FROM THE CAR. OK I MAY AGREE WITH THAT, BUT SHE WAS ONLY CLOSING THE GATE. WHAT MY CONCERNS IS THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN . *AK

PURCHASED 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED IN DEC OF 99. SINCE THAT TIME HAVE HAD BRAKES WORKED ON 3 DIFFERENT TIMES, TWICE BY JEEP AND NOW MIDAS BECAUSE OF STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. SINCE MIDAS REPLACED W/UPGRADED CERAMIC PADS, THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN.*AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LOREDO EXHIBITS THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: 1) LURCH WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE ALONG WITH A NOTICEABLE 'THUMP' NOISE 2) HUMMING NOISE AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65-75 MPH) THAT GRADUATED INTO A SUDDEN 'POP' NOISE. THIS ISSUE CAUSED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHICH I AM NOW TRYING TO DEAL WITH. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN 1999 AND 2000 MODEL YEAR FOR REAR DIFFERENTIAL DUE TO DIFFENTIAL SUPPLIER TO CHRYSLER OVERTORQUEING DIFFERENTIAL COMPONENTS. 3) DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILURE*AK

WHILE BRAKING 50-60 MPH THERE WAS HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY WIFE MADE A QUICK STOP AT A LOCAL STORE. UPON RETURNING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. SHE PAUSED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOUD RATTLING. AT THE MECHANIC SHOP, THE MECHANIC HOISTED THE JEEP ON THE LIFT AND WE WITNESSED A HOLE AND CRACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. THE CRACKED PIECE WAS ONLY BEING HELD BY A BOLT OR SOME KIND OF RIVET OR ELSE THE HOLE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LARGER. THE 99 JEEP GC HAD 96500 MILES ON IT, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, AND IT WAS NOT LEAKING OIL. IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, AND I HAVE HEARD NO DECENT EXPLAINATION FOR THIS. COST $1500, AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED A GOOD PRICE. YOURS TRULY, DISGRUNTED CONSUMER

THERE WAS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED. THE MECHANIC INDICATED STATED THERE WAS A TSB ON THIS ISSUE TO REPLACE THE BRAKE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND PADS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *JB

NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WAS THE RESULT OF A FAILED DIFFERENTIAL BEARING. *PH THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT CONTAMINATION WAS LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *JB

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGHER SPEED. THEN, CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE, AND REPLACED THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM.*AK

BECAUSE FRONT WHEELS WERE RUNNING HOT AND VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING WHEN USING THE BRAKES, FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 62,000 MILES. CHRYSLER "800+ ADDED CARE" WARANTY DOES NOT COVER THOSE BEARINGS ON 4WD JEEPS BUT DOES COVER THEM ON FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE JEEPS (?)*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS SIX TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK