1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

RECALL 00 V 136 000. REPLACMENT ROTORS HAVE GONE BAD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

ROTORS REPLACED UNDER RECALL JULY 2000. CURRENTLY, ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT AGAIN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE CONDENSOR FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. *JB

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED CORROSION ON FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, AND VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED IN CALIFORNIA. CORROSION OF FRONT BRAKES ROTORS WAS CAUSING SHIMMYING IN FRONT END UPON BRAKING. HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO BE UNBALANCED.*AK

WHILE LOOKING BRAKES OVER NOTICED BACK BRAKE ROTORS WERE RUSTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES ROTORS ON FRONT AND REAR ARE EXTREMELY DEFICIENT, THE FRONT ROTORS HAD A RECALL AND THE BACK ROTORS ARE AS BAD AND AFFECT THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES NOTICED VIBRATION AND PULSATION. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE FUEL TANK WAS ALSO DETERIORATING BECAUSE IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. *YH

THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM MAY HAVE EXISTED WHEN WE PURCHASED CAR. BUT BEING THAT IT WAS NEW TO US, WE DID NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOOD OR BAD TRANSMISSION. I DID AT FIRST SAY SOMETHING TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS FINE THAT THIS IS HOW IT NORMALLY IS. BUT THE SAME ISSUE THAT I HAVE FELT SINCE DAY NUMBER ONE OF OUR PURCHASE IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT TODAY. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS THAT CHRYLSER JEEPS HAVE AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. THEY ALL FAIL FOR THE SAME EXACT REASONS. IT IS APPARENTLY AN INHERENT DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-136, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE REPAIR ORDER DID NOT SHOW A SEPARATION OF THE ROTOR FROM THE HUB. NLM (SEE ODI #738156 FOR ADDITIONAL COMPLANT).

SPARE TIRE IS A 15 INCH TIRE, WHEN NORMAL USED TIRES ARE 16INCH, IT STATES IN OWNERS MANUAL THAT A SMALLER TIRE SHOULD NOT BE USED. DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO PROVIDE CONSUMER WITH A 15 INCH TIRE. *AK RECALL 98V006 WAS RECEIVED BY CONSUMER WHO TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, DEALER STATED RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETE, HOWEVER IN THE FALL OF 2000, CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE SPARE AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS STILL A 15 INCH TIRE, CONSUMER CONTACTED ANOTHER DEALER WHO AGAIN INSTALLED THE WRONG 15 INCH RECALL KIT, NOW CHRYSLER HAS DECIDED INSTEAD TO CERTIFY THE 15 INCH SPARE FOR THE CHEROKEE SPORT TWO WHEEL DRIVE AS A SAFE SPARE FOR THIS VEHICLE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS STILL UNSAFE AND EVEN THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THAT IF ALL TIRES ARE NOT OF THE SAME SIZE AND TYPE, UNPREDICTABLE HANDLING MAY RESULT. *SLC