1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

COST FOR ME TO REPLACE IS $760. DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS COMPONENT FAILING WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE. DEALER HAS THIS PART ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THERE IS OVER 100 OF THESE UNITS ON BACKORDER. IT WOULD SEEM THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART IF THERE IS SUCH A HIGH BACKORDER AMOUNT. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

FRACTURING OF DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING BRACKET LEAD TO SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ASSIST; SERPENTINE DRIVE BELT ALSO SLIPPED OFF OF PULLEYS, RENDERING GENERATOR, WATER PUMP, AND OTHER MECHANICAL DEVICES INOPERABLE.

TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. TIRE HELD AIR PRESSURE. WIFE (LORI) WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PULL OVER SAFELY. BLACKWALL WAS FACING OUT( DOT NUMBER: W2HL 1PY TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH PULLING WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH PULLING WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (00V-136) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON UNEVEN SURFACES THEY WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. A TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT IS A REGULAR SITUATION. *AK *ML

REAR BRAKE ROTORS HAVE CRACKED AND CORRODED TO THE POINT WHERE DEALER CANNOT MACHINE THEM DOWN. ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL 879. *YH

A/C DRAIN CLOGGED UP, SOAKING CARPET AND ALL INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.SMELL TERRIBLE. DEALER FIXED 2 PREVIOUS TIMES BUT NOW SAYS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT CAUSING HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS AUTOMOBILT UNIT AND NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN SUV FOR TOWING AS INDICATED BY THE MANUFACTURER IN THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK