1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

DEFECTIVE BRAKE CALIPERS RESULTING IN WARPING OF BRAKE ROTORS. THIS CAUSES UNCONTROLLED SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL UNDER HIGH SPEED BRAKING MANEUVERS. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER HAS IDENTIFIED THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT REFUSES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSES LIABLILITY SINCE IT IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. *AK THREE NEW GOODYEAR TIRES HAD SIDEWALL TREAD SEPARATIONS WITHIN A PERIOD OF LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. ONE RESULTED IN A BLOW OUT AND TWO OF THE TIRES HAD A KNOT ON THE SIDEWALL. REFER TO ODI#10027229. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, CONSUMER SWERVED TO AVOID AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD ANS LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLLED, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT 25/30 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE BODY PART STICKING IN OPEN, PER DEALERSHIP.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

DEFECT IN ROTORS/CALIPERS ON 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. BRAKING AT 40 MILES & ABOVE CAR SHIMMIED.RROTORS CHANGED UNDER WARRANTY THREE TIMES WITHIN FIRST 2YEARS. ADAMS JEEP, WEST STREET, ANNAPOLIS, MD WOULD NO LONGER COVER UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DENIED THERE WAS A DEFECT. CHRYSER REP SAID IT WAS MY DRIVING AND WASHED THEIR HANDS OF ME. MY NEIGHBOR HAD SAME PROBLEM AND HE SAID A FRIEND OF HIS WHO WORKS FOR A JEEP DEALERSHIP IN MARYLAND TOLD HIM THERE IS A DEFECT BUT IT IS NOT THE ROTORS, IT'S THE CALIPERS THAT SIT ON TOP OF THE ROTORS THAT WAS WARPING THEM. HE GAVE ME HIS PAPER WORK AND IT SHOWED A SPECIAL "PACKAGE" CHRYSER HAD PUT TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM (I CAN SEND YOU THE PAPER WORK). I FAXED TO ADAMS JEEP, ENCLOSING MY NEIGHBOR'S PAPERWORK AND TOLD THEM I KNEW NOW OF THE DEFECT. I DEMANDED THEY FIX MY CAR WITH THIS PECIAL "PACKAGE". THEY CALLED FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER AND SAID "MS GINGELL, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR YOU AT NO CHARGE!" I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND WITH SAME CAR/YEAR WHO HAS SAME TROUBLE AND ADAMS JEEP HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR FREE. HER DAUGHTER ALSO HAS THE SAME TYPE OF JEEP AND SHE IS ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I WENT ONTO THE WEBSITE OF WWW.EDMUNDS.COM AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING THEIR ROTORS. I AM A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD NOW FROM SUPPOSEDLY HAVING PROBLEM FIXED AND ROTORS ARE AGAIN STARTING TO SHIMMY. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT BACK INTO ADAMS JEEP OF ANNAPOLIS. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD WITH 40,000 MILES. RECENTLY THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FAIL. THE DEALER SAYS THE 1999 DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE BRAKES ARE TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLE WEIGHT. JEEP RECOMMENDS THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS BE REPLACED WITH A LARGER ROTOR. JEEP TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKE. WONDER HOW MANY ROLLOVERS OCCUR WHEN YOUR OEM BRAKES ARE TOO SMALL TO STOP YOU?*AK

SINCE I PURCHASED THE MY 1999 GRAND CHEROKEE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR BRAKE REPAIRS SEVEN (7) TIMES AT INTERVALS RANGING FROM 2,000 TO 12,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN PULSATING/CHATTERING AT HIGH SPEED BRAKING...AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE DEALER HAS ALWAYS REPAIRED THE BRAKES AT NO COST TO ME. REPAIRS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN REPLACING THE CALIPERS AND TURNING THE ROTORS. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 36,000 MILES AND THEN RE-TURNED AT 41,700 MILES. I NOW HAVE 48,300 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES ARE PULSATING/CHATTERING AT HIGH SPEED BRAKING. THE DEALER SAID HE WOULD NO LONGER REPAIR THE BRAKES FOR FREE AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY FUTURE REPAIRS. BASED ON THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR CONDITIONS I HAVE READ ON THIS NHTSA SITE, THE BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE. A RECALL CERTAINLY SOUNDS IN ORDER.*AK

AFTER 27,000 MILES, ALL FOUR GOODYEAR, WRANGLER ST TIRES EXHIBIT CRACKS, ADJACENT TO THE RIM FOR THE FULL DISTANCE AROUND EACH TIRE. THE LOCAL GOODYEAR STORE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES ON A PRORATED BASIS. BASED UPON SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE, AND THE POTENTIAL UGLY RESULTS FROM TIRE FAILURE, I AM REGISTERING MY COMPLAINT ALSO. THE TIRE SIZE IS 225/75R16.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE LOOKING TIRES OVER NOTICED A BUBBLE ON RIGHT FRONT SIDEWALL OF TIRE . DEALER REPLACED TIRE. *AK