2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

I HAVE HAD A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH BRAKE ROTORS WARPING TO WHICH CHRYSLER HAS NOT YET REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. THE WARPING CAUSES VIBRATIONS SO SEVERE IT MAKES BRAKING A SERIOUS PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEED COMING OFF OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE PADS TWICE. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DISC WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE ROTORS WHICH CAUSED THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT CAUSED THE ROTORS TO WARP. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO THE CAM SENSORS FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE CAM SENSORS. *AK PRIOR TO PROBLEM WITH CONSUMER'S 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH 1998 JEEP. *LA

THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF PURCHASE. WHEN I'M STOPPED AND BEGINNING A TURN WITH THE STEERING WHEEL, THE WHEEL WILL MAKE A GRIND AND/OR SQUEAKING NOISE. I'VE NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I'VE TAKEN IT IN FOR REPAIR, BUT APPARANTLY, IT NEVER HAPPENS WHEN IT'S THERE AT THE SHOP. THE FIRST TIME I REPORTED IT, THEY OILED THE STEERING COLUMN, THAT WAS ALL, AND; THE NOISE CONTINUED.*AK

AFTER HAVING ROTORS RESURFACED THREE TIMES AND HAVING THEM REPLACED ONCE, THE ROTORS HAVE ONCE AGAIN WARPED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET HURT IF A SAFETY RECALL IS NOT DONE. CHRYSLER SEEM TO BELIEVE IT IS THE COMSUMERS PROBLEM AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO WORK WITH THE COMSUMERS ON A SOLUTION. FOR $35,000 YOU EXPECT TO AT LEAST HAVE WORKING BRAKES.*AK

STEERING MAKES HONKING NOISE WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO LEFT (MAKING LEFTHAND TURN). RECALL ISSUED BUT THIS VEHICLE'S VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL ACCORDING TO DEALER. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, CUSTOMER WAS TOLD STEERING BOX IS FAULITY AND WOULD COST $750.00 PLUS TO REPAIR. VEHICLE IS 3 YEARS OLD, HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND NEVER ABUSED, STEERING BOX SHOULD NOT FAIL IN SUCH A SHORT TIME UNLESS DEFECT PRESENT!

DISC BRAKE ROTOR FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS 33000 MILES. SEVERE SHUDDERING AT THE FRONT END OCCURS WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO FRONT ROTORS HAVING WARPED. SEVERE ENOUGH TO EFFECT CONTROL OF VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF WERE TO OCCUR IN EMERGENCY OR BAD WEATHER SITUATION. SHUDDERRING IS NOT AS SEVERE AT LESS THAN HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SUCH WARPING OF THE ROTORS IS NOT NORMAL AND FROM THE NUMBER OF OTHER POSTS THERE IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OCCURING.

TRANSMISSION/POWERTRAIN/ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS/BRAKES AT JUST OVER 36,000 MILES THE POWERTRAIN/TRANSMISSION MODULE FAILED. THERE WERE THREE MINOR INCIDENTS WHERE WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING NORMAL INTO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION ROARED AND SPUN, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AFTER LETTING UP ON THE GAS, THEN SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE AND THE TRANSMISSION "KICKED IN". THE FOURTH TIME THIS OCCURRED, HOWEVER, WAS WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY ONRAMP AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. A SENSOR OR TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $500 (JUST OUT OF WARRANTY) TO ME. AT 50,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD, I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THOUGHT I HAD A BLOWOUT OF A TIRE. IT WAS NOT THE TIRE HOWEVER, IT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW. SOMETHING INSIDE THE DOOR POPPED AND THE WINDOW FELL DOWN IN THE DOOR. ANOTHER BILL IN EXCELL OF $500. NOW AT 63,001 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION ONCE AGAIN JUST WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE OFF MY STREET, THE ENGINE WHINED AS THOUGH I WERE IN NEUTRAL BUT IT WOULD NOT KICK IN. IT WOULD ONLY GO IN REVERSE, NONE OF THE FORWARD GEARS WOULD MAKE THE CAR GO FORWARD. IT WAS TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC WHO SAYS THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION MUST NOW BE REPLACED.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS ON MY 2001 JEEP GRANDE CHEROKEE HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT 7,968 MILES, 14,133 MILES, 21,839 MILES AND THE CONDITION IS RECURRING AT 26,677 MILES. INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER INDICATES THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM EFFECTIVE THOUSANDS OF JEEP OWNERS NATIONWIDE AND DAIMLERCHRYSTER IS NOT COOPERATING AND NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS BEING REPLACE WITH DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. ODI - NHTSA APPARENTLY HAS NOT LAUNCHED A FORMAL INVESTIGATION, BUT CERTAINLY SHOULD. TO FORCE DAIMLERCHRYSLER TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND INITIATE A MUCH NEEDED RECALL.*AK

DRIVING DOWN CITY STREET TO WORK, HEARD LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY CLANK CLANK COMING FROM ENGINE, IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, MECHANIC DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS BROKEN CONNECTING ROD. DEALER WANTS $6000 TO REBUILD MOTOR. *NM