1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

JEEP IN QUESTION, HIT BLACK ICE AND FLIPPED OVER GUARDRAIL .NEITHER OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, FRONT BUMPER TORE OFF. JEEP WAS TURNED OFF AT COMPLETION OF ROLLOVER, AND STILL BROKE INTO FLAMES. *AK

UPON BEING TOWED BY MOTOR HOME, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF TIRE TREAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE FRONT OF VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 1/2 DEGREE CAMBER AND DEALER STATED THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE EXCEPT TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE AXLE AND THAT WOULD EITHER MAKE PROBLEM WORSE OR STAY THE SAME. CONSUMER STATES THAT HE PUTS THE TRANSFER CASE IN NEUTRAL AND THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK WHENEVER TOWING VEHICLE, HOWEVER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE STEERING WHEELS WERE FOUND IN LOCKED POSITION CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES, CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOWED 40000 MILES BEFORE THIS PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING, ON ONE OCCASION CONSUMER STATES HE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING STEERING LOCK TO RELEASE AND FOUND THE WHEELS WERE COCKED ABOUT 10 OR 15 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND THE FRONT TIRE WAS IN SHREADS, EVEN THE STEEL CORD WAS TORN, POSSIBLE INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSING LOCKING AND WEAR OF TIRES AND AXLE BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT. CONSUMER STATES SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THERE IS AJERKING AND ROUGHNESS IN TURNS ON DRY PAVEMENT, DEALER STATED THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLES WERE DESIGNED. AIR CONDITIONER FREEZES UP AND SOAKS THE CARPETS, VEHICLE NEEDED NEW A/C MODULE AND COMPLETE NEW CARPETS. *SLC

FRONT ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-136, COONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

WHILE TRAVELLING ABOUT 65-70MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD, ACCELERATED TO AROUND 78 MPH. ENGINE REVVED, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR, CONSUMER COULD NOT SLOW VEHICLE DOWN, FINALLY SHUT OFF IGNITION. CHRYSLER SAID THAT A VEHICLE WITH THAT MANY MILES THAT COULD HAPPEN.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND BEARING FAILURE FOR MY VEHICLE. I ALSO PERSONALLY KNOW OF 3 OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS WHO ARE OR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME BEARING FAILURE IN THEIR JEEPS. *AK

FRONT BRAKES REPLACED 1 YEAR AGO THEN RECEIVED RECALL, WINSHIELD WASHER MOTOR FAILED,POWER WINDOWS FAILED. POOR BRAKING AND VIBRATION IN PEDAL SCRAPING NOISE FROM BACK END - REAR BEARINGS, DIFFERENTIAL, BRAKES AND ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT. *AK

POWER SIDE VIEW MIRROR WILL AUTOMATICALLY POINT DOWN TOWARDS FLOOR. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE DEFECT; THEREFORE, COULD NOT FIX IT.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-136, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

THE CONSUMER HAD THE RECALL COMPONENT (00V-136) ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT AND WAS DENIED, CONSUMER DID NOT GO TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO BAD SERVICE. *MJS

THEIR IS A PULSATING FEELING IN BRAKE PEDAL, AND PEDAL IS ALSO HARD WHEN APPLIED. STOPPING DISTANCE IS IMPAIRED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. DEALER RHAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK