1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT AT 30-35MPH AND STEERED TO THE RIGHT. TIRES WENT INTO A DITCH OFF THE ROAD & VEHICLE FLIPPED 2 TIMES, ENDING ON RIGHT SIDE UP, PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD. CONSUMER WOULD BE CALLING THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHILE STEPPING ON BRAKES AND/OR ACCELERATING, CONSUMER HEARS A GRINDING NOISE. IT'S THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT AFTER PUTTING NEW TIRES ON FRONT. REPAIRED & WENT 200 MILES & FAILED AGAIN. JEEP STATES THAT SINCE VEHICLE IS ALL WHEEL DRIVE, A 1/2 INCH DIFFERENCE IN CIRCUMFERENCE BETWEEN TIRES WILL CAUSE DRIVE TRAIN FAILURE--HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING WRITTEN CONCERNING SUCH CLOSE TOLERANCES--COULD HAVE LOCKED UP AND CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT. *AK

BEARINGS IN THE STEERING COLUMN MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE WHEEL WAS TURNED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, OWNER WOULD EXPERIENCE ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND DOME LIGHTS GOING OUT. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A TIRE RECALL, WIRING HARNESS ON THE REAR LEFT DOOR WAS FOUND BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER'S POWER SEAT TOTATLLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE FLOOR. DEALER HAS REPLACED 47 PARTS IN THE ELECTRICAL PART OF THE JEEP. CONSUMER HAS ALSO BEEN INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN. DOOR WAS STUCK/CLOSED. LATCH HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES BECAUSE OF RUSTING. DESIGN OF THE LATCH ALLOWED WATER TO JUST SIT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EXITED OFF FREEWAY, SLOWED DOWN TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. WENT OVER A MANHOLE COVER (NOT A BIG BUMP, NORMAL MANHOLE COVER) HEARD NOISE LIKE THE TIRES PICKED UP A STONE. DROVE 1/2 BLOCK AND HEARD A RUBBING NOISE, DECIDED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER SINCE IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY. DEALER SAID THAT THE BOLTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS SHEARED OFF AND MOTOR WAS HANGING. DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED BY MFG AND THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM, I HAVE NEVER HAD A MOTOR MOUNT BREAK AND LEAVE AN ENGINE HANGING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A MOTOR MOUNT BREAK AT 47,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN OFF ROAD, HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN ON GRAVEL - IT IS A VERY PAMPERED JEEP! IS THERE ANY RECALL OR SAFETY REGULATIONS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? *AK

LOW RYTHMATIC DRONING NOISE WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. DELAR SAYS THIS IS TYPICAL FOR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. *AK

DURING ROUTINE SERVICE, DEALER NOTICED CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. NOTED THIS WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THAT CO COULD ENTER THE VEHICLE INTERIOR. THIS IS A PREMATURE FAILURE OF A KEY PART OF OF THE SYSTEM. *AK