1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE RUNNING. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, VEHICLE ROLLED BACK AND DAMAGED THE FENCING OF THE RESIDENCE. VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. ONLY 45,000 MILES. VEHICLE STALLED WHEN MAKING TURNS AND NOW STALLS WHEN OPERATING AT HIGH SPEEDS. LAST TIME VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES AN HOUR AND STALLED. USUALLY THE VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP AS SOON AS IT IS PUT IN NEUTRAL AND YOU TURN THE KEY. BUT ON SOME OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAS HAD TO SIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP ON 2 OCCASIONS AND EACH TIME WHEN IT ARRIVES AND IS CHECKED BY MECHANICS IT STARTS UP. MECHANICS AND COMPUTER CHECKS REVEALED NO PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT IS POSSIBLY A COMPUTER PROBLEM IN THE VEHICLE AND THE REASON THE DEALERS FOUND NOTHING WRONG IS THE COMPUTER RESETS ITSELF EACH TIME THE JEEP IS RESTARTED. NOT SURE BUT THE DEALERSHIPS CANNOT GIVE ME ANY ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I AM WORRIED THAT VEHICLE STALLING AT HIGH SPEEDS IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS A PROBLEM YOU HAVE FOUND IN OTHER JEEPS AND IF YOU KNOW A REMEDY. JEEP HAS ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PAST SUCH AS TWO AUTO DOOR LOCKS GOING BAD, AIR CONDITIONER WENT BAD, AND THE BATTERY FAILED. NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED SOMEHOW OR NOT. CHECK OF PAST OWNER RECORDS SHOWS MAINTENANCE FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT 21418 MILES (2/19/01) AND 33488 (2/28/02) AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 33488 MILES. *TT

IN APRIL OF 2002 I PURCHASED A USED 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FROM A LOCAL DEALER BECAUSE IT HAD ONLY 14000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS DUE TO VIBRATION 2 TIMES. AT 46000 MILES I PUT NEW TIRES ON THIS TO QUIET A NOISE PROBLEM. NOW AT 65000 MILES THE NOISE IS EXTREME COMING FROM DRIVE TRAIN. I WAS TOLD TODAY THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE RING/PINION GEAR ASSEMBLIES USED ON THE 99/00 MODEL YEAR JEEPS. BUT THERE HAS YET TO BE A RECALL REGARDING THIS CONDITION. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE DURABILITY OF THE PRODUCT, AS IT SHOULD HAVE LASTED FAR LONGER THAN 65000 MILES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AMOUNT PAID FOR IT! HOPEFULLY CHRYSLER WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN QUALITY. BUT I DOUBT IT. THE ROARING AND HOWLING NOISE IS SO LOUD THAT YOU CAN NOT HEAR OTHERS TALKING AT ROAD SPEED, AND I AM GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE, BUT DUE TO THE GREAT COST OF IT, I CANNOT TRADE IT OR AFFORD TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE I AM ON DISABILITY!!!!!!!!!! *NLM

**SAFETY ISSUE ** AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, FUEL SPEWED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, FORMING A PUDDLE APPROXIMATELY 2 FT IN DIAMETER. EVENTUALLY IT SLOWED TO A DRIP. I TOOK IT TO SHAKOPEE DODGE TO FIX THE LEAK. $374.19 LATER, IT'S FIXED. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO ARGUE THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, AS IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN. THEY CHOSE NOT TO SUPPORT ME, AND SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 40 TO 65MPH, I AM HEARING A WHINE COMMING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE. I PRESUME IT IS FROM THE TRANSFER CASE OR THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS MY SECOND JEEP, AND COULD BE MY LAST IF I CAN'T RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 1999. (PURCHASED NEW) WE ARE HAVING CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. TODAY THE 3RD SET OF NEW ROTORS WERE INSTALLED. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 28,700 MILES!!!! WHEN BRAKING THIS IS A VERY UNSTABLE VEHICLE. VIBRATIONS ARE SO SEVERE IT FEELS AS IF YOU COULD LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. WHY NO RECALL??????? *NLM

I OWN A 1999 SIX-CYLINDER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (PURCHASED NEW). HAVE HAD RECURRENT BRAKE PROBLEMS. ROTORS WARP PREMATURELY. BRAKING CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD, CAR AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. HAD ROTORS TURNED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AND NEW PADS. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER IS AWARE THEY HAVE PUT INFERIOR BRAKES ON THEIR VEHICLES BUT REFUSE TO ADMIT IT. PRESSURE NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THIS COMPANY. I AM PURCHASING A WHOLE NEW SET OF RAYBESTOS ROTORS AND PADS AS I AM SICK OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS MAYBE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BRAKES, YET DAIMLER-CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. *NLM

BETWEEN 45K-$65K MILES HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND RE-MACHINED TWICE, MOST RECENTLY ADVISED TO UPGRADE TO AFTERMARKET CERAMIC PADS, 10K MILES LATER EXACT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. BRAKES PULSE AT ALL SPEEDS ONCE WARM, BOTH DURING DRIVING AND PARTICULARLY WHEN APPLIED CAUSING VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHIMMY. 80% OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY AND THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. MULTIPLE DEALERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 99-01 MODELS BUT THAT CHRYSLER WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. NOW I'VE BEEN ADVISED TO REPLACE WITH A NEWER CALIPER DESIGN THAT WILL COST AN ADDTL. $450 BRINGING MY TOTAL BRAKE EXPENSES ON THE FRONT AXLE TO WELL OVER $1000 IN 1 YEAR. *NLM

BROKEN ELEVATOR BRACKET ON DRIVERS POWER SEAT. THE FRONT LEFT BRACKET HAS BROKEN AT THE WELD. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THIS WELD HAD BEEN ADEQUATELY FUSED TO THE AXIS SHAFT. THE BRACKET BROKE IN HALF AT THE POINT WHERE IT IS INTERSECTED BY THE AXIS COMPONENT. SOMETIMES THIS SEAT ROCKS BACKWARD SUDDENLY WHEN DRIVING WHICH DIMINISHES MY ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I AM MORE CONCERNED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT IS NOT ANCHORED TO THE VEHICLE CHASSIS AS DESIGNED. IN THE EVENT OF BEING THE VICTIM OF A REAR END COLLISION, I ANTICIPATE BEING THROWN TO THE REAR OF THE CAB DUE TO LACK OF RESTRAINT. I AM VIRTUALLY THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE AND THE SEAT HAS ONLY BEEN ELEVATED FROM ITS LOWEST POSITION A FEW TIMES. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $586 (TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY) AS THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS FAILURE IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT DUE TO WEAR OR MISUSE. THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISES DRIVER AND OCCUPANT SAFETY. *JB

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB