2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

UNDER DASH AIR CONDITION/HEATER MODULE MELTED WIRES AND THE MODULE IT SELF. REPLACE WITH PARTS IT MELTED SECOND TIME AND DRIVER SIDE HEATER AND AIR CONDTIONER WORKS PASSENGER SIDE AIR CONDITIONER WORKS BUT NOT THE HEATER. REPLACED DAMAGED PARTS THIRD TIME WITH REPAIR KIT STILL DRIVER SIDE HEATER AIR CONDITIONER WORKS AND PASSENGER SIDE ONLY AIR CONDITIONER. I AM AFRAID IT IS A ON GOING PROBLEM AND ONE DAY IT MIGHT COUGHT FIRE. IN PAST SIX YEARS I DID NOT HAD A WORKING AIR/HEATER FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS WHEN UNDER WARANTY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY DID NOT FIX IT SAYIN IT WILL COST ME TOO MUCH MONEY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THERE WAS A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE HEAT GAUGE SPIKED TO 300. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS INSPECTED. THE FLUID IN THE RADIATOR WAS AUDIBLY BOILING, AND THE COOLING FAN HAD CEASED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN BACK TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL# 06V199000, WHICH PERTAINS TO THE COOLING FAN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE VIN.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE DROPPING AT DIFFERENT TIMES INSTEAD OF TOGETHER, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 06V199000 ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: COOLING SYSTEM: FAN. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 WHILE RETURNING FROM A 220 MILE TRIP THE RADIATOR FAN ON OUR 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FRACTURED AND SEPARATED, CAUSING RUPTURE OF RADIATOR, COOLANT LOSS AND RAPID OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FIRESTONE AUTO REPAIR WHERE THE RADIATOR, FAN AND SHROUD ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2005. IT BECAME APPARENT WHEN LEAVING FIRESTONE THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD SUFFERED DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PANHANDLE TRANSMISSION WHERE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. A RECALL NOTICE WAS ISSUED BY DAIMLER-CHRYSLER IN OCTOBER 2006. INVOICES, CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS AND CANCELED CHECK WAS SUBMITTED TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER AS PROOF OF DEFECT AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE REPAIR. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER REIMBURSED THE COST OF THE FAN, RADIATOR AND SHROUD REPLACEMENT ON NOVEMBER 16, 2006 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1003.89 BUT NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE TRANSMISSION ($1350.00) DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE AND RAPID OVERHEATING OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT SYSTEM. *JB

BRAKE PULSATION AND HEAVY VIBRATION DURING NORMAL BRAKING. THIS IS DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE COMPONETS I.E. WARPING OF ROTORS CAUSED BY HEAT FRICTION FROM INFERIOR METAL AND OR MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST DAIMLER/CHRYSLER ONLY COVERS VEHICLES THAT WERE UNDER THE STANDARD WARRANTY PERIOD. ALTHOUGH D/C ISN'T ADMITTING GUILT, THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WILL COVER ONLY THOSE VEHICLES THAT QUALIFY UNDER THEIR RULES. THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE SETTLEMENT CLASS DID NOT LITIGATE A CLAIM OR EVEN CONTEST THE RIGHTS OF THE CLASS MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY WHEN THE FAILURES OCCURRED. ALL OF THE CLASS MEMBERS WHO HAD THIS PROBLEM NEED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THESE REPAIRS. YOUR AGENCY NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION AND REVIEW ALL OF THE DATA AND EVIDENCE THAT PROVES THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, AND EITHER HAVE A RECALL OR ASK D/C TO REPAIR ALL OF THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, BEFORE THESE PARTS TOTALLY FAIL AND CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 06V199000 ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: COOLING SYSTEM: FAN. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE 2000 GRAND CHEROKEE SAFETY RECALL F25 ELECTRIC RADIATOR FAN. *TS THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE SHE ALREADY HAD THE PART REPLACED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE WOULD OVER HEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE STAND STILL POSITION ON A FREQUENT BASIS. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD THE PART REPLACED. ALSO, WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED NORMALLY. THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT SIGNAL ANY WARNING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE PART, WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.

I WAS IN A CAR WRECK INVOLVING MYSELF AND ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHEN A THIRD VEHICLE CHOSE TO STOP FOR NO APPARENT REASON IN AN INTERSECTION WITH A GREEN LIGHT. WE WERE TRAVELING AT MAYBE 40 MILES PER HOUR. I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REACT AND RAN SQUARELY INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT, BUT NOT PROPERLY, AS THE SHOULDER BELT WASN'T ACROSS MY CHEST. HOWEVER, WHEN THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, MY HEAD SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING INJURY. I HAVE CONTUSIONS TO MY UPPER JAW, THE LOWER HALF OF MY NOSE, MY UPPER LIP, AND CHIN. MY FRONT TEETH WERE KNOCKED LOOSE, AND IT IS UNKNOWN YET IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER, A ROOT CANAL MIGHT HAVE TO BE DONE. I BROKE A FINGER ON MY LEFT HAND,, WHEN IT WAS ALSO SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE POLICE, EMT'S, AND FIREMEN ON THE SCENE WERE ALL DISCUSSING WHY MY AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. I FEEL LIKE IF IT WOULD HAVE INFLATED I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY FACIAL INJURIES AT ALL. THE ACCIDENT JUST OCCURRED YESTERDAY, SO I HAVE YET TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS CAUSING THIS FAILURE. *JB