1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NUMBER 02V053000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED PRIOR TO RECALL. TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN PARK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARD. SINCE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

I BELIEVE THAT THE 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. WHEN HITTING A BUMP, POTHOLE OR OTHER UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE AT , SAY, 45 TO 65 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE CAR AND THE STEERING COLUMN WILL SOMETIMES GO INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE AND SHIMMY THAT IS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL YOU SLOW THE CAR CONSIDERABLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES SINCE JULY 28, 2001. IT PROBABLY OCCURS WHEN A CERTAIN HARMONIC VIBRATION FREQUENCY IS DEVELOPED. I HAVE HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND THE STABILIZER BAR REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I CHECKED THE NHTSA COMPLAINT FILE AND SEE THAT THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER DRIVERS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND CORRECTED. WHILE MY CAR IS A 1993 MODEL, I AM SURE THAT THIS SAME SUSPENSION WAS USED IN CARS FOR SOME YEARS AFTER 1993. I AM INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY BUYING A NEW JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BUT CANNOT MAKE THAT COMMITMENT UNTIL THIS MATTER IS CORRECTED AND SHOWN TO NOT EXIST IN THE NEW MODELS. *NM

I HAVE A 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THIS VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE LIFT GATE MECHANISM. INITIALLY THE DEFECT PREVENTED THE LIFT GATE FROM CLOSING, NOW IT WON'T OPEN. IN APRIL 1993 THE NHTSA IDENTIFIED A DEFECT IN THE MECHANISM AND ISSUED A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM (93V055000 ). I CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER FOR ASSISTANCE IN CORRECTING THE PROBLE. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER INDICATED THE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. DID THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WORK OUT SOME SORT OF PLEA BARGIN FOR THEIR RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING THIS SAFETY ISSUE? ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE WHICH WILL HELP RESOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. CLIFF OILER [email protected]. *AK

I WAS UNAWARE OF THE MALFUNCTION ON OLDER MODELS OF THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST MY VEHICLE. I AM REPORTING THAT MY VEHICLE ALSO HAS THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. MOSTLY WHEN I HAVE JUST STARTED THE VEHICLE AND AM USING THE BRAKES.*AK

COMPRESSOR WORKS BUT AC EVAPORATEUR FREEZES UP. BRAKES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS. PAINT PEELS ON PASSENGER DOOR AND ROOF.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT I HAVE A PAINT PEELING PROBLEM ON THE HOOD OF MY CAR. ORIGINALLY I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS MY CAR BUT THERE ARE 2 OTHER PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE BUILDING WITH THE SAME COLOR, YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AS MY CAR AND WE ALL HAVE THE PAINT PEELING PROBLEM IN THE SAME AREAS.

STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION JUST AS RECALL #604 MENTIONS. PIN SHEARED OFF AND COLUMN SEPARATES. PER NHTSA 93V-210 RECALL. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX PER RECALL SAYS VEHICLE NOT PART OF RECALL. *LA

REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT OF PART ON THE TRANSMISSION.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE DEALER CONTINUED TO TELL HER IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. *JB

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN BUYING P225/70TR15 DUNLOP GTQ RWL TIRES FOR MY 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AS REPLACEMENT TIRES. THREE OUT OF THE LAST 4 TIRES I HAVE BOUGHT HAVE DEVELOPED A WELT JUST OFF CENTERLINE OF TREAD FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES I DIDNT THINK MUCH OF IT AS THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME I MIGHT HAVE HIT SOMETHING A LONG TIME PRIOR TO WELT DEVELOPING AND IT IS JUST SHOWING UP NOW. THE FIRST OF THOSE TIRES WAS REPLACED ON 6/19/02 AND THE SECOND WAS REPLACED ON 8/26/02. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 13,000 TO 16,000 MILES LATER THIS CONDITION APPEARED AGAIN. I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE CAR AND CONFIRMED THAT A WELT HAD APPEARED IN THE TIRE JUST OF CENTERLINE. I WAS ON MY WAY BACK FROM A BUSINESS TRIP WHICH WAS JUST 200 MILES FROM MY HOME AND THE TIRE DISINTEGRATED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. I FEEL THAT THIS CONDITION HAS HAPPENED ENTIRELY TOO OFTEN AND IT IS WITH THE SAME TIRE BRAND AND TYPE. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE TIRE DEALER YET, BUT I DID WANT TO REPORT THIS IN CASE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE REPORTING IT ALSO. THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED HEADLIGHT LENSES HAD A PLASTIC COVER THAT ONE COULD BARELY SEE THROUGH. CONSUMER COULDN'T SEE CLEARLY AT NIGHT. THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. *AK