2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS AT RANDOM THE BRAKE LIGHTS SEEM TO BURN OUT. IT MIGHT BE THE LEFT SIDE ONE WEEK AND THE RIGHT THE NEXT. NEW BULBS OFTEN LAST BETWEEN 1 HOUR AND 3 WEEKS. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEMS ARE OFTEN VERY HARD TO FIX. *NM

ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2006, MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN OUR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF THE VEHICLE AND NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES TO HER. MY TWO CHILDREN, AGES 3 AND 4, WERE IN THE VEHICLE, PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN CARS EATS AND INCURRED NO INJURIES. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, AND HIT THE REAR END OF A TRUCK PARKED IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A THREE LANE MAJOR ROAD. THE IMPACT TOTALED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FAILURE OF AIRBAGS IN A HEAD-ON IMPACT AT 40 MPH WOULD SEEM TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND PERHAPS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE MODEL OR IF THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. *JB

TIE RODS, WHEEL BEARINGS, BALL JOINTS, FAN CLUTCH, SHORTED ENGINE COMPARTMENT WIRING HARNESS, FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY ALL GONE WRONG FROM TIME OF PURCHASE; JANUARY 2000/BRAND NEW TO SEPT. 2006...SOME PD. UNDER WARRANTY OTHERS AFTER 2004 NOT; EVEN THOUGH THE DEFECTS USUALLY DO NOT HAPPEN TO A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE/FULLY LOADED. THE LAST STRAW WAS THE BALL JOINTS; WE ASKED IF SOME FORM OF RECALL SHOULD OF BEEN DONE AND THEN ASKED FOR A REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE MY WIFE'S' 2004 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED HAD A RECALL ON IT'S BALL JOINTS/LOWER ONES SO AFTER HAVING MINE REPLACED LAST FRIDAY 9/15/2006 WE ASKED ABOUT THE GRAND CHEROKEE AND IT'S BALL JOINTS; WE ALSO UPDATED ON ALL THE DEFECTS WE'VE HAD TO CORRECT AND WONDERED IF IT WASN'T A EXPENSIVE LEMON...$35,000.00 IS WHAT I PAID. WE CALLED CHRYSLER MAIN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS ONLY TOLD WERE SORRY, THE AGE OF THE JEEP AND PAST WARRANTY...WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ALL THE PAST DEFECTS SINCE 2000 AND THE FACT WE TRIED THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IN 2002 AND GOT NO WHERE AGAIN. NO MATTER THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE...SAFETY IS SAFETY. AND IF BALL JOINTS GO BAD FOR NO REASON AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED THEN, IT SHOULD GO AS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ALL THEIR VEHICLES. *JB

THERE HASN'T BEEN A ACCIDENT IN MY VEHICLE BUT THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE TAIL LIGHT ON MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAVE NOTICED ALL THE ONES AROUND THE SAME MODEL THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS GOTTEN ME PULLED OVER ONCE RECENTLY WITH NO TICKET ISSUED. I HAD IT LOOKED AT BEFORE IT IS NOT THE BULB THIS SEEMS TO BE A VEHICLE DEFECT SINCE AS I SAID BEFORE IT ISN'T JUST HAPPENING TO MINE. THIS COULD END UP CAUSING SOMEONE A BAD WRECK AT NIGHT IF THE OTHER LIGHT WERE TO BLOW WITHOUT YOU KNOWING. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED JEEP THEY BLEW ME OFF WITH NO HELP. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC FAN BLADE SHATTERED AND BROKE INTO PIECES, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V199000, REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: COOLING SYSTEM: FAN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

CAR WAS PARKED. WHEN STARTED THERE WAS A CRASHING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. THE ELECTRIC FAN BLADE BROKE LOOSE AND BROKE THE FAN SHROUD AND PUNCTURED THE RADIATOR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THIS FITS THE PENDING RECALL NUMBER F25. I REPORTED THIS TO CHRYSLER AND HAVE HAD NO REPLY. THE REPAIR COST $1300.00.*JB

ON JUNE 10, 2006 MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 2000 WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD POP UNDER THE HOOD. UPON INSPECTION THE FAN AND SHATTERED AND PUT HOLES IN THE RADIATOR, HOSES, SHROUD, AND OTHER PLACES ON THE CAR. MY HUSBAND DID ALL THE REPAIRS AND I STILL HAVE ALL THE OLD PARTS. AFTER WE HAD REPLACED THE FAN, RADIATOR AND HOSES WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL IN THE LOCAL PAPER. UPON CALLING DAIMLER CHRYSLER I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT BECAUSE I HAD NOT TAKEN MY JEEP TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THESE EXPENSES. *NM

THE FAN ON MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO BUSTED WHILE IN ROUTE. IT JUST SHATTERED. IT PIERCED SEVERAL PLACES ON THE SHROUD, A HOSE, AND PUT A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR. *NM

MY 2000 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE LARADO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIAL SYSTEM. ALL THE DASH LITES ARE ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER DOSNT WORK. IT HAS BEEN AT A JEEP DEALERSHJP FOR ALMOST A MONTH. THEY CANT FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG WITH IT. THEY FIRST REPLACED A COMPUTER MODULAR AND I PICKED IT UP AND THE NEXT DAY I STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED THE SAMETHING AND TOLD ME IT WAS FIXED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER PAYING OUT 980.00. I TOOK IT BACK A THIRD TIME AND THE COMPANY TOLD THEM TO CHANGE THE GROUND WIRES AND THAT DIDNT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE OUT OF IDEAS. THE RIGHT TALE LITE KEEPS GOING OUT ALSO. SO THEY JUST PUT A NEW ONE IN. THIS WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AS WE HAVE CHANGED LITE BULB SEVERAL TIMES. THE REAR WINDOWS WILL NO LONGER WORK ALSO. THEY SAID THEY CHANGED THE FUSE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT IT WASNT FIXED. THIS COULD LEAD TO A TICKET FOR NOT GOING THE SPEED LIMIT OR ACCIDENT FROM SPEEDING, ALSO A REAR END CRASH AS THE TAIL LITE GOES OFF WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. ON THURSDAY AUGUST 10, 2006, MY ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVEN COOLING FAN EXPLODED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY SHROUD AND PUNCTURING TWO HOLES IN MY RADIATOR. THIS HAS DONE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY CAR. IT IS UNDRIVEABLE UNTIL ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS ARE REPLACED. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S 800 NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THIS PART. I CALLED MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME. I HAVE PULLED UP LETTERS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF VEHICLE COMPLIANCE AND SAFETY AFFAIRS FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER STATING THERE WILL BE A RECALL TO REPLACE ALL COOLING FANS, AND EQUIPMENT. I AM VERY UPSET OVER HOW I WAS TREATED AT DCE OVER THIS MATTER. THERE WAS NO ASSISTANCE GIVEN OTHER THAN, TO CALL BACK LATER ON IF I RECEIVED A LETTER. THESE PARTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, AND I FEEL THAT IF THERE IS A RECALL,....... THEN THIS MATTER SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND NOT DONE SO OUT OF MY POCKET. *NM