1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT. *JB THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND THE DRIVER SIDE LOCK ASSEMBLY WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP. SCC

WHILE DRIVING TO FLORIDA IN OUR 1999 JEEP GRANG CHEROKEE, THE TIE ROD ON DRIVERS SIDE DROPPED TO THE GROUND. FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE WERE NOT GOING FAST AT THE TIME. THE TIE ROD END WHICH CONSISTS OF A BALL AND SOCKET CAME APART. INSPECTION BY A JEEP DEALER DETERMINED THAT ALL 4 TIE ROD ENDS (2 TIE ROD AND 2 DRAG LINK) WERE LOOSE AND IN DANGER OF FAILING. IF WE HAD BEEN MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, WE WOULD HAVE LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL. THERE ARE NO GREASE FITTINGS ON THE FAILED AND FAILING PARTS AND NO MENTION OF HAVING THE TIE ROD ENDS CHECKED AT REGULAR INTERVALS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. WE ENDED UP HAVING ALL FOUR TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE ALIGNED, AND BUYING FOUR NEW TIRES, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE JUST FEEL FORTUNATE WE WEREN'T IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR WORSE. THE FAILURE OF THE TIR ROD ENDS SHOULD BE MADE A RECALL FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS.

A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 28000 MILES DEVELOPED A GRINDING NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. UPON INSPECTION AT A LOCAL SERVICE STATION IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL FOUR ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CRACKED.I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS ONLY 12,000MILES , THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT THE ROTORS WERE PROBABLY DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE/MACHINE THE FRONT ROTORS EVERY 8 - 10,000 MILES SINCE I PURCHASED THE THE VEHICLE NEW. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME ALL KINDS OF EXCUSSES FROM WARE AND TEAR TO DRIVING INRAIN CAUSE THE ROTOR TO WARP WHEN THEY ARE HOT AND HIT WATER. I THINK IT THE CALIPER THAT ARE PROBLEM AND NOT THE PAD OR ROTOR.

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START; ENGINE CRANKS W/O STARTING. INITIALLY IT WOULD CRANK FOR LONG PERIODS, IE. 20 SECONDS, AND START. THEN NOT AT ALL. TOOK IT TO DEALER, WHO WAS AWARE OF SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED RE: FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM, AT TANK FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. REPAIR WAS MADE AT COST OF APPR. $400.00. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FREE OF CHARGE.

PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE TO WAS IN A COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. PH

THE BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD AND WHEN PRESSING THE VEHICLE SHIMMIES VIOLENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE/MACHINE THE FRONT ROTORS EVERY 8 - 10,000 MILES SINCE I PURCHASED THE THE VEHICLE NEW IN SEPTEMBER, 1999.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR END AND TRANSFER CASE PROBLEMS. ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A SPECIALIST FOR THE TRANSFER CASE AND REAR END AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY WILL QUIT WORKING ON THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING WITH TO MANY DEFECTIVE PROBLEMS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT WARRANTY. MANUFACTURE WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES. TS

ON DECEMBER 7, 2002 MY FAMILY AND I (INCLUDING MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER) WERE DRIVING DOWN THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AND OUR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CAUGHT FIRE. A STATE TROOPER AIDED US IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT AND WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE. UPON OUR RETURN HOME THAT EVENING WE DISCOVERED A DAIMLER CHRYSLER RECALL NOTICE (RECALL: B06) IN THE MAIL STATING THAT A DEFECT IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD MAY RESULT IN AND UNDERHOOD FIRE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS SINCE INFORMED US THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 3 YEARS OLD THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE US FOR THE COSTS OF REPAIR OR PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW OR WHY THE FIRE OCURRED.