1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MANEUVER, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN UNWANTED ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE FRONT SUSPENSION EXPERIENCED FAILURE, RESULTING IN EXTREME VIBRATION & LOSS OF CONTROL. *YC

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER CAN SMELL FUMES FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE DUE TO A CRACK INSIDE OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. ALSO, THERE IS SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK

THERE IS A CRACK WITHIN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH ALLOWS FUMES TO ENTER INTO VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE TRANSMISSION IN "PARK" THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY WENT INTO REVERSE. NO ONE WAS IN THE AUTOMOBILE AT THE TIME. IT CRASHED INTO A DELLIVERY TRUCK, AND THEN JUMPED INTO "DRIVE" AND FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REACH INTO THE OPEN DOOR AND TURN OFF THE ENGINEOFF. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED $5,000.00 AND FORTUNATELY NO PERSONS WERE INJURED. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER WAS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN REVERSE AND ACCELERATED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES UNDER REGULAR BRAKING CONDITIONS, NO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THERE IS A LOT OF VIBRATION AND SHAKING. THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AT 30000 MILES BECAUSE THEY WERE REPEATEDLY WARPING. CURRENTLY, AT 40,000 MILES THE CONDITION IS BACK. 8AK

PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING LOT, VEHICLE HAD NO STEERING AND NO POWER. DRIVER HEARD A BIG BANG AND THE TENSIONER FELL OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE CHEROKEE IS BEING HELD AT DEALERSHIP. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN "PARK" W/ ENGINE RUNNING. ENGINE ENGAGED ITSELF IN "REVERSE" AND BACKED UP. DRIVER WHO WAS STANDING BY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER, CAUSING INJURIES; CAR CONTINUED BACKING UP AND CRASHED INTO FRONT OF BUILDING. *AK

CONSUMER WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND ANOTHER CAR RAN A RED LIGHT HITTING CONSUMER ON THE LEFT FRONT. A FEW MOMENTS AFTERWARD THE JEEP BURST INTO FLAMES. *AK

DEFECTIVE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT CAUSED THE ABS BRAKES TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER IS REPLACING THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. *AK