1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

DIMMER SWITCH WOULD FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE TO DIM FROM BRIGHT TO LOW. ENTIRE PANEL WOULD GO OUT COMPLETELY. THEN, A FEW SECONDS LATER WOULD COME BACK AS BRIGHT AS EVER. BEEN TO DEALER TO GET A DIMMER SWITCH PART AND TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACE IT. *AK

FUEL GUAGE MISREAD AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VEHICLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON EARLIER MAKES AND MODELS. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SIMILAR AFFECTS AS MENTIONED IN RECALL # 98V023000/SUDDEN IDLE SPEED INCREASES AUTOMATICALLY. *AK

MY CAR STARTED PULSING UPON BRAKING AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES. I TOOK ITS TO POTAMKIN JEEP AND THEY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AT 18,971 MILES. I TOOK IT BACK TO POTAMKIN JEEP AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. THE PROBLEM WAS BACK AT 26,789 MILES AND I TOOK IT TO DADE JEEP. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AGAIN WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AT 37,000 MILES. NOW THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WILL NOT FIX IT NOW. I FILED ARBITRATION WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSE TO ADMIT THIS CAR HAS A PROBLEM. *AK

DEALER REPLACED FIRST SET OF FRONT ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. BOTH SETS AFTERWARDS THAT WERE REPLACED CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH JEEP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, STEERING WHEEL INSTANTLY LOCKED UP WHEN A LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED. TURN COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AND THE VEHICLE WENT OFF ROAD AND INTO A YARD BEFORE COMING TO STOP. NO INJURIES, BUT HAD SPEED BEEN HIGHER, OR AN OPEN YARD NOT AVAILABLE, THIS WOULD HAVE IN MY MIND BEEN A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING EVENT. ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND SERPENTINE BELT HAD NOT BROKEN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND REPORTEDLY HAD STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED GIVEN THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A SERIOUS COLLISION.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-136, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR RESURFACED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, SOON AFTER HE LEARNED OF RECALL 00V-136 AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT BUT HAS NOT RECIEVED IT YET. NLM

MY 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE RAN OUT OF GAS ALTHOUGH THE GAUGE CLEARLY SHOWED NEARLY A HALF TANK OF FUEL. THE CAR STALLED GOING APPROX. 40MPH BUT I WAS ABLE TO WRESTLE IT SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. AFTER MANY HOURS THE POLICE CAME AND ORDERED A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK. I TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS FULLERTON FORD/JEEP IN BRIDGEWATER N.J. ON RT 22. WHAT TROUBLED ME SO MUCH WAS NOT THAT A PART WAS BAD BUT THAT THE SERVICE MGR. KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITHOUT TAKING THE CAR OFF THE FLAT-BED OR LOOKING AT IT! HE TOLD ME TO HAVE THE TOW-TRUCK DRIVER TO TOW IT TO THE GAS STATION AND IT WOULD START , FOR ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. WHICH THEY DID. ( THE CAR DID START WHEN I PUT GAS IN IT ) CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT THEIR IS NO RECALL ON MY YEAR AND THAT THE "TECHNICIAN" IS JUST VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES. NO ONE CAN TELL WHAT CAUSES A MOVING CAR TO STALL AND NOT RE-START FROM 100 FT AWAY UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM SPECIFIC TO THAT VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THE '97 DID HAVE A RECALL. DID THEY EVER STOP USING THE SAME PART OR DID THEY USE UP WHAT THEY HAD LEFT? AND THEN CHANGE. CHRYSLER WON'T EVEN PAY MY TOWING CHARGE FOR WHICH I AM SUING.PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS. THEY ARE ARROGANT AND RUDE AT CHRYSLER AND THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM. THEY KNOW THIS IS WRONG AND ARE DOING NOTHING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED HELP. *AK