1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

BLOWOUTS OCCURRED RESULTING IN TIRE SHREADING AND FALLING APART MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REPAIR TIRES. THIS SITUATION OCCURED EACH TIME. ON THE SECOND OCCASION THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. ALL 5 TIMES THAT THE TIRE OR TIRES BLEW OUT THEY WERE IN PIECES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6HH TIRESIZE: P22575R15)

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE FUEL GAUGE READ THAT THERE WAS 1/4 TANK GAS LEFT, YET THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED TO A STOP BECAUSE IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF GAS. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE, 5 MILES FROM THE NEXT GAS STATION. THE WARNING SIGNAL ON THE DASH WAS NEVER ACTIVATED AND I WAS GIVEN NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS RUNNING DANGEROUSLY LOW ON FUEL. AS WELL, THE TRIP COMPUTER READ THAT I HAD AT LEAST 80 MILES TO GO BEFORE I WOULD BE OUT OF FUEL. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP(GALLOWAY MOTORS) TO INQUIRE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS REGARDING FUEL GAUGE FAILURES, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NONE AND I WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS. *AK

FRONT ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-136 CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO PULSATE WHILE BRAKING. NLM

THE DRIVER'S WINDOW REFUSED TO CLOSE AND THE PASSENGER WINDOW SLIDES DOWN THE DOOR PANEL. *SLC

ONGOING PROBLEM, WHEN BRAKING STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. DEALER HAD TURNED BOTH FRONT ROTORS ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND REPLACED PADS ON ONE OCCASION. CURRENTLY,DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE BOLTS ARE BRITTLE AND BROKE RESULTING IN THE HINGE SEPARATING FROM THE BODY FRAME. OWNER TOOK PHOTOS OF BROKEN BOLT IN HINGLE ASSEMBLY AND HAS BROKEN PART TO SHOW A POOR CAST OF THE BOLT. OWNER DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED ONE BOLT UNTIL TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND WISHES TO CHARGE FOR REPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OF BOTH BOLTS OF ONE HINGE ALLOWED THE DOOR TO BE UNSAFE FOR VEHICLE OPERATION. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS OCCURED DURING MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE? MY QUESTION IS COULD THIS BE A RESULT OF A BAD BATCH OF BOLTS AND HAS THIS OCCURED TO ANOTHER VEHICLE?

NHTSA RECALL 00V136000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL#879 CONCERNING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. WHEN BRAKING BRAKES PULSATE, CAUSING POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE. PROBLEM GETS WORSE AS CONSUMER GAINS SPEED, AND TRIES MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

MEMBER IN MILITARY STATIONED IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA. PHONE PREFIX: "011" NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

DEALERSHIP SAID THESE DEFECTS WERE NOT COVERED FUEL SENDING UNIT SENDS WRONG LEVEL OF GAS IN TANK, BRAKES FAILED PULSATED FULL BRAKE JOB WAS DONE , REAR WINDSHEILD WIPER DOESN'T WORK AT TIMES. *AK

DEALER REPLACED THE ROTOR UNDER RECALL 00V-136 SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AGAIN BECAUSE THE PADS HAD WORN, DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE PADS AT THEIR EXPENSE CLAIMING THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. NLM