2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN DRIVING 45MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT ROTORS HAD TO BE CUT TO STOP VIBRATION. *AK *YH

VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO ROLLING FORWARD. I JUMPED IN TO BRAKE BUT VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. ROLLED FORWARD HITTING MY HOUSE AND KEPT GOING ACROSS LAWN AND HIT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. COPS DID NOT REPORT WHAT I TOLD THEM HAPPENED INSTEAD THEY WROTE WHAT THEY THOUGHT HAPPENED BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE VEHICLE MOVED WHEN IT SHOULDN'T HAVE, BRAKES DIDN'T RESPOND, AND THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. HOW CAN I PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS CAR EVEN AFTER THEY FIX IT?*AK

WITH 9,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THERE WOULD BE A VIBRATION DURING APPLICATION OF BRAKES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP TURNED ROTORS AT 12,000 MILES WHICH TEMPORARILY REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. WITH 26,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, VIBRATION HAS STARTED TO REOCCUR WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ACTIVATED. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT BRAKE ROTORS/PADFS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WARPING. ALSO, DEALER REQUIRED CONSUMER TO COVER COST OF BRAKE PADS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK GEAR, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ACTIVATED. WHEN DRIVER WALKED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE TO ADJUST A REAL-ESTATE SIGN VEHICLE STARTED MOVING FORWARD AND PINNED DRIVER BETWEEN SIGN AND VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS BRUISED FROM BEING PUSHED INTO A POST, AND WAS FORCED TO THE GROUND WHEN DRIVER'S LEFT FOOT WAS RAN OVER BY THE WHEELS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CHASE DOWN VEHICLE, MOVING APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 6 MP, ON A BROKEN FOOT AND BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. REFERENCE INVESTIGATION: EA 01-017. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. *AK

THE ROTORS ON MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAVE WARPED WHILE DRIVING UNDER LIGHT CONDITIONS (NO TOWING). I PREVIOUSLY HAD A 98 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WHICH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DURING NOVEMBER OF 2001, I FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF MY VEHICLE WHILE STOPPING ON THE 405 FREEWAY IN LOS ANGLES. THE SHUTTERING AFFECTED MY BRAKING DISTANCE AND I NEARLY AVOIDED REAR-ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ROTORS HAVE WARPED SO SEVERLY THAT IT HAS IMPARED THE STOPPING ABILITY OF THE VEHICLE AND IS A HAZARD. THIS IS NOT A ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH JEEP ROTORS (NHTSA HAS 120 ROTOR COMPLAINTS FOR THE 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE...THE 2001 IS APPARENTLY FOLLOWING SUIT WITH THE FAULTY WORKMANSHIP) AND IT IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS FOR DAIMLER-CHRYSLER TO KEEP INSTALLING THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS ON OUR VEHICLES. I AM CURRENTLY FIGHTING THE DEALER TO REPLACE MY ROTORS AND HAVE SUGGESTED THEY DO SO WITH AN AFTERMARKET BRAND. THE DEALERS FEEL THEIR HANDS ARE TIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A WARPED ROTOR CRACKS AND SENDS A VEHICLE INTO A SEVERE ACCIDENT.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 8300 MILES. INDICATED BY SLIGHT JERKING MOTION WHEN STOPPING. DEALER FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. NO CHARGE, NO TROUBLE.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WAS IDLING IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND STARTED GOING DOWNHILL, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

BRAKES WERE PULSATING DUE TO WARPED ROTORS, WHICH DECREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE HIGHER THE SPEED, THE MORE PRONOUNCED IT BECAME. DEALER'S REMEDY WAS TO SHAVE DOWN THE ROTORS.*AK

THERE IS PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT ROTORS. CONSUMER HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED ONCE AND CUT TWICE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

ONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON BRAKE WHEN VEHICLE LURCHED IN REVERSE. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK