2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

LOUD GROANING FORM POWER STEERING UNDER HOOD. FOUND LEAK IN POWER STEERING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE FITTING. REPLACED HOSE AND FIXED PROBLEM. CAR DID NOT HAVE VERY MANY MILES. HOSE WAS DEFECTIVE. *TR

AIR CONDITIONING BLOWER WOULD QUIT WORKING. FOUND A JEEP FORUM ON LINE. DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR WIRING CONNECTIONS OVERHEATING. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE GRAND CHEROKEES. SEEMS LIKE JEEP SHOULD HAVE DONE A RECALL. *TR

2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED (V8) WENT OUT TO CAR THIS MORNING AND DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS WAS HALF DOWN IN DOOR - TRIED TO ROLL IT UP - NOTHING. WINDOW THEN FELL INTO DOOR FRAME COMPLETELY - REGULATOR PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC PART. *TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER HAVING A VISIBILITY PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER/AIRCONDITIONG IN CAR HEATING/AIRCONDITIONING NOT CLEARING WINDSHIELD. *TR __________________

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, SIZE P235/70R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INDEPENDENT OWNER WHO SOLD THE VEHICLE TO THE CONTACT HAD BRAND NEW TIRES PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. AT APPROXIMATELY 38,000 MILES, THE GOODYEAR TIRES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE TREAD SEPARATION. SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVING PROPERLY AT SPEEDS 50 MPH AND LESS. THE TIRES WERE ALSO SEPARATING FROM THE HUBCAPS OR RIMS AND THEN FLATTENED. THE TIRE WAS REPAIRED. LATER, THE SECOND TIRE FLATTENED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. THREE MONTHS LATER, SHE AWAKENED TO FIND THAT THE TIRE WAS ENTIRELY FLAT. SHE PLACED AIR IN THE TIRE, BUT IT REMAINED SOFT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/17/08. *JB

I HAVE A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. IT HAS 85,000 MILES. IT BEGAN LOSING COOLANT. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS A HEAD GASKET. AFTER TAKING THE ENGINE APART, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A CASTING DEFECT IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A WATER JACKET COVERED BY CASTING MATERIAL AT MANUFACTURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, PART OF THE RADIATOR FAN FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE REMAINDER OF THE FAN FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AGO WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD POPPING SOUND AND SHE OBSERVED THAT A PIECE OF THE PLASTIC FAN WAS ON THE GROUND. THE DEALER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN IS A PART OF A RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V199000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: COOLING SYSTEM:FAN) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND PAID $315 FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,677. UPDATED 09/15/08 *BF THE GEARBOX HAD SEIZED. UPDATED 09/18/08. *JB

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE STARTER WAS OUT. NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STARTER. THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH ONLY 57,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND LOW COOLANT LIGHT WENT ON, THEN PULLED OVER AND REVEALED NO COOLANT WHATSOEVER. REPLACED THE COOLANT EVERY FEW DAYS THEN FINALLY AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS TOOK IT TO THE RADIATOR SHOP AND HAD TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED. *TR