1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

REPEATED ROTOR FAILURE. I HAVE HAD THREE SETS REPLACED IN 17000 MILES. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM, AND THAT IN SOME CASES THEY ARE INSTALLING AFTERMARKET ROTORS. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. IT RESULTS IN VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND PULSATION OF BRAKES.

FRONT DIFFERENTIAL INITIALLY REBUILT BY DEALER, AT SAME TIME REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED.. SUBSEQUENTLY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND WAS REPLACED IN TOTAL, INCLUDING AXLE HOUSING. WHILE TRAVELING 200 MILES FROM HOME AT 65 MPH IN PASSING ZONE CAR "DIED" LOSING ALL POWER. ABLE TO MAKE BREAKDOWN LANE THROUGH TRAFFIC, WAITED 1.5 HRS. FOR CHRYLSER PROVIDED TOW TO NEAREST DEALER. CLOSED AT 8:45 P.M. ON FRIDAY. TOW TRUCK TOOK US TO HOTEL AND RETURNED OUR DISABLED CAR TO DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE ONLY OPEN FOR SALES ON SATURDAY, SO WE NEEDED TO RENT A CAR TO GET TO RELATIVES HOUSE FOR SAT. NIGHT TILL SOMEONE FROM HOME COULD COME UP AND TOW OUR DISABLED CAR BACK TO NY ON SUNDAY, WHERE IT WAS LEFT AT LOCAL DEALER. DEALER SAID COIL WIRE WAS ROUTED TO CLOSE TO EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND SHORT TO MANIFOLD, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER.

NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE AT 11K MILES, BROUGHT JEEP IN FOR 12K MILE SERVICE. I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED NEW BRAKES. I PAID FOR THE NEW BREAKE AND THE GRINDING NOISE STILL IS THERE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR JEEP? 12000 MILES IS TOO SHORT OF A TIME TO CHANGE THE BREAKS ON A CAR THAT WAS EXPRESSWAY DRIVEN ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS...

FRONT BRAKE PADS AND THE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FUEL EXHAUSTION WITH FUEL GAUGE INDICATING 1/8 FULL, FUEL COMPUTER DISPLAYED 75 MILES TO EMPTY

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50MPH . UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY . MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RAN INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH OR ABOVE FRONT END VIBRATES TO THE POINT THAT CONSUMER COULD LOSE CONTROL. TO STOP CONSUMER HASTO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

A FALSELY REGISTERED FUEL GAUGE ALMOST CAUSED A REAR END COLLISON BECAUSE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL WITH GAUGE SHOWING 1/4 TANK OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP INTERMITTENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL, CREATING A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE HE "CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM".