1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHAT A LEMON! WE ARE AVERAGING $2000/YEAR IN REPAIRS. POWER WINDOWS THAT STOP WORKING, WATER PUMP BREAKS, BRAKE ROTORS NEED REPLACING BEFORE BRAKES WEAR OUT, LEAKING DIFFERENTIAL, TRANSMISSION, AND NOW WE'RE TOLD BY DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WE NEED A NEW TRANSFER CASE. WHOEVER DESIGNED/BUILT/SOLD THIS VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH PRIDE IN THEIR WORKMANSHIP.

DRIVER LOST STEERING CONTROL DUE TO WARPED/CRACKED RIGHT REAR BRAKE ROTOR. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER LANDING ON ROOF. DRIVER PARTIALLY EJECTED. WITNESS BEHIND GRAND CHEROKEE OBSERVED DRIVER FIGHTING WITH STEERING WHEEL PRIOR TO ROLLOVER.*AK

NOTICED THAT THE SEAT FELT LIKE IT WOBBLED BUT COULD NOT READILY DETECT PROBLEM. AFTER PROBLEM APPEARED TO WORSEN I MADE A THOROUGH CHECK. I FOUND THAT AT THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE DRIVERS SEAT THE METAL HAD FAILED AROUND THE POINT OF ATTACHEMENT TO THE FLOOR/CHASSIS. THIS LEFT THE SEAT BASICALLY UNATTACHED AT THIS POINT. I PLAN ON CONTACTING THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP TODAY TO DETERMINE REPAIR PROCESS.*AK

ROTORS REPLACED AT 10700 FOR WARPING ,THEN TURNED 2 MORE TIMES AFTER, BROUGHT BACK FOURTH TIME. THE DEALER SAID FRONT ROTORS AND PADS NOW MUST BE REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SET OF ROTORS IN THE JEEP AT 32800 MILES. THE DEALER SAYS NORMAL. SEEKING HIRE AUTHORITY AT PRESENT. ALSO STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES BAD, SAFTEY PROBLEM, DID NOT REPLACE, DO WANT TO COME BACK IN ANOTHER 8000 MILES OR LESS.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED AT 11875 MILES, 18264 MILES, 30815 MILES, 38037 MILES, 42688 MILES AND THE 6TH TIME AT 47312 MILES. EARLY FAILURE BEGINS WITH SLIGHT PULSATION FEEL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS MILAGE INCREASES AND MORE BRAKE APPLICATIONS OCCURE. STEERING IS AFFECTED IF NOT ATTENDED TO IMMEDIATELY. IF THE ROTOR HEATS SO HIGH IT COULD POSSIBLE BREAK CAUSING SEVERE PROBLEMS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE SHIMMIES AND THERE IS VIBRATION. DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT ROTORS 3 TIMES.*AK *JG

WHILE DRIVING, COULD STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND FEEL THE BRAKES PULSATING. ALSO, HAD NOTICED ROTORS OVERHEATING AND GOT OUT OF ROUND. AFTER EVERY EIGHT THOUSAND MILES, ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THE BRAKES ARE UNDERDESIGNED AND NEEDS TO UTILIZE A SPLASH SHIELD TO AID IN THE COOLING OF THE BRAKES. *JG

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, AND AT THAT MOMENT, VEHICLE SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND HIT A MAILBOX. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 3100.00.*AK

I HAVE REPEATEDLY REPLACED THE ROTORS ON MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE BRAKING IS UNEVEN AND PULSATES JERKING THE STEERING WHEEL. CHRYSLER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS EVERY 6000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE BUT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE DEALER IS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY SAY THAT IT CONTINUES WITH THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS. OBVIOUSLY CHRYSLER IS NOT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. IF I DO NOT REPLACE THE BRAKES THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND CHRYSLER IGNORES NLM

FOR 7 TO 10 MILES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS JERKING AND PULSATION, DEALER STATED THAT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED.*AK CONSUMER STATES KEYLESS REMOTE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THE BATTERY FAILED, THE HEAD LIGHTS COME ON BY THEMSELVES WHEN IT WAS IN AUTO SETTING AND THE PARKING LIGHTS ALSO COME ON AT TIMES DUE TO MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FAILURE. *YH