2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ENGINE STALLED, NO PRIOR NOTICE. CONSUMER UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED PROBLEM WAS WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND REPLACED CAM SENSOR. MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS 591. *AK

PE O1 021/ROLLED AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED AND WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND OVER A STOP SIGN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE IN PARK AND IDLING VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND TRAVELED ONTO A BUSY ROADWAY. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED CUTS, SCRAPES, AND AN UNKNOWN KNEE INJURY WHILE JUMPING INTO VEHICLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE . *SLC

GRAND CHEROKEE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, AND WRECKED.*AK

THE FACTORY REP LAGHED AT ME AND WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT REPLACING THE JEEP I AM 62 YEARS OLD AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

POWER STEERING MAKES HONKING NOISE WHEN TURNED. DEALER CLAIMS THAT THIS IS UNFIXABLE AND IS DUE TO A POWER STEERING FLUID SURGE THAT CAUSES THE HOSE TO VIBRATE. CHRYSLER'S RESPONSE IS BASICALLY TO 'LIVE' WITH IT.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SECURE LOADS TO THE ROOF RACK, THE TIE-DOWN HOLES ARE NOT DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SLIDE RAILS, IT IS TOO SHORT, AND THE CROSSBARS COVER THE TIE DOWN HOLES WHEN SPREAD TO THE LAST POSITION AT EACH END, CONSUMER STATES HIS PREVIOUS 1993 CHEROKEE HAD TIE DOWN HOLES THAT WERE DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SLIDE RAILS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO PROPERLY SECURE LOADS WITH NO PROBLEM. *SLC

VEHICLE IS PULLING TO RIGHT AT ALL TIMES, DEALER STATED IT WAS STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY. THERE IS RECALL 01V007000/ STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND GOING UP A HILL THERE IS HESITATION, AND THEN VEHICLE SLAMS INTO A LOWER GEAR. SLAM IS SO BAD THAT PASSENGERS ARE STARTLED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS NORMAL. *JB

WE WERE EXITING A CAR WASH.THE TRANSMISSIOM WAS IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE WAS IDLING AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BREAK PEDAL.I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR LEAPED AHEAD AT FULL THROTTLE ALL 4 WHEELS PEELING RUBBER. THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO LOW HAD NO EFFECT ON THE ENGINE.WE WERE WITHIN 50 FEET OF A BUSY STATE HIGHWAY AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD FROM A GAS STATION. IN ORDER TO NOT GO ONTO OR ACROSS THE HIGHWAY I CUT THE WHEELS SHARPLY TO THE LEFT GOING THROUGH AYARD, JUST MISSING A TREE AND TELEPHONE POLL. THE CAR IS NOW SLIDING SIDEWAYS AND HIT THE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE CAR WASH CAUSING BOTH WHEELS AND TIRES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TO BE SEVERLY DAMAGED AND THE CAR TO DO A 180 DEGREE SLIDE. THIS ALL TRANSPIRED IN ABOUT 4-5 SECONDS AND AT THIS POINT I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND THE CAR CAME TO A HALT. I REPORTED THIS TO CHRYSLER, THROUGH MY DEALER. MY DEALER WAS VERY HELPFUL AND FELT THAT THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE ON THE HIGHWAY.CHRYSLER FELT THAT IT IS A PROBLEM BETWEEN MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND MYSELF. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN EVER FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AGAIN AND I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE IN THE WAY OF THIS VEHICLE IF THIS EVER HAPPENS AGAIN.*AK