1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TRANSMISSION MAKES A WHINING NOISE WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, REAR END REPLACED, FRONT END REPLACED, TRANSFER CASE REPLACED, TRANSMISSION TAKEN COMPLETELY APART AND NO REPAIR. SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR. *AK

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN THE POWER STEERING FAILED, MAKING IT HARD TO COMPLETE THE TURN. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, IT'S A ON AND OFF THING. *AK

BRAKES PULSATING WHILE STOPPING. ROTORS CUT AT 15K MI. PROBLEM RETURNED. ROTORS/PADS REPLACED AT 22K MI. $625. SUCKS. *AK

AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE ENGINE WILL SHUT DOWN INTERMITTENTLY/STALL, WILL NOT RESTART, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.DEALER REPLACED AUTOMOBILE SHUT RELAY, BUT DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

IDLING VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND RAN DOWN DRIVEWAY STRIKING A MAILBOX, JUMPED THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO TREES IN NEIGHBOR'S LOT. *AK

SEAT WARMER, WHEN ON, GETS EXTREMELY HOT, APPROXIMATELY 214 DEGREES. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE TIMES. ALSO, STEERING GEAR BOX LOCKED UP AND WAS REPLACED/TRANSFER CASE WAS MAKING NOISE AND WAS REPLACED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I AM A FRIEND WHO WILL DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS THAT CELENA HAS ENCOUNTERED WITH HER GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE FIRST, SHE NOTICED A SPRAYING OF OILY FLUID NEAR THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR MORE TOWARDS THE AREA NEAR THE BATTERY. AT THAT POINT, SHE NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE HOOD HAD SOME DARK OILY SPOT. I HAS SUSPICION THAT IT HAD ORIGINATED FROM A LEAKING 3/8 -1/2" FITTING ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE RADIATOR AND LEADING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION. SHE BROUGHT IT IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION. MASTER MECHANIC INSPECTED THE SUSPECTED AREA. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE CONNECTS TO THE RADIATOR TO ALLOW THE OIL TO COOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAYS, THEY WENT AHEAD AND PLACED TEFLON TAPE AT THE AREA. PROBLEM #2, I NOTICE SOME OIL ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT. THE LOCATION OF THE SPILL HAD OCCURRED UNDERNEATH, TO THE LEFT, OF THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN OR UNDERNEATH WHERE THEY WOULD PLACE THE CONNECTOR TO PERFORM THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC . THE AREA WOULD BE WHERE THE LEFT FOOT WOULD NORMAL REST ON THE MAT. THE AREA OF THE SPILL WAS ABOUT 8" IN LENGTH AND 3" IN WIDTH. THE VISCOSITY WOULD BE OF A DIRTY BRAKE FLUID OIL, HYDRAULIC, OR POWER STEERING FLUID. THE AMOUNT WOULD BE ABOUT 1 - 1 1/2 TABLESPOON FULL. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BE DAMAGING SOMETHING IF THE OIL VACATED A RESERVOIR/FLUID LINE OR THE RISK THAT THE BRAKES CAN FAIL IF IT IS BRAKE FLUID. PROBLEM #3 - RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN WHEN IT IS OPENED OR CLOSED. THXS IN ADVANCE...PLEASE HELP.

TRANSMISSION GEARS MAKE WHINING NOISE/GEARS ARE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT, ALSO GEARS DROPPED INTO REVERSE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE BACKWARDS.

AT 45 MPH ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND DIED RESTARTED 20 MIN. LATER DEALER COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY

LEASED COMPANY VEHICLE. WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE ACCELLERATED AND WENT THROUGH A CONCRETE BLOCK WALL AND WINDOW. WET PAVEMENT, 5MPH. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. DEALER AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH $6, 900. 00 DAMAGE AND INVESTIGATION PENDING. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK