2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP COMING FROM HER VEHICLE. SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC FAN BLADE ON THE RADIATOR FAN SEPARATED. THE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR AS WELL AS SOME OTHER PARTS TO WHICH THE CONTACT COULD NOT RECALL. THE REPAIR WILL COST $600. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. DAIMLER CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE CONTACT DID NOT BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR WHEN SHE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # F25 (ELECTRIC RADIATOR FAN). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD HAVE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND REFRAINED FROM DRIVING. THE CONTACT WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR THE REPAIR, BUT NEITHER WERE TAKING ANY APPOINTMENTS. SHE FEELS THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT GET AN APPOINTMENT FROM THE DEALER. THE ENGINE SIZE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 73,000.

JEEP PARKED IN THE GARAGE NO ONE IN IT AND WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN THE AUTO POSITION THE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF BY THEM SELVES. SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF WITH THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER. SOMETIMES THEY STAY ON ALL NIGHT AND WHEN YOU COME OUT TO LEAVE THE BATTERY IS DEAD. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEMS SENSE IT WAS NEW. THE DEALER SAID THEY CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT IS THERE WHEN I BRING IT IN. HOW MANY TIMES IT HAPPENS I'M NOT SURE UNLESS I'M IN THE GARAGE AT THE TIME IT HAPPENS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY. THE CORRECT VIN, # OF CYLINDERS, AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 55,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,239.

VENTILATION SYSTEM FAILURE, CANNOT USE DEFROST TO SEE OUT WINDSHIELD WHEN FOG APPEARS. *TR

HVAC SYSTEM DIED, BLEND DOORS AND RECIRC DOORS LOCATED UNDER DASH HAVE FAILED, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE, $2000 TO FIX, CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM AS EVERY GRAND CHEROKEE EXPERIENCES IT. SO UNTIL FIXED NO VENTILATION, NOTABLE DEFROST SO WINDSHIELD FOGS UP CAUSING UNSAFE VISIBILITY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT CALLED PERTAINING TO THE CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST JEEP FOR THE BRAKES. SHE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERE BRAKE AND ROTOR FAILURE. SHE STATED THAT WHEN SHE DEPRESSES THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE PULSATES HORRIBLY AND OUT OF CONTROL, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT SHE NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. THE CONTACT HAS HAD THE ALIGNMENT PERFORMED THREE TIMES AND THE FAILURE STILL OCCURS. SHE HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS ACTION SUIT BECAUSE HER VEHICLE IS AN OLDER MODEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MECHANICS HAVE CONTINUED TO PLACE THE FAULTY PART ON HER VEHICLE DUE TO THE DATE OF THE CLASS ACTION SUIT. NEW TIRES WERE ALSO INSTALLED AS SUGGESTED BY THE MECHANIC. APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES LATER, THE BRAKES ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 80,655 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON 2002 GRAND CHEROKEE WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 65000 MILES ON IT. I JUST HAD IT REPAIRED AT A COST OF OVER $1000 AND IT WAS STILL MAKING NOISES THAT LEAD ME TO BELIEVE IT WILL FAIL AGAIN. IT WASNACCEPTABLE THAT A CAR COMPANY WITH AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS DAIMLER CHRYSLER COULD NOT DESIGN A QUALITY HEATING / AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER, CAR MAX, STATED IT WAS A CHIP WHICH COST $350 TO REPAIR. THEY STATED IT WAS NOT LIFE THREATENING AND WILL NOT REPAIR IT AT THEIR COST. I NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON IF THE ENGINE WAS IN TROUBLE OR NOT, AND I FELT IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT THEIR EXPENSE. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED BACKWARDS. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE DURING BOTH FAILURES. PRIOR TO THESE FAILURES, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY AND HAD NO PREVIOUS REPAIR WORK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 77,000.

2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - BROKEN "HEATER BLEND DOORS". INTERNAL FAILURE RESULTED IN APPROX. $850 REPAIR. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE FOR THIS MODEL JEEP. FOUR DEALERSHIPS TOLD ME THAT THIS "HAPPENS TO ALL 99-04 CHEROKEES" AND THAT JEEP HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO ISSUE A RECALL. *JB