Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints

29,433 consumer complaints on file.

#863979June 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE STEPPING ON BRAKES AND/OR ACCELERATING, CONSUMER HEARS A GRINDING NOISE. IT'S THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863996June 21, 2000
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT AT 30-35MPH AND STEERED TO THE RIGHT. TIRES WENT INTO A DITCH OFF THE ROAD & VEHICLE FLIPPED 2 TIMES, ENDING ON RIGHT SIDE UP, PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD. CONSUMER WOULD BE CALLING THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552713June 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED DUE TO WARPED ROTORS. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863839June 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE CALIPER WENT INTO THE ROTOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GRIND. MIDAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863844June 20, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK, INTERIOR LIGHTING
INTERMITTENTLY, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, OWNER WOULD EXPERIENCE ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND DOME LIGHTS GOING OUT. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A TIRE RECALL, WIRING HARNESS ON THE REAR LEFT DOOR WAS FOUND BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863871June 20, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
BEARINGS IN THE STEERING COLUMN MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE WHEEL WAS TURNED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724174June 19, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
LATCH HAS SEPARATED FROM DOOR ON BOTH LEFT DOORS; REAR FIXED; NOW FRONT FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863751June 19, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK
WHILE DRIVING REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN. DOOR WAS STUCK/CLOSED. LATCH HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES BECAUSE OF RUSTING. DESIGN OF THE LATCH ALLOWED WATER TO JUST SIT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863770June 19, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
CONSUMER'S POWER SEAT TOTATLLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE FLOOR. DEALER HAS REPLACED 47 PARTS IN THE ELECTRICAL PART OF THE JEEP. CONSUMER HAS ALSO BEEN INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#863735June 16, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE OVERHEATING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ONCE AND AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863741June 16, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
WHILE DRIVING LOST POWER STEERING, AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP MOUNTING BRACKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863613June 15, 2000
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN CHEROKEE STARTED ROCKING BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO EXIT OFF FREEWAY SAFELY. JEEP WAS DRIVEN TO A NEAR BY DEALERSHIP. ATTENDANT FOUND OIL DRIPPING FROM THE SHOCK SUSPENSION ROD. JEEP WILL BE TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP IN TOWN FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863633June 15, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP & HAD BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED. THEY WERE MAKING A GRINDING NOISE & SLIPPING. CONUSMER WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863652June 15, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN BRAKING STEERING WHEEL SHAKES, AND WHEEL PULLS TO THE DRIVERS SIDE, ALSO CONSUMER HEARS A SQUEALING NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724022June 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ABS BRAKES/ ROTORS FAILED AT24,000. FAILED AGAIN AT 33,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863535June 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKES AND THEY MADE NOISE, LIKE METAL TO METAL GRINDING. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE CORRODED. MANUFACTURER SENT A RECALL NOTICE, BUT DEALER DID NOT TAKE CARE OF IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723908June 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
FAILURE OF FULL TIME 4- WD POWER TRAIN RESULTED IN $3900 DAMAGE AND FIRE. REAL AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL, FRONT DIFFERENTIAL, AND TRANSFER CASE HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER AND JEEP, INC SAID PROBLEM DUE TO DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TIRES ON CAR WITH MINUTE VARIATIONS IN SIZE DETERMINED BY MEASURING WITH A MEASURING TAPE -- ALTHOUGH ALL WERE CORRECT SIZE AS INDICATED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. CONSUMERS NEED NOTICE OF THIS UNREASONABLE RISK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863419June 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SUSPENSION
CONSUMER HEARD A WHIRPING SOUND LIKE A WINDOW WAS OPEN. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM REAR PASSENGER'S ROTORS. STEERING WHEEL SHOOK, AND CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863424June 12, 2000
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ONLY IN THE WINTER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE. CONSUMER INSISTED THIS IS PROBLEMS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN RECALL 98V050000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863434June 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
IN APRIL CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING A BRAKE PROBLEM . TOOK VEHICLE TO MIDAS. MECHANIC STATED THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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