1999 Jeep Cherokee

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2009· SEATS

  1. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SEAT ANCHORING. 2. THE REAR ANCHORING OF THE DRIVER SEAT BUCKLED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE METAL BROKE AT TWO LOCATIONS CAUSING THE SEAT TO WOBBLE SEVERELY MAKING DRIVING SAFELY IMPOSSIBLE. 3. ACCORDING TO JEEP, THE ENTIRE SEAT MUST BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. REINFORCEMENT WELDING COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND PREVENT FUTURE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SEAT DURING NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

• 12/30/2008· SEATS

  THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN AND HAS BECOME VERY WOBBLY AND UNSTABLE. I DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMAL AND I AM NOT AN OBESE PERSON. THE SEAT STARTED OUT JUST MAKING CREAKING NOISES, THEN IT BROKE IN ONE SPOT AND HAS SINCE BROKEN IN A SECOND SPOT. AFTER DOING SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, YET THERE IS NO RECALL. PRICE TO FIX IS BETWEEN $400-800 AT A DEALERSHIP. IF I WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE SEAT IN THE CONDITION IT IS IN, I COULD HAVE WORSE INJURIES THAN IF THE SEAT WAS HOW IT SHOULD BE. I THINK THAT DUE TO THE FACT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CHEROKEE/GRAND CHEROKEE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SINCE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.*TR

• 12/30/2005· POWER TRAIN

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DIAGNOSED A PROBLEM AS THE TRANSFER CASE. THE TRANSFER CASE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WRONG TRANSMISSION FLUID BEING USED. THE CONTACT USED THE FLUID THE OWNER'S MANUAL SUGGESTED, MOPAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID OR THE EQUIVALENT LABELED DEXRON 3. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE FLUID BEING USED IS RED IN COLOR AND SHOULD BE AMBER. BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONTACT THE OWNER'S MANUAL HAS THE WRONG TRANSMISSION FLUID INFORMATION. *AK UPDATED 2/7/2006 - *NM

• 12/30/2003· POWER TRAIN

  MY WIFE HAD STOPPED TO GET MAIL FROM RURAL MAILBOX. STOPPED VEHICLE, PLACED TRANSMSSION LEVER IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. UPON RETURN, COULD NOT START ENGINE. CALLED ME ON CELL PHONE TO COME TO HER AID. CAR WOULD NOT START AND SHIFT LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED. SUSPECTED NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH, AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE SHIFT LEVER, WHICH CAUSED A "CRUNCHING" SOUND AND THE ENGINE THEN WAS ABLE TO START AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. REMOVAL OF THE CONSOLE COVER REVEALED A PLASTIC "SWITCH" WITH PLACE FOR ATTACHMENT OF TWO CABLES. THE FRONT CABLE WAS DISENGAGED AND SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE STEERING/BRAKE PEDAL ( OUT OF VIEW). THERE IS A PIN IN THIS ASSEMBLY THAT ALIGNS THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS AND ALLOWS THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER TO MOVE BETWEEN POSITIONS. THE PIN HAD SLIPPED OUT, AND WAS RE-INSERTED.THE VEHICLE COULD NOW BE STARTED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE STEERING WHEEL NO LONGER LOCKED WHEN SHUTTING THE IGNITION OFF. THE SHIFTER WORKED NORMALLY, LOCKING UP IN PARK AND REQUIRING THE LEVER BUTTON BE DEPRESSED WHEN SHIFTING. APPARANTLY THE PIN HAS SLIPPED OUT AGAIN AND MY WIFE REPORTED ON 12/29/03 THAT THE BUTTON NO LONGER HAS ANY AFFECT AND IS NOT REQUIRED TO GO BETWEEN POSITIONS ON THE SHIFT PATTERN. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE PROBLEM I HAVE READ ABOUT WITH GR CHEROKEES MOVING UNATTENDED. IT IS TIME CHRYSLER OWNED UP TO THIS POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ISSUE. THIS IS OUR THIRD GRAND CHEROKEE AND IT WILL BE THE LAST.

• 12/29/2010· AIR BAGS

  THE AIRBAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON AND CHIMES IN MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT IS MOSTLY NOTED WHEN I AM STEERING THE VEHICLE THROUGH TURNS. *TR

• 12/28/2008· VISIBILITY

  I NOTICED THAT MY AIR FLOW THROUGH THE A/C AND HEATER WAS NOT WORKING - NO AIR FLOW. IT SEEMS PERMANENT - NO AIR FLOW. I CAN HEAR THE FAN, BUT NO FLOW OF AIR - NO MATTER WHAT SETTING (DEFROST, FLOOR, FRONT SIDE). WHAT IS WORSE, WHEN MY WINDSHIELD FOGS UP, I HAVE NO VISIBILITY DUE TO NO WINDSHIELD BLOWER FLOW. I HAVE NOT FIXED IT SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM INHERENT WITH THE JEEP DESIGN, AND I BELIEVE JEEP SHOULD FIX IT. *TR

• 12/28/2006· VISIBILITY

  RH SIDE INCLUDING DEFROST DUCT BLOWS OUT ONLY COLD AIR, MAKING DEFROST ON THE RH SIDE DIFFICULT. *NM

• 12/28/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY AND THEN GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE AND LEAVING VEHICLE IN IDLE, AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE WENT INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. THEN, FINALLY STOPPED WHEN RUNNING INTO A TREE. WHEN LOOKING INTO VEHICLE IT WAS STILL IN PARK AND TRYING TO REVERSE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

• 12/28/2000· SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE. BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY. *AK ALL SHOCK ABSORBERS NEED REPLACEMENT AT 23,000 MILES. *YH

• 12/27/2009· VISIBILITY

  VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER ... IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT INCLUDE THE PRIOR DESCRIPTION BUT I'M IN QUESTION. WE HAVE HAD THIS 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN THE FAMILY FOR YEARS AND THE PAST YEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS STRICTLY COLD AIR (IT HAS DUAL AIR CONTROLS) - MY NEPHEW OWNED THE JEEP PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASING IT FROM HIM THIS PAST MONTH. HE SAID THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A WHILE AND NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. IN RESEARCHING THE FIX, IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO REPORT IT TO YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU CAN HELP WITH THE FIX AS IT IS A COSTLY ONE FROM JEEP ($1000 - $1500) ... SINCE EVERYONE HAS THIS PROBLEM IT HAS TO BE A JEEP DEFECT. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP US OUT. *TR

• 12/27/2008· AIR BAGS

  1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AIR BAG SENSOR/LIGHT COMES ON NEEDS TO BE A RECALL WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND MANY MORE LIKE ME. *TR

• 12/27/2004· SEATS

  PROBLEM WITH SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHILE GETTING AN I.D. FROM THE REAR SEAT, A WELD, FROM A PIECE OF FLAT STOCK METAL, 1/8 INCH BY 1IN.X1 IN., DISCONNECTED. THIS CAUSE THE SEAT TO ROCK, BACK AND FOURTH. THE OTHER THREE BAR SECTIONS COULD ALSO, DETACH BECAUSE OF THIS. I HAVE AN EXTENDED COVERAGE BUT, I 'M TOLD IT'S NOT COVERED. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY, OVER $900.00 DOLLARS TO HAVE THIS FIX. THEY, THE DEALERSHIP, WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE UNDER SECTION, IN ORDER TO REMEMDY THE PROBLEM.THIS THIS IS NOT A NORMAL THING, I FEEL THAT HAPPENS.I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CARS ETC., NEVER THIS PROBLEM. I'M TOLD, IT CAN'T BE REWELDED BACK IN PLACE. AND I CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR AS IS.THE WHOLE SEAT COULD COME FLYING THROUGH THE FRONT GLASS. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE?*AK

• 12/27/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  HAVE HAD THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED 4 TIMES. ON THE FOURTH TIME CHRYSLER SAID THIS IS THE LAST TIME THEY WOULD REPLACE THE ROTORS AND ARE WASHING THEIR HANDS OF IT.*AK

• 12/27/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IT JUMPED OUT OF THE PARK GEAR AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 200 YARDS. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHEN IT HIT AN EMBANKMENT. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR INJURY REPORTED. DEALERSHIP IS EXAMING VEHICLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. NOTE: CONSUMER REPORTED PREVIOUS INCIDENT OVER NHTSA WEBPAGE (ODI REFERENCE NUMBER 750164).*AK THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NLM

• 12/27/2001· PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN

  WHILE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD VEHICLE WHILE IN REVERSE AND MOVING. CONSUMER HAD TO REAPPLY BRAKES TO HOLD VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

• 12/27/2001· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHIFT PAWL WAS IN PARK. CONSUMER WENT TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE TO OPEN REAR LIFTGATE, BUT SHIFT PAWL JUMPED INTO REVERSE. WHILE MOVING CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TO GRAB STEERING WHEEL AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS DRAGGED, AND SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. *AK *TT

• 12/27/1999· POWER TRAINCrash

  CAR WAS PUT INTO PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF APT BUILDING. PARK SETTING OF AUTO TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING. PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. DRIVER BEGAN TO EXIT VEHICLE NOTICED VEHICLE WAS MOVING FORWARD. DRIVER GOT BACK INTO DRIVERS SEAT TO ATTEMPT TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS PARKING SPOT HAS ONLY A SMALL CURB IN FRONT OF PARKING SPOT. BEYOND THE CURB IS A STEEP BANK. CAR PROCEEDED OVER CURB AND AS SOON AS FRONT WHEELS WENT OVER CURB CAR TRAVELED DOWN EMBANKMENT, STRUCK 2 VEHICLES AND CAME TO REST. I NOTICED 2 1998 JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO ODI FOR SAME PROBLEM.VEHICLE HAD SOME VISIBLE DAMAGE BUT MAY BE TOTALLED FOR DAMAGE TO FRAME. *AK

• 12/26/2001· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  VEHICLE'S HOOD CAME CRASHING DOWN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING ON MY HEAD WHILE I WAS TRYING TO CHECK THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL. DEALER'S REPRESENTATIVE RATHER NON-CHALANT ABOUT IT. COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES AS HOOD IS HEAVY AND BULKY. I RARELY CHECK THE OIL LEVEL. DEALER'S SERVICE PEOPLE HAVE LIFTED THE HOOD A LOT MORE THAN I HAVE HAD DURING SERVICING. IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. TOLD TO USE BROOM HANDLE TO PROP HOOD UP LIKE THE SERVICE TECHS DO AT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE SHOULD BE A FIX AND RECALL OF DEFECTIVE PARTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALER SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE USING BROOM STICKS TO PROP THE HOOD UP TO PREVENT THE SUDDEN DROPPING OF THE HOOD.*AK

• 12/26/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ROTORS ARE WARPING AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED/RESURFACED TWICE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE SHIMMIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 12/26/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO PULSATING BRAKES, 6000 MILES LATER, BRAKES WERE REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE OF PULSATION, NOW AT 35000 MILES THE BRAKES ARE PULSATING AGAIN. *SLC

• 12/26/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE SEVERLY PREMATURELY WARPED TWICE ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSING THE SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WHILE TRYING TO COME TO A STOP. I WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP MYSELF. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED TO ALEVIATE THE PROBLEM. TEN THOUSAND MILES LATER THE SAME THING OCCURS AGAIN CAUSING SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WHEN BRAKING. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WAS CARRIED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS AGAIN WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR THE TIME BEING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THE ROTORS, ONLY RESURFACE THEM. IT APPEARS THAT THE DEALER SHOULD REPLACE THE ROTORS, AT HIS EXPENSE, WITH HIGH QUALITY ROTORS TO ALEVIATE THE PROBLEM ENTIRELY. BRAKE ROTORS CAN ONLY BE RESURFACED A NUMBER OF TIMES TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION ON YOUR WEB SITE AND YOU SEEM TO HAVE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DEFECT OF THE MANUFACTURER AND SHOULD BE A RECALL SITUATION. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS MATTER AND I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. *AK

• 12/23/2016· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 242,922.

• 12/23/2008· VISIBILITY

  I HAVE A 99 GRAND CHEROKEE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY LAST MARCH. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR STARTED TO BLOW OUT COLD AIR AND THE DRIVER SIDE WAS BLOWING OUT COLD. THE TEMPERATURE WAS BOTH ON 80. NOW THIS WINTER. YOU CAN NOT GET THE HEAT TO SWITCH FROM THE FRONT VENTS TO THE FLOOR OR DEFROST. *TR

• 12/23/2008· VISIBILITY

  1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS COLD AIR BLOWING OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND DASH BOARD BUT HAS HOT AIR BLOWING OUT ON PASSENGER FLOOR SIDE. I CANNOT DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD AND THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO PULLOVER WHILE DRIVING DU TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY. I PERFORMED VARIOUS TEST AND FOUND THAT WHEN TESTING THE AZC THE FAULT CODES I GET ARE 47 = LEFT TEMPERATURE DOOR NOT RESPONDING AND 54 = LEFT TEMPERATURE DOOR TRAVEL TOO LARGE. AFTER REVIEWING SEVERAL SITES AND TALKING WITH A FEW MECHANICS IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THE BLEND DOORS ARE BROKEN. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY FAILURES ABOUT THIS I HAVE READ AND THERE IS NO RESOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE NORTHEAST. I AM ALSO A FIREFIGHTER AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN I AM CALLED TO A FIRE, ACCIDENT WITH SOMEONE TRAPPED, OR SOME OTHER EMERGENCY, I EXPECT MY VEHICLE TO WORK PROPERLY AND AT THE LEAST PROVIDE HEAT TO DEFROST FOR VISIBILITY. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AND WHY IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A SERIOUS FAILURE. IN THESE TIMES OF POOR ECONOMY YOU WOULD EXPECT CORPORATIONS TO TREAT LOYAL JEEP OWNERS WITH CONSIDERATION AND ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO REPAIR IT. I AM ALSO SICK TO HEAR THAT DEALERS ARE CHARGING OVER $1000 TO FIX A DESIGN FLAW. I WOULD HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE I CONSIDER MY DEFROSTER IMPORTANT WHEN I RESPOND TO RESCUE SOMEONE OUT OF A BURNING BUILDING OR CUT THEM OUT OF A TANGLED VEHICLE. TIME AND LIFE IS OF THE ESSENCE TO SAVE AND I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET HEAT TO DEFROST MY VEHICLE. THANK YOU . *TR

• 12/23/2007· VISIBILITY

  ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS NO AIR BLOWING OUT OF THE INSIDE VENTS, I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO EXPLAINED THAT THE BLOWER QUIT WORKING AND THE LEFT SIDE HEATER QUIT WORKING AS WELL. MY MECHANIC FIXED THE BLOWER BECAUSE IT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND CHARGED ME $200 TO FIX IT BUT NOT THE HEATER BECAUSE HE EXPLAINED HE WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE WHOLE FRONT DASH AND WILL COST A LABOR A ABOUT $500. I CONTACTED THE JEEP DEALERSHIP WHO EXPLAINED THAT SERVICES WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE. I KNOW A LOT OF JEEP OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THESE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM AFRAID CHRYSLER DID NOT EQUIPPED THE VEHICLES WITH HIGH QUALITY BLOWERS AND OR HEATERS. A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS NEEDED! *TR

• 12/23/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE IS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 61900 MILES. ONE BRAKE LINE FAILED AS A RESULT OF CORROSION AT TWO POINTS WHERE IT IS CLIPPED TO THE CAR'S FRAME. BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. IT WOULD NOT PUMP UP. *AK VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FAILED BRAKE LINE WAS DISCOVERED. THE LINE WAS REPLACED. I HAVE THE OLD LINE. THIS IS A LIGHT USE VEHICLE AND IF I HAD THIS FAILURE, THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY OTHERS.

• 12/23/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 12/23/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NLM

• 12/22/2009· SEATS

  THE LEFT FRONT BRACKET ON MY DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. THE SEAT NOW WOBBLES, AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT IS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THERE WAS NO MISTREATING OF THE VEHICLE, THE BRACKET BROKE UNDER NORMAL USE. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. SOMEONE MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

• 12/22/2007· VISIBILITY

  99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HVAC SYSTEM FAILURE. BLEND DOORS ALLOW AC TO BE ON WHEN THE HEAT IS ON ALLOWING THE WINDSHIELD TO FREEZE/FOG IN THE WINTER AND FALL. THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE IS A FLAW WITH ALL OF THESE CARS. MAKES FOR VERY UNSAFE DRIVING HALF OF THE YEAR IF YOU CAN'T SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

• 12/22/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  WATER PUMP REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. *AK

• 12/22/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING OUT WHENEVER IT CAME TO A STOP POSITION.VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS AND NOTHING CAN BE FOUND. *AK

• 12/22/1998· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE BUCKS AND JUMPS DURING LOW SPEED TURNS IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. MAY BE RELATED TO TRANSFER CASE: DEALER INDICATED WRONG FLUIDS INSTALLED AT FACTORY. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE GENERAL FAILURE OR POSSIBLE LOCKUP AND CRASH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

• 12/21/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPAIRED 3 TIMES DUE TO BEING WARPED. IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHIMMY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BRAKE PADS & ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN SINCE LAST REPAIR. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED CAUSE OF PROBLEM WAS THE WAY DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES. BRAKE ROTORS WOULD GET HOT, AND THIS CAUSED ROTORS TO GET OUT OF ROUND. *AK

• 12/20/2013· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK SHIELD AND BRACKET FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 179,000.

• 12/20/2007· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE BLOWER MOTOR WHICH REGULATES THE HVAC SYSTEM ON THE 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAS BURN UP CAUSING THE PART TO MELT. PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://IMAGES.GOOGLE.COM/IMGRES?IMGURL=HTTP://HOME.COGECO.CA/~INFINITE/JEEP/HVAC%2520FAULTS/MODULE%2520UNPLUGGED.JPG&IMGREFURL=HTTP://WWW.JEEPSUNLIMITED.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP%3FT%3D678590&H=480&W=640&SZ=52&HL=EN&START=12&UM=1&TBNID=SVXIQJMJ123OUM:&TBNH=103&TBNW=137&PREV=/IMAGES%3FQ%3DJEEP%2BBLOWER%2BMOTOR%2BRESISTOR%26SVNUM%3D10%26UM%3D1%26HL%3DEN%26RLS%3DCOM.MICROSOFT:*%26SA%3DN. *TR

• 12/19/2005· POWER TRAIN

  DT: THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN STEPPED OUT WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR AWHILE IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT REACHED OVER TO ASSURE IT WAS IN PARK. WHEN SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE SHE ALERTED HER HUSBAND WITH THE HORN. HE CAME IN THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND REACHED OVER TO ASSURE IT WAS IN PARK AS WELL. HE THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TOOK THE KEYS OUT. THE VEHICLE STOPPED ONCE IT WAS IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/19/2002· AIR BAGS

  1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WITH LEFT TURN OF VEHICLE. THE DEALER CAN NOT EASILY FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSES THIS. OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS.

• 12/19/2002· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELTS. THE SEATBELT LATCH MECHANISM ON THIS VEHICLE CONSIST OF A METAL MECHANISM SURROUNDED BY A PLASTIC COVER. THE PLASTIC COVER IS POOR FITTING, ALLOWING THE SEATBELT PART TO BE INSERTED BETWEEN THE PLASTIC COVER AND THE MECHANISM, THEREBY NOT BEING FASTENED AT ALL, AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT REALIZING IT UNTIL IT COMES APART AS YOU DRIVE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES VERY CAREFUL INSERTION OF SEAT BELT PART INTO MECHANISM, SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT.

• 12/19/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE FROM PARK, THE ENGINE MAKES A VERY LOUD METAL TO METAL SOUND. DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO THERE WAN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND THE LAST TIME, THE POWER COMPLETELY FAILED ON THE VEHICLE.

• 12/18/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STALLING IS LEAVING MY FAMILY WDE OPEN FOR REAR AND SIDE IMPACT. THIS LEMON SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD, AND THE SELLING DEALER STATED THER IS NO MORE HE COULD DO FOR OUR VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/18/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WE FEEL UNSAFE IN THIS JEEP.AND WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO MORE THAT COULD BE DONE FOR OUR JEEP REPAIR WISE THE DEALER NOR CHRYSLER WILL ACCEPT THAT THIS IS ALEMON AND I FEEL STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT NOT JUST MY FAMILY BUT OTHER FAMILYS AS WELL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

• 12/17/2014· SERVICE BRAKES

  THE REAR BRAKE LINE (STEEL) NOT THE RUBBER LINE FAILED WHILE PULLING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH, DESPITE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (BLEEDING OF OLD FLUID) BEING PERFORMED. IT WAS DETERMINED BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR LINES NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO SEVERE ROT. THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE OUT OF A CORROSION RESISTANT METAL. *TR

• 12/17/2008· VISIBILITY

  I OWN A 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED, AND AS I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT MY PROBLEM IS ALL TOO COMMON. IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEZING NEBRASKA WINTER THE HEAT STOPPED WORKING! NOT ONLY IS DID MY HEATER CORE GO OUT, THE APPARENTLY THE "BLEND DOOR" IS ALSO NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THE COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS IS LIKELY TO COST WELL OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX! AFTER RESEARCHING AND FINDING OUT HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS . . .I'VE DECIDED I'LL NEVER BUY A JEEP AGAIN! THE OF PEOPLE THIS IS HAPPENING TO IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN OTHERWISE I WOULD ADVICE EVERY JEEP OWNER TO GET RID OF THEIR CAR BEFORE 75,00 MILES. THE PROBLEM CAN BECOME DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE DEFROST/DEFOG FUNCTION IS COMPLETELY GONE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, REDUCING OR ELIMINATING VISIBILITY. *TR

• 12/17/2008· VISIBILITY

  HEAT AND AIR WORKED FINE. IN OCTOBER ON A COLD NIGHT I DECIDED TO USE MY HEAT AND IT BLEW COLD AIR! THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME I GO TO USE MY HEAT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH VENT IT IS BLOWING FROM THE HEAT COMES OUT COLD. HAS NOT FIXED YET DUE TO REPAIR COSTS EQUALING OVER $1000.00 AND I CANNOT AFFORD THAT AT THE TIME. GUESS I WILL JUST HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IN -8 TEMPERATURES WITH ICE ON THE INSIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD..THANKS JEEP *TR

• 12/17/2007· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOOR LOCKS(AUTOMATIC)DRIVERS SIDE AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOORS HAVE TO LOCKED MANUALLY DEALER SAYS BETWEEN 200 AND 500 TO REPAIR OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE RECALLED PLEASE HELP!!!! *TR

• 12/17/2007· VISIBILITY

  I HAVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD 1999 WITH NO HEAT OR DEFROST IN DRIVER SIDE WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WOULD COST BETWEEN 1200 AND 1500 TO FIX I AM OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO TO DEFROSTER NOT WORKING I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

• 12/17/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN DRIVING OVER 55 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. DEALER TRIED ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CALIPERS/ROTORS, AND PADS WERE REPLACED, SOME MORE THAN ONCE. *AK

• 12/17/2003· VISIBILITY

  HEATER CORE HAD A MELT DOWN. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM. *AK

• 12/17/2002· VISIBILITY

  WHILE IN MOTION, THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPPED INTO THE DOOR. THE REGUALTOR HAD WORN AND BROKE. *JG TS