1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints

ENGINE WAS RUNNING CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, WENT INTO HOUSE AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO SOME TREES. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, PASSENGER HAD TO BAIL OUT OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 15MPH ON A SIDE ROAD STEERING AND BRAKES LOCK UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE HAD TWO IGNITION COILS REPLACED EACH YEAR ,AND PROPBLEM WAS REOCCURRING, ALL OCCURRED WITHIN MONTH OF JULY. A THIRD REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATE THAT THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD ON A SLIGHT INCLINE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL. *MJ

WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN FRONT END STARTS JUMPING AND RATCHETING, FEELS LIKE FRONT END WILL LOCK UP. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL TIMES AS SOON AS VEHICLE IS WARMED UP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 8 TIMES, CV AXLE WAS REPLACED TWICE AND SPIDER GEAR IN DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED. DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

SEE ODI ID:780836. 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. VERY LOUD THUMPING FROM FRONT DIFFERNTIAL, AND STEERING WHEEL BINDING WHEN TURNING ANY DIRECTION, FORWARD OR REVERSE. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED BOTH CV AXLES AND SPIDER GEAR IN DIFFERENTIAL, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. CASE#10158159 OPENED WITH CHRYSLER ON 26JUN2002.

SOME OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET ONTO EXHAUST. CONSUMER IS AFRAID THAT THIS WILL IGNITE AND START A FIRE.*AK

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES, PEDAL IS SOFT AND DESCENDS TO FLOOR WITH INADEQUATE PRESSURE. OWNER IS CONCERNED ABOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20MPH WHEN TOTAL STEERING WAS LOST. BOLTS ANCHORING STEERING GEAR BOX BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. CONSUMER LOST SLIGHT VEHICLE CONTROL. MANUFACTURERWAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH HARMONICK BALANCER PULLEY BROKE OFF,SHAFTED AND SLID FORWARD INTO FAN. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AT 45 MPH WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK OFF RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND NOTICED ONE OF THE BOLTS WAS MISSING. CONSUMER FELT THAT SOMETHING HAS STRETCHED AND WAS CAUSING BOLTS TO COME OUT. CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

1)IGNITION: IN COLD WEATHER DIFFICULT TO START. IGNITION COIL FAILED , 2)MOTOR MOUNTS CRACKED CAUSING ENGINE TO ROTATE ON AXIS, 3) SPEED SENSORS IN TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING LACK OF SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR, 4) WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL UNIT UNDER DASH BURNED OUT, CAUSING SMOKE TO FILL COMPARTMENT, 5) TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED"COMING APART" ,6) BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED AS PER RECALL, BUT WITHIN 2000-2500 MILES REPLACED ROTORS DEFECTIVE (BENT/WARPED)/AND TOO THIN TO RESURFACE

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY BECAUSE HINGES NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE IDLING IN PARK, THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO A LAKE, CONSUMERS LEG WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE VEHICLES RETAINING WALL. *YH

VISCOUS COUPLING WAS REPLACED AT 47,000 - 94,000 AND NOW NEEDING REPLACEMENT AT 116,00 MILES. THIS ITEM CAUSES VEHICLE TO HAVE HARD STEERING AND EVEN STOPPING VEHICLE WHEN TURNING SHARPLY AND SLOW. MAKING TURNS NOW INVOLVE BACKING UP UNNECESSARILY AND DOING 3 POINT TURNS INSTEAD OR SIMPLE TURNING. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COSTLY REPAIRING THIS FAILURE THAT WAS UNIQUE TO 93 VEHICLES AND CORRECTED THE NEXT YEAR. UNFORTUNALLY, 1993 OWNERS ARE LEFT TO FARE FOR THEMSELVES.*AK

FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. THERE WAS ALSO A FUEL SMELL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE AT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUFFERED A BLOOD CLOT IN CHEST. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR LOUD NOISE COMING FROM SHOCK ABSORBER. IT WILL NOT HOLD WHEN DRIVING OVER A HOLE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE LEFT FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE HAD VIBRATION DUE TO OUTER AND INNER TIE ROD FAILURES. THE SEAL AND THE CYLINDER ON THE REAR LEFT AND RIGHT FAILED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, CONSUMER COULD HIT A BUMP AND LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. AT TIME OF MAKING A TURN COULD HEAR A NOISE, DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ALIGNMENTS WERE DONE TWICE ON THIS VEHICLE. *YD

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND COULD FEEL PEDAL PULSATING, FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO STICKING, ALSO SEAL HAD TO BE FIXED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE TIE ROD ENDS FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT, WILL NOT HOOK INTO BUCKLE. WHEN IT HOOKS, IT WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK THE BELT HAS A PIECE BROKEN OFF OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT CONNECTS TO THE BOTTOM ASSEMBLY THAT THE BUCKLE GOES INTO, CONSUMER CAN TAKE ASSEMBLY OFF THE BELT. *TT

HATCHBACK FORCED REAR DOOR NOT TO OPEN. DEALER COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BACK HATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED, THE DEALER LUBRICATED THE PART, HOWEVER IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED IN TIME. *SLC

WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE WITH STEERING WHEEL TURNED TO RIGHT, A VERY LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND STEERING LOST. A 4" BOLT WITH THREADS SHEARED OFF WAS LOCATED ON GROUND UNDER VEHICLE. A REPAIR SHOP REPORTED THAT THE ENTIRE STEERING BOX HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME. OF THE THREE STEERING BOX ATTACH BOLTS, ONE WAS STILL HOLDING A PORTION OF A MOUNTING EAR THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY CRACKED AND SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING BOX; ONE HAD SHEARED AT THE THREADS AND WAS MISSING; AND THE THIRD HAD SHEARED AT THE THREADS AND LOCATED ON THE GROUND. THIS LOSS OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN FATAL CRASH.

REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS MAKING A HUMMING NOISE THAT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAD TO REPLACE BEARINGS IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL. PLEASE ADD VIN.*AK

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM WHICH BREAKS FROM DOOR CAUSING DOOR LOCK FAILURE, RESULTING IN THE ENTIRE DOOR HAVING TO BE REPLACED.*ET

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP UNEXPECTEDLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND EXITED FROM TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *NOTE: PARTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK

TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT, IT JUST MELTED. ALSO, VEHICLE MADE A NOISE AND TRANSMISSION WENTOUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK *TT

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WHILE RUNNING. SOMTHING MADE A LOUD POP AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE GEAR WITH EMERGENGY BRAKE APPLIED.. VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL DOWN DRIVE WITH DRIVERS DOOR OPEN... DRIVERS DOOR WAS CAUGHT ON A TREE AND FOLDED BACKWARD CAUSING SEVER DAMAGE TO DRIVERS DOOR AND MINOR DAMAGE TO FENDER.. DRIVERS DOOR WAS WARPED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE ENTIRE DOOR WILL NEED REPLACED.. FENDER DAMAGE IS REPAIRABLE.. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL, THE ENGINE WAS ON AND EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS SET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL ABOUT 70 FEET BEFORE CRASHING INTO A UTILITY POLE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WAS NOT ON, VEHICLE WAS PARKED AGAINST CURB.*JB

ON OCTOBER 6, 2001 I EXPERIENCED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I GOT IN TO THE VEHICLE TO BACK IT UP. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND STARTED THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE REVVING. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BACK TIRES BEGAN TO SPIN AND SMOKE, I SOMEWHAT TURNED AROUND IN MY SEAT TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AS I TURNED BACK AROUND, I LOOKED DOWN AT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THEN PUSH ON IT REALLY HARD TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE REAR TIRES STILL SPUN, AND SMOKE WAS EVERYWHERE. WITH THE BRAKE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR, I HEAR A CLUNK NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARDS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HIT A VEHICLE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET BEHIND THE JEEP. IF THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN THERE I WOULD HAVE GONE OVER A RETAINING WALL WITH A DROP OFF ON THE OTHER SIDE.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN PARK IT THEN JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE AND TOOK OFF. *AK

CIRCUIT FOR HYDRAULIC UNIT OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED BY A GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH LEFT FRONT HUB SEPARATED FROM ROTOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL 98V-005 INITIALLY COVERING CERTAIN MODELS FROM 1990-1993. RECALL WAS LATER EXTENDED TO COVER 1994-1995 JEEPS. ONLY 16 STATES WERE COVERED INCLUDING MD, NJ AN PA, ALL OF WHICH BORDER DE WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

CAR WAS IN PARK IDILING WHEN I GOT OUT TO ACCESS MAIL. CAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND BEGAN GOING IN REVERSE. IT CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED AND WAS GOING IN A CIRCLE WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN. I WAS HIT, NOCKED TO THE GROUND AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED. NEIGHBOR RESPONDED AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS CAR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CAR MADE THREE CIRCLES IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND THEN HIT THE MAIL BOX. FINIALLY A MAN WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE CAR AND GET IT STOPPED, I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 5 DAYS WITH HEAD INJURY REQUIRING STITCHES AND OFF WORK AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH VERTIGO WHICH IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM DESPITE TREATMENT AT A REHAB FACILITY. I ALSO HAD A FRACTURED WRIST AND SEVERE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS OF THE FACE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK PARK WHILE RUNNING AND CONSUMER STEPPED OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED NOTICED VEHICLE HAD SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND HAD ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A CEMENT POST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR KNOCKED DRIVER UNDER CAR AS CAR STARTED TO ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE WHILE CAR WAS IN PARK.*AK

AFTER PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AND GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS KEPT IN IDLE, AND SOON AFTER VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERS, AND RAN INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD*AK

ON DECEMBER 31, 2000, I PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN "PARK" AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNING TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM FROM MY HOUSE. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR STARTING ROLLING BACKWARDS AND GAINED SPEED AS IT TRAVELED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. THE CAR BACKED INTO THE FRONT PORCH AREA OF THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. WHEN MY HUSBAND RAN TO THE CAR, IT WAS ENGAGED IN "REVERSE." THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ENGAGED, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I READ IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES INVOLVED IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THIS WHOLE TIME, I QUESTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT ACTUALLY PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. NOW THAT THESE REPORTS HAVE SURFACED, I AM SURE THAT I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE EXITING.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (COMPUTER) HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE WATER PUMP.*JB

GEAR SHIFT DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN IN PARK, FOR INSTANCE,IT APPEARS TO BE IN ANOTHER GEAR AND YOU HAVE TO FORCE WORK WITH IT TO GET IT INTO THE PROPER GEAR. IT JUMPS OUT OF GEAR EASILY.*AK

CONSUMER SUFFERED SUBTISSUE DAMAGE TO LEFT LEG WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND RAN OVER HER LEG. VEHICLE HAD BEEN IDLING IN PARK BEFORE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. *AK *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE JEEP WAS IN PARK AND POPPED INTO REVERSE CAUSING IT TO GO BACKWARDS ACROSS A ROAD. NOTICING THE JEEP WAS HEADED TOWARDS A STRUCTURE, I RAN AFTER IT AND FELL IN THE PROCESS. I SHATTERED MY SPLEEN AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE IT. I AM SURE THE JEEP WAS IN PARK BEFORE I GOT OUT.*AK

WHEN BACKING UP THE TRANSMISSION STOPS MOVING, THE CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE FORWARD TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE BACKWARDS AGAIN, THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM

A HOUR AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ANY TIME THE CAR WAS ON PARK(IDELING) THE CAR WOULD ROLLED IN REVERSE. *AK

AT ANY SPEED WHEN TURNING VEHICLE THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR, AND STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK IN OPPOSITE POSITION. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING DUE TO WELD BREAKING. A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK