1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES (SINCE 1993) FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. WE NOTICED THE PROBLEM SINCE WE OWNED THE CAR. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.THIS PROBLEM OCCURS VERY RARELY BUT IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR SERIOUS INJURY. THIS PAST DECEMBER (12/28/98), ON A RAINY DAY, I WAS DRIVING AT 30 MILE PER HOUR AND AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION I STARTED TO BRAKE, I HEARD THE NOISE OF THE ABS SYSTEM. WHEN I REACHED THE SIGN I HAD MY FOOT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE CAR FAILED TO STOP. I PROCEEDED AGAINST MY WILL AND FINALLY THE CAR STOPPED PAST THE INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY NO OTHER CAR WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OR NO PEOPLE WERE CROSSING BECAUSE I COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO MYSELF OR SOMEBODY ELSE. WE CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALER ASKING IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON OUR BRAKE SYSTEM OR IF OTHER OWNERS OF '93 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR ABS BRAKE SYSTEM BUT THEY SAID NO. WE DIDN'T TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER BACAUSE THEY FAILED TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG THE PREVIOUS TIMES.AS A RESULT OF THAT SCARY EVENT WE DISABLED THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. I ALSO OWNED A '95 DODGE RAM PICK-UP TRUCK WITH ABS BRAKES SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS KIND OF BRAKES AND THEIR OPERATION. THE BRAKES ON THE GRAND CHEROKEE BEHAVED ERRACTICLY SINCE THE BEGINNING. THAT NEVER HAPPENED WITH THE DODGE RAM. IF OTHER JEEPS FROM 1993 HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM

WHILE DRIVING REAR DIFFERENTIAL RING AND PINION GEAR LOCKED UP, CAUSING ALL FOUR WHEELS TO LOCK UP WHEN STOPPING FOR A STOP LIGHT, SPEED AT 8-10MPH. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. REPAIR WORK DONE BY DEALER. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS ARE BROKEN, CAUSING ENGINE TO POSE A THREAT OF FALLING OUT IF DRIVEN AT AN HIGH ACCELERATED SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPRIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ERRATIC OPERATION. WHENEVER VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP, IT APPEARS TO STALL. ALSO, WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IT WOULD APPEAR TO ACCELERATE AT AN HIGH RMP, AND VEHICLE WOULD LOSE SPEED WHILE DRIVING . VEHICLE BEEN INSPECTED/REPIRED BY DEALER, AND CONDITION STILL OCCURRING. *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE TRANSFER CASE BLEW APART. REASON UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DESIGN OF THE FUEL TANK DOES NOT OFFER PROPER SHIELD TO PROTECT TANK FROM ROAD DEBRIS, RESULTING IN PUNCTURED PLASTIC FUEL TANK.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE LOSS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE HOWEVER DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HONOR RECALL REPAIR WORK.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I REPLACED MY BRAKES PADS AT SPEED JEEP EAGLE DEALER # 718-377-5110. THE ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKES THERE'S NO PRESSURE THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT SPRING BACKUP UP AND THE ABS LIGHTS STAYS ON. THE DEARLER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS DEFECT WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. THE DEARLER HAS NOT BEE COOPERATIVE WITH ME, AND WOULD NOT REFUND ME THE MONEY I HAVE SPENT TRYING TO FIX THIS ABS PROBLEM. THEY JUST WANT ME TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON TRYING TO GET IT FIX. I HAVE AREADY SPEND ABOUT $1,200. ON THIS BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS SUMMER I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE MY JEEP. BECUASE I CAN NOT STOP PROPERLY , AND I'M SCARE I MIGHT CAUSE AN ACIDENT. A FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT THE THE ABS PROBLEM WITH CHRSYLER, AND SUGGESTED I CHECKED THE WEB.. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE DARLY ROMAIN

WHILE AT 20 MPH GOING AROUND A CURB CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE COSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS WERE APART FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY TOOK OFF ONE WHEEL, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE THEY TOOK OFF FOUR LUGS: NUTS. DEALER REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT IF THEY FINISH THEY WERE AFRAID OF BRAKING THE RIM. THEREFORE, THEY DIDN'T FINISH THE WORK ON THE VEHICLE. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED WITHIN THE COLLECTOR AREA, CAUSING MOTOR NOT TO RUN PROPERLY, AND ALLOWING COLD AIR TO LEAK BACK TO ENGINE, RESULTING IN ENGINE HEAD WARPING. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED, AND HAVE REDESIGNED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE OLD ONE WITH A NEW ONE. *AK

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THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECTS DESCRIBED IN RECALL # 98V005000 FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. EVERY TIME THAT CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES WHILE GOING DOWNHILL, THE CAR SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ROTORS CORRODED AND SEPARTED RESULTING IN GRABBING, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED CAUSE VEHICLE TO JERK AND THEN TO SLIDE DUE TO BAD ROTORS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

TRANSFER CASE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING.

WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR LATCH BROKE, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S DOOR TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MPH AND IN THE PROCESS OF USING BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL #98V005000. *AK

LOUD "THUMP" IS HEARD WHEN MAKING TURNS AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

HAD STARTED VEHICLE & EASED OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. VEHICLE STALLED OUT. HAPPENED MORE WHEN TOWING TRAILER OR HEAVY OBJECTS. WOULD LOSE STEERING CONTROL & POWER BRAKES. HAPPENS EVERY DAY. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CONSTANTLY SHORTS OUT.

AFTER CLOSING DOOR IT DID NOT SOUND RIGHT. THE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH. *AK DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT LATCH, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE WELDING ON THE DOOR CAME APART CAUSING THE DOOR TO BE UNBALANCED AND BREAK THE LATCHES. *SLC

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE PCM MODULE BOX TO BURN.

WHEN VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A MINOR BUMP INTHE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY, USUALLY OCCURS BETWEEN 30-65 MPH.

HUB OF THE BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED, CAUSING THE HUB TO SEPARATE FROM THE ROTORS RESULTING IN COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL #98V005000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S DOOR CAME OFF DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE WELDS THAT BROKE THE DOOR HINGES WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION PRIOR TO RECALL 98V-005.000.

IGNITION COIL, 1993 - 12/21-05/27 MODELS. ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH A MEDAL CLANKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING, DEALER STATES THE WIRE HARNESS WAS DEFECTIVE ALONG WITH IGNITION COIL. *AK AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION COIL, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, THIS TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL AND INSTALLED A WIRE HARNESS TO THE IGNITION COIL PER A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, THE IMPROPER RESISTANCE IN ONE OF THE WIRES WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. *SLC

BRAKES LOCK AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO RAIN.

U-JOINTS FAILED.

REAR BRAKE LININGS SEPARATED,CAUSING VERY STRANGE NOISE AFTER APPLYING BRAKES.

CONSUMER COMPLAINT THAT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE 60,000 MILE OF WEAR. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS CODITION IS NORMAL FOR THE JEEP PRODUCTS. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TIE RODS, SHOCK ABSORBER AND STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY.

THERE WAS A SHORT CIRCUIT IN ELECTRICAL OF FUSE BOX, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. DEALERS NOTED FAULTY WIRES. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING 40 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID HITTING A POTHOLE, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE IDLES HIGH, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO CRASH INTO THE HOUSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETALIES. *AK

WHEN MAKING A SHARP OR TIGHT RIGHT OR LEFT HAND TURN THE CLUTCH WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE STICKS, RESULTING IN THE FRONT TIRES GRINDING AND THE VEHICLE ALSO LUNCHING FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND DEALER OVERHAULED THE TRANSFER CASE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH MADE A SUDDEN STOP AND REAR ENDED VEHICLE, DIRECT FRONTAL HIT. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY,CAUSING INJURIES TO CHEST AND SHOULDER, AND $4000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END ALONE.

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.

LIFTGATE DOOR, WHEN FACING THE SUN OR IN HOT TEMPERATURES, STICKS AND CANNOT BE OPENED. THE LATCH WILL LIFT UP BUT IT WON'T OPEN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY FOR REPAIR. *AK

THE LIFTGATE DOOR WHEN FACING THE SUN OR THE TEMPERATURE IS HOT AND STICKS, WILL NOT OPEN. THE LATCH WILL LIFT UP, BUT IT WILL NOT OPEN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT SAID THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS REPAIR. *AK

TRUCK WAS IN PARK WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, DRIVER PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND THE TRUCK ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON FOR ACCELERATION. THE OWNER NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. SO TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. DEALER CLAIMED THAT SINCE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RECALL DOES NOT AFFECT IT (97I-002.000). *AK

STARTED VEHICLE, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED, BACKED OVER A BUSH AND A TREE 25-30 FT. TALL. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO PRESS BRAKES. THE WHEELS OF THE RIGHT SIDE ON STREET, THE LEFT SIDE ON THE GRASS, APPROXIMATELY 4-6 INCHES ABOVE THE STREET. AT HIGH SPEED FOR 100 FT, SMASHING A WOODEN FENCE THEN ANOTHER 30 FT. KNOCKED DOWN AN EVERGREEN TREE, SNAPPING OFF AT ROOTS, ANOTHER 150 FT, SMASHING INTO VEHICLE AT APPROX. 80 MPH, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN AN ACCIDENT.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE FROM CORROSION.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.

FRONT ROTORS FAILED.