BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1993 record →
CYLINDER HEADS FAILED.
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
DISC BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED.
SEAT TRACK WORN/FAILED.
BRAKE DRUM OUT OF ROUND.
ELECTRICAL WIRES GOING TO BOTH OF THE FRONT DOORS BREAK.
BRAKES PULSATE.
BRAKE PADS RUSTED.
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
BRAKE SHOES CRACKED.
STEERING VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS.
BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING VIBRATION.
REAR BRAKES WERE GRABBING AND THUMPING.
ENGINE STALLED DUE TO FAILED COIL.
ELECTRICAL: WIRING HARNESS ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE, REPLACED IN FEB. 1995. PROBLEM RETURNED IN APRIL 1997. TOOK IN ON MAY 28, AND THEY WILL REPLACE PART, BUT WILL HAVE TO PAY LABOR CHARGES. *AK
VEHICE WAS IDLING WHILE IN PARK, THEN JUMPED INTO REVERSE, KNOCKING WIFE DOWN. RAN INTO NEIGHBOR'S YARD, DAMAGING PROPERTY AND THE VEHICLE. *AK
DURING WET RAOD CONDITIONS ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LOCKS UP, CAUSING VERY DIFFICULT BRAKING. *AK
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A 35 MPH COLLISION.
FRONT HOOD OF VEHICLE FLEW OPEN FOR NO REASON. HOOD WAS CLOSED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED CATALYTIC CONVERTER OVERHEATING; NOTICED TREMENDOUS ROTTEN EGG AND BURNING SMELL, VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. HEARD EXPLOSION, SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR, PULLED TO SIDE WHEN MOTORIST ALERTED OF FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
SUDDEN FORWARD ACCELERATION CAUSED ACCIDENT.
VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION IN THE COMPUTER. *AK
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE, THE VEHICLE INCREASED ITS SPEED, CAUSING A COLLISION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP, TOOK TO MECHANIC AN REPLACED THE THE POWER STEERING PUMP. *AK
VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, OWNER STATES THAT VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WITHOUT ANT PRESSURE FROM THE GAS PEDAL. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT DEALERS CANNOT DUPPLICATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK
LEAKAGE AROUND A GROMMET IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK AT THE EMMISION CONTROL VALVE CAUSED SPILLAGE OF GAS. *AK
OWNER HAS RECEVIED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HIS REAR SEAT BELT AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET WORK DONE BECAUSE OF THE PART WAS NOT THE RIGHT COLOR.OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT HE HAS BEEN WAITING SIX MONTHS RECALL NO. 961004000. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE HEATER , THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE ON POSITION AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE HEATER DUE TO A ELECTRICAL WIRING MALFUNCTIONING. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK
FUEL LINE LEAK CAUSED VEHICLE FIRE.
REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS 3TIMES, SMELLED GAS AND THE FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK. THE PROBLEM IS STILL CONTINUING. *AK
VEHICLE HAS ALL TYPES OF PROBLEMS, ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS CONCERNED THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DEALER FIXED THE BRAKES WITHOUT DRIVER'S PERMISSION. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ,OWNER WAS TOLD IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL LINE .SHE HAD PROBLEM CORRECTED BUT OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AGAIN SHE SMELLED GAS .OWNER IS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE MAY CATCH FIRE AGAIN. *AK
LEFT FRONT WIRIN GHARNESS HAD A SHORT, WIRES MELTED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK
WHILE SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A WALL. *AK
ASB SYSTEM FAILED DURING ABRUPT STOP RESULTING IN MINOR COLLISION.
REAR HATCH LATCH/STRIKER FAILED.(NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORT)
ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN IGNITION HARNESS; NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE BOTH FRONT ROTORS FELL APART, DRIVER NOTES THAT HE HAD TO DOWNSHIFT AND USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE; BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. *AK
PINT IS PEELING OFF BODY OF VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROOF/LIFTGATE. *AK
HOSE BLEW OFF THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLMENT/HANIC WHO INSTALLED THE TRANSMISSION COOLER CUT THE LINES AT BOTTOM OF RADIATOR AND INSTALLED HOSES ON THE SMOOTH LINES. *AK
POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE
ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOSES POWER, STALLS. *AK
PIN HOLE IN FUEL TANK WORE THROUGH, CAUSING GAS LEAK.
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.
HYDRAULIC PUMP OF ABS BRAKES IS ACTIVATING WITHOUT DRIVER TOUCHING BRAKE PEDAL. JEEP HAS SEVERE BRAKE LOCKUP OF ALL FOUR WHEELS. *AK
REAR SHOCKS ARE TOO LIGHT FOR VEHICLE.
BOTH FRONT ROTORS ON THE BRAKES SPLIT AT THE SAME TIME SO THERE WERE NO FRONT BRAKES AT ALL. THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. *AK
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