THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK
1994 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 1994 record →
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD
UPON TURNING IGNITION, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND YOU CAN NO LONGER STEER OR BRAKE WHEN IT STALLS. *AK
TO AVOID A CAR, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
REAR SEAT BELT RELEASE MECHANISM WOULD NOT UNLATCH. CHILD HAD TO CLIMB OUT OF THE SEATBELT. *AK SLC
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT. *SD
WHEN COMING OFF HIGHWAY HAD NO CONTROL OF BRAKES OR STEERING, ALMOST HIT AN ISLAND. SOMETIMES THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES QUICKLY. *AK
DEFECTIVE ABS ELECTRONIC MODULE.
INTERMITTENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED RPMS RISE TO 3000 OR FROM START VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. 2) TWO IMPACTS, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN FRONT END COLLISION.
BRAKES SMOKING DUE TO STICKING. *SD
FRONT LEFT CALIPER FROZE, DAMAGING ROTORS/CREATING NOISE.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD
BRAKE CALIPER FAILED. *DH
APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO RESPONSE FROM ABS. DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT ACTIVATED DUE TO BROKEN SENSOR. *AK
INTERMITTENT SURGING, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SD
ABS BRAKES; SOMETIMES BRAKES FAIL AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
ESTIMATED SPEED 62-65 MPH, HOOD AJARED PARTIALLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
AIR BAGS, BRAKES, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK
BRAKES MASTER CYLINDER/BOOSTER FAILED. *DH
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES, BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ACROSS ROAD HITTING ANOTHER RESIDENTS GARAGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
REAR ABS BRAKES LOCK UP IN THE RAIN. *TT
WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN THE BRAKES APPLIED, REPLACE SOMETHING IN THE FRONT BRAKES. TT
ACCELERATOR STUCK. TT
EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TT
ABS BRAKE FAILURE COMPLETELY, ABS LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE FACT. TT
PURCHASE CAR NEW WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE CAR DIDN'T STOP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE. TT
BRAKE PEDAL CONNECTOR BROKE, RESULTING IN NO STOPPING DISTANCE. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. TT
CONSUMER WENT TO START JEEP THE BATTERY BLEW UP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES GO TO THE FLOOR . TT CONSUMER STATES THE LOUD NOISE DEAFENED HIM AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, DAMAGES WERE DONE TO THE ABS WHICH CAUSE BRAKE FAILURES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. STEERING DAMPNER WAS LEAKING, DEALE REPLACED. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED, RESURFACED ROTORS. HATCH HARD TO CLOSE. *SLC
THE AUTO SURGES FORWARD OR BACKWARDS-CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT INVOLVING 4 VEHICLES IN A PARKING LOT BEFORE IT CAME TO REST. TT
REAR BRAKES OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKES. *DSH
REAR AXLE SHAFT SNAPPED OFF AT DIFFERENTIAL, CAUSING REAR WHEEL/AXLE TO FALL OFF VEHICLE. *DSH
BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE FROM RELIEF PLUG. *SD
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, INTERMITTENT PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. TT
WHEN VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO REVERSE AND THEN TOOK OFF BACKWARDS WITHOUT TOUCHING ACCELERATOR.PUT BRAKE ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. TT
STALLING WITHOUT WARNING MANUFACTURER OFFERS NO ASSISTANCE ARE WILLING TO HAVE IT FIX BUT NO ONE CAN TELL THEM HOW. TT
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION; VEHICLE WAS HIT LEFT FRONT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. TT
WHEN START THE JEEP AND AIR CONDITIONER THERE IS A MOLDY SMELL . TT
WHEN CRUISE SET 67, 90% OF THE TIME VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP AND UP, REPLACE TWO PARTS OF THE CRUISE CONTROL, TO NO AVAIL. TT
VEHICLE SURGES. *DH
WARPED ROTORS CAUSING VIOLENT CHATTERING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED ABRUPTLY. *DSH
THE TRUCK HAS ABS BRAKES AND THEY DO NOT STOP THE TRUCK WHEN APPLIED QUICKLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DURING FRONT END COLLISION, DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
IN A HEAD ON COLLISION THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
PLACE FOOT ON BRAKE AND THEY FREEZE UP AND LOCKS UP AS WELL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR IT WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
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