1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN ITS VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. THERE WAS NO CHANCE TO APPLY BRAKES. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CAR CRASH WITH IMPACT ESTIMATED TO BE 100-115 M.P.H. AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION AND IS BEING DENIED REIMBURSEMENT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

PE 00 020/FIRESTONE ATX TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: 1994 JEEP GRAND GRAND CHEROKEE, AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT FAILURE AT 25,000, TIRE SIZE P225/75R15. EXPERIENCED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 75 MPH. HAD FRONT END BODY DAMAGES. FIRESTONE NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED TWO TIRE AT 50% OFF BOTH TIRE.*AK DOT# HYHH AT5. *SLC

THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE AIR CONDITIONING EVAPORATOR THAT I FOUND AT AN INTERNET SITE "LEMONAIDCARS.COM" THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 7 YEARS AND 115KM. THIS JEEP WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED IF THE WARRANTY NOTICE HAD BEEN SENT TO JEEP OWNERS.

ENGINE SPEED WENT TO MAXIMUM WITH FOOT ON BRAKE (ANTI SKID BREAKING LEFT TRACKS AND WE HAVE PHOTO'S!). VEHICLE HIT PARK BENCH, PARKED CAR, KNOCKED DOWN 6" DIAMETER TREE, AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. EXAMINATION SHOWED SPEED CONTROL "ON" BUT NOT ENGAGED. TIRE SLIPPAGE MARKS INDICATE THAT BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT LEAST THREE TIMES, BUT ONLY HELD ON DRIVER SIDE WHILE ANTI SKID PULSED BRAKES. SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE ONLY REVERSED DIRECTION OF VEHICLE AND DID NOT SLOW MOTOR. TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED WAS APPROX 400 FEET. MOTOR APPEARS TO HAVE GONE TO FULL THROTTLE WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN DRIVE AND WHILE VEHICLE BRAKES WERE APPLIED (DRIVER HAS OTHER VEHICLES [FORD AND NISSAN] THAT REQUIRE APPLIED BRAKE TO ENGAGE TRANSMISSION.) DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE TIRE BRAKING MARKS ARE AVAILABLE. ALTHOUGH ENTIRE FRONT END OF JEEP WAS DEMOLISHED, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE PRIOR TO FAILURE. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. IT WAS FIRESTONE, SIZE P235/75R15, AND DOT H4BNDFA436. *AK

REAR BRAKE ROTORS HAVE CORRODED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL: RING AND PINION GEAR MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. ALSO, VEHICLE BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL. DIFFERENTAL: RING AND PINION GEAR HAS BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES, WHICH HAS NOT CORRECTED PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER HAS REPLACED RECALL COMPONENT (99V-340) ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR BOTH REPAIRS. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS DENIED RECALL REPAIR (00V-136) BY THE DEALERSHIP. *MJS

SUN VISOR CLIPS BREAK 4 OR MORE TIMES PER YEAR, VISORS SWING AROUND DURING DRIVING HITTING DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE FACE IMPAIRING DRIVERS VISION. THESE THINGS BREAK SO MUCH THE DEALER THINKS IT'S FUNNY. THIS IS AN UNSAFE SITUATION AND DISTRACTS DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS EXPOSED TO TEMPERATURES BELOW 20 DEGREES OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES THE PART BREAKS. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE OVERHEATING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ONCE AND AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE TRANSPARENT LAYER OF THE ORIGINAL HEAD LIGHT PEELED OFF IMPAIRING LIGHT INTENSITY. YH

BRAKES HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS , PRIOR TO RECALL NO (#99V-340000). *ET

WHILE PULLING OUT INTO STREET HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER VEHICLE. GOT OUT TO LOOK UNDER THE AUTOMOBILE, AND FOUND BOLT ON GROUND AND BROKEN IN HALF. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT INTO THE STREET AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. GOT OUT, LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE, AND FOUND THE BOLT LAYING IN STREET BROKEN IN HALF.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT INTO THE STREET HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER VEHICLE. GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND A BOLT LAYING ON THE GROUND BROKEN IN HALF. *AK

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND PLACING IT IN GEAR, THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED FORWARD. COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE UNTIL AFTER SIDESWIPING A TREE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND PROPERTY. *AK

EVAPORATOR CORE IS LEAKING REFRIGERANT AND MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

NOTICED A LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION IN THE DRIVEWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE GASKET WAS LEAKING. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A BAD GASKET DESIGN. *AK

ENGINE STALLED TWICE WITHIN 1 WEEK AT 55 MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH DAUGHTER IN VEHICLE. MECHANIC CANNOT PINPOINT PROBLEM. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THIS WEBSITE. *AK

HAD NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. TOOK VEHICLE TO EXHAUST MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT EXHAUST MANIFOLD PIPE WAS WELDED AROUND THE JOINT WITH ANOTHER PIPE TO MAKE ONE PIPE. EXHAUST MANIFOLD PIPE HAD CRACKED & WAS GETTING WORSE. MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR PROBLEM. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER & NO RECALL OR OTHER REPAIRS DONE ON VEHICLE. *AK

EHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKS DUE TO REPEATED HEATING AND COOLING. JEEP RECOGNIZED AND REDESIGNED REPLACEMENT. COULD CAUSE RELEASE OF CARBON MONOXIDE INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-340, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

REDUCED STRENGH OF THE IRON ON BRAKE SURFACE, CAUSED BRAKES TO SEPARATE FROM THE HUB, REDUCING BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT VIRGINIA NOT INCLUDED, ALTHOUGH DC AND MARYLAND ARE, OWNER RESIDES IN DC METRO AREA. *AK *ML

CAR JUST QUITS RUNNING AT ANY SPEED WITH NO WARNING JUST SHUTS DOWN THEN CRANKS BACK UP 2 TO 3 MINUTES LATER CAUSED A WOMEN TO HIT ME IN THE REAR.

PRIOR TO RECALL CORROSION OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CAUSED SEPARATING OF THE ROTOR DISC FROM THE CENTER HUB (99V-340) . YH

HAVE ALREADY REPLACED HIGH AND LOW HOSES AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE EVAPORATOR CORE LEAKS. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT CHRYSLER JEEP HAS HAD RECALLS ON THE EVAPORATOR CORE THAT MAY STILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS YEAR MODEL AND MAKE VEHICLE. IF THIS PART WAS RECALLED I WANT TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *AK

NOTICED EXHAUST WAS LEAKING. CHECKED & FOUND THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS WELDED AROUND THE JOINT WITH ANOTHER PIPE. THIS CREATED ONE BIG PIPE. THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, CAUSING A LEAK. TOOK TO VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR LEAKAGE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAD NO RECALLS.*AK *ML

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION GEAR STARTED SLIPPING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE. OWNER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP WITH MULTIPLE STALLS. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR WAS IN PARK IDLING . HAD FOOT ON BRAKETO SHIFT TO DRIVE. CAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED TRY TO APPLY PRESSURE TO BRAKE COULD NOT STOP HIT VECHILE TO THE BACK OF ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. COULD NOT STOP TILL I HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME. I TOTALLED MY VEHICLE AND THE VAN I HIT. THIS ACCIDENT COULD OF BEEN DEADLY IF A CHILD HAD WALKED IN BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES. THE CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL. I FOUND AN ARTICLE IN CONSUMER REPORTS THAT HAD MY 94 JEEP AS A SAFEY PROBLEM . WHERE THE CAR IS MISSING A BRAKE/TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK WHICH WOULD OF PREVENTED MY ACCIDENT IF THEY HAD A SAFETY RECALL. THERE HAVE BEEN 151 INJURIES AND 5 FATALITIES AND JEEP DOESN'T FEEL IT IS A SAFTEY ISSUE. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE BEFORE THEY ARE FORCED TO NOTIFY THE CONSUMER THAT THESE CAR HAVE A REAL SAFTEY ISSUE. I COULD OF KILLED A GROUP OF KIDS IN THAT PARKING LOT. I HOPE THEY DON'T WAIT FOR THIS KIND OF ACCIDENT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-340. NLM

FRONT BRAKE ROTOR CORRODED AND FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-340)CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL WHILE BRAKING. NLM

VEHICLE HAD FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION. (99V-340) *MJS

ON 10-11-99 THE ABOVE AUTO HAD A FLAT TIRE, WHICH WAS REPLACED ON THE VECH. BY THE FACTORY ORIGINAL SPARE, A T155/90D16. THE TIRES ON THE BALANCE OF THE AUTO WERE P235/75R15. THE SPARE WAS PLACED ON THE RIGHT REAR. WHILE DRIVING A FEW SHORT MILES, THE CAR SEEMED UNRESPONSIVE IN HANDLING, AND SMOKE/FLUID STARTED COMING OUT OF THE TRANSFER CASES. THE AUTO WAS THEN TRAILERED TO THE JEEP DEALER LISTED. THE NEXT DAY THE FRONT AND REAR TRANSFER CASES WERE INSPECTED, NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE, SEALS AND FLUID REPLACED. SINCE THAT TIME, THE REAR OF THE AUTO HAS BEEN "GROWLING"(AS THE SERVICE TECH CALLED IT). NOW THE DIAGNOSIS IS AXLE PROBLEMS POSSIBLE, WITH THE REPAIR BILL AT APPROX $1500.00. MY CONTENTION IS THAT ALL OF THIS WAS DUE TO AN INCORRECT SIZE SPARE BEING PLACED IN THE VECHILE WHEN MANUFACTURED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THREE ENGINEERS IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY THAT SAY THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITH THE SMALL SPARE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER ACTION WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER/JEEP ON THIS ISSUE? I AM SENDING A LETTER TODAY TO JEEP SEEKINGRESOLUTION ON THE MATTER. ANY SUGGESTIONS.

THIS IS MORE A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE ROTOR RECALL BEING INCOMPLETE. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER, AND CHRYSLER IT SEEMS THAT WITHIN THE RECALL WORDING THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THAT ALREADY EXIST TO BE CAUSED BY IMPROPER PRACTICES. WHENEVER A BRAKE ROTOR IS EITHER REPLACED OR RESURFACED THE BRAKE PADS SHOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS DONE TO INSURE THAT YOU DON'T GET FOREIGN DEBRIS IN THE BRAKE CONTACT AREA. THE RECALL LEAVES AN OPEN IN, DEALERS HAVING AN OPTION NOT TO REPLACE THE PADS. WHEN IN FACT MECHANICS ARE TAUGHT TO DO THE REPLACEMENT ANYTIME ROTORS ARE RESURFACED OR REPLACED. WHEN CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED THEY PUT THE BALL IN THE DEALERS COURT WHEN ISSUES CONCERNING PAD REPLACEMENT ARISE THEN THE DEALER IN TURN DOES THE SAME. CONSUMERS ARE FORCED TO BUY THE PADS WHICH SHOULD BE PART OF THIS RECALL TO BEGIN WITH. THEY ALSO GET HIT WITH A LABOR CHARGE THAT IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE THE WORK IS TO BE DONE WHENEVER THE CALIPERS ARE TAKEN OFF THE VEHICLE FOR ANYREASON. JEEPS OWN SERVICE MANUAL STATES SPECIFIC PROCEDURES ON THE SERVICING OF THE BRAKE COMPONENTS. THEY ALSO TELL HOW THE BRAKES WORK . JUST IN THE DESCRIPTION ITSELF ON HOW THE PADS AND ROTORS WORK IS EXPLANATION ENOUGH ON WHY YOU WOULDN'T USE USED PADS WITH NEW/RESURFACED ROTORS AND VICE-VERSA. PEOPLE ARE PUT AT RISK BECOUSE IF THEY MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON DECIDING TO REPLACE THE PADS OR NOT THEY ARE THEN THE ONES AT RISK OF FACING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM THAT JEEP IS SU

4- WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH" INTERMITTENTLY APPEARS AT NO SPECIFIED DRIVING TIME OR SPEEDS. DEALER SAYS THERE ISN'T ONE TO SERVICE AND IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION WHICH COULD TAKE HOURS TO FIND. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT (99V-340). *MJS

I HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER INFORMED ME IT WILL COST 400.00 TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT AND RETURNING MECHANISM. I FEEL THAT SEAT BELTS SHOULD NOT FAIL UNDER NORMAL USAGE. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE? *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, EVENTUALLY THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. RECALL NOTICE ON FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WAS ON 22-DEC-1999 PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. *AK

RECALL COMPONENT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CORROSION OF THE ROTORS. (99V-340) *MJS

RECALL COMPONENT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (99V-340) BRAKE ROTORS. *MJS

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 98V340000 CONCERNING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. CONTACTED THE DEALER NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, REAR BRAKES ACTIVATED BUT THE FRONT BRAKES DID NOT. APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE SLID, AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL, AND WAS NOT SERVICED. *AK *ML