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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 →

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Jun 3, 1998MA

THE AIR CONDITIONER IS LEAKING FREON. DEALER HAS NOT FIXED IT. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed May 29, 1998SC

VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS WITH NO ONE INSIDE AND NO KEYS IN IGNITION.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 27, 1998OH

BRAKE ROTORS/PADS FAILED.

Steering
Filed May 22, 1998OH

STEERING DAMPENER CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS.

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed May 19, 1998IL

THE RETROFIT KIT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE STILL HAS SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. DEALER CAN'T FIX IT. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed May 12, 1998CT

VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED WITH A BRAKE PEDAL SHIFT INTERLOCK, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WHILE UNINTENTIONALLY DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL, RESULTED IN TWO ACCIDENTS PRIOR TO THE RECALL.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 6, 1998MI

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE TRUCK FEELS LIKE IT DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE RUSTED, AND THAT CAUSED THE BRAKES TO REACT IN A CASE LIKE THAT. OWNER BELIEVES THAT THERE IS MORE TO THAT BECAUSE HE IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE BRAKE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK STOPS, BUT IT HAS SOME EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 5, 1998NJ

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 5, 1998WI

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED TWICE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 23, 1998PA

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH THEN SLAMMED ON BRAKES DUE TO TRAFFIC, IMMEDIATELY STOPPING. THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT, PULLED BACK TO THE RIGHT. THEN THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL. REGAINED CONTROL AND THEN CAME TO A SECOND STOP AT WHICH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL AGAIN TO THE LEFT ONLY, NOT OUT OF CONTROL THIS TIME, DUE TO TRAVELING AT LOWER RATE OF SPEED, THE RIGHT SIDE ROTORS SEPARATED FROM THE HUB, CAUSING VEHICLE TO WANDER TO THE LEFT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Mar 31, 1998OH

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. OWNER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER 4 TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT ABOUT THE BRAKES. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Mar 31, 1998UN

EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END SUCH AS THE STABILIZER BAR BUSHING, COIL SPRING AND DISC BRAKE PEDAL RATTLES. THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO LEAKS COOLANT.

Suspension › Front › Stabilizer Bar
Filed Mar 31, 1998UN

EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END SUCH AS THE STABILIZER BAR BUSHING, COIL SPRING AND DISC BRAKE PEDAL RATTLES. THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO LEAKS COOLANT.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 17, 1998NJ

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL POPS UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE OWNER HAS HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Mar 17, 1998MI

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING VIBRATION.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Mar 9, 1998NJ

ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE.

Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Rotor
Filed Mar 1, 1998WI

BRAKES ROTORS MALFUNCTIONED AND BRAKE FEEL CHOPPY.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Feb 18, 1998KY

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN BURNING OF THE WIRING HARNESS.

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Hose, Piping, and ConnectionsCrashFire
Filed Jan 29, 1998TN

THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS DEFECTIVE, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH AND FLIP OVER. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 26, 1998AR

VEHICLE MAIN ENGINE SEAL FAILED CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jan 23, 1998FL

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DIFFERENT GEARS, AND IT WOULD LEAK TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE OWNER HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Jan 23, 1998VA

WIRES IN LEFT REAR DOOR (POWER WINDOWS AND SPEAKER WIRES) MELTED TOGETHER INSIDE RUBBER HARNESS.

Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed Jan 22, 1998MI

CONSUMER WAS MAKING A LEEFT TURN HEARD A NOISE THEN THE STEERING WHEEL GAVE NO ACTION, CONSUMER LOST ALL CONTROL OF STEERING. VEHICLE IS STILL AT DEALERSHIP, TODAY THERE WILL BE AN ENGINEER COMING TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. (HENRY TRIBU--810-775-1735 ENGINEERING ANALISIS ASSOCIATES--30700 TELEGRAPH ROAD SUITE 4566 BINGHAM FARMS MICHIGAN). DEALERSHIP--(VILLAGE JEEP EAGLE--248-549-5300-- TOM MILLER). *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 19, 1998CA

HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A SMALLER CAR CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 16, 1998MA

INTERMITTENTLY THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Jan 16, 1998NJ

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. OWNER STATES THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE COMPUTER COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD . THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 8, 1997NJ

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Dec 4, 1997ID

SHOULDER HARNESSES TOO LOOSE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 28, 1997IL

ABS BRAKES FAILED INTERMITTENTLY.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1 injured
Filed Oct 28, 1997MD

WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO DRIVE GEAR WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED , ENGINE REVVED LOUDLY/ JOLTED FORWARD AND CAUSED ACCIDENT.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 28, 1997IA

PISTONS FAILED/NOISY.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 17, 1997FL

ABS BRAKE FAILURE; ALSO REPLACED ROTORS. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 6, 1997WA

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Oct 2, 1997DC

BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY STOP.

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Sep 30, 1997TN

GEAR SHIFTER NOT GOING INTO PARK PROPERLY AND IS LOOSE, TIGHTENED LOOSE SHIFTER LINKAGE.

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Sep 29, 1997NJ

WHEN MAKING A LEFT/RIGHT TURN AFTER VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP, VEHICLE WOULD BUCK & THEN STALL OUT; VEHICLE IS RESTARTED RIGHT AWAY. THE MECHANIC SAID DISTRIBUTOR CAP WAS REPLACED ON THE JEEP. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 23, 1997MA

ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCK, CAUSING DELAYED BRAKING RESPONSE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 3, 1997SC

ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

Steering
Filed Sep 3, 1997IL

STEERING SHOCK FAILED CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATION.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 2, 1997NJ

DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT LOW SPEEDS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 2, 1997NY

DURING FRONTAL IMPACT THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *JB

Tires › Temporary/Emergency Spare Tire
Filed Aug 26, 1997NY

1993-1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WITH QUADRATRAC ALL WHEEL DRIVE OPTION WERE SENT FROM THE FACTORY WITHOUT CONVENTIONAL SPARE TIRE, BUT WITH SMALL EMERGENCY TYPE SPARE TIRE. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Aug 23, 1997IL

TRANSMISSION FAILED. ALSO, FRONT AXLE BINDS ON SLOW TURNS. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 11, 1997VA

LOW IDLE CAUSED ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 7, 1997OK

ENGINE CUTS OFF AROUND 1800 RPMS WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED OR WHEN HOLDING VEHICLE AT SPEED.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 1, 1997NY

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE. CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jul 31, 1997WI

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SHROUD HIT THE FAN AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Jul 29, 1997IA

MOISTURE REMAINS IN EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR AFTER RAIN, CAUSING RETENSION SPRING TO RUST, THIS CAUSES MIRROR BECOME LOOSE/VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING.

SeatsFire
Filed Jul 28, 1997GA

REAR SEATS HAVE HAD HEAT BUILD UP, DEALER TOLD OWNER THAT THE HEAT WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *JB

Power Train › Transfer Case (4-wheel Drive)
Filed Jul 28, 1997NM

THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKS. THREE AUTHORIZED DEALERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX PROBLEM.

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