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2002 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 2002 record →

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Apr 18, 2002FL

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE START TO VIBRATE CAUSING THE BRAKE ROTOR TO SNAP. NLM

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Apr 17, 2002OH

RECEIVED 2 RECALL NOTICES #02V032000 & 01V374000 FOR FUEL REPAIRS. HAD CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP & INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THIS REPAIR. WOULD NOTIFY WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. HAS BEEN 3 MONTHS. NLM *TT

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 5, 2002NY

STARTED VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE, PUT BACK INTO PARK, THEN INTO REVERSE AND IT STILL WOULD NOT MOVE, PUT INTO PARK, COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF PARK, SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED PUT BACK IN REVERSE ANDIT WAS OKAY, CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER CALLED ME BACK, STATED JEEP WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS WHERE WE STAND NOW. *AKY

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery
Filed Apr 5, 2002AZ

CONSUMER RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTIFICATION RELATING TO THE FUEL LINES AND FITTINGS. RECALL COMPONENT REPAIRS CANNOT BE DONE DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. CONSUMER IS UPSET THAT HE CANNOT FILL TANK WITHOUT THE FUEL GUSHING OUT ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TT

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Mar 21, 2002PA

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 02V032000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 10. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE, BUT TOLD CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE PARTS, AND DIDN'TKNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE IN. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 19, 2002NY

BACKED OUT OF PARKING PLACE, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE, SHUT VEHICLE OFF STARTED ,PUT BACK INTO DRIVE AND IT WAS OKAY. VEHICLE WAS REPORTED BEFORE TO YOUR OFFICE LAST MONTH WITH TRANSMISSIION PROBLEMS. THIS TIME CONTACTED MANUFACTURER . DEALER HAD IT FIVE DAYS COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, HE STATED. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Mar 15, 2002IL

CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED RECALL 02V032000 FOR FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY, DEALERSHIP HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE. FIELDS JEEP, ADDRESS 670 FRONTATE ROAD STE 847 446 5100 DONNA REPLACED PART OF FUEL ASSEMBLY.*AK DEALER STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT CONSUMER WOULD BE INFORMED WHEN PARTS WERE IN, HOWEVER, CONSUMER HAS NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION TO THIS DATE, CONSUMER RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE, BUT RECALL REPAIRS WERE NEVER PERFORMED. *TT

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Mar 14, 2002OH

RECALL 02 V 032 000/FMVSS 301/ORVR: DEALER: DELUCA CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH JEEP INC; BEDFORD, OH; PHONE# 440/232-0880 WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL DUE TO NO PARTS BEING AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Mar 13, 2002ID

NHTSA RECALL 02-V-032-000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL A10. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR RECALL REPAIRS, AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THERE WAS A CONCERN OF HOW LONG THE WAIT WOULD BE TO GET THE NECESSARY PARTS, COULD IGNITE A FIRE .*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Mar 13, 2002MI

NHTSA RECALL 02 V 032 000 / MANUFACTURER'S RECALL A10/FMVSS 301/ORVR: CONSUMER UNABLE TO GET DEALER: JIM RIEHL'S CHRYSLER, JEEP; WARREN, MI; PHONE# 580/979-8700)TO HONOR RECALL DUE TO NO PARTS AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Mar 12, 2002NJ

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR FUEL EMMISION CONTROL CANISTER ON JAN 10TH, 2002. CONSUMER CALLED ON MAR 11TH, 2002, AND PARTS STILL WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK

Tires
Filed Mar 12, 2002CA

VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL LISTS 17" X 7.5" WHEEL RIMS & TIRES AS MINIMUM SIZE. VEHICLE FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH 16" X 7" WHEEL RIMS & TIRES. OWNERS MANUAL SAYS "WARNING! NEVER USE A TIRE SMALLER THAN THE MINIMUM TIRE SIZE LISTED...." MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ADVISE AS TO CORRECT GVWR, TIRE PRESSURE FOR TIRES AS EQUIPED, OR TO SUPPLY CORRECT LABEL OR WHEELS & TIRES.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Mar 7, 2002NY

NHTSA RECALL ID 02-V-032-000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL A10. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY 2002, AND PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT IT TOOK 2 MONTHS TO GET THE PARTS TO FIX THE RECALL PROBLEM, DURING THAT TIME, GAS SPLASHED EVERY TIME HE FILLED THE TANK. *YD

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Feb 28, 2002CA

CONSUMER WAS SENT A RECALL NOTICE 01V348000 AT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND HAS NOT HAD VEHICLE SERVICED.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Feb 27, 2002DE

WHILE DRIVING AT 52 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. UPON IMPACT, FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *AK CHRYSLER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MANUFACTURE'S REPONSIBILITY, THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER. *TT

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Feb 27, 2002IL

THE CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL NOTICE 02V-032, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE RECALL COMPLETED BUT WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. NLM

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery
Filed Feb 25, 2002CA

NHTSA RECALL 01V374000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL A06. GOT RECALL NOTICE,CALLED DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. DEALER STATED HAD TO ORDER PARTS. WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO DEALER,DEALER STATED PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Feb 25, 2002CA

NHTSA RECALL 02V032000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL A10. GOT RECALL NOTICE,CALLED DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. DEALER STATED HAD TO ORDER PARTS. WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO DEALER,DEALER STATED PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Feb 21, 2002NY

STARTED PLACED IN DRIVE GAVE GAS AND IT WENT IN REVERSE, PLACED IN PARK, BACK TO DRIVE AND AGAIN IT WENT BACKWARDS, PLACED IN PARK, BACK TO LOW AND IT WENT AHEAD. THEN PLACED INTO DRIVE AND IT WAS OKAY. REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, CHECKED SAME AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Feb 20, 2002UT

GOT RECALL NOTICE. 01V348000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL A02. HAD RECALL DONE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Feb 15, 2002MD

I PLACED A BRAND NEW 2002 GRAND CHEROKEE IN PARK ONLY TO DISCOVER IT HAD EITHER SLIPPED INTO REVERSE OR I DIDN'T CLEARLY HAVE IT IN PARK. I INFORMED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH NEW JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. IT CLEARLY IS STILL A PROBLEM. NO QUESTION IN MY MIND. *AK

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash3 injured
Filed Feb 14, 2002ID

VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE BRAKING AT RAILROAD CROSSING, CAUSING IT TO MOVE FORWARD HITTING A MOVING TRAIN AT A NINTY DEGREE ANGLE.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Feb 1, 2002CA

MANUFACTURER'S RECALL AO2 CONCERNING REFUEL VAPOR RECURRNG SYSTEM/FUEL FILLER INLET CHECK VALVE INSIDE OF FUEL. RANCHO JEEP 8118 CLARREMONT MESA BLVD SANDIEGO CA 92111 858 560 7100 CONTACT BRUCE. NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR TWO NONTHS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Jan 28, 2002CO

I AM CONCERNED THAT JEEP HAS UNDER ENGINEERED THE BRAKE SYSTEM FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR. I HAVE THREE COLLEAGUES IN MY OFFICE WHO HAVE THE SAME MODEL AND ALL OF THEM HAVE HAD TO HAVE ROTORS RE-SURFACED OR REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE. THEY WARP REPEATEDLY. I HAVE READ CONSUMER GROUPS FORUMS ON THE INTERNET AND IT IS HAPPENING A LOT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO HAVE ALL FOUR ROTORS RESURFACED AS THEY WERE ALL WARPED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A JEEP SERVICE PERSON AND THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, JEEP WASHES ITS HANDS OF THE PROBLEM AFTER ONE YEAR OR 12, 000 MILES. THIS IS A DESIGN FAULT OF A VITAL SAFETY COMPONENT AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock SwitchCrash
Filed Nov 10, 2001TX

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF HOUSE. IGNITION WAS OFF. NOBODY WAS IN CAR AT TIME OF INCIDENT. TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM 'PARK' TO 'REVERSE' AND VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD IN DRIVEWAY, JUMPED CURB AND RETAINING WALL, CROSSED STREET, ROLLED DOWN HILL, HIT TREE, ROLLED THROUGH FENCE AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT REACHED BOTTOM OF HILL WHERE IT ROLLED TO A STOP.*AK

Equipment › Other › Labels
Filed Oct 31, 2001CA

VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL STATES MINIMUM WHEEL/TIRE SIZE 17 INCHES. VEHICLE DELIVERED EQUIPPED WITH 16 INCH WHEELS AND TIRES. *AK

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