NHTSA Complaint #10178582 — 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

ON 2001 I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED FROM A JEEP DEALER, LITTLE AFTER I BOUGHT IT I NOTICED A VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, BUT I DID NOT THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG, BRAND NEW AND MY FIRST 4X4 I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WAY 4X4 WORKS. UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT I RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT A DEMAND MADE TO CHRYSLER FROM SOME OTHER OWNERS OF GRAND CHEROKEES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND WHEN THEY WENT TO HAVE IT CHECK AT THE DEALER THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH AN UNEVEN SURFACE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS. CHRYSLER NEVER TOOK ANY ACTION ABOUT THIS FACTORY DEFECT AND DENIED REPAIR OF DEFECT. AFTER I RECEIVED THIS LETTER I TOOK MY JEEP TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECK AND I WAS TOLD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DISK ROTORS WAS CAUSING THE VIBRATION ON MY CAR. I CONTACTED DAIMLERCHRYSLER BY MAIL ON OCTOBER 2006, ASKING THEM TO REPAIR THE FACTORY DEFECT AND THEY NEVER ANSWER BACK, THEN I CALLED THEM BY PHONE TO THEIR CUSTOMER RELATIONS CENTER AT 1-800-992-1997 AND ASKED FOR AN ANSWER TO MY PROBLEM BUT THEY DENIED PAYING FOR ANY REPAIR SINCE I WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND I ASKED FOR A WRITTEN DECISION BUT IT WAS ALSO DENIED AND ONLY GIVEN A REFERENCE NUMBER 15833938 FOR MY INQUIRE ON 1-3-2007. AS I SAID EARLIER IN THIS LETTER, I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY REAL BRAKE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE UNTIL I WAS CONTACTED BY A LETTER FROM A THIRD PARTY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS I DATED JUNE 1, 2006. DAIMLERCHRYSLER NEVER CONTACTED ME ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OR DID ANY RECALL ON THIS AND THAT IS WHY I WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THANK YOU FOR READING MY COMPLAINT AND HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT SO THIS BIG CORPORATION TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR PRODUCTS. *NM