1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

THE CAR STALLS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING THIS CAN HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR AT A STOP SIGN WITHOUT WARNING. HAVE SEEN SEVERAL MECHANICS. WHEN SEARCHING THE PROBLEM, FOUND 100'S OF OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. ENORMOUS SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVER AS WELL AS OTHER ON ROAD VEHICLES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, GAUGES ALL DROPPED TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT TO TURN AND THE BRAKES HARD TO APPLY, HAD NO ACCELERATION WHILE PUSHING GAS PEDAL DOWN. ALL LIGHTS AND RADIO STILL WAS WORKING AFTER GETTING IT OFF THE ROAD TURNED JEEP OFF WOULD NOT RESTART FOR 3 HOURS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES MECHANIC CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM NO CODES COME UP. HAVE ALREADY REPLACED BATTERY ALTERNATOR AND CRANK SENSOR HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG, WITH THREE CHILDREN I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS IT IS UNSAFE. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEAT THEY SAID HEATER COIL IS BAD AND ALL MOTOR DOORS IN DASH IS BROKE AND DASH WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN APART TO BE FIXED THIS IS ALSO AFFECTING THE A/C. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AS THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY COMPLAINTS ALREADY. THIS IS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND UPDATED THE INFORMATION IN THEIR SYSTEM. A LOCAL MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE DEFECT, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS. THE FAILURE RECURRED AT LEAST TEN TIMES AND EIGHT OF THOSE TIMES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE OIL PAN EXHIBITED RANDOM HOLES CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ORDERED A NEWER OIL PAN FOR THE CONTACT BUT AFTER 90 DAYS, HE STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED IT. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH REPLACEMENTS OF THE CRANK SHAFT SENSORS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE IDENTICAL FAILURES CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION AND TRAVELING BETWEEN 5-20 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT STALLS ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO IT- IT WILL STALL GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, DRIVING IN TOWN AT 25-35 MPH, WHILE TURNING A CORNER, WHILE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH-- IT HAS HAPPENED IN ALL THOSE INSTANCES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS HOT OR COLD EITHER. THE ENGINE JUST SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF, BUT THE LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC. ALL STAY ON. IT OCCURS DURING COLD AND HOT WEATHER, WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICES ON OR OFF, IN PARK, NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. IT IS VERY RANDOM AND VERY DANGEROUS. ONCE IT STALLS THE STEERING GETS VERY HARD AND THE JEEP HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING THE JEEP WOULD ALWAYS START AGAIN ON THE FIRST TRY. NOW THE JEEP WILL ALWAYS START WHEN I FIRST GET IN THE CAR...

BLOWER MOTOR BURNED OUT THE PLUG ON THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR PLUG AND NOW THE RESISTOR IS BLOWN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL FIRST BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART. THE DEALER SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT STATED THAT IT COULD BE DUE TO THE FILTER. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED OTHER CONSUMERS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,000.

MY AIR CONDITION AND HEATER DO NOT BLOW AIR INTO THE CABIN. CHRYSLER TELLS ME THAT IT IS THE BLEND DOORS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS IS $2,200. IF IT WAS SOMETHING I DID TO THE VEHICLE I COULD UNDERSTAND BUT I NOW HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND AIR OR HEAT. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DOWN A TWISTY ROAD AT 40 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN. SHE TRIED TO PULL UP ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE PEDAL WOULD NOT RELEASE. SHE THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF AND MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED ONE WEEK AFTER WE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE CRANK SHAFT AND CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSORS BECAUSE THE CAR TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING IT. WE CAN NO LONGER LET HER DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT IS UNSAFE FOR HER OR ANYONE ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS AND NO POWER STEERING WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT 2-3 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THE CRANK SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL THE CODES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AFTERWARDS. SHE RETURNED TO THE DEALER IN APRIL OF 2008 AND WAS INFORMED THEY WOULDHAVE TO RUN MORE TESTS. THE CONTACT THEN TRADED IN THE VEHICLE FOR A NEWER MODEL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,074 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,808. UPDATED 07/15/08. *LJ THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING...

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BEGAN TO STALL IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. AS I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT OR TRAFFIC AHEAD AND AS THE MOTOR WOULD RETURN TO IDLE, IT WOULD STOP RUNNING RESULTING IN NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THE LAST TIME I WAS ABLE TO WRESTLE THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING AREA WHERE IT WOULDN'T START. A FRIEND COMPLETED A COMPUTER SCAN OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS THROWING OUT A BAD CRANK POSITION SENSOR CODE. ONCE THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE STARTED AND HAS SINCE OPERATED FINE. THIS OCCURRED WITH AROUND 110,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE RPM'S WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO UP TO THE 200 OR SOMETIMES HIGHER AS SOON AS HE STARTS UP THE CAR AND ALSO ACCELERATE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED**CC THE CONSUMER STATED VARIOUS PARTS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS SHE COULD, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PROCEED IN A FORWARD MOTION. THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE CONSUMERS WIFE PLACED IT IN DRIVE AGAIN AND IMMEDIATELY IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. APPLYING THE BRAKES WITH FULL FORCE DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHEN AAA ARRIVED AND STARTED THE VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING. DURING ONE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE OIL GAUGE FAILED TO INDICATE THE OIL LEVEL; THE FRONT END VIBRATED BADLY AT 50 MPH, AND THE WHEELS SHOOK AND MADE A CLICKING SOUND WHILE MAKING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION, WHICH CAUSED A VIBRATION FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. IN ADDITION, BLACK SMOKE DISCHARGED FROM THE TAIL PIPE AND THE ENGINE EMITTED A HESITATION. WHEN INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, OIL AND GAS WERE VISIBLE ON THE SPARK PLUGS. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

RECALL 04V112000 CONCERNING CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WIRING: CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS RECALL INFORMATION FOUND ON NHTSA WEBSITE WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING WITH STALLING AT ANY SPEED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL. *AK

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MONTHS. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING SPECIFIC TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM. MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WILL, WITHOUT WARNING, ACT AS IF IT IS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I HAVE MORE THAN ONCE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION ONLY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE LOOSE ALL FUEL POWER, THEREFORE LEAVING ME IN THE PATH OF OTHER VEHICLES. THIS PROBLEM WILL LAST ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15 SECONDS (APPROXIMATELY - I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY TIMED IT) BEFORE IT STRAIGHTENS BACK OUT WHERE I CAN AGAIN ACCELERATE. I HAVE HAD VEHICLES HAVE TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME BECAUSE I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. BELOW IS A WHAT I HAVE DONE TO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM (IN THE ORDER IT WAS DONE): 1)PLUGS WERE REPLACED AT HOME 2)FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLEANED BY CERTIFIED MECHANIC (NOT AT DEALERSHIP) 3)POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (COMPUTER)...

WATER PUMP REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. *AK

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. ONLY 45,000 MILES. VEHICLE STALLED WHEN MAKING TURNS AND NOW STALLS WHEN OPERATING AT HIGH SPEEDS. LAST TIME VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES AN HOUR AND STALLED. USUALLY THE VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP AS SOON AS IT IS PUT IN NEUTRAL AND YOU TURN THE KEY. BUT ON SOME OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAS HAD TO SIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP ON 2 OCCASIONS AND EACH TIME WHEN IT ARRIVES AND IS CHECKED BY MECHANICS IT STARTS UP. MECHANICS AND COMPUTER CHECKS REVEALED NO PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT IS POSSIBLY A COMPUTER PROBLEM IN THE VEHICLE AND THE REASON THE DEALERS FOUND NOTHING WRONG IS THE COMPUTER RESETS ITSELF EACH TIME THE JEEP IS RESTARTED. NOT SURE BUT THE DEALERSHIPS CANNOT GIVE ME ANY ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO TO FIX...

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. THE HORN FAILED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. THE DOOR LOCKS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHEN AT IDLE FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED MORE THAN THREE TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE BRAKES VIBRATED AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASE. THE CONSUMER HAS REQUESTED JEEP TO BUY BACK THE VEHICLE. MR SCC *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: NO HORN, INTERIOR LIGHTS, OR DOOR LOCKS, THE ABS/BRAKES LIGHTS WERE ON, CONTINUOUS OVERHEATING WHEN IDLED, DESPITE REPEATED BRAKE WORK, THEY WERE STILL A PROBLEM, THE DASHLIGHTS DIDN'T GET BRIGHT AS NORMAL, HISSING NOISE IN THE BRAKES (BOOSTER WAS REPLACED), BLOWER MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE ALONG WITH MODE POSITION (REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER WIRING HARNESS), FRONT PINION SEAL LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS A BROKEN BOLT IN THE REAR STABILIZER BAR (REMOVED), WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE FROM PARK, IT SHIFTED HARD (REPLACED DRIVESHAFT), THE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED, THE BRAKES PULSATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS (TSB WAS COMPLETED), THE BLOWER MODULE WAS REPLACED, ALL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING,ALL WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED HIGHER THAN NORMAL (REPLACED THE FAN POWER TRANSMITTER), THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND THE ARM HAD BROKEN (REPLACED THE REAR ARM). THE CONSUMER REQUESTED...

WE ARE IN A DISUPUTE WITH DIALMERCHRYSLER REGARDING A ENGINE REPAIR WITH OUR 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. ON DEC. 23, 2002 WE BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE A ROCKER ARM SPRING BROKE CAUSING A ROD TO BREAK THROUGH THE VALVE COVER AND DROP DOWN INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING $1600 IN DAMAGE. THE JEEP HAS 43,000 MILES ON IT AND IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WE PURCHASED THE JEEP IN FEB. 2002 AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS, A LEAKING SEALS AND NOW THE ENGINE PROBLEM. WHEN WE APPROACHED CHRYSLER ABOUT POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR BILL, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ENGING PROBLEMS AND WE DID NOT PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THEY WOULD NOT HELP US. OUR POINT IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DOUBTFUL THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS KIND OF PROBLEM (NOR SHOULD IT HAVE...

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE RECALL PART. DEALER HAS THE PART AND DIDN'T CALL THE CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

OIL PUMP SEIZED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CUT OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEED.TS...*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER RECALIBRATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROL ASSEMBLY. NLM