1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

ENGINE WITH A SERIOUS KNOCKING SOUND. THOUGH CAR WAS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED, IT STILL FAILED AFTER 130000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO START UNTIL FIVE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED AT A STOP SIGN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HER LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 151000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 45-55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. UPON STALLING, ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS OF THE VEHICLE WOULD ENGAGE FOR 2-10 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE PERTAINING TO ENGINE STALLING. TO DATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO STALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE LOUD NOISES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM STARTUP UNTIL A FEW MILES ARE DRIVEN, ALMOST LIKE THAT OF A LOUD AIRPLANE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN ONE OWNER SINCE NEW. FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AT THIS POINT, REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY ON EACH FAILURE. ONE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT A JEEP DEALERSHIP UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY; A SECOND REPAIR WAS MADE ALSO AT A JEEP DEALERSHIP OUTSIDE THE FACTORY WARRANTY AT A COST OF OVER $350.00. THIRD AND FOURTH REPLACEMENTS OF THE FAN CLUTCH WERE MADE USING GENUINE NEW MOPAR/JEEP PARTS, BUT NOT AT A DEALERSHIP LOCATION AT A COST OF JUST UNDER $300.00. NOW THE DEALERSHIP HAS DIAGNOSED THIS FAULT FOR A FIFTH TIME, WITH AN ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST OF $350.00....

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALMOST CRASHED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE PULLING OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY MOST TIMES, BUT WOULD START APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES LATER. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. UPDATED 11/17/08 *CN THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. UPDATED 11/24/08. *JB

CRANKSHAFT COUNTER BALANCE WEIGHTS SCRAPING AGAINST INTERNAL ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO MAIN CRANKSHAFT THRUST BEARING WEARING OUT AT 115,000 MILES DUE TO BAD OEM PART. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARTS ARE EXCELLENT! THIS WEAR CAUSES AN INTERNAL TICKING SOUND THAT STEADILY GETS LOUDER AS WEAR CONTINUES. REPLACEMENT OF THE THRUST BEARING REQUIRES ENGINE REMOVAL, ENGINE DISASSEMBLY AND IS NOT PRACTICAL. AFTER $900 FOR DIAGNOSTIC WORK, MECHANIC SAYS PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND DRIVE IT UNTIL IT STOPS, THEN REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE.............OR REPLACE IT NOW........THE PART WILL FAIL AND BE TERMINAL TO THE ENGINE. *JB

1999 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEP, BRAKE FAILURE AND HEAD GASKET REPLACED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SEIZED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE WHO REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE, RACK AND PINION, AND SPIDER GEARS. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT UNDERCARRIAGE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD DUSTY BRAKE PADS, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. THEN, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS WERE LEAKING. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND PERHAPS WAS COVERING UP THE REAL PROBLEM. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD AN EXTENDED CRANK BEFORE STARTING. FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND PUMP CRANK REPAIR KIT INSTALLED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS A SHIMMY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT HAVING THE VEHICLE...

MY WIFE MADE A QUICK STOP AT A LOCAL STORE. UPON RETURNING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. SHE PAUSED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOUD RATTLING. AT THE MECHANIC SHOP, THE MECHANIC HOISTED THE JEEP ON THE LIFT AND WE WITNESSED A HOLE AND CRACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. THE CRACKED PIECE WAS ONLY BEING HELD BY A BOLT OR SOME KIND OF RIVET OR ELSE THE HOLE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LARGER. THE 99 JEEP GC HAD 96500 MILES ON IT, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, AND IT WAS NOT LEAKING OIL. IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, AND I HAVE HEARD NO DECENT EXPLAINATION FOR THIS. COST $1500, AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED A GOOD PRICE. YOURS TRULY, DISGRUNTED CONSUMER

PROBLEMS WITH FAILING AXLES AND TRANSMISSION. *MR THE CONSUMER FELT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD FIX THE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH AXLES AND TRANSMISSION AND GIVE A WARRANTY FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. ALSO THE WINDOW LIFT LEAKED, THE REAR ABSORBERS, THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW LEAKED AIR, THE SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLTS, FIRE HAZARD ON THE MANIFOLD DEBRIS SHIELD, BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WILDLY(FRONT ROTORS TURNED), THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAD STUCK SHUT, THE EXTERIOR MIRROR HAD BROKEN OFF, AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO REVERSE. THERE WAS A BUZZ IN THE REAR WHICH HAD PROGRESSED TO A HOWL. REFER TO ODI# 10029353 *SCC *JB

BROKEN WINDOW MOTOR, SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLTS, LEAKING REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS, ETC...*MR THE CONSUMER FELT JEEP SHOULD FIX THE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH THE AXLES AND THE TRANSMISSION AND GIVE A WARRANTY FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NOISE WHILE IN MOTION. ALSO THE BROKEN WINDOW LIFT LEAKED, THE REAR ABSORBERS FAILED, THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW LEAKED AIR, THE SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLTS FAILED,AND A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD ON THE MANIFOLD DEBRIS SHIELD, THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WILDLY(FRONT WERE ROTORS TURNED), THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAD STUCK SHUT, THE EXTERIOR MIRROR HAD BROKEN OFF, AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO REVERSE. THERE WAS A BUZZ IN THE REAR WHICH HAD PROGRESSED TO A HOWL. REFER TO ODI# 10027025 *SCC *JB *JB *JB *CB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL START TO OVER HEAT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER TO LET THE VEHICLE COOL DOWN BEFORE CONSUMER THINK IT SAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

VEHICLE NOT RUNNING PROPERLY. IT LOST COMPRESSION. MECHANIC REPLACED CYLINDER IN ENGINE.*AK

ABS LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A BRAKE MALFUNCTION.*AK WIRING TO THE RIGHT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS CUT BY LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOWS INOPERATIVE. FUEL PUMP FAILED. VEHICLE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO PAN GASKET FAILURE. FUEL IS LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL SENDING UNIT SEAL. ABS LIGHT, AIR BAG LIGHTS ARE ON AND A/C BLINKERS ARE NOT WORKING DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH LOOSES. VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY FAILURE. *YH

VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. WOULD SHUT VEHICLE OFF & RESTART IT. COULD PRESS ON ACCELERATOR & VEHICLE WOULD DIE OUT. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TWICE SINCE PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED & NOTHING WAS DONE.*AK