2003 JEEP LAREDO Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

I HAVE PURCHASED THIS 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO IN 2003 NEW FROM THE SUPPOSEDLY 5 STAR PLACE , "YEAH RIGHT" AT 1400 MILES IT BEGAN TO TAP IN THE ENGINE , THE FIRST DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED TO REBUILD THE ENGINE AND IT STILL TAPPED , TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ANOTHER COUNTY IT WAS FIXED TEMPORARILY , THEY CLAIM IT WAS A PISTON RING/WRISTPIN , WAS FIXED AGAIN TEMPORARILY , IT HAS GONE THROUGH SO MANY O2 SENSORS DUE TO THE FACT THE DEALERSHIPS NEVER PUT THE HEAT SHIELD BACK ON , BUT THE TAP CAME BACK , I NOTICED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY WAS ROTATING WITH A WOBBLE AND HAD A TAP COMING FROM THE ENGINE AGAIN (FOR THE THIRD TIME)NOW I HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW TENSIONER PULLEY , A SERPENTINE BELT AND SOME OTHER STUFF , IN ALL IT COST ME $350.00 OUT OF...

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED THEM. THE PROBLEM RECURRED BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

I HAVE A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT MISFIRES REALLY BAD WHEN CERTAIN CONDITIONS EXIST. I KNOW THAT IF I ACCELERATE GOING UP A STEEP HILL - THE MOTOR MISFIRES SO BAD THAT IT IS LIKE A BUCKING HORSE. *JB THE DEALER CALLED MY 1ST JEEP A LEMON AND REPLACED IT, AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND NOW THE 2ND JEEP DOES THE SAME EXACT THING. MY DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT JEEP HOT LINE DOESN'T HAVE ANY REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM ANYONE ELSE. MY DEALERSHIP IS GOING TO PUT A CO-PILOT ON MY JEEP TO GET BETTER COMPUTER CODES. ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT THERE IS A MISFIRE. THE 1ST JEEP DID THIS 3 TIMES BEGINNING AT 3,000 MILES UNTIL 10,000 MILES WHEN I GOT SWAPPED IT OUT FOR A DIFFERENT JEEP. THIS 2ND JEEP WAS BRAND NEW AS WELL AND AT 23,000 MILES AT THE SAME...

CONSUMER STATES ONCE THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF FOR A WHILE VEHICLE WILL NOT RESTART. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS NO WARNING. *AK