I was driving home on a beautiful sunny summer afternoon. When the traffic in front of me stopped, I applied my brakes. The pedal when half way to the floor, caught, the went all the way to the floor. I had no brakes. Luckily, I remembered to pull the emergency brake, which made me stop immediately only tapping the vehicle in front of me. I pulled the car to the side of the road. I still had a full pedal but if I put it in gear, I had no brakes. I had the car towed to my mechanic to have hom look at the vehicle. It had oly checked the brakes two weeks prior and told me that the brakes were fine. When he pulled off the wheel he found that the rotor had separated from the disc on both of my front wheels leaving me with no brakes. We checked to see if there was any recalls for the brakes and found none for the 1994 jeep grand cherokee. However, the 1989 to 1993 model years were recalled for this problem. I feel that something should be done about this problem before someone isn't as lucky as I am and gets killed
1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee: brake failure
16 of the 586 complaints about the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee describe brake failure.
- owner complaints
- 16
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 1
Brake failure by model year
What owners say
I was driving home from work on a pleasant summer afternoon. When I went to stop in traffic my brakes failed. I pulled the emergency brake so that I could stop but I still tapped the vehicle in front of me. I had the car towed to my garage where they checked the brakes. They found that both front rotors had broke loose from the disc giving me no brakes whatsoever. I had the brakes checked only two weeks prior for wear and was told that they were good. We checked with tarbox motors to see if there was a recall on these brakes but was told that the recall only applied to the 1993 jeep grand cherokee. I feel that something should be done about this problem before someone is killed instead of being lucky like me and be doing only 20 when it happened. I
While slowy backing out of a parking spot at gas station. All of a sudden the cherokee took off like a rocket. Cherokee hit a big boulder, did not stop, jump up over boulder and hit another boulder, cherokee started to roll, they righted itself, went forward beforing stopping. When driver jammed on the brakes, the pedal went to the floor. The vehicle was totalled in the crash.
Front brakes failed annual state inspecion due to excessive corrosion - same problem that caused recall of 1993 jeep grand cherokee (the federal safety agency campaign #98v005000)
When the brakes were applied the pedal went to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance, causing the vehicle to collide. The dealer has been notified. Owner states that vehicle has been into the dealer 4 times prior to this incident about the brakes.
Abs brakes failed intermittently.
While driving vehicle at (55) MPH and hitting any sort of bump or rise in the road, the vehicle starts to shake out of control. Need to hit your brakes to stop the vehicle from shaking or decrease the speed by 15 MPH. Also, transmission noisy while shifting and ABS brake failure/pedal soft.
Antilock brakes failed, causing accident.
Applied brakes, pedal went to the floor, no response from ABS. Drivers side air bag did not activated due to broken sensor.
Air bags, brakes, the consumer was involved in a head-on collision and the driver side air bag did not deploy, the brake pedal went to the floor.
When applying ABS brakes, brakes failed, causing vehicle to go through an intersection. Please describe.
Abs brake failure completely, ABS light came on after the fact. Tt
Related recalls
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: rotor
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger and multi-purpose vehicles originally sold or currently registered in the states of connecticut, illinois, indiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, or wisconsin, and the district of columbia. The front disc brake rotors can experience severe corrosion if operated for an extensive period in the "salt belt." if the rotors are not replaced, the corrosion can eventually compromise the structural integrity of the stamped steel center hub section of the rotor.
- Risk
- The reduced strength can allow the cast iron wear surface to separate from the hub, reducing the brake effectiveness of the vehicle.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace these rotors with rotors that are coated with a corrosion protection.
Recall number 99V340000 · Recall details
Questions about the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee brake failure
Is brake failure a common problem on the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
16 of 586 owner complaints about the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee (3%) mention brake failure. The model year with the most reports is 2011.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
There is 1 recall and 0 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Sudden acceleration 33Stalling 28Fire or smoke 26ABS 24No deployment 24Transmission failure 15Jerking 12Fuel pump 10Fuel smell 8Tire blowout 8Slipping 7Pulling 7Won't start 7Adaptive cruise 6Ball joint 5Grinding brakes 5Knocking 5Fuel leak 5Loss of power 5Premature wear 5Wipers 5
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