When pressing on accelerator to pass another car consumers vehicle will start jerking and slowing down. Once, another car was coming on the opposite side, and consumer came close to having a collision. Last year, whenever using cruise control, air conditioner would shut off. Took vehicle to dealer, and they replaced the sensor kit throttle position, but jerking still exists. Consumer feels this is very unsafe.
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee: adaptive cruise control problems
5 of the 892 complaints about the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
On august 28, 1999, while driving, the steering wheel and front tires began shaking violently, the vehicle went out of control and jumpbed the curb on the highway, there was no damage done to the vehicle, however the driver who is pregnant experienced cramping in the stomach and was ordered by her doctor to spend the weekend in bed. The dealer stated that the steering gear was worn, the center link needed repair, and that both tie rods needed replaced. On october 9, 1999, the vehicle hit a sink hole causing it to shake violently and for the front end to wobble, the vehicle hit a guardrail and damage was done to the vechile. The cruise control didn't work properly. The airbag light was illuminated.
Dealer has looked at the vehicle, and found no problems, however, it still doesn't work correctly. As well, the passenger front door panel came a part, the tail pipe rattles, the front right shock bushing failed, the panic alarm sometimes will not disenguage, there is a vibration at 55mph, the front left speaker has come loose and makes a rattle, the cruise control over/under accels/decels, and the headlights will sometimes stay on after you turn them off.
The vehicle was on cruise control. When the resume button was hit the vehicle accelerated suddenly, causing the vehicle to go into a spin. The dealer has not been notified.
Cruise control inoperative.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
5 of 892 owner complaints about the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee (1%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 2014.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Fuel pump 61Stalling 59Won't start 19Power steering loss 16No deployment 13Slipping 13Door locks 11Fire or smoke 11Transmission failure 11Grinding brakes 10Pulling 10Check engine light 9Engine failure 8Headlights 8Loss of power 8Ball joint 7Brake failure 7Knocking 7Jerking 7Overheating 7Steering lock-up 6Sudden acceleration 6Tire blowout 6ABS 5Rollaway 5Won't shift 5Wipers 5
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