Vibration, roaring & rear end noise five weeks after purchasing vehicle. Drive shaft was replaced at 4941 miles. The problem reappeared and the axle assembly was replaced at 13947 miles. Rear assembly replaced again two months later at 16387 miles. Rear end / scraping noise and roaring reappeared. Metal found inside rear differential pan and side berring race damaged. The entire rear end unit was replaced at 28844 miles. Prior to the jeep being repaired on the previous dates indicated, it was also brought in for similar type problems on 11/12/99 at 25775 miles and 1/24/00 at 28323 miles but was not repaired. The last time it was repaired on 2/9/00, the jeep was at the dealership for three days and they said there was nothing wrong. However, after demanding that the rear end be checked, they found metal inside the rear differential pan and that the side berring race was damaged.
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Carrier bearings in rear diff. Had peices missing when removed and were replaced with new at owners expense.
Dealer sold vehicle with leaking rear seals, defective differential. Noticed bumping and whining noise less than 8 hours after purchase. Sun roof leaked causing the headliner to detach from roof of vehicle. Repaired once-said drain tubes were routed properly. Second time replaced roof-said seals did not match. Rear differential replaced. But did not address leakage around transfer case, seals etc in dec 98. Now it's in the shop again! Gas gauge fluctuates to empty when idling. Transmission slips. Driver seat automatiically reclines and heater does not work consistently.
Vehicle been experiencing unnecessary noise coming from the rear; rear end differential was replaced twice by dealer, and problem still occurring.
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Automatic transmission failed at 50k. Rebuilt. Still slips. Serviced 2nd time.
Exhaust manifold has a leak in it, transmission was replaced last month and is slipping all over again. Dealership had my truck for three days and did not fix I'm in the process of bring it to another dealership.
The door locks inside the door fell apart.
At 67mph(65-70) jeep vibrates - not corrected by tires, drive shaft, rear differential, or 2 transfer cases. Dealer doesn't know how to fix. Also cruise control not working properly. Tach jumps while cruising even on flat land.
While in the park position, with the motor running, vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly jumped into reverse twice. Dealer and manufacturer will be notified.ak
Shifting the transmission from drive to reverse it jerks the vehicle. Contacted dealer and manufacturer, but they were not able to help.
Front differential initially rebuilt by dealer, at same time rear differential was replaced.. Subsequently front differential failed and was replaced in total, including axle housing. While traveling 200 miles from home at 65 MPH in passing zone car "died" losing all power. Able to make breakdown lane through traffic, waited 1.5 hrs. For chrylser provided tow to nearest dealer. Closed at 8:45 p.m. On friday. Tow truck took us to hotel and returned our disabled car to dealership. They were only open for sales on saturday, so we needed to rent a car to get to relatives house for sat. Night till someone from home could come up and tow our disabled car back to ny on sunday, where it was left at local dealer. Dealer said coil wire was routed to close to exhaust manifold causing it to overheat and short to manifold, causing loss of power.
Transmission has a faulty connector line which causes loss of all fluid.
The drive belt was shredding off the pulley causing damage to hood liner,belt damage caused radiator to leak.
Valve body replaced 4 times still not fixed causing fatigue in u-joints could cause rollover from front of driveshaft to hit ground problem well known by christler affects several models including 1999 there only remedy is to replace valve body over and over again untill they get a good one defective valve body can also cause other problems with transfer case and differentials in my opinion they are just trying to get these vehicles through warrenty instead of fixing fixing them
When the gear shift is placed in park, the truck continues to roll. I have had the truck into the dealer several times without fixing the problem. I contacted chrysler in april 1999 and they sent a manufactures rep. To center jeep to fix the problem. They assured me it was corrected. Approximately 2 months later, the truck started intermittently rolling in park. I have left several messages with my contact at chrysler on his voice mail (john baumgartner). None of the messages were returned, and there is now another name on the voice mail. Recently, the truck rolled while at a car wash, hitting another car. This is a very severe safety problem,and I need some assistance in getting chrysler to fix this.
Vehicle jumps out of gear, hitting a tree, causing damage to the rear of the vehicle.
Howling noise when traveling between 50 to 70 MPH. Have had vehicle into the dealership 9 times for same problem. The grand cherokee is a quadra-trac. The dealership and the chrysler rep. (bob horne) have told us that chrylser is aware of this problem and cannot repair the problem, that we have to "live with it" or purchase a select-trac or 2-wheel drive the next time. That was their solution for fixing our vehicle. If chrysler is aware that the problem exists, why are they not letting the consumer know at the time of purchase and investigating the problem to find a solution. We didn't pay almost 30,000.00 to listen to a howling noise in the rear-end for 4 years, and to be told to turn the radio up louder.....please help.
Rear axle assembly failed. Mjs
Loud whine appearing to originate from rear differential. Dealer removed differential and observed obvious wear to gears. Replaced with new differential. Whine is louder and higher pitched.
Transmission makes a whining noise when vehicle is put into reverse when the vehicle is first started, rear end replaced, front end replaced, transfer case replaced, transmission taken completely apart and no repair. Service department does not know how to repair.
Idling vehicle shifted out of park into reverse and ran down driveway striking a mailbox, jumped the curb and crashed into trees in neighbor's lot.
Seat warmer, when on, gets extremely hot, approximately 214 degrees. Dealer contacted, and cannot remedy the problem. Problem occurred three times. Also, steering gear box locked up and was replaced/transfer case was making noise and was replaced. Provide further information.
Transmission fails to stay in park, causing vehicle to go to reverse.
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Transmission gears make whining noise/gears are difficult to shift, also gears dropped into reverse, causing vehicle to move backwards.
Transmission fluid is leaking. Yh
Transmission failed. Yh
Rear differential leak.
Front/rear differential failure.
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