The car fails to start at a single turn of the ignition. It takes several attempts. Dealer did not look at this when it was taken into the shop because of rotor mnfr problems.
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine complaints
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Whenever coming to a stop, vehicle would jerk forward. Would have a whistling noise while driving. Vehicle would stall out. Also, there's a slight delay when starting vehicle & then another slight delay after shifting into drive. Took vehicle to mechanic & was informed the problem was with rack and pinion steering& needs to be corrected.
After having been driven for 5 minutes the car was parked in driveway. 20 minutes later the engine rupted in flames. Fire extinguished by police and fire dept. Special inspector and insurance appraiser declared the vehicle totally destroyed. After 7 weeks chrysler has given no information on cause of fire and we still do not have a replacement nor a rental car (except for the drive home from new york to florida) .a vehicle has been offered this week by resolution center but only on condition that we reimburse them $860.00 for mileage driven ( which = $.26 per mile.)
Each malfunction has severely effected the use & safety of the vehicle. Dealership is not interested in the problems
I was driving the vehicle in traffic, when it suddenly slowed to a crawl, and the engine light never came on until after I stopped. I can no longer trust this vehicle, an it it too time consuming to keep taking it in for repairs. I need relieable trasportation. Also because it is a new vehicle, no one ever has any parts and I have to wait weeks to let the dealer get them in to fix the vehicle.
Vehicle exhibits hard upshift changing from 2nd to 3rd gear when accelerating at 1500rpm @ 20mph
Gas tank was replaced mid july of 1999. After that date, the "check engine" light appeared. Service department claimed that the oxygen sensor was bad and replacing the part would fix the problem. The following day, the "check engine" light appeared again. Dealership was notified, but the service department was too busy to service us in the next few days. We went down to orlando fl, where we purchased the vehicle, and they saw the car immediately. The service department's diagnosis was the same as the dealership in jacksonville, fl. Oxygen sensor was reported as bad and replaced a second time in less than a week's period. The following day, on the way back to jacksonville from orlando, the "check engine" light appeared again and the dealership was notified in jacksonville. We are scheduled to have the car service again to correct the problem. Furthermore, the car is now running rough; indicating that the light is not just a malfunction, put a potentionally serious problem.
The motor has a metallic type knocking or tapping noise that increases in rapidity as the RPM increases until it becomes a high pitched screaming type sound. The dealer refuses to accept this as a problem since other 1999 6 cylinder jeeps do it also. However my 1996 jeep with the same engine didnot make these noises.
If your using any of the gears to apply engine braking in a downgrade once the tachometer reaches 2500 or more the engine enters a freewheeling state where there is little or no slowing effect. With the use of any gear, after the initial braking caused by the engine revving to match the gear speed (flywheel effect) the engine goes into a "high idle" state and offers no more compression braking. The only way to slow in downgrades is excessive use the brakes. Use of any reasonable gear for the speed does little good. Most states have laws against putting your car into neutral while moving for this reason. No compression braking in mountaineous driving will lead to brake loss due to overheating. Towing a trailer would make things worse. I believe no engine braking is a serious safety defect. This vehicle requires more brake application downhill than any other vehicle I have driven.
Vehicle sag/hesitate, attempt to stall upon acceleration,dealer duplicated problem on test drive, but unable to fix. Noted transmission fluid was also 1 quart low, unusual for new vehicle.
The vehicle stalls intermittently both in drive and reverse. Jeep stated that this is a software problem but has been unable to correct it. On several occasions the vehicle was almost struck by another vehicle when it stalled. The most dangerous situations have occurred in intersections and when driving on a hill. For example, when entering a busy road from a side road with poor visibility, the vehicle stalled when attempting to back up from the intersection when it became apparent that the vehicle was entering the line of traffic (it was necessary to actually partially enter the intersection to see traffic coming from the left. Another dangerous situation occurred when the vehicle stalled on a hill and the driver, who was inexperienced, found the car rolling backwards when stepping on the accelerator because the vehicle had stalled.
While driving at 60mph on the highway without warrning the vehicle engine shuts down completly, causing the consumer to coast the vehicle to a stop in the middle of the highway. Dealer has been contacted.
The engine check light kept coming on. The dealer repaired the vehicle, and afterward the engine started to stall. When driving and making turns, the vehicle will cut off, and sometme's can hear a little noise coming from the engine.
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