1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Dec 23, 2008 · Visibility · 140,000 miles · IA

I have a 99 grand cherokee and all of a sudden one day last march. The passenger side air started to blow out cold air and the driver side was blowing out cold. The temperature was both on 80. Now this winter. You can not get the heat to switch from the front vents to the floor or defrost.

Filed Dec 14, 2008 · Visibility · 78,000 miles · NM

I have a 1999 jeep grand cherokee limited. It has the self diagnostic tool build into the dual zone temperature control. I used the diagnostic tool to evaluate the problems that I was having with my heating and cooling unit of the cabin and got numerous error codes. I have approximately 81,000 miles currently. The major issue that I am having is that I cannot get my unit to blow hot or cold air into the cabin although it will turn on. I took my vehicle into the local daimler chrysler dealership and they charged me a price for fixing this issue which at the time I thought was fair. This last dealership repair was about 3,000 miles ago. After the repair the vehicles heating and cooling unit operated properly until recently. Now the system does not operate properly anymore and will turn on but will not blow out any air at all...ever. I have contacted the dealership to find out what the issue is and they stated that they have had a lot of vehicles that have this exact issues and need to replace the original equipment again. After looking online I found a forum on jeepsunlimited.com that has about 25 pages of people with the same complaint. At this time I am in agreement that this is an issue that is related to the original design from daimler chrysler company and needs to be either addressed as a recall or as a lawsuit from the public that has been sold these vehicles. This repair cost me over $800 last time I took it to the dealership and was not even something that could be fixed due to other errors on behalf of daimler chrysler's original design. I am incredibly frustrated and do not know what else to do since repairs of $1,000 every 3,000 miles is out of the question and I am simply driving around with out heat, snow falling, and a pregnant wife! If something happens I will sue. The original parts are not available for review. Please contact me if there are any questions and I look forward to some type of resolution to this issue. Thank you.

Filed Jan 11, 2007 · Visibility · 147,000 miles · SC

99 jeep grand cherokee limited will only blow out cold air. No heat at all. Get AC codes of 52, 54, 56 from the diagnostic screen.

Filed Oct 17, 2006 · Tires · 98,843 miles · CA

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 70 MPH on a normal highway, a tire failure was noticed. No warning signal alerted the contact. The rear left tire blew out after tread separation and the vehicle sustained body damage. The vehicle was taken to the dealership who determined the rear right tire's tread had separated. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The tire was a dunlop p235/70r16.

Filed Aug 7, 2003 · Tires · 45,722 miles · NC

While driving 35 MPH, the left rear tire blew out without any indication. *ak three new goodyear tires had sidewall tread separations within a period of less than two months. One resulted in a blow out and two of the tires had a knot on the sidewall. Refer to odi#10027229. *scc

Filed Jul 17, 2003 · Tires · 27,000 miles · PA

After 27,000 miles, all four goodyear, wrangler st tires exhibit cracks, adjacent to the rim for the full distance around each tire. The local goodyear store was familiar with the problem and has offered to replace all four tires on a prorated basis. Based upon similar complaints on this web site, and the potential ugly results from tire failure, I am registering my complaint also. The tire size is 225/75r16.

Filed Apr 23, 2003 · Tires · 82,000 miles · UT

B.f. Goodrich trail a/p p245/70 r16 106s m+s sidewall blowout. Dot bf9lf93j. This is the 2nd rear tire sidewall blowout on these tires in 6 months. The first occurred 3 months ago at 40 MPH, yesterdays occurred at 65 MPH. The utah highway patrol stated that when the front tires blowout, there most likely will be fatalities and property damage. These tires are defective.

Filed Jan 30, 2002 · Tires · SC

Sidewall of tire blew out going down a mountain highway. No tread puncture just massive blowout out tire that had been replaced only 5 months earlier. The other tires were the same model but original equipment. Because of where this blew out, my son and I could have been killed. *ak (tiresize: p225/75r16)

Filed Sep 25, 2001 · Tires · AZ

Tire blew out at 25 MPH. *ak (tiresize: 235 15)

Filed Sep 18, 2001 · Brakes · OH

Tire failure reported at an earlier date. Four sets of rotors have been installed on this vehicle - also reported at an earlier date.

Filed Nov 17, 2000 · Tires · PA · crash

Left rear tire had tread separation and sidewall circumferential disintegration, with loss of control of the SUV. It was dry road, daytime, outside temp about 55f, speed about 42 MPH, and car had been moving for about 10 minutes from cold start. Car careened side to side of 2 lane medium speed highway, finally stopping in about 1/4-1/3 mile. Required extremely vigorous muscle to limit lateral travel and torque roll of vehicle. The sound was like a helicopter rotor chop that became rapidly louder over 5-10 sec, followed by loss of control. Tire inspected by insurance who certified there was no road hazard cause, and 'had never seen a tire disintegrate like this before'. Tires are oem, original, rotated per schedule, maintained pressure per labelling. Vehicle had two persons, no towing or loads more than 1-2 additonal passengers at any time. *ak (tiresize: 245-70-16)( dot number: tire size: 245-70-16 )

Filed Nov 14, 2000 · Brakes, Tires · NJ

Goodyear wrangler tire (p225 75 r16 st) experienced blowout.