2002 JEEP LAREDO Problems & Recalls

HAS NEVER BEEN SUBJECTED TO AIR BAG RECALL. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DASH BOARD IS ON. I AM CONSIDERING BUYING THIS JEEP, LAREDO, 2002, TODAY!

THE ALERT FOR THE TURN SIGNAL STAYS ON WHEN I TURN MY HEADLIGHTS ON. THE TAIL LIGHTS DON'T WORK PROPERLY, AND THE REVERSE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE SEEN THIS ON THE SAME MODEL JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO'S ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO A SHOULDER LANE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL COMPONENTS O...

Mileage: 94,946

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V046000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER W...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED GEARS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SECURED THE VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE EXITING, BUT IT BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RE-ENTER THE VEHICLE AND SECURE THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, BUT THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 182,378

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG ERUPTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE IMPACT CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V046000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE EVEN ...

AIR BAG LIGHT AND SIGNAL GOES ON EVERY THIRTY SECONDS. CONCERNED THAT EITHER THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY WITHOUT IMPACT OR MAY NOT DEPLOY WHEN REQUIRED. I BROUGHT INTO DEALER ND THEY INDICATED A PRT CLOCK SPRING ' NEEDED REPLACEMENT TO MAKE SURE AIR BAG WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THIS IS A SAFETY I...

Mileage: 130,000

I RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE M35/NHTSA 12V-527. UPON CONTACTING DEALER I LEARNED THEY WILL REQUIRE MY CAR FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS, AND THEY DO NOT OFFER LOANER CARS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE MY RENTING A CAR. I AM ON LIMITED INCOME AND CANNOT RENT A CAR FOR 6 HOURS. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS, BUT TO DO NOTH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V527000 (AIR BAGS) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURE...

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AFTER A SERIES OF BEEPS WHILE DRIVING IN MY 2002 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC THAT HOOKED IT UP TO A MACHINE AND IT WAS DETERMINED MY AIRBAGS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE SHORTLY AFTER IN THE MAIL STATING THERE WAS AN AIRBAG RECALL ON MY J...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT WOULD NOT OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SHORTAGE. THE BRAKE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND AFTER THE REPA...

Mileage: 126,000

DRIVER SEAT MADE SLIGHT BUMPING NOISE WHEN MOVING SEAT BACK AND FORTH ON A DAILY BASIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH. I WAS THEN INVOLVED IN A VERY LOW IMPACT ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. AT IMPACT OF COLLISION THE DRIVERS SEAT COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF OF THE BRACKET. THIS SHOULD NEV...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE WOULD CONSTANTLY OVERHEAT, CAUSING THE RADIATOR TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, TRANSMISSI...

Mileage: 141,530

DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT OF MY 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO STARTED OF MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKE OR GAS PEDAL. THEN THE LOWER METAL OF SEAT BOTTOM SNAPPED AND DETACHED CAUSED ME TO FALL INTO THE BACK SEAT WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. LUCKY IM STILL ALIVE. I HAVE SINC...

Mileage: 132,000

ON MY WAY TO WORK ON MONDAY MORNING AT AROUND 5:15 AM, SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM MY JEEP'S HOOD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I TURNED AROUND AND PROCEED TO HEAD BACK HOME. WITHIN FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES THE SMOKE TURNED INTO FLAMES AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ON FIRE (ON A LOCAL STREET). I JUMPED ...

2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH NO PROBLEMS SUDDENLY BURSTS INTO FLAMES AND BURNS. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

MY 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS POWER WINDOWS AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF MY WINDOW MOTORS AND OR CABLES AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE OF THE WINDOWS I HAVE REPLACED TWICE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. TODAY WAS THE MOST RECENT DATE BUT THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE LAST SIX...

MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SEAT CAME OFF AND FELL INTO THE BACK SEAT. IT IS HANGING LOOSE. I READ ON THE INTERNET CARSURVEY THAT JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S OF ALL YEARS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE IS NO RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY SNAPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE SEAT AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME SEPARATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. ...

Mileage: 64,250

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM. SHE PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE HEADLIGHTS AND NOTICED A FILM ON THE LIGHT COVERS DUE TO CONDENSATION. SHE CALLED TWO DEALERS TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 78,000

STEERING COLUMN BROKE, STEERING BOX AND HOSE LEAK---SQUEAKING NOISE OCCUR WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, WHEELS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN MAKING TURNS, AND VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENS WHEN TURNING---VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF THIS DATE- CHRYSLER DEALER STATED...

STEERING COLUMN BROKE, STEERING BOX AND HOSE LEAK---SQUEAKING NOISE OCCUR WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, WHEELS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN MAKING TURNS, AND VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENS WHEN TURNING---VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF THIS DATE- CHRYSLER DEALER STATED...

TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT 0600 HRS ON 03 JAN 2008 WITH A BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURE (AROUND 8 DEGREES F) AND HAD SNOW FLURRIED THE NIGHT BEFORE (NO MORE THAN AN INCH ACCUMULATED). AN 18-WHEELER DRIVING CENTER LANE OF A 3-LANE WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED (65 MPH LIMIT, TRUCK DRIVER ~40 MPH). I ...

Mileage: 110,300

TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT 0600 HRS ON 03 JAN 2008 WITH A BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURE (AROUND 8 DEGREES F) AND HAD SNOW FLURRIED THE NIGHT BEFORE (NO MORE THAN AN INCH ACCUMULATED). AN 18-WHEELER DRIVING CENTER LANE OF A 3-LANE WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED (65 MPH LIMIT, TRUCK DRIVER ~40 MPH). I ...

Mileage: 110,300

HELLO AND THANKS FOR LISTENING, I PURCHASED A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 47,000 MILES ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AND AT AROUND 55,000 MILES THE PASSENGER HEAT AND DEFROST QUIT WORKING WHILE THE DRIVER'S SIDE CONTINUED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THAT WAS SO UNTIL I WENT TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO FIN...

Mileage: 55,500

REAR WINDOW ON 2002 JEEP CHEROKEE DROPPED. BROKEN WINDOW REGULATOR. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET DISCLOSED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM/DEFECT WITH JEEP CHEROKEES. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC WINDOW FAILED FOR NO REASON, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE WINDOW ALL OF THE SUDDEN FELL ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY. THIS WAS DONE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. SO FAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REPLACE THE PART. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE WINDOW REGULATOR, AND THAT THIS...

Mileage: 112,300

HEATER QUIT WORKING ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR, WILL NOT DEFROST WINDSHIELD ALWAYS FOGS AND FROSTS ON INTERIOR, MUST STOP ON HWYS TO AVOID CRASHES WITH OTHER CARS. *TR

2002 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A SAFETY RECALL F25-ELECTRIC RADIATOR FAN WHICH HAD CAUSED THE JEEP TO OVERHEAT. DEALER IS STATING THAT THE FAN LOCKED UP CAUSING THE RADIATOR TO OVERHEAT. FURTHERMORE, STATING THAT THE ENGINE IS INOPERABLE WHICH HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RECALL. DEALER ESTI...

Mileage: 103,000

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR CHECKUP AND TOLD THEM IT WAS MAKING A NOISE AND WE THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM IN 2003. IN 2007 THE BLEND DOOR WAS BROKE - COST OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 7

POOR DESIGN OF POWER WINDOW REGULATOR/MOTOR ASSEMBLY HAS LED TO MY LF WINDOW TO BREAK. I HAVE REVIEWED MANY RESOURCES ONLINE, AND FOUND THAT THESE JEEPS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FAILURE OF THIS DEVICE CAUSED A MAJOR DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, LIKE MOST OTHER PEOPLE WITH ...

Mileage: 76,000

THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS IN MY GRAND CHEROKEE....WHEN THE HEAT IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STILL GETS COLD AIR. I HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM AND AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT....BUT I WILL HAVE TO SOON. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

IN FEB. MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW QUIT WORKING AND STARTED FALLING DOWN NOW MY DRIVERS SIDE BACK WINDOW IS DOING THE SAME. THE TRANS WENT OUT LAST MONTH AND I ONLY HAVE 80,000 MILES. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRRORS ARE BROKEN. MY JEEP IS FALLING APART. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. IT WILL COST ME THREE ...

IN FEB. MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW QUIT WORKING AND STARTED FALLING DOWN NOW MY DRIVERS SIDE BACK WINDOW IS DOING THE SAME. THE TRANS WENT OUT LAST MONTH AND I ONLY HAVE 80,000 MILES. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRRORS ARE BROKEN. MY JEEP IS FALLING APART. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. IT WILL COST ME THREE ...

IN FEB. MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW QUIT WORKING AND STARTED FALLING DOWN NOW MY DRIVERS SIDE BACK WINDOW IS DOING THE SAME. THE TRANS WENT OUT LAST MONTH AND I ONLY HAVE 80,000 MILES. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRRORS ARE BROKEN. MY JEEP IS FALLING APART. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. IT WILL COST ME THREE ...

I BOUGHT A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND 5 DAYS LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR WHILE MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING. HAD SHE BEEN DRIVING A LONG DISTANCE IN THE WINTER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I KNOW THAT MIGHT SOUND LIKE A LONG SHOT BUT IT COULD HAPPEN. *TR

MY RADIATOR FAN BROKE OFF THE MOTOR ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 AND I HAD IT TOWED TO TIRE KINGDOM SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED. SO I CALLED GREENWAY CHRYSLER JEEPDODGE IN ORLANDO, FL ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 TO COMPARE PARTS PRICES FOR THE SHROWD ASSEMBLY AND RADIATOR FAN. THE DEALERSHIP PROCESS ...

Mileage: 70,000

REAR SEAT BELT AND REAR FOLDING SEAT DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY. *AK

REAR SEAT BELT AND REAR FOLDING SEAT DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY. *AK

ONE COOL MORNING MY 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED STOPPED BLOWING WARM AIR FROM PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. SEARCHING FOR A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM, I COME TO THE CONCLUSION IT MIGHT BE MY BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR THAT HAS BROKEN. I AM UNABLE TO AFFORD THE REPAIRS ... DEALERSHIPS ARE QUOTING ME AL...

Mileage: 40,000

HEATING SYSTEM NO LONGER DEFROSTED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD PROPERLY. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON JEEPS EQUIPPED WITH DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL. BLENDER DOORS IN THE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM FAILED AND AS A RESULT. PROPER HEAT WAS NOT ATTAINABLE TO DEFROST FRONT WINDSHIELD. THIS WA...

Mileage: 44,000

(1)HOT/COLD AIR BLOWING BLEND DOOR FROM VENTS IS NOT WORKING. (2)AIR CIRCULATION BUTTON IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. (3)DASHBOARD HAVE A CREAKING SOUND COMING FROM ITS UNDERSIDE WHEN I TURN ON VENTILATION. (4)FRONT & REAR DIFFERENTIAL MAKE NOISES WHEN TURNING. *AK

(1)HOT/COLD AIR BLOWING BLEND DOOR FROM VENTS IS NOT WORKING. (2)AIR CIRCULATION BUTTON IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. (3)DASHBOARD HAVE A CREAKING SOUND COMING FROM ITS UNDERSIDE WHEN I TURN ON VENTILATION. (4)FRONT & REAR DIFFERENTIAL MAKE NOISES WHEN TURNING. *AK

I PURCHASED A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND IN NOVEMBER 2005 AND BY MAY 2006 THE AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT STOPPED WORKING. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF RAPID FOGGING OF WINDOWS. I RECENTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A JEEP DEALER TO HAVE SERVICE DONE, AND WAS INF...

Mileage: 62,000

I PURCHASED A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND IN NOVEMBER 2005 AND BY MAY 2006 THE AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT STOPPED WORKING. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF RAPID FOGGING OF WINDOWS. I RECENTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A JEEP DEALER TO HAVE SERVICE DONE, AND WAS INF...

Mileage: 62,000

UPPER STEERING COLUMN BEARING FAILED. DRIVING BECAME DIFFICULT. LEFT BLINKER WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN I TURNED INTO A RIGHT HAND EXIT LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. JEEP DEALER SAID THE WORN OUT BEARINGS GOT INTO THE TURN INDICATOR MECHANISM. *JB

UPPER STEERING COLUMN BEARING FAILED. DRIVING BECAME DIFFICULT. LEFT BLINKER WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN I TURNED INTO A RIGHT HAND EXIT LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. JEEP DEALER SAID THE WORN OUT BEARINGS GOT INTO THE TURN INDICATOR MECHANISM. *JB

NO HEAT OR DEFROSTER ON 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE BLEND MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF MORE THAN $900.00. *NM

Mileage: 87,000

1) WE WERE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP TO NE TENNESSEE WHEN THE WINDSHILED DEFROST FAILED. 2) THERE IS NO HOT AIR COMING OUT TO PROPERLY DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD WHICH AFFECTED OUR VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS. 3) TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET AN ESTIMATE AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST ~$900. ...

Mileage: 76,239

1. ELECTRIC RADIATOR FAN FRACTURED 2. DAMAGED RADIATOR AND ENGINE 3. SPENT MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON REPAIR ON ALL THREE PARTS. *NM

Mileage: 54,344

HEATER BLEND DOORS BROKEN, HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR ALL THE TIME ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 64,000

I HAVE A 02 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON THE FRONT ROTORS IN 2004 AND WE HAD THEM REPLACED AT NO EXPENSES TO US. NOW TWO YEARS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS CAME BACK. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE PROBLEM AGAIN. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR COST O...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 02 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON THE FRONT ROTORS IN 2004 AND WE HAD THEM REPLACED AT NO EXPENSES TO US. NOW TWO YEARS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS CAME BACK. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE PROBLEM AGAIN. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR COST O...

Mileage: 45,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ABOUT TWO INCHES FROM THE FLOOR BEFORE THE BRAKE ACTIVATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE AND REPLACED A MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE PADS, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONTACT THIS WAS A NORMAL...

Mileage: 88,000

UPON IGNITION, RADIATOR FAN EXPLODED INTO PIECES RANDOMLY. FOUND MANY MANY OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS INCIDENT, AND ALL DEALERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CHRYSLER DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE INCIDENT. IT IS FOR A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. HERE IS YOUR REPORT: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V199000 - HIDE DETAI...

Mileage: 66,000

ON 8/25/06 WE HEARD A LOUD POP UNDER THE HOOD AND THE JEEP STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND STOPPED THE CAR UNTIL IT COOLED DOWN, CHECKED THE WATER LEVELS. CALLED A MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE BLADES FROM THE FAN WERE ALL GONE AND THE RADIATOR WAS DENTED AND THE FAN SHIELD WAS BROKEN. I CAL...

BRAKES HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING CONSTANTLY. I BROUGHT MY 2002 JEEP CHEROKEE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ALSO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS APPEARED TWICE AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THEM TO SIMPLY TURN IT OFF WHEN THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE PAID WELL OVER $600 FOR THESE PRO...

BRAKES HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING CONSTANTLY. I BROUGHT MY 2002 JEEP CHEROKEE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ALSO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS APPEARED TWICE AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THEM TO SIMPLY TURN IT OFF WHEN THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE PAID WELL OVER $600 FOR THESE PRO...

BRAKES HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING CONSTANTLY. I BROUGHT MY 2002 JEEP CHEROKEE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ALSO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS APPEARED TWICE AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THEM TO SIMPLY TURN IT OFF WHEN THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE PAID WELL OVER $600 FOR THESE PRO...

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT REQUIRED DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE READ MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS SENT TO YOU FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH I NOW HAVE. I HAVE A 2002 GRAND JEEP LAREDO BOUGHT NEW IN 6/2002, I HAVE 26,300 MILES ON THE CAR AND I AM THE ONLY DRI...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

Mileage: 18,000

ELECTRIC FAN BLADE CAME APART AND CUT INTO BOTH THE FAN SHROUD AND RADIATOR. *NM

Mileage: 68,163

DRIVERS SEAT FRAME HAS BROKEN 4 TIMES AND SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. I HAVE HAD THE SEAT REPLACED 3 TIMES, THE LAST TIME I WAS TOLD A NEW PART NUMBER WOULD BE INSTALLED, WHEN I CLAIMED THE VEHICLE, I FOUND THE SAME PART NUMBER WAS PUT IN AND THAT ONE FAILED. TWICE IN THE PAST 7 MONTHS I REQUESTED TH...

Mileage: 74,520

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE WITH BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE IGNITION WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE POLIC...

Mileage: 45,800

FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON THE WINDOWS ON THE JEEP CHEROKEE GRAND LAREDO SUDDENLY DROP IN THEIR CHANNELS AND WILL NOT COME BACK UP. I HAD A SIMILAR FAILURE ON A 2000 MODEL PREVIOUSLY OWNED, AND NOW WITH MY 2002 I HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON DECEMBER 31 2005 WITH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, AND YESTERDAY WITH...

Mileage: 29,975

FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON THE WINDOWS ON THE JEEP CHEROKEE GRAND LAREDO SUDDENLY DROP IN THEIR CHANNELS AND WILL NOT COME BACK UP. I HAD A SIMILAR FAILURE ON A 2000 MODEL PREVIOUSLY OWNED, AND NOW WITH MY 2002 I HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON DECEMBER 31 2005 WITH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, AND YESTERDAY WITH...

Mileage: 29,975

1. PURCHASED CAR USED IN FEBRUARY 2005. FAN BROKE OFF IN JULY 2005. RAN AIR DAILY IN SUMMER, NO PROBLEMS, THEN ONE DAY IT JUST MADE A POPPING NOISE. THERE WERE PIECES OF THE PLASTIC FAN ON THE GROUND, AND A PIECE STILL UNDER THE HOOD. 2. I HAVE A WARRANTY, BUT IT DOES NOT COVER THIS VEHICLE. IT...

MY JEEP LIBERTY '02 REAR WHEEL DRIVE. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES AT ABOUT 50-55 MPH ON A WINDY DAY(50 MPH WINDS) WHEN THE WIND THREW MY BACK END INTO THE GUARD RAIL WHEN APPROACHING AN OVERPASS.THE JEEP HIT THE BACK END ON RAIL FOLLOWED BY THE FRONT END THEN ROLLED UPSIDE DOWN CROSSED THE OVER...

Mileage: 39,000

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON 2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT. ORIGINAL LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL WAS NOV 03. AT THAT TIME MY VEHICLES BALL JOINTS WERE INSPECTED AND THE ALUMINUM HEAT SHIELD WAS INSTALLED. MY BALL JOINT WAS NOT REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 23911 MILES ON 29 J...

Mileage: 42,665

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE FRONT AND BACK BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF CHEAP ROTORS TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PULSATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH STOPPING. OTHER THAN THE PULSATION TH...

Mileage: 9,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE FRONT AND BACK BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF CHEAP ROTORS TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PULSATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH STOPPING. OTHER THAN THE PULSATION TH...

Mileage: 9,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LAREDO. THE FRONT AND BACK BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF CHEAP ROTORS TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PULSATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH STOPPING. OTHER THAN THE PULSATION TH...

Mileage: 9,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT HAS 37,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. HE STATES THAT CHRYSLER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS SIX TIMES AND CUT THEM DOWN TWICE. THEY WERE DOING THIS REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOW HIS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THEY...

I HAD WARPED ROTORS ON MY CAR 3 TIMES NOW. THIS LAST TIME, I ONLY WENT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. THEY KEEP USING THE SAME PART, SO THE PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. I JUST GOT THIS PROBLEM FIXED AND LATER THAT NIGHT MY BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING. I HAVE A CONSTANT RUBBING NOISE WHEN I TURN MY CAR (NOT SHARPLY...

Mileage: 38,100

I HAD WARPED ROTORS ON MY CAR 3 TIMES NOW. THIS LAST TIME, I ONLY WENT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. THEY KEEP USING THE SAME PART, SO THE PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. I JUST GOT THIS PROBLEM FIXED AND LATER THAT NIGHT MY BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING. I HAVE A CONSTANT RUBBING NOISE WHEN I TURN MY CAR (NOT SHARPLY...

Mileage: 38,100

I HAVE A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD THE ROTORS ARE WARPED. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY PREVIOUS 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF LEASING IT BRAND NEW. IN SPEAKING WITH THE JEEP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND LOCAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, ...

DT: CONTACT STATES SINCE THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS LEASED THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WHEEL WELL. HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED OR REPLACED 4 TIMES SINCE 2002. THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING THE BATTERY DIED. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DRAINED BECAUSE THE VE...

DT: CONTACT STATES SINCE THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS LEASED THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WHEEL WELL. HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED OR REPLACED 4 TIMES SINCE 2002. THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING THE BATTERY DIED. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DRAINED BECAUSE THE VE...

IN MARCH 2004 AT APPROXIMATLY 11,800 MILES I HAD THE BRAKES ON MY 2002 JEEP REPLACED DUE TO WARPED ROTORS. THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED IN ACORDANCE WITH TSB 05-003-02 AND TSB LON 05-81-01-92. IN JUNE 2005 AT APPROXIMATLY 21,000 MILES THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN AND THE JEEP DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACIN...

Mileage: 11,000

CAR, JEEP LAREDO 2002 W18000 MILES. NEEDED NEW FRT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS.

Mileage: 18,000

DT: 04-29-04 WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT,PRIOR TO THAT HAD BEEN TO A FLOWER NURSEY WHERE A LOT OF DIRT AND GRAVEL WERE ON GROUND AND THEN TO A SHOPPING CENTER. DRIVING A SLOW SPEED APPROACHING STOP SIGN, REGULAR WEIGHT IN VEHICLE. APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE WHICH SEEMED TO GRIP AND THEN START...

Mileage: 51,465

BRAKE ROTORS ON 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED DUE TO WARPING, VEHICLE HAS 18000 MILES ON IT. WOULD NOT HAVE MADE COMPLAINT BUT APPARENTLY THESE COMPLAINTS ARE NUMEROUS,, AND CHRYSLER NEED TO MAKE GOOD. THIS DEFINITELY IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS. NO WAY SHOUL...

BRAKES/ ROTOR/CALIPER REPLACED @ 6257 MILES DUE TO VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED. BRAKE LIGHT ON @ 16992 MILES DUE TO LOW BRAKE, CAUSE OF THIS WAS RIGHT FRONT CALIPER BAJO BOLT LOOSE. @ 19353 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION BRAKES BEGAN TO SURGE WHEN APPLIED, FOUND LUGNUTS TOR...

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE JERKED AND FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED...

I'VE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS ON THIS CAR. 1ST INCIDENT WAS 8/02 AT 8,700 MILE & NOW 11/04 AT 17,242 MILES. EACH TIME AS DRIVING I WOULD APPLY THE BRAKE A STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND EACH TIME THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOT A ...

I'VE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS ON THIS CAR. 1ST INCIDENT WAS 8/02 AT 8,700 MILE & NOW 11/04 AT 17,242 MILES. EACH TIME AS DRIVING I WOULD APPLY THE BRAKE A STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND EACH TIME THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOT A ...

SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN "RIGHT". I TOOK IT IN A FEW TIMES TO BE TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. I WAS IN 2 ACCIDENTS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, AND REAR ENDED EACH VEHICLE. WHEN I BRAKED AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. IN AUG. 04, I CALLED THE DEA...

Mileage: 248,000

THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT 13,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND TO THIS DATE THE COMPLAINT HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A VERY FREQUENT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIXED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD WARPED ROTORS. THE SITUATION DETER...

Mileage: 13,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. ALSO, THIS PROBLEM WAS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE, TO THE POINT WERE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE IN CONSUMER'S HANDS. DEALER FOUND TH...

Mileage: 16,000

MY SUV HAS BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES; THAT TRUCK HAS A SERIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN ADDITION TO THE SAME PROBLEMS LIKE THE ENGINE SMOKING, ENGINE LIGHT ON AND FAILURE OF RADIO AND ALL BRAKE LIGHTS.*AK

Mileage: 10,000

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS, DRUMS, AND ROTORS AFTER 9880 MILES. BRAKE PADS, DRUMS, AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 9,880

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS, DRUMS, AND ROTORS AFTER 9880 MILES. BRAKE PADS, DRUMS, AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 9,880

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS, DRUMS, AND ROTORS AFTER 9880 MILES. BRAKE PADS, DRUMS, AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 9,880

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN OR SNOW AND WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED. THE PADS/ROTORS AND THE DRUMS WERE REPLACED DURING THE LAST VISIT. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 1,000

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN OR SNOW AND WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED. THE PADS/ROTORS AND THE DRUMS WERE REPLACED DURING THE LAST VISIT. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 1,000

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN OR SNOW AND WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED. THE PADS/ROTORS AND THE DRUMS WERE REPLACED DURING THE LAST VISIT. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 1,000

LEFT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. TIRE SIDEWALL WAS SHATTERED. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE APPLIED HER BRAKES THE VEHICLE STARTTO SHAKE AND VIBRATES. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

RECALL NUMBER A02/ORVR SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE/VALLEY BUICK WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY MONROEVIILE PA 15145 412 373 3000. *AK CONSUMER STATES TWO RECALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, HOWEVER PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. *SLC