1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Tires & wheels Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EQUIPPED WITH ANTARES COMFORT A5 TIRES, SIZE: 235/70/R16 (NA). THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON JUNE 10, 2016 FROM WALMART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE ALREADY COMPLETELY BALD AND THE WEAR BAR WAS SLIGHTLY EXPOSED. THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRES HAD A GUARANTEE OF 60,000 MILES. WALMART STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES. THE TIRES HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

NHTSA ID

11010327

Incident

Apr 1, 2017

Mileage

113,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EQUIPPED WITH MASTERCRAFT GLACIER GRIP II TIRES, SIZE: 235/75/R15 (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED BULGES ALONG THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BEGAN DEVELOPING BULGES ALONG THE SIDEWALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

NHTSA ID

10838215

Incident

Jan 15, 2016

Mileage

175,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH DAKOTA INFINTI TIRES, TIRE SIZE 225/75/15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP SOUND ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE THEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE EACH OF THE FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S TIRE EXPLODED AND THE TWO REAR TIRES EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE TREAD SEPARATION UPON REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS FAILURE WAS 160,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10526296

Incident

Apr 22, 2011

Mileage

160,000 mi

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THE VISCOUS COUPLER IN MY 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE NEEDS REPLACING. THIS PART WHEN DEFECTIVE DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SAFE TURNS. THE TURNING RADIUS AT SLOWER SPEEDS IS ABSOLUTELY AWFUL AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WHILE TRYING TO MANUVER THE VEHICLE THAT SUDDENLY DRIVES AS IF IT WE IN 4WD LOW GEAR. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FROM OTHERS WHO OWN JEEPS AND POSTINGS ON THE WEB. I HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE TIGHT TURNING RADIUS FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT WAS NOT AWARE ANYTHING WAS WRONG. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR TUNE UPS AND OIL CHANGES AND NOTHING HAS BEEN MENTIONED TO ME UNTIL JUST NOW.

NHTSA ID

10039613

Incident

Sep 25, 2003

WHEN I BOUGH MY VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO THE GAS GAUGE NEEDLE WOULD GO TO EMPTY, THE BELL WOULD RING, THEN GO BACK TO FULL A FEW TIMES. DEALER SAID SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED, AND IT WASN'T A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT IN THE 30 DAY WARRANTY. NOW THE NEEDLE IS ONLY CORRENCT WHEN IT IS FULL. ALSO, ALL 4 TIRES SEEM TO LOSE AIR QUICKLY. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TWICE. FIRST TIME COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE STEMS. NOW STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. PRETTY MUCH SICK OF WASTING MY TIME BRINGING IT SOMEWHERE AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

10025480

Incident

Jul 9, 2001

Mileage

42,000 mi

ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2003, I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT @ 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED AND SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE RIM. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED, AS I WAS NOT INJURED AND MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE REMAINED UPRIGHT. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023592

Incident

Jun 21, 2003

Mileage

80,000 mi

TRANSFER CASE FAILED AT APPROX. 75,000 MILES. NO KNOWN CAUSE/EFFECT DISCOVERED. MECHANICS SAID THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.$1800 TO FIX. BELIEVE CHRYSLER KNOWS IT HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND WILL NOT RECALL THEM. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023307

Incident

Dec 24, 2002

Mileage

75,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND STARTED SMOKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT PROBLEMS WERE DIFFERENTIAL AND TRANSFER CASE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10022027

I PURCHASED A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN JULY 2002 WITH 30000 MILES WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE TWO PROBLEMS TO REPORT. PROBLEM 1-- MY JEEP ONLY HAS 44000 MILES ON IT NOW AND MY BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED. PROBLEM 2--THIS MAY SOUND FUNNY BUT ITS TRUE. THE 1998 JEEP GRAND I HAVE HAS ITS SPARE TIRE INSIDE COMPARTMENT ABOVE FUEL TANK. THIS PAST WINTER I TRIED TO REMOVE MY SPARE AND FOUND THAT DUE TO CONDENSATION IT WAS FROZEN TO THE COMPARTMENT. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT NEED IT AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT THAT WAS STRANGE. WELL IT JUST SO HAPPENS I HAD TO USE MY SPARE TIRE ON 5/16/03, WHEN I REMOVED THE SPARE FROM THE COMPARTMENT THERE WAS ABOUT 1 GALLON OF WATER SITTING AROUND THE SPARE. I HAVE NO LEAKS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT OR WHAT CAN I DO TO GET RID OF THE CONDENSATION BUILD UP. *JB

NHTSA ID

10018879

Incident

May 16, 2003

Mileage

40,000 mi

HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, AND I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING IN 1ST & 2ND GEAR. I HAD THE DIFFERENTIAL REPAIRED AND THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED. WE GOT SNOW THIS YEAR WHERE YOU WOULD NEED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE, WELL BEING I NEVER HAD THE NEED TO USE THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODE I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT MINE DIDN'T WORK. TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSFER CASING AND TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE JEEP FROM. I LET THEM REPAIR MY TRANSFER CASING AND WAS TOLD BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXACT SAME TIRES ON THE VEHICLE THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASING TO FAIL. THE TIRES WERE THE SAME SIZE ON THE FRONT AND REAR JUST DIFFERENT BRANDS. THEY TOLD ME THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I THEN PICKED THE JEEP UP AND THE ROARING SOUND CAME BACK SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE NOISE WAS I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT MY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AND THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS ALSO BAD, BUT BEING I HAD THAT WORK DONE AT A INDEPENDENT SHOP I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THEM TO FIX THE REAR AND THEN TOOK THE JEEP BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM DO THE WORK ON THE FRONT. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE JEEP BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE MY JEEP IS NOW PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY JEEP FOR A WEEK. I REALLY HAVE NOT HAD MY JEEP SINCE JANUARY I REALLY THINK THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND I HOPE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE ABOUT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10017040

Incident

Jan 10, 2003

Mileage

92,000 mi

THE TIRES ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY AND PREMATURELY. NLM

NHTSA ID

785704

BLOWOUTS OCCURRED RESULTING IN TIRE SHREADING AND FALLING APART MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REPAIR TIRES. THIS SITUATION OCCURED EACH TIME. ON THE SECOND OCCASION THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. ALL 5 TIMES THAT THE TIRE OR TIRES BLEW OUT THEY WERE IN PIECES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6HH TIRESIZE: P22575R15)

NHTSA ID

736708

Incident

Mar 30, 2000

THE DRIVER'S WINDOW REFUSED TO CLOSE AND THE PASSENGER WINDOW SLIDES DOWN THE DOOR PANEL. *SLC

NHTSA ID

557733

Incident

Dec 30, 1999

REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW TWO HOLES IN IT AND SHREDDED THE TREAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 102S TIRESIZE: P225/75R15)

NHTSA ID

735491

Incident

Oct 26, 2000

WHY ISNT THIS SIZE TIRE NOT RECALLED? IT IS STILL THE SAME BRAND AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THEM. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225P75R15 )

NHTSA ID

727554

TIRE BLEWOUT PREMATURELY WHILE DRIVING. (GOODYEAR)

NHTSA ID

608084

Incident

Nov 1, 1998

LEFT FRONT TIRE (GOODYEAR WRANGLER AP) DEFECTIVE WITH TWO VALVE STEMS. YH

NHTSA ID

606558

Incident

May 4, 1998