1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Visibility Problems

HAVE JUST BEEN ADVISED THAT A MOTOR WHICH OPERATES SOME TYPE OF DOOR TO RELEASE HEAT AND AIR IN A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT APPEARS THAT NO REPLACEMENT IS AVAILABLE AND JEEP HAS A 1200 PART BACKLOG WITH NO PLANS IN THE WORKS TO EVEN BEGIN PRODUCTION OF THIS PART FOR REPLACEMENT. WHILE ONE CAN CONCEIVABLY DO WITHOUT HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING, THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS HAVING A WORKING DEFROSTER IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER IS A NECESSITY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10296603

Incident

Dec 20, 2009

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER -DOES NOT FUNCTION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10239022

Incident

Aug 15, 2008

Mileage

67,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN 2006, THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED FAILURES WITH THE POWER WINDOWS. THE MIRRORS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROGRAMMABLE. IN ADDITION, WHEN HE SETS THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS TO A CERTAIN POSITION, THE SETTING CHANGES WHEN THE UNLOCK BUTTON IS PRESSED. THE MIRRORS HAVE TO BE READJUSTED EVERY TIME HE ENTERS THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

NHTSA ID

10231633

Incident

Sep 15, 2006

Mileage

135,000 mi

DEFECTED PARTS/FAILURE: HEATER COIL DEFECTED- BLOWS OUT COLD AIR IN WINTER. EVAPORATER COIL DEFECTED- A/C BLOWS OUT HOT AIR IN SUMMER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10208660

Incident

Jan 7, 2006

IN ENGAGEING DOWNWARD, THE RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW BEGAN DOWN AND THEN RATICALLY TILTED (APPROX.) 45 DEGREES OUT OF TRACK. (FORWARD MOST ASPECT OF THE WINDOW UP). NOTICING THIS, ALL MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED, THEN AN UPWARD MOTION WAS SLOWLY PROPOSED. THE WINDOW JUMPED UP, OUT OF THE WINDOW FRAME, LEAPED INTO THE (82204493 MOPAR) VISORSHADE PIERCING A HOLE THROUGH THE VISORSHADE ON THE EXTERIOR CENTER OF THE WINDOW FRAME. *NM

NHTSA ID

10183204

Incident

Feb 7, 2007

Mileage

81,350 mi

WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH THE SUN ROOF GLASS BLEW OFF AND SHATTERED ON THE ROAD.MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10113145

Incident

Jan 31, 2005

Mileage

111,400 mi

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK THERE WAS NUMEROUS REPAIRS THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED; THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, GAS CAP(S), NEW KEYLESS REMOTE AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DID NOT WORK. RECALL# 02V053000. *SC THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE POWER ASSIST, THE CONSUMER WAS ORIGINAL TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE AND THEN LATER WAS TOLD THE CHARGE WOULD BE $400.00. *JB

NHTSA ID

10079733

Incident

May 18, 2004

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING, THE FACTORY INSTALLED SUNROOF AND THE PIECE WHICH HELD THE GLASS FLEW OFF THE TRUCK. ALL THE WINDOWS INCLUDING THE SUNROOF WERE SHUT. *NLM PH *JB

NHTSA ID

10020054

Incident

May 11, 2003

Mileage

100,000 mi

MY OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR HAS TURNED A GOLD COLOR AND YOU CAN NOT SEE OUT OF IT AT NIGHT SAFELY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10021289

Incident

May 6, 2003

Mileage

70,000 mi

CONSUMER HEARD A POP SOUND WHILE DRIVING AND NOTICED A CRACK ON INSIDE OF PASSENGER FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAV ENOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015143

Incident

Jul 28, 2002

SUNROOF WAS IN CLOSED LOCKED POSITION AND WAS BLOWN COMPLETELY OFF. *AK

NHTSA ID

762477

Incident

May 17, 2002

THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED, POSSIBLY DUE TO ROTORS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM AND GOT ROTORS REPLACED. A YEAR LATER THE BRAKE PROBLEM REOCCURED AND THE ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACED. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT FIXED. *YH

NHTSA ID

562549

Incident

May 23, 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

DEALERSHIP SAID THESE DEFECTS WERE NOT COVERED FUEL SENDING UNIT SENDS WRONG LEVEL OF GAS IN TANK, BRAKES FAILED PULSATED FULL BRAKE JOB WAS DONE , REAR WINDSHEILD WIPER DOESN'T WORK AT TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID

735789

Incident

Apr 2, 1999

LATEST FAILURE IS THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR BLOCK CONNECTOR, THIS ITEM SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE SMELL OF BURNING IN THE VEHICLE. AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN AT THE REPAIR FACILITY STATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS IN OTHER JEEP VEHICLES. HE STATED THE PROBLEM IS THE CONNECTOR GOES FROM A 14GA WIRE ON THE FRONT SIDE(HOT) TO A 12GA WIRE TO THE COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. JEEP HAS STATED THEY CANNOT TELL IF THE SHORT IS A MANUFACTURE RELATED PROBLEM, AND COMMENTS BY SERVICE MANAGERS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THEY LEAN TOWARD IT BEING A CUSTOMER PROBLEM. CUSTOMER/TECHNICAN ASSISTANCE AT THE CORPRATE LEVEL WILL NOT EVEN INVESTIGATE/INSPECT UNLESS THERE IS A FLAME NOTED, SEEMS A LITTLE LATE TO ME!

NHTSA ID

726664

Incident

Aug 2, 2000

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.

NHTSA ID

719260

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER.

NHTSA ID

609695

ENGINE, MUFFLER, SUNROOF, BRAKES, CRUISE CONTROL.

NHTSA ID

609592

REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY FAILED. MJS

NHTSA ID

545732

I AM A FRIEND WHO WILL DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS THAT CELENA HAS ENCOUNTERED WITH HER GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE FIRST, SHE NOTICED A SPRAYING OF OILY FLUID NEAR THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR MORE TOWARDS THE AREA NEAR THE BATTERY. AT THAT POINT, SHE NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE HOOD HAD SOME DARK OILY SPOT. I HAS SUSPICION THAT IT HAD ORIGINATED FROM A LEAKING 3/8 -1/2" FITTING ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE RADIATOR AND LEADING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION. SHE BROUGHT IT IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION. MASTER MECHANIC INSPECTED THE SUSPECTED AREA. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE CONNECTS TO THE RADIATOR TO ALLOW THE OIL TO COOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAYS, THEY WENT AHEAD AND PLACED TEFLON TAPE AT THE AREA. PROBLEM #2, I NOTICE SOME OIL ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT. THE LOCATION OF THE SPILL HAD OCCURRED UNDERNEATH, TO THE LEFT, OF THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN OR UNDERNEATH WHERE THEY WOULD PLACE THE CONNECTOR TO PERFORM THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC . THE AREA WOULD BE WHERE THE LEFT FOOT WOULD NORMAL REST ON THE MAT. THE AREA OF THE SPILL WAS ABOUT 8" IN LENGTH AND 3" IN WIDTH. THE VISCOSITY WOULD BE OF A DIRTY BRAKE FLUID OIL, HYDRAULIC, OR POWER STEERING FLUID. THE AMOUNT WOULD BE ABOUT 1 - 1 1/2 TABLESPOON FULL. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BE DAMAGING SOMETHING IF THE OIL VACATED A RESERVOIR/FLUID LINE OR THE RISK THAT THE BRAKES CAN FAIL IF IT IS BRAKE FLUID. PROBLEM #3 - RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN WHEN IT IS OPENED OR CLOSED. THXS IN ADVANCE...PLEASE HELP.

NHTSA ID

704279

Incident

Dec 5, 1998

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE. *YC

NHTSA ID

607839

Incident

Dec 1, 1997

SIDE VIEW MIRROR FELL OFF ON FREEWAY. *YC

NHTSA ID

607544

AUTOMATIC WINDOW SWITCH FAILED. *YC

NHTSA ID

607436

Incident

Nov 1, 1998

REAR LIGHT PANEL FAILED. YH

NHTSA ID

606536

Incident

Sep 1, 1998

WINDSHIELD ADHESION FAILED.

NHTSA ID

542456

Incident

Oct 23, 1998