1999 Jeep Laredo Owner Complaints

I HAVE A 99 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO AND WE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK SKID PLATE WAS ALL RUSTY. AND PIECES WERE FALLING OFF. MY BOYFRIEND LOOKED AT IT AND COME TO FIND OUT THE SKID PLATE IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING MY GAS TANK IN. THE ONE SIDE WHERE THE BOLTS ARE WERE ALL RUSTED AND NOT EVEN CONNECTED SO MY GAS TANK WAS ABOUT TO FALL OUT OF MY CAR AND ONLY BEING HELD IN BY THE OTHER BOLT ON THE OTHER SIDE. I THINK THIS IS A TRUE HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP! EVER JEEP I SEE HAS THE SAME ISSUE WITH RUSTY SKID PLATES OVER THE GAS TANK. MY JEEP. RUNS GREW AND BODY IS FINE THE GAS TANK SKID PLATE NEEDS TO BE FIX ASAP RECALL NOW! I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH MY KIDS IN IT

NHTSA ID

10767486

Incident

Sep 10, 2015

Mileage

1,400,000 mi

FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW MY AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND AN INTERMITTENT WARNING CHIME (1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO). I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD THE EXPENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULDN'T OR IF IT WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD. I HAVE SEEN THE SAME COMPLAINT ON THIS SAFETY WEBSITE AND THINK IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP.

NHTSA ID

10760938

Incident

Sep 1, 2014

Mileage

148,000 mi

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON AND CHIMES ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT IS MOSTLY WHEN I MAKE A LEFT TURN. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD MAKE A RE-CALL OF ALL THESE JEEPS. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR "A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT" I FOUND OUT THAT ALL JEEPS MADE IN 1999 HAVE THIS DEFECT, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. CONCERN JEEP OWNER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10628296

Incident

Aug 18, 2014

Mileage

110,000 mi

WE BOUGHT A USED 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO LAST YEAR FOR OUR SON TO DRIVE, THINKING IT WOULD BE A SAFE VEHICLE FOR HIM IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. WE DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE PROBLEMS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON DRY ROADS IN PERFECT WEATHER. THE VEHICLE HAS STARTED TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, AND MOST LIKELY AIR BAGS AS WELL. WE ARE LUCKY HE IS A SAFE DRIVER, AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. OUR TRUSTED MECHANIC, WHO IS A JEEP OWNER, CHANGED THE CRANKCASE POSITION SENSOR, THIS DID NOT HELP. HE ADVISED US TO BRING IT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM, READING THE CODES, AS OPPOSED TO THROWING PARTS AT IT. THE DEALER CLEANED SOME GROUND WIRES, GAVE IT BACK TO US, AND IT STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY GOING HOME, AND WOULDN'T RESTART. WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK IN A HAZARDOUS LOCATION IN A RAINSTORM. WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY KEEP IT FOR A WEEK. PUT 50 MILES ON IT TEST DRIVING, AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY DIDN'T CHARGE US FOR THIS, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY ANY NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, FROM THE COMPUTER, TO THE WIRING, TO SENSORS, MODULES, EVEN THE IGNITION SWITCH. NO CODES ARE DISPLAYED. IN LOOKING ON THIS WEBSITE, I FOUND 5 COMPLAINTS FROM JUST 1999 AND 2000, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE WOMAN IS TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT WITH HER THREE KIDS IN THE CAR. THIS IS NOT CONFINED TO JUST THESE MODEL YEARS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SOME CERTAINLY HAVE NOT BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO PINPOINT. HOW CHRYSLER HAS BEEN ABLE TO DUCK RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR SO LONG IS BEYOND ME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10605530

Incident

Jun 1, 2014

Mileage

206,000 mi

JEEP SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. WILL SHUT DOWN/STALL AND MAY START BACK UP OR MIGHT BE 10 MINUTES OR TWO HOURS OR THE NEXT DAY BEFORE IT WILL START AGAIN. STALLING HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY MORE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED TWICE WHEN IT STALLS. BEEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10587521

Incident

Jan 11, 2014

Mileage

153,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HERD A LOUD NOISE AND BEFORE I KNEW IT MY TRUCK WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE AND I COULDNT SEE OUT THE WIND SHIELD I HAD TO HURRY UP AND GET TO THE SIDE BY THE GUARD RAIL WHILE STRUGGLING TO SEE, AND I HAD MY KIDS IN THE CAR WITH ME .I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE MY MECHANIC CAME TO CHECK IT AND DISCOVERED A BIG HOLE AND WHEN HE TOOK THE ENGINE OUT HE SAID YOU COULD TELL IT WAS THERE ALREADY AND THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO PATCH IT UP BEFORE THEY SOLD IT TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS TO PERFECT AND I ONLY HAD THE TRUCK FOR 1 YEAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10534033

Incident

Jul 12, 2013

Mileage

176,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT DROPPED AT THE FRONT LEFT CORNER. THE WELD ON THE SEAT SNAPPED,AND NOW THE SEAT WOBBLES FROM FRONT LEFT TO BACK RIGHT, WORRIED THAT THE REST WILL BREAK WHEN IM DRIVING AND KILL SOMEONE OR MYSELF IN A BAD ACCIDENT. READ HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINS AND TO ME IT SHOULD BE A RECALL AND SORT IT OUT BEFORE ITS TO LATE.THE JEEP DEALER DID NOT WANT TO KNOW. *TR

NHTSA ID

10503297

Incident

Mar 13, 2013

Mileage

145,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000.

NHTSA ID

10487570

Incident

Nov 6, 2012

Mileage

111,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND PREPARING TO EXIT, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR DECELERATE. I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ATTEMPT TO STOP.SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL.RPM'S IMMEDIATLY SHOT UP TO 3000 AND FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 3000 - 4000.PULLING TO THE SIDE AND LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OBSTRUCTION IN THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE,THERE WAS NOT.I ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN 3 TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS.I LET THE VEHICLE COOL FOR 1/2 HOUR ( TEMPERATURE WAS IN PROPER RANGE ), NORMAL OPERATION WAS OBTAINED. THIS THE FIRST ( AND ONLY EPISODE ) I HOPE TO EXPERIENCE. I AM AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO THINK QUICKLY. SOME OTHERS MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A TREND AND PROBLEM HERE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD DEAL WITH. AFTER ALL I'M SURE THEY DONT WANT US TO START BUYING OTHER MAKES OF VEHICLES. *JS

NHTSA ID

10452513

Incident

Mar 21, 2012

Mileage

147,210 mi

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2002 I NOTICED A QUICK FLASH OF MY LIGHTS AT NIGHT ON/OFF/ON WHILE DRIVING. THOUGHT I WAS IMAGINING AT THE TIME. IT WOULD SYSTEM SHUT DOWN ONLY AT STOPS AND VERY INFREQUENT. I DRIVE IT DAILY AND NOW IT HAPPENS 3-6 TIMES A WEEK WITH NO WARNING. TOTAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. ENGINE STALLS AND ALL GAUGES ARE OFF. LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. IT HAS ALWAYS STARTED BACK UP. AT STOP LIGHTS, ON THE ROAD AT HIGH SPEED, IT USED TO HAPPEN ONLY AT STOP LIGHTS BUT NOW IT HAPPENS ANYWHERE AND MUCH MORE FREQUENT. VERY SCARY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10400949

Incident

May 12, 2011

Mileage

165,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS FRACTURED. THE BODY AND BASE OF THE SEAT DETACHED FROM THE TRACK CAUSING INSTABILITY IN THE SEAT AND CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT. THE DEALER ADVISED REPAIRS COULD BE MADE TO THE VEHICLE BUT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED IN INTERVALS. THE SEAT COULD NOT BE REPLACED WITH ONE STANDARD SEAT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

NHTSA ID

10322790

Incident

Jun 17, 2009

Mileage

125,000 mi

MY BROTHER HAD TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY CASE. ON THE WAY TO RETURN THE VEHICKE TO ME HE CRASHED THE JEEP INTO A TELEPHONE POLE THE VEHICLE WAS REALLY DAMAGED ALTHOUGH WITH THE IMPACT THE POLICE SAID THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE COME OUT BUT DIDN'T AT THE TIME I COULDN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE THE CAR DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR INSTEAD THEY FIXED THE SAME JEEP AND WANTED ME TO CONTINUE PAYING ON IT UNTIL I WAS COMPLETE. I AM STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE I AM REALLY FEELING UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME AND MY TWO KIDS. *CN

NHTSA ID

10322516

Incident

Jul 12, 2007

Mileage

110,280 mi

MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT IS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF THE TRACKS OF MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. *TR

NHTSA ID

10317341

Incident

Jun 5, 2008

I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AND THE CHIME FOR IT GOES OFF VERY OFTEN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT MAY BE THE CLOCK SPRING. I WAS LATER TOLD THAT MANY OF THE MODELS IN THIS YEAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY ARE WE PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY PART ON THE FACTORY'S PART? *TR

NHTSA ID

10314388

Incident

Jan 20, 2010

Mileage

86,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP LAREDO. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT DETACHED FROM ITS PROPER POSITION AND RETRACTED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE SEAT WAS ABLE TO MOVE EXCESSIVELY, WHICH INCREASED THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR A CRASH. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER WELDED THE SEAT TO ITS PROPER POSITION BECAUSE THE MOUNTS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

NHTSA ID

10243563

Incident

Sep 25, 2008

Mileage

150,000 mi

BRACKET TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPS. VERY DANGEROUS. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. WHY THE SEAT BRACKETS HAVEN'T BEEN RECALLED IS A CRIME. WHAT'S MORE,THE DEALER WANTS OVER$1000 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRACKET! THIS ISN'T RIGHT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BORNE OUT OF POOR ENGINEERING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BY CHRYSLER BEFORE ANY POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS/FATALITIES OCCUR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10243531

Incident

Aug 20, 2008

Mileage

144,235 mi

DRIVER SEAT IS BROKE THE TRACKS ARE GOOD BUT THE SEAT FRAME IS SPLIT AND LEANS TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THE SEAT MOUNTS ARE BROKEN. THE SEAT ROCKS, LUCKILY NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN CAUSED. TRIED TO FIND A SEAT WENT TO A LOCAL SALVAGE YARD AND WAS TOLD MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE JEEP DRIVER SEATS , STATE WIDE. IF CHRYSLER DOESN'T ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM SOON I AM QUITE SURE THERE WILL BE SOME LAW SUITS. I LOVE MY JEEP, IT HAS BEEN FAITHFUL TO ME SINCE I BOUGHT HER. SHE HAS 166,070MILES ON HER AND HAVE NO SIGNS OF GIVING UP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10240356

Incident

Jun 10, 2008

Mileage

166,070 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP LAREDO. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SIT DOWN ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BASE OF THE SEAT SNAPPED. THE SEAT BECAME CROOKED. SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE SEAT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 108,000.

NHTSA ID

10234436

Incident

Jul 7, 2008

Mileage

108,000 mi

06-10-2008 - THE LEFT FRONT BRACKET OF THE POWER SEAT MECHANISM TO SEAT FRAME CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH MAKING THE SEAT WOBBLE BADLY AND THE JEEP UNDRIVEABLE. THERE ARE 4 ROTATING BRACKETS AT THE CORNERS AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT WHEN IT BROKE, IT DIDN'T CAUSE A CRASH. AS THIS JUST HAPPENED, IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIR WOULD PROBABLY BE REPLACING THE ENTIRE SEAT AT $ 1,000.00. THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THIS FAILURE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME FOR MORE INFORMATION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10230430

Incident

Jun 6, 2008

Mileage

117,800 mi

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD WITH INLINE 6CYD. HAS HAD ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THIS SITE, IE, POWER WINDOW MOTORS, FRONT BRAKES, TRANSMISSION LEAK, STEERING SQUEALING NOISE AND THE WORST OF ALL, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHINING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10210129

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

Mileage

40,000 mi

LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN GOING 65 MPH. TWO OF THREE BOLTS ON UPPER REAR WISHBONE SUSPENSION BROKE, CAUSING REAR AXLE TO TO FLOP AROUND OUT OF CONTROL. THE THIRD BOLT WAS LOOSE. THESE ARE THE ONLY BOLTS THAT HOLD THE AXLE ONTO THE VEHICLE VIA THE WISHBONE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10205941

Incident

Jan 3, 2006

Mileage

65,000 mi

THE BLEND DOOR ON MY CAR ARE ALL MESSED UP. IVE HAD THIS A/C PROBLEM. CHECKED OUT SOO MANY TIMES BY DEALERS AND MECHANICS. EVERYONE SAYS IT WASTHE BLEND DOOR, I GET DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF AIR FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VENTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

10190889

Incident

May 15, 2007

THE HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE VERY OPAQUE AND DISTORTED. VISIBILITY IS GREATLY REDUCED AT NIGHT MAKING VISIBILITY VERY POOR. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL POLYMER CLEANERS WITH LITTLE OR NO EFFECT. THE DISTORTION IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHT COVER. THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE COVER ITSELF, NOT A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM. THE COST WITH LABOR TO REPLACE BOTH COVERS WOULD BE CLOSE TO $500. A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE HEADLIGHT COVERS IMMEDIATELY.THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10187996

Incident

Aug 8, 2002

Mileage

49,000 mi

BLEND DOOR FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10186190

Incident

Jan 5, 2007

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED - NO HEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE - MECHANIC SAYS BLEND AIR DOORS PROBLEM, A PROBLEM ON MOST JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE MODELS. THIS COSTLY PROBLEM IS SO COMMON AMONG JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.AK

NHTSA ID

10186148

Incident

Mar 8, 2007

Mileage

88,845 mi