Gasoline Engine problems of the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Vehicles dies under any circumstances. . . Speeding on the highway at 75 mph, idling at a stop sign, driving in town at 35 mph, hot weather, cold weather, rain, sun and snow. It sometimes starts right up again, sometimes takes an hour - occasionally 5-10 hours before it will restart. Instrument panel simply goes dead, engine stops, no warning. This has nearly caused accidents 15-20 times. Towed 8 times. . . Waited it out the rest. Dealer will not help unless they can duplicate problem - cannot duplicate an intermittent problem, so there 'is no problem'. Personal mechanic identified the problem as the computer, tried to order one from Jeep several times, always told it is on backorder. Interesting. . . Back ordered part for 'no problem'. The computer was apparently replaced just before I purchased the car.

Vehicle cuts off intermittently while driving at highway speeds. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further details.

While driving heard a noise, vehicle started smoking,. Consumerpulled over. Engine blewout contacted dealer.

This vehicle has had several problems since date of lease. Although in this matter, engine blew after intial 36,000 mile coverage--diamler Chrysler has agreed to pay half of repair amount. This agreement is unsatisfactory in my opinion and I wish to find out what my options are to resolve this matter and get into another vehicle. It was very fortunate that there was not a fatality involved as this happened on a major interstate with no warning.

Engine cuts off intermittently. Also, backfires intermittently. Dealer is aware of problems. Please provide further details.

I have taken my car into either courtesy motors in chico California or normandin Jeep in chico California. Each time, my car was returned to me unrepaired. No safety defect listed in summary.

The engine has completely shut off in the middle of driving or when at a stoplight. This has occured at least 3 times in the 8 months we have owned it. All engine power and electrical power go off completely when it occurs. We called the dealership and they said, "let me guess, it's been quitting on you". That pissed me off because they knew about it but didn't notify anyone of the potential life threatening effects it could have. It's obviously happened to a large number of owners and when your traveling at high speeds and the engines quits it makes braking near impossible.

Dealer examined and replaced the control unit twice. No help. Idle speed is too low (400mph)! I want Jeep to do something. It's a lemon!.

Vehicle dies for no apparent reason. Have been told it will continue to happen even after it was in the shop for this problem. Transmission jerks when shifting in low speeds. This happens on a daily basis. Service techs at dealership have no answers for this problem. I get the feeling I will just have to live with it dying and jerking as long as I own the Jeep. This vehicle should have stayed on the drawing board just a little longer I think.

When stopping vehicle idles and shuts down, and there are no warning lights.

This vehicle has many/many inherent problems, it has an enging problem that causes the engine to stop running. We are told that they dont know what the problem is but would like to put CO pilot in the car to log a code when the problem occurs, however we have been told that they have had this problem on other cars and have not been able to have the CO pilot log in any error codes. So they bought the car back from the owners. It would take quite some time for us to list all of the inherent problems that all these new Jeeps have 1999 0r 2000 models. If you could go to the site on the net and type in 4x44u you will be astounded at all the frustrated folks nation wide. The car also has many drivetrain problems to many to list, it is overwhelming. Please help us, we worked hard for that $38. 000 dollars we gave to Chrysler and they are just putting it back on us, the customer's. Thank you very much. Ken and barb davis.

Each malfunction has severely effected the use & safety of the vehicle. Dealership is not interested in the problems.

After having been driven for 5 minutes the car was parked in driveway. 20 minutes later the engine rupted in flames. Fire extinguished by police and fire dept. Special inspector and insurance appraiser declared the vehicle totally destroyed. After 7 weeks Chrysler has given no information on cause of fire and we still do not have a replacement nor a rental car (except for the drive home from new york to florida) . A vehicle has been offered this week by resolution center but only on condition that we reimburse them $860. 00 for mileage driven ( which = $. 26 per mile. ).

This vehicle is a potential wreck, it doesn't idle and dies, klunks and lurches forward, and roars like its losing its rear axle or transmission. A potential wreck that after repeated attempts will not improve.

If your using any of the gears to apply engine braking in a downgrade once the tachometer reaches 2500 or more the engine enters a freewheeling state where there is little or no slowing effect. With the use of any gear, after the initial braking caused by the engine revving to match the gear speed (flywheel effect) the engine goes into a "high idle" state and offers no more compression braking. The only way to slow in downgrades is excessive use the brakes. Use of any reasonable gear for the speed does little good. Most states have laws against putting your car into neutral while moving for this reason. No compression braking in mountaineous driving will lead to brake loss due to overheating. Towing a trailer would make things worse. I believe no engine braking is a serious safety defect. This vehicle requires more brake application downhill than any other vehicle I have driven.

The car fails to start at a single turn of the ignition. It takes several attempts. Dealer did not look at this when it was taken into the shop because of rotor mnfr problems.

Vehicle continually shuts down, last incident occured while driving on interstate at high speed, unable to determine cause.

Vehicle is having many problems with abs and brakes, on one occasion, front brakes locked up, causing skidding and shaking throughout steering wheel, TSB 879 has been complete, rotors have been found warped several times and have been replaced, brake pads have been replaced, pulsation and vibration are felt due to faulty brakes, however dealer can not remedy problem. Torque converter was replaced, consumer states that a noise is in the transmission after driving a while. Engine surges while driving at 55 mph and above.

When driving vehicle was stopped at red light, engine completely shutdown.

While driving vehicle stopped at red light and engine completely shutdown. Please provide any further information.

I was driving home from the holidays and the trip was about an hour long on a major hwy. Parked truck outside of garage, took some items in the house and when I came back outside, there was smoke coming out from under the hood. Popped the hood release and tried to open the hood, but burned my hand. I ran inside to call 911 and the minute the door closed, there was an explosion and flames were under the vehicle's engine and under the hood.

Engine repaired eight times due to fuel pump, spark plug and oxygen sensor failures. Yh.

Vehicle exhibits hard upshift changing from 2nd to 3rd gear when accelerating at 1500rpm @ 20mph.