1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee acceleration problems

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA complaint #10794506 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

FIRST INCIDENT ROUGH IDLING,SECOND INCIDENT TRYING TO QUIT ON MY WAY OUT OF TOWN, THIRD INCIDENT ON MY WAY TO WORK. HAD OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES AND THAT HAS STILL NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM ! COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S SPUTTERING TO QUIT ,!

NHTSA complaint #10637940 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE GYM, AND WHILE I WAS SITTING AT THE LIGHT TO TURN THE TRUCK SPUTTERED. UPON ACCELERATING THROUGH THE LIGHT THE TRUCK STALLS OUT AND RESTARTS ITSELF. THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS.

NHTSA complaint #10632210 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHILE BEING DRIVEN.

NHTSA complaint #10367834 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

I WAS LEAVING THE FIRE HALL ONE MORNING AND I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFTER MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTO DRIVE AND IT ACCELERATED FORWARD. THANK GOD IT WAS TOO FAR OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY. IT HAS DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN.

NHTSA complaint #10184131 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGHER SPEED. THEN, CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE, AND REPLACED THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

NHTSA complaint #10065356 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN OPEN POSITION. *AK *PH THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE OR TURN IT OFF. *TS

NHTSA complaint #10032375 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT 25/30 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE BODY PART STICKING IN OPEN, PER DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA complaint #10031821 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

THE VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL MOTOR FAILED. *NLM

NHTSA complaint #10020095 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

DRIVER HAD THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THIS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

NHTSA complaint #10004430 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE SURGING AND CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #8012083 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THERE IS A RANDOM FEELING DURING ACCELERATION AND STAND-STILL OF WHICH FEELS LIKE A DOWN-SHIFTING BENEATH THE SUV. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY ALL JUST GIVE ME THE 'RUN-AROUND'. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WORKNG AND NO ONE WANTS TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT PROVE COSTLY.

NHTSA complaint #761008 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

ROTORS HAVE WARPED AFTER ABOUT 7000 TO 8000 MILES RESULTING IN LURCHING WHEN TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE. FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND ALL ROTORS RESURFACED 4 TIMES BY DEALER, 3 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY AND 3 TIMES AT MY EXPENSE. AS ROTORS GET BAD, STOPPING DISTANCES INCREASE AND VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN STOPPING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN IN FLORIDA, AND HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN SALT WATER OR OFF-ROAD. FIRST PROBLEM REPORTED TO DEALER WHEN VEHICLE WAS 8 MONTHS OLD AND HAD 9294 MILES ON ODOMETER. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN, EACH TIME, APPROXIMATELY 7000 TO 9000 MILES FOLLOWING THE LAST BRAKE SERVICE.

NHTSA complaint #759255 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

I PULLED OUT OF A GAS STATION ONTO A MAJOR BUSY STREET AND ACCELERATED THE CAR AND PASSED A MAJOR BUSY INTERSECTION. AS I ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE, I HEARD A LOUD BOOM COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND WAS STARTLED BY THE LOUD BOOM. AS I PASSED THE INTERSECTION I NOTICED THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHATSOEVER(IT LOCKED UP). I TRIED TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT PASSING SOME PARKED VEHICLES ON THE STREET & THERE WERE A LOT OF VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I MANAGED TO MOVE THE CAR TO THE RIGHT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, WITHOUT HITTING A PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE OF THE CAR CRASHED INTO THE CURB AND STOPPED. THE CAR WAS PARKED AT AN ANGLE NOT PARALLEL TO THE CURB AND I WAS AFRAID THAT SOME OTHER CAR MIGHT HIT ME FROM BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE WAY MY CAR WAS STOPPED. I WAS SHAKEN UP A LOT AND WHEN FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE CAR I SAW FLUIDS LEAKING OUT FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR ONTO THE STREET. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE CAME OUT OF A BUSINESS STOREFRONT AND SAW THE FLUIDS LEAKING OUT FAST ONTO THE STREET.ONE GUY SAID THAT WAS OIL LEAKING AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS ALREADY DARK (AROUND 5 P.M. PST).I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND BOTH MY HUSBAND & MY BROTHER CAME TO THE LOCATION TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND BOTH COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY OIL WAS LEAKING. THE CAR COULD NOT START AND A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND TOWED THE CAR TO A JEEP DEALER (WHERE WE NORMALLY HAVE THE CAR SERVICED) IN ALHAMBRA.THE FOLLOWING DAY THE JEEP DEALER'S MECHANICS EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND THEY SAID THE WHOLE ENGINE WAS TAKEN OUT AND THAT APPARENTLY THERE'S A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. THREE DAYS LATER MY COUSIN (ALSO A MECHANIC) WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ENGINE AND SAID THAT THE CONNECTING ROD INSIDE THE ENGINE BROKE AND THUS MADE A HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE. WE ALSO HAVE THE CAR SERVICE AT A JEEP DEALER WITH OIL CHANGE EVERY 3,000 MILES AND DO ALL THE MFG RECOMMENDATION. IN FEB. '01 WE HAD THE CAR SERVICED FOR THE 20,000 MAINTAINENCE SERVICE.

NHTSA complaint #756624 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE AT A STOP APPLIED BRAKES, CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. THEN, VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER KEPT FOOT ON BRAKE, BUT COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. HE HAD TO SHUT OFF ENGINE. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK DEALER STATES THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #899646 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

BRAKES VIBRATE AT HIGH SPEED AND CAUSE LURCHING AT LOW SPEED. ROTORS REFACED TWICE AND REPLACED ONCE. NOW PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. AFTER REVIEWING THE NHTSA WEB SITE AND FINDING NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT IS OBVIOUS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. IT SHOULD BE FIXED!

NHTSA complaint #751098 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

DEAD BATTERY FROM OVERNIGHT FLICKERING OF LIGHTS. DIFFICULTY WITH LOWERING/RAISING RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW, APPEARS TO HAVE NO POWER. LEFT HEADLAMP APPEARS TO BE BURNED OUT, WHEN RIDE OVER BUMP IT GOES ON. LIGHTS/HEADLIGHTS ON DASHBOARD FLICKER ON/OFF WHILE CAR IS IN GARAGE PARKED. WHEN DRIVING AND LIGHTS FLICKER ON/OFF, IT APPEARS TO GET A SURGE OF POWER AND CAR SURGES FORWARD.HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

NHTSA complaint #750889 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD IN REVERSE. DEALER TOOK 6 MONTHS TO FIND A REMEDY. DEALER HAS NO REMEDY FOR VEHICLE POTINTIALLY GOING IN REVERSE. PROBLEM CAN'T BE DUPLICATED.

NHTSA complaint #894637 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

EXITING INTERSTATE, APPROACHING STOP SIGN, ENGINE RPMS DID NOT DECREASE AFTER RELEASE OF FOOT-FEED. . HAD TO "STAND" ON BRAKE TO KEEP FROM GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION. SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, THEN INTO PARK. RPMS THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL IDLE SPEED FOR A STOPPED VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #749773 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL REV UP AND ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #893445 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD ONE GEAR TO NEXT. VEHICLE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR PROPERLY. WHEN IN REVERSE VEHICLE WOULD DELAY, AND THEN IT WILL JUMP BACK. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ALL POWER WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK *SLC

NHTSA complaint #893341 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.