2000 Jeep Laredo

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT ANYTIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE SERVICE DEALER HAD IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS WARPED ROTORS. THERE WAS A TSB (03-005-02B) FROM THE MANUFACTURER, REQUIRING THE CHANGE OF THE BRAKE CALIPERS. THIS WAS THE 4TH TIME THE ROTORS WERE SERVICED AND/OR REPLACED. UPDATED 11/21/2006 - *NM

MY 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO BEGAN EXPERIENCING A COOLANT LEAK AND ABNORMALLY HIGH COOLANT USE, USE THAT I NOTICED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING MY VEHICLE USED IN AUGUST 2005. IN DECEMBER WHILE GETTING THE OIL CHANGED MY MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ANTIFREEZE IN MY OIL. MY MECHANIC SUSPECTED THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKET OR PERHAPS EVEN A CRACKED HEAD. WHEN THE HEAD WAS REMOVED HE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE HEAD HAD BEEN MACHINED INCORRECTLY. ALL OF THE HOLES THAT SURROUND THE PISTON CHAMBER AND ALLOW ANTIFREEZE TO FLOW THROUGH HAD BEEN MACHINED APPROXIMATELY 1/2-3/4 OF AN INCH OFF CENTER WHICH WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT/IMPOSSIBLE FOR A GASKET TO PROPERTY SEAL. MY MECHANIC CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY RECALLS TO THE ENGINE AND THERE WAS NOT. A REPRESENTATIVE THAT HE HAD CONTACT WITH INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 32 OF THESE HEAD ARE REPLACED EACH WEEK, HE DID NOT INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS FROM THE SAME ENGINE OR FROM DIFFERENT ENGINES MANUFACTURED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THE COST TO REPLACE THE HEAD WITH A REMANUFACTURED HEAD WAS APPROXIMATELY $1400. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *NM

BOTH MY 21 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER & MYSELF HAVE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, BEGINNING IN 2003. THE PROBLEM OCCURS MOSTLY IN BAD WEATHER(MAINLY SNOWY CONDITIONS). WHEN STOPPING IS ATTEMPTED, THE CAR PULSATES WILDLY (COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL), AND YOU JUST SKID OUT. WE BOTH HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO AVOID COLLISION SO FAR, DUE TO LACK OF OTHER TRAFFIC OR BY SWERVING INTO ANOTHER LANE, ETC. THE CAR DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS DUE TO WORN ROTORS, WHICH WE HAVE NOW REPLACED 3 TIMES: ONCE IN MARCH OF 2003 AT 10,872 MILES, ONCE IN JULY OF 2004 AT 23,721 MILES AND NOW IN DECEMBER 2005, AT 33,081 MILES. THE FIRST 2 TIMES JEEP PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT, THE 3RD THEY REFUSED. THE SERVICE DEPT. IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THEY HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, EVEN WITH THEIR OWN VEHICLES...JEEP REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. IT HAS BEEN SHEER LUCK THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID A CATASTROPHE; MY DAUGHTER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. THERE IS A WEB SITE WITH A CLASS-ACTION LAW SUIT PENDING AND APPROXIMATELY 20 PAGES OF THE SAME TYPE OF COMPLAINT...THE ROTORS ARE TOO THIN, THEY WEAR OUT EASILY, THEY BRAKES PULSATE & FAIL. CHRYSLER CAN NOT SAY THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM! *NM

BRAKES PULSATING WHEN STOPPING. TECHNICIAN FOUND THICKNESS VARIATION OUT OF SPEC ON FRONT ROTORS LEFT FRONT .008 RT FRT .0025 MACHINE ROTORS REPLACED BRAKE PADS. 07/24/2002 OWNER REQUEST TO HAVE BRAKE SYSTEM LOOK OUT. SQUEALING NOISE WHEN APPLIED THE BRAKES. DEALER PERFORM SERVICE BY CHANGING THE BRAKE FLUID AND SPRAYED ROTORS WITH BRAKE DUST TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE. 07/02/2003 NOISE WHEN BRAKING, TECHNICIAN FOUND THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED RESURFACED ROTORS. 07/07/2004 CAR WAS SERVICE FOR BRAKING NOISE. FRONT BRAKING PADS WORN TO REPLACEMENT POINTS. FRONT BRAKE JOB WITH NEW W/ROTORS. 05/20/2005 BRAKES PULSATING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE EXCESSIVE RUNOUT AND CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE PEDAL IS APPLIED. REPLACE FRONT ROTORS . 12/20/2005. BRAKES MAKING THE SAME NOISE. WILL HAVE SERVICE TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS ARE ON AND I PRESS THE BRAKES, BOTH TAIL LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE TOP CENTER LIGHT IS THE ONLY LIGHT WORKING WHEN I AM BRAKING. WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT ON AND I PRESS THE BRAKES, TAIL/BRAKE LIGHTS WORK NORMALLY. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PULL ALONG SIDE OF ME & LET ME KNOW THAT NONE OF MY LIGHTS IN THE BACK WERE WORKING WHEN I PUT ON MY BRAKES. THE NEXT MORNING I GOT ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A RECALL RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2005 , BUT IT IS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. IN MY SEARCH, I CAME ACROSS A WEBSITE THAT HAD APPX. 60 COMMENTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT OWNED THE SAME MAKE & MODEL VEHICLE & AFTER READING THROUGH MOST OF THOSE COMMENTS, I LEARNED THAT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT BOTH OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES MUST BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE CIRCUITS WERE SHORTED (COST $500 INSTALLED). THE WEBSITE THAT REVEALED TO ME THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM IS WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_33943.HTML I INCLUDED THIS WEBSITE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE JUST EXACTLY HOW MANY OF US ARE OUT HERE WITH THE SAME MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS & HAVE BEEN TOLD BY JEEP THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY RECALLS OR BULLETINS REGARDING A TAIL LIGHT PROBLEM. NOW THAT IT IS DARK WHEN I LEAVE THE OFFICE IN THE AFTERNOONS HEADED HOME, THIS HAS REALLY HAD ME AFRAID SOMEONE WAS GOING TO ACCIDENTALLY REAR-END ME ON THE INTERSTATE AND ALSO HOW I WOULD BE AT FAULT BECAUSE OF MY EQUIPMENT NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS, BUT I FELT THE SINCERE NEED TO REPORT IT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS I ENCOUNTERED HAVING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS WELL AS THE GREAT EXPENSE IT IS COSTING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED. ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN OFFER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS OR IF IT WAS THAT WAY WHEN I PURCHASED IT. *JB