1999 Jeep Cherokee fuel system, gasoline problems

“FUEL TANK IS HELD IN PLACE BY A SKID PLATE (A.K.A. BRUSH PLATE). THE SKID PLATE HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE FUEL TANK IS IN DANGER OF FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. *TR”

“WAS REMOVING REAR HITCH SO I COULD REPAINT IT AND NOTICED THAT MY GAS TANK SHIELD WAS ROTTED AND GAS WAS LEAKING ABOVE SHIELD SO I REMOVED THE ROTTED SHIELD AND FOUND LEAK.IT WAS CAUSED BY DIRT AND ROAD GRIME GETTING IN ABOVE WHERE SHIELD WAS ROTTED.THANK GOD I CAUGHT IT BEFORE SHIELD STARTED TO FALL AND SPARK AGAINST ROAD.COME TO FIND OUT THAT SHIELD IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING GAS TANK IN VEHICLE WHICH I BELIEVE IS TOTALLY A HAZARD FOR ALL GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS FROM 1999-2004 AT LEAST.I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS A MAJOR DEFECT IN ALL FROM 1993-2004 AND YET NO RECALLS.THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FIRES FROM THIS AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.MINE AT PRESENT JUST SITS IN YARD AS THEY WANT 400 HUNDRED FOR SHIELD AND 400 HUNDRED OR MORE FOR TANK.ALL JUNKYARDS TELL ME THAT THEY ARE ALL ROTTED AND SO THEY HAVE NONE TO SELL.ALL JUNKYARDS TELL ME THE SAME SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO YET.I COULD SEE THIS IF MY JEEP WAS NOT ROAD WORTHY BUT THERE IS NO RUST ON IT AND IT RUNS GREAT. *JS”

“WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS MY JEEP'S ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF" WHILE DRIVING" AT VARIOUS SPEEDS 5 DIFFERENT TIMES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 60MPH. FOUR OF THE SIX TIMES I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE ENGINE, TWO TIMES I HAD TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART. THE INCIDENT AT 60MPH HAPPENED ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO THE SHOULDER WHEN IT SHUT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD BEFORE THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND NO ONE WAS HURT. THE COMPUTER NEVER REGISTERS ANY PROBLEM AND MY MECHANIC HAS STATED THAT IT COULD BE NUMEROUS ISSUES BUT NOTHING FOR SURE. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE JEEP HAS NEVER ISSUED A WARNING OR RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR”

“I HAD A MINOR HIT IN REAR ..AND FUEL SKID PLATE GOT PUSHED IN AND ALMOST RUPTURED GAS TANK..THIS HAPPENED OVER A YEAR AGO ..NOW THE SKID PLATE IS STARTING TO ROT/RUST OUT AND IT WOULD COST OVER $600.00 TO REPAIR ..DUE TO THE JUNE 2013 RECALL OF THIS ITEM I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR ..I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY SAID I WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A HITCH ATTACHED TO MY CAR ..THIS IS WRONG ...WHAT GOES HERE ..CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS ..I FEAR NOW DRIVING MY JEEP BECAUSE I HAVE NO GAS TANK SKID PLATE LEFT .. *TR”

“I WAS PARKED IN MY LOT AND A NEIGHBOR DROPPED A CIGARETTE BEHIND MY 1999 JEEP. THERE WAS UNGODLY GAS SMELL AND THE PUDDLE OF GAS THAT IS LEAKING FROM TANK IGNITED. I WAS LUCKILY ENOUGH THAT I CAUGHT IT AT THAT TIME OR IT WOULD HAVE EXPLODED. I JUST BOUGHT IT AND NEVER SMELLED GAS OR THOUGHT THE TANK WAS LEAKING. I HAD TO SPENLEAKING. IT IS GOING TO COST OVER 500 DOLLARS FOR THIS TO BE FIXED PLUS A TOW BAR. PLEASE HELP ME TO SEE IF JEEP COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE DUE TO RECALL. *TR”

“I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO AND IN THE PAST I GUESS AROUND 6 MONTHS IT HAS BEEN PARKED BECAUSE NOONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.THE VEHICLE USED TO BE SO DEPENDABLE AND THEN ONE DAY IT WOULDN'T START AFTER I DROVE IT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND SHUT IT OFF,BUT I COULD LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES AND IT WOULD START RIGHT UP.AFTER A FEW WEEKS I COULDN'T DRIVE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT WAS STALLING MORE OFTEN AND I NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WAS GONNA START OR NOT.I HAD IT PUT ON THE COMPUTER AT ADVANCE AND THEY MENTION THE NUMBER 3 NOT FIRING BUT NOONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY MY VERY DEPENDABLE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS VERY DANGEROUS.PLEASE HELP ME IF U CAN,I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO TRANSPORTATION.I HAVE BEEN READING ENTRIES BY OTHER JEEP OWNERS AND I HAVE A LITTLE HOPE SINCE ALOT OF THEM ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR”