1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee equipment problems

“1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD., 4.0/6CYL./AUTO TRANS. RANDOM INTERMITTENT STALLING AND/OR BUCKING WHILE DRIVING, STALLING AT STOP SIGNS, RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY SOMETIMES (OR NOT). STALLING AND/OR BUCKING MAY OCCUR AT 70 MPH OR 35 MPH. JEEP WILL BE RUNNING PERFECTLY FOR MILES AND THEN JUST STALL (AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE WHILE MERGING WITH ANOTHER INTERSTATE IS VERY STRESSFUL AND DANGEROUS.. IE. I75 AT KNOXVILLE, TENN. OR I71 AT I 270 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. MANY TIMES IT WILL STALL WHILE CROSSING A STATE HIGHWAY FROM A STOP SIGN ON A COUNTY ROAD. ALSO OCCURS ON COUNTY ROADS WHILE CRUISING ALONG AT 45 TO 55 MPH. IT IS TRULY A RANDOM AND INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ...AND VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN HONKED AT, CURSED AT, NEARLY BROADSIDED,/REARENDED TOO MANY TIMES TO EVEN BEGIN TO COUNT. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 4 YEARS. REPLACING THE PCM WORKS FOR MAYBE 2 MONTHS THEN PROBLEM RETURNS SOMETIMES WORSE THAN BEFORE (HAVE REPLACED AT LEAST 4-5 TIMES...OR MORE!! JEEP DEALER CAN CONFIRM) HAVE REPLACED CRANK SENSORS, 02 SENSORS, SPEED SENSORS, WIRING HARNESS PLUGS, MUFFLER, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, DISTRIBUTER, PLUG WIRES AND MISC. WIRE JUMPS AND REPAIRS, REBUILT TRANSMISSION, BATTERY.…”

“VEHICLE WAS LOOSING POWER, CUTTING OUT AND DYING. WHILE ACCELERATING OR DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED IT WOULD CUT OUT. WHEN YOU WOULD SLOW THE VEHICLE TO STOP OR TURN IT WOULD DIE LOOSING ALL POWER STEERING, BRAKES, ETC. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON BUT SOMETIMES THE READING WOULD BE LOST BY THE TIME IT WENT TO MECHANIC. CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED WITH A NAPA BRAND. STILL THE PROBLEM KEPT HAPPENING. SEVERAL OTHER PARTS WERE REPLACED OVER 3 YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. FINALLY IN MARCH 07 THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR AGAIN BUT WITH A FACTORY PART. HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I HAD TO PAY FOR A PART TO BE PREPLACED TWICE PLUS OTHERS, EXCEEDING $1000 BECAUSE THE AFTER MARKET PART WASN'T COMPATIBLE WITH MY VEHICLE. EITHER NAPA NEEDS TO STOP MAKING THIS PART OR JEEP NEEDS TO LET CONSUMERS KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR PART WON'T WORK. HAVE READ REPORTS OF OTHER VEHICLES HAVING SAME PROBLEM. MAYBE THIS COULD HELP THEM. *TR”

“I HAVE A 96 GRAND CHEROKEE LTD 4X4 WITH 115K MILES. SINCE IT TURNED 65K MILES I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND DRUMS 3 TIMES. I HAVE WATER LEAKS IN THE SEAT BELT WELLS, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, AND THE BELTS ARE WET WHEN IT RAINS. TODAY, WATER IS POOLING IN THE FLOOR OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WATER POURS FROM JUST ABOVE THE ACCELERATOR. MUST BE FROM A/C?THE REAR DOOR HATCH HAS JAMMED IN LOCK POSITION. THE ELECTRONIC MILEAGE/ FUEL READOUT (ON CEILING MODULE) FLUCTUATES WILDLY AND IS INACCURATE. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT AT 64,975 MILES. NOW HAVE A CRACK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, QUOTED $1200 BY DEALER TO REPAIR. I HAVE GONE THROUGH STOCK 3 RADIOS, TUNER PROBLEMS. MASSIVE A/C PROBLEMS IN PAST. I PAID A NON DEALER TO REPAIR IT, THE REPAIRS HELD FOR 30 DAYS AND SAME PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THEN HAD DEALER REPAIR AND IT WAS A RECALL ITEM SO WAS COVERED AFTER I'D PAID FOR 2 PREV REPAIR JOBS AT $1100 TOTAL. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WENT OUT AT 90K MILES. REPLACED SO MANY OTHER PARTS, I'D HAVE TO REFER TO THE SERVICE RECORDS FOR MORE DETAILS. THIS LIST IS ONLY FROM MEMORY. TOTAL COST OVER 3 YRS....AROUND $4000! OH, AND THE REAR HATCH/DOOR PAINT IS FADED AND DULL,…”

“VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING WITH FOOT ON GAS CAUSING POTENTIAL ACCIDENT WITHOUT WARNING. CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THIS ALSO OCURRED IN MARCH, 2003. THE SAME SENSOR WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL NOT RUN WITHOUT THIS SENSOR, AND THERE IS NO SAFTEY DEFAULT MODE PROVIDED TO THE COMPUTER TO KEEP VEHICLE RUNNING IF CRANK SENSOR CIRCUIT FAILS.*AK”

“FOR YEARS WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR HEATING UP EVERY SUMMER. AS SOON AS THE AIR CONDITIONING GOES ON THE CAR HEATS UP. AND EVERY YEAR WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIX IT. NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WE A COPIES OF ALL OF OUR BILLS. IT'S HOT AGAIN AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK”

“THREE FUEL PUMPS HAVE FAILED IN THREE YEARS. WE HEAR THE PAINT CHIPS IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSES CLOGS THE FUEL PUMP AND RUINS THEM ($875.00 FOR EACH FUEL PUMP). *NLM”