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A friend with exact same year GC said same thing happened to him, and Jeep dealer tried to blame his driving habits for causing "exessive heat buildup."
I made an appt. to bring mine in July 19th, and the mechanic on the telephone has already implied that I will have to pay for new rotors if necessary, also citing "heat buildup."
Doesn't it seem ridiculous that I need anything at all after new rotors (and pads!) August 2000?
I have very little mechanical knowledge. Can anyone give me any advice?
I am frankly blown away by all the problems I have read about Jeep. The brake rotors, windows and door locks freezing, the transmission whine, fuel pump problems, etc.
Who owns a 2001 Jeep Laredo that can tell me how their experience with this vehicle has been????
I have an incredible amount of trepidation about buying this vehicle. I love how it drives, how it feels and the way it looks.
Yet I am leaning toward the Pathfinder because I don't want to spend 1/2 my waking hours in the dealer service department.
Can anyone give me some feedback???
After the overhall the following occured:
1. On July 3rd I couldn't get the car in gear (frozen in the park position). This was tow job #1.
2.Picked up car on July 5th.
3. On July 6th(Saturday evening)the same problem necessitated tow #2.
4.Car needed a part not in stock so I picked car up on Tuesday July 10 at 11:30 A. M.
5. At 1:30 the same problem had tow #3 on the way. Car in Dealer's possesion now. I'm awaiting the call.
I've started the procedure under my state lemon law buy back.
Will try and keep you advised.
Jeep Gyp
A Grand Cherokee with 14,500 miles
Has its owner in an awkward position
Of being without it 4 times in 3 weeks
Because of the D----- transmission
Thanks for your help.
everything works beautifully EXCEPT the rotors ---I am going in for the 3rd set and the last under warranty (expiring at 12000 miles under warranty)tomorrow morning.
My 93 I-6 GCL had no similar defect.
Thinking of putting in Stillen rotors after this saga . Any one had experience with Stillen on a GCL??
Anyone with any contacts at DC or info on Lemon law attorney's would be appreciated
I replaced my warped rotors last night with aftermarket rotors from Autozone. They are special order, so the list price for the pair was a little over $93 + tax. IF you have a good 6 pt. 18mm socket and breaker bar and a couple of short extension, you should be able to replace the rotors in less than 1.5 hours. I did mine in less than 45 minutes last night.. BUT I practiced last Sunday with the wrong rotors, so I knew what I was doing. So far they have fixed the problem. The receipt I have sayes 2 year warranty. So, I'm probably better off than paying Jeep to do something. If anyone else wants to this and wants a little more detail just e-mail me at bill.brown@stjude.org.
BTW, I'm keeping the originals just in case I get the opportunity to give the back to Jeep, or maybe will need them to get turned and replaced just before trading it in sometime in the future.
So I am on my own after Sept and so far one friendly garage reccommanded Power Stop rotors and also my service rep has been using Power Stop on his Labaron for 3 months . No negative feedback so far. Any one has comments??
They cost is C$149/side. Stillens are more --US$350 both sides and they don't have distributor here. I will fight with DC first and Power Stop later.
Also Parts rep and one Jeep mechanic said 2001 GCL has the same rotor problem as '99 and '00 even though they have 17" wheels vs 16" on '99 & '00 (dumb move not to enlarge the rotors and cut DC warranty cost at the same time)
My brother's '99 GCL with QD gear-whining problem had been solved finally after 2 years of repeated attempts. It's been a few months since the repair and no recurring noise. He mentioned a DC bulletin and replacing a diff yoke.... or axle. I can get specifics from from if anyone needs.
Good luck .
My problem is that the dreaded Bump is starting to come back again. :( Could this be due to the syn ATF??? Or is it just coincidence?? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Sounds like warped rotors to me ! See #459
It's covered under warranty 20000km or one year whichever comes first. Hurry.
Could it be the steering death wobble that I've also been reading about? This is scary.
We will talk to the dealer and see if they are reasonable about this.
My brother just talked to the dealer and as soon as he described the problem the SM said it was the rotors. BTW, the problem started only after the car had been serviced and the wheels rotated by the same dealer. So its possible the rotors were over-tightened. Should we go to a different dealer? I would like to ask them to extend the warranty coverage to cover this damage. Is this possible?
and also somewhere I read that wheel nuts should be tightened with a torque wrench .
I told my service rep specifically to do that and he said that's the only way they tighten the nuts.
yeah, make me believe !!! Anyway I hope they use the torque wrench this time and see how long this 3rd set of rotors last !!!
Thanks
read my post 419 and 440. Good luck.
1) The tires are pretty worn for only having 20,000 miles. The dealer explained is as having crappy tires on it.
2) They said the brakes needed some work. Probably turning the rotors. The rotors scare me after reading some posts on this board.
thanks
Any advice on this vehicle...it is priced under $17,000
click Review
then Future Telling
and click Jeep or scroll for Jeep at bottom of Future Telling.
Any other similar experience? results?
DC finally bought it back when I hired a lawyer. Arbitration process was useless. I only got results when I went to a lawyer. Advice to all, don't give up. It took me over three month to get rid of this truck. I will never buy a jeep product again. In the year 2001, a $40k truck should be luxurious as well as reliable. Jeep just proved that they still cannot build a reliable vehicle after all these years a Jeep is still a Jeep --UNRELIABLE SUV that can get you anywhere if you can keep it running. Good luck to all.
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