I HAVE A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4. ABOUT A YEAR OR MORE AGO, MY FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BEGAN TO "WOBBLE"... IT WAS ONLY A VERY MINUSCULE AMOUNT AT FIRST, BUT HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED IN SEVERITY AND IS NOW A COMPLETELY BROKEN SEAT. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT CAN COMPLETELY BE LIFTED UP ON ITS SIDE AND IS FULLY DETACHABLE. THE BRACKETS AND SEAT MOUNT UNDER THE SEAT HAVE BROKEN COMPLETELY AND THE METAL IS SNAPPED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AS THE DRIVER SEAT MAY COMPLETELY DETACH SPORADICALLY DURING OPERATION. VISITING A BODY SHOP AT THE BEGINNING OF 2010 I WAS TOLD THAT REPLACING THE SEAT WOULD COST AT LEAST $500.00 AND THAT THE MOST COST EFFICIENT METHOD WOULD BE TO CONSIDER A REPLACEMENT SEAT FROM THE JUNK YARD. AS I BEGAN SEARCHING AROUND FOR SEATS, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A VERY STRANGE PATTERN: ALL THE JEEP'S WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL FROM ABOUT 1999 TO AT LEAST 2003 OR 2004 HAD THEIR FRONT SEATS ALREADY MISSING WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS UPON THEIR INITIAL ARRIVAL TO THE JUNK YARD. IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A DRIVER'S SEAT THAT WOULD FIT MY MAKE AND MODEL BECAUSE OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE. CONFRONTED WITH THIS IRONY, I BEGAN TO SEARCH ONLINE FOR REMEDIES TO MY ISSUE AND TO SEE IF OTHER CONSUMERS HAD FACED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR JEEPS. I WAS ASTONISHED AND DEEPLY DISTURBED TO FIND THEIR WAS A WEB PAGE FILLED WITH COMMENTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND IN SOME CASES, THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD DETACHED DURING VEHICULAR OPERATION (FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURNS). THESE COMMENTS DATED BACK TO 2007 AND MAJORITY OF THEM, IF NOT ALL, DEALT WITH JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDOS FROM THE YEAR 2000. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND THERE IS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF THIS SEAT DEFECT. THE NUMBER OF CASES IS TOO LARGE TO BE IRONY. PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR A RECALL ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS WHO ARE FACING THIS.
2004
VISIBILITY
ON ARE 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND WITH AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL THE BLEND DOORS HAVE FAILED AND THIS CAUSES THE HVAC UNIT TO EITHER BLOW HOT OR COLD WHEN TURNED ON BUT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF IT. WE HAVE HAD THE A/C KICK ON WHEN UNIT WAS SET TO HEAT/DEFROST IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND THIS CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE WINDSHIELD WILL START ICING UP OR FOGGING UP IF IT'S NOT REAL COLD OUT AND AS MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE DAILY I WANT HER IN A SAFE VEHICLE. WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE HEATER KICK ON WHEN USING THE A/C AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS TURN THE HVAC UNIT OFF AND ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD ALL GRAND CHEROKEE'S HAVE THIS PROBLEM JUST AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THIS PART. TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE AT A DEALER WE WERE QUOTED $950 TO FIX IT BUT I BELIEVE JEEP SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THIS AS IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM AND IT CAUSES A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IF AND WHEN THE HEATER/DEFROSTER QUITS WORKING. WHEN THE HVAC SYSTEM GETS STUCK THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO FIX IT SOMETIMES IT WILL STICK FOR A FEW HOURS OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT WORK FOR A DAY OR TWO. *TR
