WHILE BACKING SLOWLY AND TURNING, WE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE MOUNTING BRACKET FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP ON OUR 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 5.2 LITER V-8. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO FLY LOOSE, THE PUMP TO BECOME INOPERATIVE AND THE PUMP TO FALL INTO THE RADIATOR FAN WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND SPRAY ANTI-FREEZE ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE BRACKET SHOWED AN OLD FRACTURE AT THE BOLT HOLE NEAREST THE FIRST NUMERAL MOLDED INTO THE PART. AT A SALVAGE YARD A NEARLY IDENTICAL BRACKET FROM A 1994 MODEL OF THE SAME VEHICLE SHOWED THAT FAILURE WAS BEGINNING ON THAT PART IN PRECISELY THE SAME LOCATION. *TR
2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS, BOTH THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND THEN GO OFF. THERE IS NO WARNING BEFORE IT HAPPENS. MANY TIMES YOU CAN TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. BUT LATELY, THIS DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A JEEP DEALER TO FIX BUT SINCE THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS IT HAS HAPPENED AT NIGHT ON A ROAD WITH NO STREET LIGHTS. IT ALSO MAKES THE CAR UNABLE TO BE SEEN BY OTHERS..... AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR