2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee

WE LEASED A 2005 JEEP CHEROKEE IN JANUARY 2005 AND IN JANUARY 2006 EVERYTHING ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO CUT OFF INCLUDING TURN SIGNALS, ODOMETER... AND EVERYTHING ON THE DASH INCLUDING THE CD PLAYER, THE BUTTONS FOR THE HEATER/AC WOULD OVERHEAT AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE TOOK IT IN TO GALEANA, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM, WHICH APPARENTLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN WITH CHYRSLER AUTOMOBILES. SHORTLY AFTER THE CAR BEGAN TO BREAK DOWN EVERYWHERE. IF I PARKED THE CAR AT A STORE, WORK, HOME... AND WENT BACK TO START IT, IT WOULD NOT CRANK. THIS HAPPENS 8 OUT OF 10 TIMES AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT "DUPLICATE" A PROBLEM AND NOW THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME. SHORTLY AFTER THAT AT THE END OF 2006, AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY A "PEBBLE" AS THE DEALERSHIP CALLS IT, WENT THROUGH MY GRILL AND HIT THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT, SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERYWHERE ALMOST CATCHING ON FIRE WITH ME AND MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN IT. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND APPARENTLY THE TRANSMISSION WAS BLOWN OUT, $4,000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. ALL OF OUR OTHER PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS AND CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEMS OR LET US OUT OF THE LEASE. I HAVE TRIED TALKING TO CHRYSLER AND GETTING THIS ISSUE RESOLVED ONLY TO HEAR THEM TELLING ME THAT THIS WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THIS IS BECOMING A TREND IN THEIR BUSINESS AND IF THEY CANNOT FIX THE VEHICLES THEY MANUFACTURED THEY SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THE VEHICLES IN THE FIRST PLACE. *JB

I OWN A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT HAS 2 SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. JEEP CLAIMS THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND/OR CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM TO FIX. NO ERROR CODES ETC HOWEVER IF SOMEONE WOULD JUST READ THE JEEP FORUMS THEY WILL SEE THIS IS A "NATIONWIDE" ISSUE THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH HUNDREDS OF NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS. HER FIRST ISSUE WITH MY JEEP IS WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SITTING IDLE WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF. OF THE 8 TO 10 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPEN, TWICE THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO START UP AGAIN. WE HAD TO GIVE THE CAR ABOUT 5 MINS AND THEN IT STARTED RIGHT UP. DEALER FOUND SOME "RANDOM" ERROR CODES THAT WE WERE TOLD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUE WE WERE HAVING. AT THE THIRD TIME WE TOO THE JEEP TO THE DEALER THEY CHANGED A SENOR AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FILTER AND FLUID. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND ON THE FOURTH TRIP TO DEALERSHIP THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE PER JEEP IN DETROIT. STILL NOT FIXED AND THE DEALER SHIP IS TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. ISSUE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. AFTER THE DEALER SHIP INSTALLED THE NEW SOFTWARE, THE SECOND ISSUE STARTED. THIS ISSUE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS AND WILL RESULT IN A LAWSUIT IF NOT FIXED. WHEN DRIVING AT REALLY ANY NORMAL SPEED THE CAR WILL ACT AS IF I THE DRIVER AM HITTING THE BRAKES REALLY HARD. NOT HARD ENOUGH TO LOCK THE WHEELS BUT HARD ENOUGH TO LEAVE A SEAT BELT REDNESS ON MY NECK FROM BEING SLUG FORWARD. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE RED BRAKE LIKE AND YELLOW ABS LIGHT COMES ON. THE ISSUE HAPPENS FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND THE CAR JUST REGROUPS AND KEEPS GOING. WE HAVE LOST COUNT OF THIS ISSUE BUY MY GUESS IS THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 15 TIMES. ON THE LAST 3-5 TIMES WHEN THE CAR LOCKS UP IT TURNS OFF THE RADIO WHEN IN THE PAST THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. ISSUE SEEMS TO BE ADDING MORE PROBLEMS AS TIME GOES ON. JEEP NEEDS TO READ THE FORUMS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING IT 20 MILES AT 50 MPH, THERE WAS A INTENSE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER SURROUNDING THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE CENTER FRONT OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME ISSUE, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED, WHO THE CONTACT STATED WAS VERY RUDE.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE OWNERS MANUAL WAS INCORRECT ON HOW TO TOW A VEHICLE. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DIAGNOSED A FUEL PUMP AND FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILURE, BOTH WERE REPLACED. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE PRESENTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. INTERMITTENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION MADE NOISE WHEN SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 20 TIMES, HOWEVER NO ERROR CODES IDENTIFIED THE DEFECT. IN ONE OF THE INCIDENTS, THE YELLOW MALFUNCTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THE DEFECT AS THE COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE AND THE DRIVER SHAFT, BOTH WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO RECOMMENDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DOWNSHIFTING WHEN GOING UP HILLS AND IT WOULD GET STUCK IN SECOND OR THIRD GEAR. THE A/C AND BLOWER MOTOR WERE INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE CONSUMERS CONCERN. THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, THE CD PLAYER WAS BROKE. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS VIBRATED. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVESHAFT AND HEATER WERE REPLACED. THE SEATS WOULD NOT MOVE BACK. THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT AS THEY SHOULD. UPDATED 01/17/07. *JB UPDATED

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ALL THE GAUGES CEASING TO FUNCTION WITH A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MOISTURE HAD COLLECTED IN THE JUNCTION BOX. THE JUNCTION BOX WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER, AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ELECTRICAL WIRES ALONG THE ENGINE WERE MOUNTED INCORRECTLY AND HAD WORN INTO. THE ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE ENGINE STALLING PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 12/28/2006 - WHIKE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 5 - 60 MPH ALL THE DASJ LIGHTS WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE POWER. SO FAR THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR DUE TO WEAR, FRONT CONTROL MODULE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN APRIL 2006, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT RUNS THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER ISSUE ALLOWED THE TRANSMISSION TO LEAK IMPROPERLY. ALSO, IN OCTOBER 2006 THE VEHICLE STALLED AT 30 MPH DUE TO ALL THE ELECTRIC IN THE VEHICLE FAILING.

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - ~21,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/GAUGES WILL RANDOMLY ALL LIGHT UP AT ONCE, THEN GO OFF ONE AT A TIME AS I AM DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THE SPEEDOMETER, AT THE SAME TIME WILL GO TO 0 THEN WILL SEEM TO 'REBOOT' AND GO BACK TO THE CORRECT SPEED. AGAIN, ALL OF THIS WILL HAPPEN RANDOMLY AS I TRAVEL ON THE HIGHWAYS. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN 3 TIMES TO THE WESTGATE CHRYSLER JEEP DEALERSHIP IN RALEIGH, NC, AND IT HAS STILL NOT BEEN CORRECTED!! ON THE FIRST TRIP, THEY JUST FLASHED THE COMPUTER AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. ON THE SECOND TRIP THERE, THE FLASHING HAPPENED TO THE TECHNICIAN SO THEY REPLACED THE JUNCTION BOX AND SAID THAT SHOULD DO IT...BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. ON THE 3RD TRIP, THEY JUST HOOKED UP THE COMPUTER AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THEY CALLED THE CHRYSLER TECHNICAL SERVICE AND THEY TOLD THEM TO JUST WAIT UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN...THEN BRING IT IN?? IT HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO 'JUST BRING IT IN'. MY JEEP HAS BECOME UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT! WHEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOES BLANK WHILE I'M DRIVING, IT BECOMES A HAZARD TO ME AND MY FAMILY. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, BUT I HAVE ONLY RECEIVED AN AUTOMATED REPLY. THEY ARE NOT HELPING ME WITH THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. I'VE SEARCHED THE INTERNET WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTIONS RANGE FROM BAD FUSES, TO CORROSION IN THE CONNECTORS, RELAYS, ETC. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS IN TO WESTGATE AS THEY APPEAR USELESS AND DON'T WANT TO DO ANY DETECTIVE WORK. PLEASE HELP ME REMEDY THIS SERIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUE. *JB