2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 GRAND CHEROKEE THE VEHICLE WILL SWITCH INTO NEUTRAL ON IT'S OWN. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHILE STOPPED AT LIGHTS, WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT READS "SHIFT CONTROL MODULE" AND THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND HAS NOT BEEN CHEAP. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS LIGHT UP AROUND ALL GEARS (PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, AND DRIVE.) I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF MY VEHICLE AND RESTART IT BEFORE IT WOULD SWITCH BACK INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. I AM WONDERING IF THE NEW SAFETY RECALL 13V175000 IS COVERING THIS ISSUE. AS I READ, IT SEEMS MY VEHICLE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. MY NEXT STEP WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AS THE PERSON WORKING ON THE VEHICLE DID NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SUGGEST. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH HAVING TO SHARE THIS VEHICLE WITH A TEENAGE SON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V175000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN) WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSFER CASE; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,360. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER, I WOULD TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND THE BACK ON BUT THE PROBLEM WOULD SOON REOCCUR. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. HE LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM IN A WEBSITE TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. HE FOUND THAT 60% OF THE TIME IT WAS THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WHICH WAS THE PROBLEM. WE REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND ARM ASSEMBLY TO THIS DAY SOME 5 MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED.THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET WORSE OVER TIME WITHOUT THE REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED AND SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR

I DO NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED, BUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, MY LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING AND THEN WENT OUT ALL TOGETHER. I THOUGHT IT HAPPENED WHEN I TURNED MY SIGNAL LIGHTS ON, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE CAUSE. I TOOK IT TO THE JEEP DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. EVERY NOW AND THEN, I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, BUT NOTHING CAN BE FOUND. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND IT TERRIFIES ME THAT SOMEONE WILL THINK I AM FLASHING THEM AND BECOME ANGRY. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG IF THERE ARE SO MANY WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. I PURCHASED AS A ONE PERSON LEASE VEHICLE FROM A DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN A YEAR HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I COULD NOT ENTER TRANSMISSION IN THE PARTS SECTION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS THIS PAST EVENING UNEXPECTEDLY ALL MY INTERIOR GAUGES AND DASH ELECTRONICS STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF TO INCLUDE THE RADIO, HAZARD LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING INSIDE. AT THE SAME TIME I REALIZED I WAS ALSO LOOSING MY EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS AND ALSO BRAKE CONTROL BECAUSE MY CAR WAS ESSENTIALLY RUNNING BUT WITH NO ELECTRONICS. IT STARTED MAKING A WEIRD GRINDING PULSATING NOISE THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY THE FLICKERING LIGHTS. THIS FORCED ME TO EXIT THE ROAD AT A GAS STATION. IT THEN STOPPED AND I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN ONLY TO HAVE IT RESUME SHORTLY. THANKFULLY I WAS CLOSE TO MY DESTINATION AND WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF FOR THE NIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS DURING THE DAY BUT THIS IS MY FIRST NIGHT EXPERIENCE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A GLITCH BUT IT IS DEFINITELY GETTING WORSE AND HAS BECOME REGULAR. THE NEXT MORNING I WAS ABLE START AND DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO WORK AND IT REPEATED THIS BEHAVIOR A COUPLE MORE TIMES. AT DAYS END I WENT TO LEAVE AND NOW MY JEEP WON'T START AND HASN'T FOR TWO DAYS. ALL THE ELECTRONICS COME ON BUT WHEN I TURN THE KEY IT JUST CLICKS. I ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST BUT WHEN MY MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT HE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW & WITHOUT WARNING: THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS, TACHOMETERS, HEATER, AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON/OFF, THEN GO COMPLETELY OFF. THEN IF APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A FEROCIOUS GRINDING NOISE AND LOSS OF STEERING. ENGINE SEEMS TO SLOW DOWN OR NOT WANT TO SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR WHILE DRIVING. ALL THIS HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS FLICKERING. SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM BUT GETTING WORSE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR A DAY THEN DISAPPEARS. I HAVE VIDEO RECORDING OF THESE INCIDENTS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BUT "NOTHING REPORTS" SO I AM TOLD IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT ON A STRAIGHT SECTION OF HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF CARSON CITY NEVADA AND THE LIGHTS WENT BRIGHT THEN OUT THEN FLICKERED ON AND OFF THEN IT WAS OKAY. A SHORT TIME LATER ON THE SAME HIGHWAY STILL A STRAIGHT SECTION IT DID THE SAME THING, I PULLED OVER, LIGHTS WENT TO NORMAL. THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT THE TIME THANK GOD. THIS WAS ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE WITHOUT HESITATION AND IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE BEEN READING LOTS OF INCIDENTS LIKE WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UNDER COMPLETELY NORMAL CONDITIONS, SEVERAL SEVERE PROBLEMS OCCURRED SIMULTANEOUSLY; INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF, VEHICLE STARTED SPUTTERING AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, GRINDING SOUND FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL ACCOMPANIED THE OTHER PROBLEMS FURTHER ADDING TO THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWING DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE LIT UP WHEN FLASHING STOPPED, BUT THEN A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER WHILE I WAS TRYING TO LIMP INTO A PARKING LOT TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD THE DASH LIGHTS STARTED WILDLY FLASHING ON AND OFF AGAIN AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO BE VIRTUALLY UNRESPONSIVE WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT, THE ESP/BAS LIGHTS REMAINED ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT EVENTUALLY WENT OUT, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN ON 3/29/2013 WHILE I WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. IT WAS SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED AND SCARY. WITH THE RIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, IT COULD BE DEVASTATING AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ONCE I STARTED DOING A BIT OF ONLINE RESEARCH, I FOUND MANY JEEP FORUMS PACKED FULL OF OWNERS WITH THE IDENTICAL MODEL AND YEAR OF MY GRAND CHEROKEE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME GRAVE ISSUES. IT IS CLEARLY VERY WIDESPREAD FOR THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, AND THEN I FOUND THE ARFC PAGE AND I WAS ASTOUNDED AT THE NUMBERS OF OWNERS OF MY YEAR AND MODEL WHO HAVE ALSO HAD HAIR RAISING INCIDENTS WHO HAVE DESCRIBED THE EXACT SET OF PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD. CHRYSLER CANNOT IGNORE THE MASSIVE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REPORTING THE SAME DEFECT ISSUES. IT IS WELL BEYOND THE REALMS OF COINCIDENCE, AND IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO IGNORE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A NATIONAL FACTORY RECALL ASAP BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE COMPUTER BOARD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.