2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee

WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE DASH LIGHTS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. THE FAN FOR THE A/C TURNED OFF. THIS KEPT HAPPENING FOR 10 MILES AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER THIS HAPPENED. I HAD A FRIEND SCAN THE COMPUTER WITHOUT TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF. FOUND CODE B2100. THIS CODE IS FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONING. I DID AN INTERNET CHECK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. SOME CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND PROBLEM SOLVED AND OTHERS HAVE NOT CHANGED IT. THIS SURE SOUNDS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. I HAVE READ WHERE THE ENGINE EVEN SHUTS OFF. *TR

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

MY 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS NOW STARTED SPORADIC HEADLIGHT SERVICE. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE NOTICED THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DIMMING FOR NO APPARENT REASON BUT NOW THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ALSO CUTTING IN AND OUT. IT SEEMS THERE IS NO REAL SOLUTION FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE AND CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SINCE IT IS VERY UNNERVING TO NOT HAVE HEADLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *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

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

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

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH SUDDENLY EVERY DASHBOARD WARNINGS LIGHT, IGNITION, RADIO,HEADLIGHTS, ETC. TURNS ON AND OFF. ENGINE STALLS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS EACH TIME THIS OCCURS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. DEALER SAYS THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP. THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER'S SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM AND THE SECOND TIME THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE COMPUTER. THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THING AND IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER ON 2/18/13. *TR

I PURCHASED VEHICLE 2 WEEKS AGO, NOVEMBER 115, 2012. OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS, ALL LIGHTS ON . INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHT-UP, GAUGES GO CRAZY, LOOSE POWER AND ABILITY TO OPERATE VEHICLE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE I WAS ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS BEGIN TO FLICKER OFF-ON AT A HIGH RATE CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR JEEP. I WENT TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER TODAY...NO HELP. CALLED JEEP HOTLINE, 800-992-1997, NO HELP, CLAIM THEY HAVENT HAD A PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND JEEP SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED MY CERTIFIED USED 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, THE INTERIOR INSTRUMENT PANEL AND DASH LIGHTS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. THE BRIGHTNESS FLICKERS FROM LOW TO VERY HIGH, WHICH IS VERY DISTRACTING AT NIGHT, SOME OF THE PANEL CONTROLS HAVE SINCE COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING, AND SEVERAL TIMES, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH (SEATBELT, AIRBAG, CHECK ENGINE, ETC) FLASH ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT NUMEROUS SPEEDS AND TIMES OF THE DAY. I VIDEO TAPED SEVERAL INCIDENTS ON MY CELL PHONE TO PROVE IT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE VIDEO MEANS NOTHING. IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN, OR IS MORE NOTICEABLE, AT NIGHT. THEY CHECKED IT IN THE DAYTIME. MADE NO OFFER OF ANY SOLUTION. *TR