2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee

I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING RECALL NOTICES FROM CHRYSLER SINCE SEPTEMBER 2014. I DID EVERYTHING THE RECALL NOTICE PROMPTED ME TO DO UNTIL THE PARTS CAME IN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR TO SEE IF THE PARTS CAME IN. I REALLY DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES UNTIL AUGUST 3,2015. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF. I HAD NO POWER STEERING BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NO PROBLEM AND THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AROUND ME. I NEW IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH ISSUE SO I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE PARTS FOR THAT RECALL ARE NOT AVAILABLE SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THIS IS MY ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION AND I AM A NURSING STUDENT AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR. I HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT AND ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS IT HAS TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. LUCKILY I HAVE EITHER BEEN IN SLOWER TRAFFIC OR SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. THIS WEEK ON 3 OCCASIONS I WENT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. I CALLED AAA BUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED IT STARTED AGAIN. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR, I ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD GET A CAR FOR ME TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PARTS COME IN SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THEIR RECALL AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO THAT. THIS IS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE. I GO TO SCHOOL FULL TIME, AM DOING MY CLINICALS AND PERCEPTORSHIP AT THE HOSPITAL AND WORK PART TIME TO PAY MY RENT. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR MY CAR AND THIS COULD BE A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. YESTERDAY (9/23/2015) I STOPPED BY BAXTER JEEP IN OMAHA, NE TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET ME IN TO CHECK MY CAR BECAUSE IT DIDN'T START THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO START IT THAT MORNING. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T GET IT IN UNTIL OCTOBER 7. I WENT TO ANOTHER AUTO REPAIR SERVICER AND THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH PERTAINING TO THE RECALL.

CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED AND OFFICIAL RECALL #P41, IN JUNE 2014. TILL NOW, 15 MONTH LATER, THE CORRECTIVE PARTS (IGNITION SWITCH) TO SUBSTITUTE THE DEFECTIVE ONE WERE NOT DEVELOPED. WHAT IS CHRYSLER WAITING, SOMEONE TO DIE ? WHAT THE VEHICLE OWNERS SHOULD DO, JUST KEEP ON DRIVING THE RISKY VHEICLES UNTILL GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN DEAD ? NO ONE IS CHECKING WHAT CHRYSLER IS DOING (OR NOT DOING !!!) ? NO ONE MAKES THEM SOLVE THE PROBLEM ? REGARDS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

I WAS REVERSING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE, WHEN I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, IT KILLED THE ENGINE AND COMPLETELY SHUT IT OFF. ALL ELECTRONICS REMAINED ON. I THEN REAPPLIED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO PARK AND STARTED THE ENGINE UP AGAIN, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME AND NOT EVERY TIME AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE.

WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ALL MY DASH LIGHTS CAME ON THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK. MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER BOTH DROPPED TO 0 AND MY GAS GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN AND I DID NOT LOSE ANY POWER BUT THE ALL THE DASH LIGHTS CONTINUE TO GO OFF AND ON AND THE GAUGES WILL DROP TO 0 OR EMPTY WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES SHEARED OFF. COMPLETELY CRACKED OFF AND DISINTEGRATED LIKE THERE WAS NEVER A DOOR HANDLE INSTALLED. IT FIRST STARTED WITH THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE AND PROGRESSIVELY CONTINUED WITH THE LEFT INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, THEN THE FRONT PASSENGER INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. THE ONLY INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE THAT IS STILL INTACT IS THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IN THE SENSE THAT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH OR EVACUATION THE PASSENGERS HAVE NO WAY TO EVACUATE THE VEHICLE UNLESS OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS SAFETY HAZARD HAS YET TO BE RECOGNIZED BY JEEP AS OTHER OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED AS WELL. THERE ARE SEVERAL BLOGS POSTED ONLINE AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. I AM DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT AND WISH JEEP WOULD ACTION THIS SAFETY-RELATED CONCERN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WHEN DRIVING MY TRANSMISSION WOULD BE STUCK IN A GEAR SOMETIMES AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULD SHIFT TO NEUTRAL WHILE ON CITY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THIS WOULD HAPPEN MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATING WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD TO SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR. IT WOULDN'T OR WOULD GO TO NEUTRAL SO I HAD TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION BACK AND FORTH FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE TO CATCH A GEAR. I READ ABOUT A RECALL BACK IN 2013 BUT CHRYSLER SAID IT DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE SO I PAID TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. SINCE CHRYSLER IS CURRENTLY HAVING RECALL PROBLEMS I'M CURIOUS TO FIND OUT IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T REPORTED.

ALL FOUR OF THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE PLASTIC PARTS (I BELIEVE THEY ARE CALLED CUPS) HAVE BROKEN. THIS HAS CAUSED THE HANDLES THEMSELVES TO BECOME LOOSE AND UNSTABLE. THE HANDLE ON ONE OF THE DOORS (RIGHT REAR DOOR) HAS ALSO NOW BROKEN, CAUSING THAT DOOR TO BE UNUSABLE FROM THE INSIDE, WHICH HAS CREATED A SAFETY ISSUE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR ACCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE VIA INTERNET SEARCH, I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MANY JEEPS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2005-2010. THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE URGENT AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP IMMEDIATELY.

I BOUGHT A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN 2009. SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS & POWER STEERING LOSS. I TOOK MY JEEP INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AT THE TIME. THIS HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES, YET THE DEALERSHIP NEVER FOUND THE PROBLEM. IN 2014, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER (RECALL P41) STATING THE SOME JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE. THEY ADVISED IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. PER RECALL P41, "THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH AND DISABLING ONE OR MORE OF THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY FEATURES INCLUDING THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS." I WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME SO I CALLED CHRYSLER'S GROUP RECALL ASSISTANCE CENTER AT 1-800-853-1403, AND WAS ADVISED THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY UNBORN CHILD, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES TO MY VEHICLE ALREADY. I CALLED CHRYSLER BACK RECENTLY AND TOLD THEM IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO ME, WHILE I HAD MY HUSBAND AND NEWBORN IN THE CAR. I WAS DRIVING ON THE PARKWAY & MY ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF! I WAS SCARED TO DEATH! I ASKED CHRYSLER FOR A RENTAL VEHICLE TO USE UNTIL THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. THEY SAID THEY DO NOT OFFER THAT. SO I AM SUPPOSED TO KEEP DRIVING THIS "DEATH TRAP?" I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS JEEP, BUT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER CAR NOW. PLUS, I HAVE A NEWBORN BABY TO THINK ABOUT. I FEEL THEY SHOULD OFFER RENTAL VEHICLES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. I TOLD THEM IF THIS HAPPENS TO ME & I GET IN AN ACCIDENT, I WILL BE SUING THEM SINCE THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS AND WAS UNWILLING TO HELP ME.