2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

STARTED TRUCK SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. STARTED TO DRIVE, TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AND WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO SPEED OVER 20 MPH. TRIED PULLING OVER AND PUTTING IN PARK, STILL WAS UNABLE TO GET TRUCK TO DRIVE NORMALLY. HAD SAME ISSUE PREVIOUSLY, HAD TRUCK REPAIRED WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE - ALONG WITH THE BATTERY, TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND ALTERNATOR - THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL - WHEN WILL THEY RECALL THIS - DO WE NEED TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE SOME REALIZES THERE IS A PROBLEM? *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE TO THE MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS SINCE I OWNED IT. THERE IS A TWO SECOND DELAY WHEN YOU PUSH DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. DEALERSHIPS CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, 4WD MODULE. EVERY LIGHT COMES ON, CHECK ENGINE, CHECK GAS CAP ETC. IT NOW GETS HORRIBLE GAS MILEAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE DAY ONE AND JEEP REFUSES TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE PRNDL HAD LIT BOXES AROUND ALL THE LETTERS, AND DASH INDICATORS ALL LIT UP, AND JEEP LOST POWER AS IF STALLING. IT THEN "WENT" BACK INTO DRIVE ON ITS OWN. THIS HAPPENED OVER ELEVEN TIMES, WITH MILEAGE STARTING AT 1,186, AND MOST RECENTLY AT 52,536. DATES OF REPAIR INCIDENTS ARE : 2/12/07, 12/31/07, 1/10/08, 9/22/08, 1/5/09, 6/9/09, 6/18/12, 10/19/12, 12/26/12, 3/8/13, 3/22/13. MY JEEP IS A 2007, AVERAGING 8,756 MILES PER YEAR. I BOUGHT IT NEW AND I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF ALL MAINTENANCE RIGHT AWAY - OIL CHANGES, FILTERS, TIRE ROTATION, ETC.! EACH TIME IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER FOR "REPAIR" , THEY EITHER COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, OR REPLACED : SHIFTER MODULE (TWICE), TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS (THREE TIMES) AND SUGGESTED A NEW BATTERY (WE REPLACED THAT ALSO), AND TRANSMISSION PLUG AND SEAL. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS "SOFTWARE AND ANTI-THEFT UPDATES. IN ADDITION TO THESE, I REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR TWICE. NOW, THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE "TRANSMISSION TEMP CIRC." AND ESM MODULE - FOR ANOTHER $1,500.00 . ALL THIS IN 52,536 MILES AND 6 YEARS !!! I FIRMLY BELIEVE THERE ARE SERIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECTS WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THIS JEEP IS UNPREDICTABLE. I NEVER KNOW, EVEN AFTER ALL THE "REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS" , IF IT WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND I MIGHT BE IN DANGER (TRAFFIC, INTERSECTION, ETC.). HOW IN THE WORLD COULD CHRYSLER DENY THIS PROBLEM? IT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED AT THE SOURCE, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR VEHICLES !!!! THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE FROM NUMEROUS 2007 JEEP OWNERS - WHERE IS THE RECALL ???!!!! *TR

FIRST MY REAR WINDOW LIGHT WOULD COME ON DURING COLD WEATHER AND WOULD STAY ON THIS HAPPENED AT 35,000 MILES. THEN MY DIRECTIONAL STOPPED WORKING HAD FIXED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS HAPPENED AT 82,000 MILES. THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER DROVE MYSELF TO THE DRS WHEN I CAME OUT MY JEEP WOULDN'T START. ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS,RADIO,DIRECTIONAL, WINDOWS WORKED BUT WHEN I TURN IT ON I HEAR A CLICK THEN NOTHING ELSE. CAR WONT TURN OVER AT ALL. I WAITED ABOUT AN HOUR OF TRYING BEFORE IT DECIDED TO WORK AND TURN OVER. I THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE 5 MIN STOPPED AT A GAS STATION FOR GAS, WHEN I SHUT IT OFF AND TRIED TURNING BACK ON SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAITED ABOUT 45 MIN BEFORE IT WOULD START BACK UP. THEN NO PROBLEMS FOR 5 DAYS. NOW AGAIN ITS DOING THE SAME THING EXCEPT I LEFT IT OVER NIGHT AND IT STILL WONT START. I CALLED CHRYSLER AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH COMPLAINTS THAT WERE THE SAME AS MINE EXCEPT THESE PEOPLE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO FIX AND REPLACE EVERYTHING YET STILL NO LUCK THEY CONTINUE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. SO THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH JEEP AND EVEN AFTER BRINGING TO JEEP DEALER AND HAVING A DIAGNOSTICS DONE WITH NO PROBLEMS SHOWING UP. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG SUGGESTED REPLACING WIRES, STARTER, SOMETHING IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AND SOME MODULE. I DON'T WANT TO DUMP TONS OF MONEY IN IT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE JUST TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. CHRYSLER APOLOGIZED AND SAID THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. I STATED IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE. SHE THEN WENT ON TO SAY I SHOULD HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO JEEP FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC. IT WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO WORK AND HAS LEFT ME AND MY 4 YR OLD STRANDED. IT SEEMS LIKE ANYTIME THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH MY JEEP AND EVERYONE ELSE'S ITS ALWAYS DURING COLD WINTER MONTHS. FRUSTRATED AND STRANDED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS PERFORMED DIAGNOSTICS ON THE VEHICLE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO GENERATE A FAILURE CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

THIS FIRST OCCURRED @ APPROX. 48K MILES. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I ACCELERATE, TRUCK BEHAVED AS IF IT WAS THROWN INTO NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST IT DOWN THE ROAD APPROX. 1/4 MILE AND PULL OFF INTO A PARKING LOT (LIVING IN THE COUNTRY, THERE IS NO PLACE TO SAFELY PULL OFF THE ROAD) SHUT THE JEEP OFF, RESTART AND ALL IS GOOD. NOW AT 55K MILES, THE REAR PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING LIKE A WATERFALL, REPLACED, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTS WITH THIS FEELING AS IF IT WERE THROWN INTO NEUTRAL, BOTH TIMES IT KICKED BACK INTO DRIVE ON ITS OWN. NOW TODAY DRIVING HOME, IT CLUNKED, BUCKED, ALL P,R,N,D LIGHTS LIGHT UP AT ONCE, THEN THEY GO OUT, THEN THEY LIGHT UP, THIS REPEATS , I MADE IT HOME, COULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 40-45. WHEN IS JEEP GOING TO RECALL THESE, AFTER SOMEONE IS KILLED. DID I MENTION I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD IN THE TRUCK EVERY DAY! I CANT DRIVE IT AT THIS POINT, I AM PETRIFIED, I WILL NOT PUT THE CHILD IN IT. I HAVE TO BORROW A VEHICLE UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO PULL IT APART AND GET THE PART FROM THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE JEEP FROM 40 MILES AWAY! WOULD NEVER EVER RECOMMEND A JEEP TO ANYONE, EVER! I HAVE A FRIEND OWNS THE SAME JEEP, SAME YEAR, EVEN THE SAME COLOR, HE HAS ALMOST 200K ON HIS AND JUST REPLACED IT, HE COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH. THE SHAME OF IT IS, I LOVE IT AND I AM GOING TO TAKE A HUGE FINANCIAL BATH ON IT, EVEN WHEN ITS REPAIRED, I CANT TRUST IT, ITS NOT CHILD SAFE! ALSO SEEMS VERY CONVENIENT JEEP DOES NOT TRANSFER WARRANTIES! OTHERWISE THIS WOULD OF BEEN COVERED, THE POWETRAIN WARRANTY ON THESE WAS EXTENDED TO LIFETIME, ORIGINAL OWNER ONLY! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY AND HAD A SUBSTANTIAL DELAYED RESPONSE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED; THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR LOCATE THE MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

ORIGINALLY HAVING ISSUES SLOWING DOWN GOING AROUND CORNERS AND UP A STEEP INCLINE. FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS STAYING IN HIGHER GEAR, YOU COULD DOWN SHIFT IT MANUALLY. AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO CODES PRESENT IN THE SYSTEM. THEN LAST YEAR IN AUGUST 2011 WE DID A CROSS COUNTY TRIP (7000 MILES) VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT BOTH LOW SPEED AND HIGH SPEEDS, NOT EVERY DAY. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD RESTART ITSELF AND OTHERS THE KEY HAD TO BE REMOVED AND REINSERTED, BUT MOST TIMES NOT. THE WEATHER DID NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR. UPON RETURN VEHICLE HAD APPROX 45,000 MILES, CODES RETREIVED FROM VEHICLE WERE MULTIPLE. ACTIVE CODES: B2105, C121C PENDING CODE: P0524 STORED CODES P0129, P0688, P0884. AT 35,000 MILES NEW OEM SPARK PLUGS AND WATER PUMP (DUE TO COOLANT LEAK) WITH NEW ANTIFREEZE. VEHICLE IS SERVICED REGULARLY EVERY 3,000 MILES SINCE NEW. SINCE 45,000 MILES ALL RELATED CIRCUITS AND COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND CHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION. NEW CRANK SENSOR AND ELECTRICAL IGNITION SWITCH. CODE B2105 KEEPS RECURRING EVEN WITHOUT STALL. ALL WIRING CONNECTIONS AND GROUNDS HAVE BEEN CLEANED AND CHECKED, NEW BATTERY AT 36,000. HAD VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. WE HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THIS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT IT IS NOT SAFE. MY HUSBAND HAS 40 YEARS AS CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC AND IS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR