2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER, POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE FAILURES WITH THE ACCELERATOR AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,500. UPDATED 12/11/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. UPDATED 12/17/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITANT AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO MERGE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RESTART THE VEHICLE BEFORE RESUMING NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

09/29/2008 JEEP TAKEN TO GARAGE FOR HEAD LIGHT FAILURE NOTHING FOUND. 03/09/2012 TO 11/07/2012 ALL INDICATOR LIGHT FLASH EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH. BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR NUMEROUS DAYS AT A TIME THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM. REALLY NOT GOOD WHEN IT IS DARK OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE HEADLIGHTS. AT 15,000 AND 35,000 I HAD TO HAVE THE SHIFT MODULAR REPLACED BECAUSE ALL THE CAR WOULD BASICALLY GO IN TO NEUTRAL WHEN BEING DRIVEN. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THREE DAYS THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AND SENT IT HOME ONLY TO HAVE TO RETURN 2 DAYS LATER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AS I HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE ON LINE WITH THESE SAME ISSUES MAKES YOU WONDER FIRST WHY THESE ISSUES CAN'T SEEM TO BE FIXED, SECOND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. IT IS TRULY A MIRACLE THAT NO ONE I HAVE HEARD OF HAS BEEN INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THESE DEFECTS. WHEN THE JEEP IS WORKING I LOVE IT. IF I HAD A HOPE AND A PRAY OF GETTING A NEW VEHICLE I WOULD TRADE IN MY PAID OFF JEEP IN A HEART BEAT SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WORRY THAT IT STOP RUNNING OR THAT I WILL BE DRIVING BLIND IN THE DARK. SADLY I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH ON THE OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES I.E. WINDOW THAT HAD TO BE FIXED REMOTE KEYLESS ISSUES IT IS SAD THAT THE COMPANY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE THINGS THIS WILL BE MY LAST JEEP. I FEEL THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE DANGEROUS FOR ME, MY FAMILY AND ANYONE THAT IS ON THE ROAD WITH ME AND OTHER JEEP OWNER WITH THE SAME ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT TO THE PARK POSITION BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO PARK IT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THEY HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS BUT A RECALL HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO - RANDOMLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START, WHEN TURNING THE KEY TO IN THE IGNITION YOU CAN HEAR THE RELAY CLICKING, ENGINE DOES NOT CRANK OR START. WHEN THE KEY IS RETURNED TO THE OFF POSITION THE DATA DISPLAY BELOW THE TACHOMETER MOMENTARILY STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATED. THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED AND EVERYTHING ELSE, LIGHTS, HORN, ETC STILL WORK. THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES DUMPED. THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS BY THE DEALERSHIP WAS TO REPLACE THE STARTER, NOW 4 MONTHS LATER THE VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. THIS HAS BECOME A RELIABILITY ISSUE IN THAT THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN THIS WILL OCCUR, EACH TIME FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH THIS VEHICLE, JEEP DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO BE "STUMPED". I HAVE READ OF MANY JEEP VEHICLES THAT DEMONSTRATE THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM, WITHOUT RESOLUTION. THIS CAN BE AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE, USUALLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT BECOMES A "HARD" FAIL BEFORE THE DEALERSHIP WILL LOOK AT IT. THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING OWNING THIS VEHICLE NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WILL OR WILL NOT START AND WHETHER THE DEALERSHIP CAN OR CANNOT FIX IT! *TR

JEEP LOOSES POWER, WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. THIS HAS NOT HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY YET (LUCKILY) ONLY IN-TOWN DRIVING. NO ERROR CODES PRESENT IN DTC REPORT OR FROM A DIAGNOSTIC THAT COST $90.00 SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE AN ACCIDENT RESULTS IN A FATALITY. THERE SEEMS TO ME MANY INSTANCES LIKE THIS ON THESE BOARDS. THIS IS THE FIRST INVESTMENT OF A 'REAL' VEHICLE THAT I'VE HAD. TO PAY MONEY FOR SOMETHING DEPENDABLE IS THE GOAL. CURRENTLY THIS VEHICLE IS NOT DEPENDABLE, LET ALONE SAFE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND JUST ABOUT TO GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND WITH NO WARNING, SHE COULDN'T ACCELERATE PAST 25-30MPH. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD QUICKLY WITHOUT AN ISSUE AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED A MINUTE AND STARTED THE JEEP UP AGAIN AND WAS THEN ABLE TO ACCELERATE. WHEN TALKING TO THE DEALER, THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. WHEN JEEP WAS CHECKED AT A LOCAL DEALER, THEY PULLED ERROR CODES THAT POINTED TO THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR. ONLY ABOUT $700 TO REPLACE THAT WITH LABOR!! THE SENSORS ARE ALL PART OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND THUS NEED TO DISMANTLE THE TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE THE SENSORS. THEN I GET ON THIS SITE AND SEE ALL THE COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS WEEKEND I'M GOING CAR SEARCHING TO GET RID OF THIS THING. *TR

AFTER BEING PARKED THE JEEP WOULD NOT START, CODE DISPLAYED IN THE DASH STATED TRANSMISSION OVER TEMP, AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 30 MORE MINUTES THE JEEP STARTED - DROVE HOME AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN - TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE PROBLEM TO REPLICATE AFTER HAVING IT FOR A WEEK. JULY 5, 2011 - JEEP WOULD NOT START AGAIN, TRANSMISSION OVER TEMP CODE, STILL INTERMITTENT, AFTER 2 WEEKS THE GARAGE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, AUGUST 6, 2012 - TRANSMISSION OVER TEMP ERROR CODE, THIS TIME IT WILL NOT START AFTER ANY PAUSE IN DRIVING, HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE SAYING ITS THE STARTER (JEEP NOW HAS ABOUT 65,000 MILES ON IT) - ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT SPEED SENSOR (IT IS BAD AND CAUSING THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY).[ADDITIONAL NOTES: HAD TO REPLACE THE ESM AT 28596 MILES, JEEP LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND ALL LIGHTS LIT UP ON GEAR SHIFTER, AT 27170 MILES HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT WINDOW REGULATORS]. *TR

I WRITE THIS ONLY BECAUSE I JUST EXPERIENCE MY FOURTH MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN IN THREE YEARS. IN DECEMBER 2009, I EXPERIENCED THE FIRST BREAKDOWN IN WHAT HAS BECOME A STRING OF MALFUNCTIONS. THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2007 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO GAVE OUT AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, I GOT A 'TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT' MESSAGE ON THE DASH DISPLAY ALONG WITH THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND IT TOOK NEARLY A MONTH FOR THE REPAIR SHOP TO LOCATE, RECEIVE AND INSTALL THE NECESSARY PARTS. APPARENTLY SUPPLY AND DEMAND HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, INDICATING TO ME THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE NATIONWIDE. A MONTH LATER, ANOTHER MALFUNCTION, THIS TIME, THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE (ESM) HAD DIED. JUST OVER A YEAR LATER, THE SAME COMPONENT (ESM) DIED AGAIN (OF COURSE JUST OUT OF WARRANTY), THIS TIME WHILE I WAS DRIVING ALONG RT. 50 OUTSIDE OF DC. NOW, LESS THAN SIX MONTHS LATER, WITH LESS THAN 40,000 ON THE ALREADY REPLACED TRANSMISSION, MY TRANSMISSION HAS BLOWN AGAIN - SAME 'TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT' MESSAGE, SAME ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT, SAME UNDRIVABILITY. CLEARLY FROM SEEING THE COMMENTS ON THIS FORUM AS WELL AS OTHER REPUTABLE SITES SUCH AS EDMUNDS AND CONSUMER REPORTS, THE 2007 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAS A LONG, LONG HISTORY OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS. I HAVE A PHONE CALL SCHEDULED WITH A CASE WORKER SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, 7/13/2012. THEY'LL EITHER MAKE IT RIGHT OR I'LL BE TAKING MY STORY TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO'S HAD ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL TO DO THE SAME.

WHILE DRIVING ON A 5 LANE INTERSTATE AT 4:30 PM, I ACCELERATED TO MOVE OVER INTO THE FAR LEFT LANE AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION WHILE DOING THIS. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE THIS HAPPENED. HAD TO COAST ACROSS FIVE LANES OF INTERSTATE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. STOPPED THE CAR AND PUT IT IN PARK. WAITED A MINUTE AND PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND THE ACCELERATOR MAGICALLY WORKED AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON, DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE THE CODE CHECKED. THE TECHNICIAN SAID IT WAS CODE P0730, GEAR RATIO INCORRECT. *JB