2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

ON 12/5/2012 MY 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH ONLY 33,466 MILES STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60MPH. I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT HOWEVER SINCE THEN THE STALLING PROBLEM HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY GETTING WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE I RECENTLY HAD TO TAKE MY JEEP TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP WAS COURTEOUS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY TOLD ME THAT THE HEMI ENGINES HAVE THIS KNOWN PROBLEM FOR STALLING AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE OUT $1500.00 WORTH OF PARTS TO HOPEFULLY FIX THE PROBLEM. SADLY MY EXTENDED COVERAGE DID NOT COVER THE COST DUE TO THE LACK OF CHRYSLER/JEEP NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM AN ACTUAL BROKEN PART NUMBER. IT SEEMS CHRYSLER/JEEP IS JUST PLAYING GUESSING GAMES TO FIX THE PROBLEM! WHILE RESEARCHING THE WEB I CAME ACROSS A WEB SITE CALLED "WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM" AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED BY CHRYSLER/JEEP. SADLY I KNOW THIS WILL FALL ON DEAF EARS AT THE NHTSA AS OTHERS HAVE ALSO STATED ON THE JEEP FORUM WEB SITE, BUT I'M HOPING BY TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE THIS POST THAT IT WILL INFORM ANYBODY WHO IS CONSIDERING TO BUY A JEEP VEHICLE TO THINK TWICE AS CHRYSLER/JEEP ARE PRODUCING PURE JUNK VEHICLES THAT YOU COULD END UP COMPROMISING YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS AROUND YOU! REMEMBER HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAN'T BE WRONG!! *TR

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

MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WILL STALL DUE TO A POORLY SHIELDED WIRING HARNESS. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS COMPLAINT BEFORE AND I'M INCLUDING A LINK FOR YOU TO READ THROUGH TO SEE HOW MANY OTHER HEMI OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. THE TEMPORARY FIX IS TO PUT TIN FOIL AROUND OUR HARNESSES???? HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F67/2007-JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE-OVERLAND-STALLING-PROBLEM-1147825/INDEX1.HTML. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ONLY GOING AROUND 15 MPH, WHEN MY P R N D ALL LIT UP AND I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE. I STOPPED AND PUT IT IN PARK AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT RAN FINE. THIS HAPPENED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE AND PUT MY VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND IT JERKED FORWARD. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE, THE COST FOR THIS IS CLOSE TO $400 AND THAT IS NOT PRICING LABOR AND NOT TO MENTION DANGEROUS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND IN JUNE OF 2011 WITH 52095 MILES ON IT. IN MARCH OF 2012, I EXPERIENCED THE FIRST OF MANY STALLS HAPPEN TO THE JEEP WITH 60,980 MILES ON IT. IT HAS RANDOM, UNPREDICTABLE STALL OUTS THAT HAPPENED THROUGH OUT THE YEAR. IT SEEMS TO STALL WHEN ACCELERATING HOWEVER NOT ALL THE TIME. IT'S STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (MASS PIKE OR RT. 9) AND ON SIDE ROADS. I HAVE NOT OBSERVED ANY PRECURSORS TO THE STALLING. WHEN IT STALLS, IT BUCKS AND THEN THE JEEP DOES NOT ACCELERATE HOWEVER THE LIGHTS COME ON, JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MANUAL VEHICLE IS STALLED. THESE TYPES OF STALL OUTS I EXPERIENCE DO NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IS THE JEEP WILL BUCK, LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL, BUT IT DOESN'T AFTER SLAMMING ON THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER A STALL OUT, I AM ABLE TO RESTART THE JEEP AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS NEVER COME ON, JUST THE OIL LIGHT. THIS JEEP HAS HAD THE IGNITION CONNECTOR AND SOFTWARE REPLACED TWICE IN OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. IT'S BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF A STORED CODE: FCMCGW B2185 . THERE ARE TWO OTHER CODES STORED IN THE COMPUTER: PCM P0884 AND ABS C12K. I HAVE TAKEN THE JEEP TO DAN'S JEEP IN WESTBOROUGH, MA SINCE THE FIRST STALL OUT TO THE PRESENT. THE RECENT STALL OUT WAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH. THIS STALL OUT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE "PROGRAMMING ASSESS" (SOMETHING LIKE THAT) APPEARED ON THE DASH WITH A BLINKING RED LIGHT. EVERYTIME I BRING THE JEEP TO DAN'S, THEY GIVE ME THE SAME RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM...THEY DON'T' KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND I CAN START REPLACING PARTS TO SEE IF IT CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCES TO JUST KEEP REPLACES PARTS TO SEE IF IT'LL CORRECT THIS SERIOUS AND UNSAFE PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP AND CHRYSLER HAS NOT REPORTED HOW TO FIX THIS OR MADE THE STEP FORWARD TO FIX IT. *TR

VEHICLE STALL OUT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, OR WHEN IDLING STATIONARY. COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING. SEEMS THESE STALLING PROBLEMS ARE COMMON WITH 5.7 HEMI JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES, EVEN ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST DURING A STALL. AN INOPERATIVE VEHICLE IN A TRAFFIC LANE COULD SUFFER A REAR-END COLLISION FROM THIS CONDITION. PLEASE HELP BY ORDERING A RECALL FROM CHRYSLER COMPANY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. NOTHING SEEMS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AND IT KEEPS OCCURRING. *TR

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND ENGINE STALLED. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. PUT CAR IN PARK AND THE CAR STILL MOVED WOULDN'T RESTART HAD TO SWITCH IGNITION OFF AND TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION BEFORE ENGINE WOULD START. STALLS AT RANDOM WITHOUT ANY ENGINE MALFUNCTION LAMPS. HAZARD TO BE DRIVING ON ROAD. PROBLEM STILL UNKNOWN AND VEHICLE IS OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

PURCHASED 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND 5.7 HEMI JULY 31, 2007. DECEMBER 1, 2010 MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. SHE MANAGED TO PULL THE CAR OFF THE ROAD, STARTED THE ENGINE AND DROVE HOME WITHOUT ANY MORE ISSUES. DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED P0884 CODE FROM THE PCM. HE COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. CAR CONTINUED TO STALL NUMEROUS TIMES AT HIGH SPEED AND SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. THIS PROBLEM STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED. AFTER NUMEROUS PARTS WERE CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP, WITH NO RESULTS, THE TECHNICIAN CONTACTED AN ENGINEER FROM THE CHRYSLER COMPANY. DURING AN ON SITE VISIT THE ENGINEER SUSPECTED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE UPPER ENGINE HARNESS RECEIVING AN ELECTRICAL INDUCTION FROM THE ENGINE COILS CAUSING THE PCM TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. THE TECHNICIAN INSTALLED FOIL AROUND THE HARNESS AND WIRE TIED THE HARNESS UP OFF THE CRADLES THEY LAY IN. ENGINE PERFORMED NORMAL WITH NO SHUT DOWNS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DECISION WAS MADE TO CHANGE THE UPPER ENGINE HARNESS. SINCE THE HARNESS WAS CHANGED MY JEEP HAS STALLED OUT FOUR MORE TIMES. THE MOST RECENT STALL OCCURRED THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER 2012. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEED LIMITS AND YOUR CAR STALLS. CHRYSLER PLACES DRIVERS IN A SITUATION WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS UNCONTROLLABLE WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH CARS BEHIND YOU. I STARTED AN ON LINE THREAD IN JEEP FORUM.COM CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F67/2007-JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE-OVERLAND-STALLING-PROBLEM-1147825/. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FOLKS HAVING THIS PROBLEM IN THE USA, CANADA, AND HAWAII. I THINK THAT AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE PERFORMED TO DISCOVER WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE AND COME UP WITH A POSITIVE REPAIR FOR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

BEGAN STALLING WHEN STOPPED OR COMING TO A STOP WITH FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. ENGINE WOULD START UP JUST BY RESTARTING THE JEEPS. MONTHS LATER SOMETIMES YOU WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO OFF BEFORE IT WOULD START,. ON AVERAGE IT WOULD STALL ONCE EVERY 7 TO 10 DAYS. NO CODES, STORED OR PENDING DURING THIS JOURNEY. REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR. CHECK HOSES FOR VACUUM LEAK, FOUND NONE. REPLACED THE ASD RELAY. CHANGED FROM PREMIUM TO MID GRADE. CHANGED TO REGULAR GRADE. CHECKED AIR FILTER AND CLEANED THROTTLE BODY WITH STP CLEANER. ADDED FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER TO FUEL TANK. CHECKED ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS, NONE LOOSE OR DAMAGED. CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE. REPLACED MAP SENSOR AND POSITION CRANK SENSOR. REPLACE EGR VALVE CHANGED OIL AND FILTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I PURCHASED THE JEEP. USED SAE 5W30. WITH 79,000 MILES ON THE HEMI I REPLACED ALL SIXTEEN CHAMPION 570 WITH NEW CHAMPION 570. SPRAYED EACH OF THE 16 BOOTS WITH ELECTRONIC CLEANER VERIFIED THE PLUG GAP AND TORQUED THE PLUGS. SPRAYED VAST AMOUNT OF STP THROTTLE BODY CLEANER IN THE TB AND STP FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER IN THE GAS TANK. STILL STALLING. *TR