2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

WHEN MY 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS IN DRIVE, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND IT'S AS IF THE CAR DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S IN DRIVE, NEUTRAL, REVERSE, ETC. THE DEALER SAYS I NEED A ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE TO THE TUNE OF $600+. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS, I SEE IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. I AM LOOKING INTO GETTING JEEP TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY PART. *TR

AUTO TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS CORRECTLY; LOSS POWER AROUND CURVES; SOMETIMES ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON; SOMETIMES ALL GEAR INDICATORS COME ON DASH; FEELS AS THOUGH CAN'T ACCELERATE WHEN ENTERING ONTO HIGHWAY OR PASSING. NOTHING DONE YET. CALLED DEALER, ONLINE SEARCHES. VERY VERY MANY SAME-SIMILAR ONLINE & VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR $700+. APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE PART & SHOULD BE RECALL/DEALER REPLACE/REPAIR!! *TR

1. MY 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (5.7 HEMI; 64K MILES) WAS DUE FOR A TUNE UP. I PURCHASED REPLACEMENT SPARK PLUGS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FROM A LOCAL AUTO PARTS RETAILER AND CHANGED THEM. 2. SUBSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING (APPROX 5 TIMES IN 25 MILES TRAVELED). THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AT STOPLIGHTS AND WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. 3. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AS ENGINE LIGHT HAD ALSO BEEN ON DURING ENTIRE TIME. DEALER WORKED ON TRYING TO FIND PROBLEM FOR 3 WEEKS. AFTER CONSULTING A CHRYSLER ENGINEER THEY FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT THE AFTERMARKET PLATINUM TIP SPARK PLUGS WERE CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH THE VEHICLE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. DEALER REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. I WENT BACK TO MY PARTS SUPPLIER AND THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. I ALSO NOTIFIED CHRYSLER OF MY COMPLAINT THAT CONSUMERS AND PARTS SUPPLY RETAILERS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PARTS INCOMPATIBILITY ISSUE THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF BECAUSE IT IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY WITHOUT THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE GEAR SHIFTER MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO TIMES AFTER THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

CAR WILL DECELERATE, AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSING OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. OCCURS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, BEGAN TO DESCRIBE ISSUE, WITHOUT DESCRIBING THE MAKE AND MODEL, AND THE REPAIR-SHOP WAS ABLE TO THEN TELL ME THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE WITHOUT ME PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSING. (ALREADY HAD GEAR SHIFT MODULE REPLACED ONCE BEFORE, AND SINCE THE ISSUE OCCURRED 14 MONTHS LATER, DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO COVER EXPENSE OF REPLACEMENT.) THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE, AND AS STATED BEFORE, OCCURS AT VARIOUS TIMES AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, AND THERE ARE NO PRECEDING WARNINGS OR OTHER INDICATORS THAT FORESHADOW THE OCCURRENCE. CAR IS NOW AT 42,000 MILES, YET IT IS IN NEED OF A 3RD SHIFT MODULE, SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. DEALERSHIP NEEDS TO DECLARE A RECALL OR WHEN THE CUSTOMER HAS THE PROBLEM, THEY FIX IT WITHOUT FURTHER EXPENSE TO THE CONSUMER. I BOUGHT THIS JEEP NEW, AND ITS MY 4TH ONE, HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THE QUALITY OF VEHICLE THEY ARE PRODUCING, AND WILL NOT EVER PURCHASE THEIR VEHICLES AGAIN. *TR

2007/ 30 000 MILES. SHIFTER MALFUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES LOSS OF ACCELERATION BY GOING NEUTRAL OR STICKING IN 1ST GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY. TYPICALLY, ALL THE LETTERS ARE LIFT PRND SIMULTANEOUSLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. STOPPING AND RESTARTING (ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS IN HIGHWAY DRIVING) SEEMS TO RESET THE SHIFTER. DEALER SAYS ESM PART NO 52124138AD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE FOR SAFETY REASONS, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PART BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED AS A SITTING DUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

VEHICLE PURCHASED JULY 2007. BEGAN STALLING AT 35,000 MILES IN OCTOBER 2009. VEHICLE STALLS AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 0 AND 65 MPH. STALLING LEAVES VEHICLE INOPERABLE IN TRAFFIC OPENING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REAR ENDED, STRUCK BROADSIDE WHEN TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC, AND FAILS TO RESTART IN SOME CASES. VEHICLE STALLS MID TURN LEAVING DRIVER WITHOUT POWER STEERING, BRAKES, OR SIGNALS FUNCTIONING FOR UPWARDS OF 15 MINUTES. OTHER TIMES IS STARTS BACK UP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN "OUT OF SERVICE" BY KREBS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP FOR 142 DAYS AS OF THIS WRITING AS THE FOLLOWING PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHOUT SUCCESSFUL REPAIR: PCM, FORWARD CONTROL MODULE, ENGINE WIRING HARNESS, POWER MODULES (MANY), PRIMARY FUSE BLOCK, WIRING HARNESSES IN CABIN, AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE, ABS MODULE, TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES, IGNITION SWITCH, AND IGNITION MODULE. SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND OTHER SERVICE DEPARTMENT FRONT DESK PERSONNEL STATE VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED, OFFICIAL CHRYSLER TECHNICIAN SENT AND COULD ALSO NOT REPAIR THIS VEHICLE. THE SAFETY OF EVERY PERSON IN THIS VEHICLE IS IN RISK OF DANGER IF IT IS USED. VEHICLE LAST RETURNED TO US AND STALLED 14 TIMES WITHIN 150 MILES WHILE IN OUR POSSESSION. VEHICLE CANNOT RUN MORE THAN 22 MILES WITHOUT STALLING RANDOMLY. VEHICLE'S LATEST SYMPTOM IS FAILURE TO RESTART AFTER STALLING AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD BEING LIT (ABS, AIRBAG, BRAKE, TRACTION CONTROL, ETC) SIGNIFYING FAILURE IN MULTIPLE SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED. SHE WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE SHE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN OCTOBER 2010, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE WAS BEING REPLACED AGAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THE PART. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,200. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31,000.