2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee

2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FINAL DRIVE CONTROLLER MODULE RECALL. CONSUMER STATES RECALL REPAIR DAMAGED VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED IN OCTOBER 2013. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME, IT DAMAGED THE VEHICLE. IT WASN'T UNTIL JANUARY 2014, THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO TOWABLE MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSFER CASE MOTOR, AND CHRYSLER WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BUT THE PART WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SIX MONTHS. THE CONSUMER FILED A CLAIM WITH CHRYSLER, AND FIVE WEEKS LATER THE PART ARRIVED, AND WAS EVENTUALLY INSTALLED. LATE APRIL 2014, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO TOWABLE MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED AGAIN. THE DEALER GUARANTEED THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT, IT DID HAPPEN AGAIN, AND A WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, THAT READ SERVICE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THERE WAS NO PERMANENT FIX AT THE MOMENT. *JB

MY JEEP STALLS EVERY MONTH OR EVERY MONTH. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A YEAR REGARDING THIS ISSUE. JEEP STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT LOW AND HIGH RATE OF SPEEDS. THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS TO ME AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. MY ROAD IS A 50 MPH ROAD AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART MY JEEP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS NO MATTER WHAT ROAD I AM ON, BUT I DO LIVE ON A MAJOR ROAD WHICH HAS LOTS OF TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT SEEM TO FIND WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS STALLING AND SAYS NO CODES SHOW IN THE COMPUTER. I PUT THE LATEST STALLING EPISODE ABOVE. CHRYSLER REALLY NEEDS TO STEP-UP AND FIX THIS ISSUE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED. LOSE ENGINE, LIGHTS, BRAKES, STEERING, AND AIR BAGS. I NO LONGER FEEL I CAN SAFELY OPERATE THIS VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY WITH MULTIPLE LANES. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO REPLACE THE PART(S) AT THEIR COST. THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS CONDITION IN 2008 VEHICLES SINCE 2008. *TR

DRIVING ON AN ONRAMP TO THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY TRUCK SHUT OFF AND LOST ALL POWER TO MOTOR.. HAD TO COST TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND TRY TO RESTART VEHICLE.. THIS PUT ME IN DANGER OF NOT ONLY CAUSING A MAJOR HIGHWAY CRASH LEADING TO INJURY AND DEATH BUT ALSO HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS STILL WRONG WITH THIS TRUCK.. THE ONLY WAY TO START THIS VEHICLE IS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.. PUT IT INTO PARK... REMOVE THE KEY FOB ... RE INSERT KEY FOB AND TRUCK STARTS RIGHT BACK UP... SINCE 2008 I HAVE FILLED REPORTS OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENING.. AND NO FIX HAS COME FROM JEEP OR A RECALL FORCING ACTION OF THESE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES.. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LINE GOING BACK TO 2007 AND STILL YOU OR CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION. PLEASE MY LIFE AS WELL AS OTHERS DRIVING ON THE ROAD COULD BE SAVED BE A RECALL TO ADDRESS THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE ... I ASK YOU WILL IT TAKE ME DEATH OR THE DEATH OF OTHERS TO GET A RESPONSE FROM SOME ONE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DIESEL LIMITED TWO WHEEL DRIVE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH 92,289 MILES. AT 93,290 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHICH ACCORDING TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE EEG VALVE AND BATTERY WAS BAD. SO I REPLACED THE GR VALVE IN THE BATTERY. PERIODICALLY SINCE THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THEN GO OFF. ON A TRIP TO OHIO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR DIED ON THE FREEWAY DURING A RAINSTORM. IT WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE AIRFLOW CONTROL VALVE WAS BAD, BUT THEY NEEDED TO PULL THE BATTERY OUT AND DISCONNECT THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE TO GET A TRUE READING AND MAKE SURE IT WAS THE AIRFLOW CONTROL VALVE. THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE IS LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE BATTERY. UPON PULLING THE BATTERY AND BOX THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT THERE WAS BATTERY ACID ON THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND ON THE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. I WAS TOLD THAT IN ORDER TO GET PROPER READINGS THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2091. AND THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT AFTER THIS WAS DONE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER PROBLEM. I BELIEVE ALL THE PROBLEMS MAY HAVE BEEN FALSE READINGS BECAUSE BATTERY ACID HAD EATEN THROUGH THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND DAMAGED THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR, CAUSING FALSE READINGS WHEN HOOKED UP TO THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. I DO NOT HAVE $3000 A MONTH TO INVEST IN THIS VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO FIND ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. PLEASE HELP ME!!! *TR

HAD N23 RECALL DONE IN SEPTEMBER 2013 IN NOVEMBER 2013 WHEN I WAS GOING TO TOW CHEROKEE BEHIND MOTORHOME WOULD NOT GO INTO NEUTRAL IN TRANSFER CASE. DEALERSHIP REPLACE ACTUATOR. JANUARY 2014 SAME PROBLEM, DEALERSHIP REPLACED ACTUATOR AGAIN, THEY SAID THE ONE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED WAS BAD. FEBRUARY 2014 SAME PROBLEM, DEALERSHIP REFLASHED TCM. MAY 2014, SAME PROBLEM, REFLASHED TCM AGAIN. LATER MAY 2014, SAME PROBLEM, DEALERSHIP OPENED TICKET WITH STAR ENGINEERS, CHECKED EVERY WIRE HARNESS, CONNECTION IN TRANSFER CASE AND ACTUATOR. NOW JUNE, SAME PROBLEM...MY QUESTION CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE ONLY HELPS COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT EMAIL THE STAR ENGINEERS. WHY HAVEN'T THEY LOOKED AT THE FINAL DRIVE CONTROL MODULE, THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE RECALL??? SINCE THE NEW MODELS ARE OK WHAT CHANGED FROM THE 2008 TO THE 2011 AND NEWER??? NEED HELP!! CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE CHEROKEE IS SUCH A POPULAR VEHICLE TO TOW. *TR

OWNER OF 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON A REGULAR BASIS HEAR A CLICK AND THE POWER SHUTS OFF. YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, AND NO LIGHTS. THIS ALSO OCCURS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP OR IF YOUR KNEE TOUCHES THE KEY RING. THE IGNITION KEY AND MECHANISMS WAS REPLACED IN 2010, AND THIS ABOVE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING OFF AND ON SINCE THEN. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THE OCCURRENCE HAS INCREASED. THE TECHNICIANS CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG IN THE CAR. CHRYSLER WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THE IGNITION FOB AND HOUSING IS DEFECTIVE, OR THAT THEIR IS ANY PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING IF IT OCCURS WHEN THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER AND IF HIT, AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF. *TR

I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THEN PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY. AS MY SPEED INCREASE, THE FOB KEY CLICKED TO THE OFF POSITION. BEFORE I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED I HAD NO POWER AND HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MAYBE 5-6 TIMES SO I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER. THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM NOT COULD THEY DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IRONICALLY I JUST NEEDED TO INSTALL A NEW STARTER MOTOR BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. SOMETIMES I START THE CAR, DO NOT EVEN GET A CHANCE TO PUT IT INTO PARK BECAUSE THE FOB KEY TURNS TO THE LEFT INTO THE OFF POSITION. I AM AFRAID THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON SINCE PURCHASING CAR USED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, USUALLY BUMPY ROAD, CAR TURNS OFF- DEAD. HAVE HAD IT FIXED TWICE BEFORE. FOUND TO BE KEY AND IGNITION SWITCH (APRIL 2013) NOW DOING IT AGAIN. DEALERSHIP REPORTED TO ME SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A DODGE CARAVAN. REPORT THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT SINCE IT IS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WILL DO THIS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. VERY RANDOM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE YEARS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. ..UPDATED 08/11/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ON 06/13/2014 *JS