2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee

ENGINE STOPS RUNNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. TYPICALLY THE FAILURE OCCURS WHEN THE THROTTLE IS CLOSED DURING DECELERATION I.E. (WHEN DECELERATING TO EXIT THE FREEWAY OR DECELERATING TO STOP IN TRAFFIC). THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST ENCOUNTERED AT 14K MILES AND PERSISTS TO DATE. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS ACCRUED 46K MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 5 OCCASIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS/REPAIR OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND NO FAULT CODES ARE STORED IN THE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM MEMORY. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CONTACTED FOR ASSISTANCE TO NO AVAIL. THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE MERELY CONTACTED THE SERVICING DEALER AND WAS TOLD NO DRIVEABILITY ISSUES EXIST WITH THE VEHICLE. I NOTE THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING IN TRAFFIC AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT 4/22/2011 (CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS ADVISED). THIS CONDITION IS UNSAFE AS STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEMS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED WITHOUT POWER ASSIST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER, TURN SIGNALS, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD FAIL SPORADICALLY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE ANY OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AND ADVISED HER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND UPON RESTART THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE SHE WAS TOLD THAT A GROUNDING CABLE WAS LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED; THEREFORE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,014. UPDATED 01/31/11/ *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON FOUR OCCASIONS SINCE NOVEMBER 5, 2010. UPDATED 02/04/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 75 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLS. AFTER THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. THIS FAILURE HAPPEN ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSIONS, BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART. PREVIOUSLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER. THE DEALER NOW STATES THAT THE COIL SYSTEM WITHIN THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD GIVE HIM A RETURN CALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAS LOST POWER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, EACH TIME BEING ABOUT A WEEK APART. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70 MPH AND I NOTICED ALL OF MY CONTROLS HAD GONE BLACK, I HAD NO ODOMETER, NO RADIO, NO A/C, MY CAR HAD COMPLETELY LOST POWER. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT. THE SECOND TIME WAS PULLING OUT OF A STORE PARKING LOT, CROSSING TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH. AGAIN, I LOST POWER BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO COME TO A STOP, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT. AFTER THIS, I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES ON MY CAR. AS I WAS LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP AND STOPPED ATA RED LIGHT DOWN THE STREET, I AGAIN LOST POWER. THIS TIME I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. AGAIN, THEY DID NOTHING. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR DID NOT SHOW UP WITH ANY OUTSTANDING RECALLS, HOWEVER I DID SEE A RECALL ON MY MODEL YEAR FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 22,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS RUN PERFECTLY UP UNTIL NOW. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 65-70 MPH ON APRIL 27,2009 THE RADIO WENT OUT, THE ODOMETER WENT BLANK AND I LOST POWER STEERING. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PLACED STICK SHIFT IN PARK AND IT STARTED UP.. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP MILEAGE WAS 5166. DEALERSHIP SCANNED SYSTEM AND NO ACTIVE AND NO STORED TROUBLE CLODES WERE FOUND. WAS TOLD THIS WAS FLUKE. THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. VEHICLE STALLED A SECOND TIME WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT APPROX 5 -10 MPH. (SAME THING HAPPENED AS STATED ABOVE). PLACED STICK SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED UP. DROVE STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP. MILEAGE APPROX 29,500. DEALERSHIP SCANNED SYSTEM AND NO ACTIVE AND NO STORED TROUBLE CLODES WERE FOUND. THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. I INSISTED THAT THE DEALERSHIP KEEP THE JEEP TO DO ADDITIONAL TESTING. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING. I ALSO MENTIONED THE RECALL BELOW AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN # WAS NOT APART OF THIS RECALL. AUTO RECALL DATE: 02/06/2008 VEHICLE COMPONENT: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ESTIMATED VEHICLES AFFECTED: 1338 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DEFECT SUMMARY: CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 1,338 MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND COMMANDER VEHICLES. THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY MANUFACTURED. DEFECT CONSEQUENCE: THIS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING OR NOT TO START AND/OR CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. ENGINE STALLING OR INOPERATIVE WIPERS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

I AM FILING THIS NOW FOR JULY 09 DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, 4-7-10.. THIS IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE AND JEEP NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT IS UNSAFE WHEN A VEHICLE GIVES NO WARNING AND COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF ON AN INTERSTATE. ALSO, PLEASE SEE MY SAFETY COMPLAINT ODI # 10324403 FOR THE 4-7-10 INCIDENT. IN JULY 09, AFTER GOING THROUGH A TOLL AT EXIT 67 BARNEGET TOLL , GARDEN STATE PARKWAY,NJ, I ACCELERATED TO THE MERGE POINT AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND ENGINE STALLED AND LOST POWER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART DIDN'T WORK. SEEMS LIKE IT SHUT DOWN ELECTRICALLY AND WAS NOT GETTING GAS ADEQUATELY. SEEMS TO LACK ADEQUATE POWER. ATTEMPT TO START SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO LUCK, ENGINE WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING, LONG START-UP INCONSISTENT, DASH LIGHTS DID COME ON TO INFORM OF NO POWER. LET SIT TO COOL DOWN VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO START AND MOVE TO A MORE SAFER LOCATION. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 90 F AND SUNNY. THIS OCCURRED AT 15000 MILES IN JULY 09. VEHICLE WENT TO 3 SERVICE VISITS AND DEALERS COULD NOT REPEAT. *TR

TOTAL ENGINE SHUTDOWN, USUALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE INCIDENT DOES NOT SEEM TO CORRELATE WITH ANY GIVEN SPEED. THE SHUTDOWN HAS HAPPENED AT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AS WELL AS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN ENGINE SHUTS DOWN YOU LOSE THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. IF IT WERE TO STALL WHILE MAKING AN ABRUPT TURN IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY. TRUCK HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER NOW FOR A WEEK AND IT HAS THEM "BAFFLED". THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS NOT LOGGING ANY MALFUNCTION RELATED TO THE STALL. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE TRUCK YOU NEED TO PLACE THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE TRUCK WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AND COULD RUN FINE FOR AS FAR AS 20 MILES OR AS LITTLE AS 20 FEET. I FIND IT RATHER ODD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 1338 VEHICLES IN EARLY 2008 WHERE FAULTY MODULES COULD LEAD TO VEHICLES STALLING WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF THE ISSUE WAS TRULY CONTAINED. VEHICLE HAS ~33,000 MILES ON IT. *CN