2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING. HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST SIX TIMES OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. THE STALL AS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 45 MILES AND HOUR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS GIVEN US PUSH BACK WHEN WE SCHEDULE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. OUR LAST APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED JANUARY 31,2009 THEY NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AT 45 MPH ALMOST CAUSING MY WIFE AND SEVEN MONTH OLD TO GET REAR ENDED. *TR

2007 AND NEWER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND LAREDO HAS A PROGRAMMING DEFECT IN THE BRAKE LIGHTS. IF FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE, REMOVED THEN QUICKLY REAPPLIED THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME BACK ON. ONLY THE THIRD/CENTER BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON SO YOU STILL AT LEAST HAVE THE TAILLIGHTS. BUT NO RIGHT OR LEFT BRIGHT BRAKE LIGHT. DEALER DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM ON ALL UNITS IN THEIR STOCK. CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM BUT IS DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. I SOLD THE VEHICLE LAST MONTH AS I WON'T DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKE LIGHTS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. FIRST IT WAS MY PRND LIGHTS WOULD ALL LIGHT UP AT THE SAME TIME AND MY ACCELERATION WOULD NOT WORK. THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF AGAIN AFTER A FEW STARTS. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE CODE IS U0404 WHICH I AM TOLD IS THE SHIFTER/ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. WHILE SEARCHING THIS I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, ALL RIGHT AFTER THEIR WARRANTY RAN OUT. I WENT TO THE DEALER WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND IT WAS NOT FOUND NOW THAT I AM 900 MIL;ES PAST WARRANTY THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS. I FEEL IF THIS MANY OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I COMPLETELY LOST ACCELERATION WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY TWICE AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A TRIP AND WAS TWO HOURS FROM HOME. I STOPPED AT A FRUIT STAND AND WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START DESPITE IT CLEARLY NOT BEING A BATTERY PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS OCCURRED ON A SATURDAY. ON MONDAY WHEN THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. THEY RAN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND FOUND NO FAULTS. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT "ACTED UP AGAIN". TWELVE DAYS LATER IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FIND IT AMAZING THAT I NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL THE CAR BROKE DOWN AGAIN IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. CLEARLY THERE WERE ISSUES AND SIMPLY RUNNING A COMPUTER TEST WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A STALLING PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW. WHEN I AM AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT, MY CAR WILL START TO IDLE VERY LOW AND THEN COMPLETELY DIE. IT WILL RESTART WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURN THE KEY AGAIN. THE NEXT TIME I TRY TO START MY CAR AFTER IT STALLS, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 10 SECONDS FOR IT TO START WHEN TURNING THE KEY. MY CAR HAS DONE THIS 5 TIMES NOW. IT HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. MY CAR ALSO IDLES VERY LOW, VERY OFTEN WHEN I AM STOPPED. IT DOES NOT STALL EVERYTIME THOUGH. EVERYTIME IT HAPPENS I TAKE IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD BE DYING WHEN STOPPED. *TR

REGARDING WINDSHIELD CLEARING OF 2002 JEEP AND 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT CLEAR THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT I REPLACE THE WIPER, WHICH I DID WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE AREA THAT DOES NOT CLEAR IS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE DRIVERS VIEW. THE PASSENGER SIDE CLEARS WELL. I CONTACTED A COMPANY THAT REPLACES WINDSHIELDS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SPRING TENSION ON THE WIPER ARM. I DID NOT YET REPLACE THE ARE THINKING THAT A NEW ARM WOULD HAVE THE SAME SPRING TENSION. MY DAUGHTERS JEEP ( THE 2002) HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW COULD THIS CONDITION HAVE EXISTED FOR 5 YEARS WITHOUT CORRECTION? IT WOULD SEEM UNLIKELY THAT THESE 2 CARS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY RECORD OF THIS CONDITION CAUSING ACCIDENTS? *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO STARTED CLUNKING LOUDLY WHEN I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AFTER THIS OCCURS. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, THEN, ONE DAY I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN IT TURNED GREEN, I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. IT ACTED AS IF WAS IN PARK. I SHIFTED IT TO PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE SEVERAL TIMES AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO GEAR LUNGED FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO MY DEALERSHIP (THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY) WHO TOLD ME NO CODES REGISTERED IN RELATION TO THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAVING BEEN ON AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO ME AND TWO DAYS LATER THE SAME TRANSMISSION CLUNKING BEGAN AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I LEFT A RED LIGHT TODAY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR INTO SECOND. FINALLY, IT SHIFTED, SLAMMING INTO GEAR, WITH A LOUD, HARD CLUNK THAT SHOT MY VEHICLE SEVERAL FEET AHEAD. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT IF A CAR HAD BEEN AHEAD OF ME. IT'S BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO CLAIMS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG. THE CAR HAS ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT. CLEARLY, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG AND I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND CANNOT SIMPLY GO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE AT LOW SPEEDS SHORTLY AFTER START-UP. NO ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC LIGHTS ARE PRESENT TO AID IN THE TROUBLESHOOTING. THE CAR HAS STALLED UNDER THE LOW SPEED CONDITIONS 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 27,000 MILES. *TR

FUNNY NOISE MAKING RIGHT TURN LIKE WHEEL RUBBING. THUMPING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS FROM BRAKES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND RESTARTED ON ITS OWN. OTHER TIMES, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE MANUALLY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.