2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING GRINDING NOISES. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE CONTACT DROVE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONTACT IS WAITING TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 16,000. UPDATED 10/31/07. *JB

I OWN A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4 LIMITED. WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS ALL FOUR OF THE AIR VENT KNOBS THAT CONTROL THE FLOW OF AIR BOTH UP AND DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE ON THE DASHBOARD FELL OFF. I AM A SINGLE 60 YEAR OLD MALE AND THE SOLE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE. I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07

TL*- THE DRIVER OF A 2006 JEEP CHEROKEE STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO A VENDING MACHINE. A PEDESTRIAN SUSTAINED A SPRAINED ANKLE, CUTS AND BRUISES. AS OF OCTOBER 3, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES, VIN, AND PURCHASE DATE OF THE VEHICLE WERE UNKNOWN.

WE BOUGHT AN 04' JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AT JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE OF WARWICK, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. WE TOOK IT DOWN FOR SERVICE AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE GAS CAP. THE LIGHT STILL CAME ON AND HAD A HARD TIME STARTING. WE TRADED IT IN AT THE SAME PLACE 1 MONTH LATER FOR AN 06 JEEP WITH 15,000 MILES ON IT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PURCHASE THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE STARTED MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES. WE TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT NOISE. AFTER THAT THE BATTERY DIED AND THEY TOWED IT THERE AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. NOW WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE JEEP STALLING OUT WHEN WE ARE PARKED OR AT AN IDLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAS CAME LOOSE FROM THE WELD BREAKING. NOW IT IS HITTING THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND IS CHIPPING PAINT. ALL FOUR DOORS ARE COMING AWAY FROM THE WELDS CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD TO ALL OF THE PASSENGERS. WE BROUGHT IT DOWN FOR THE DEALER TO LOOK AT THE DOORS AND THEY KEPT PUTTING US OF BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE A LONER CAR, OR THAT THE MANAGER WAS NOT THERE, OR THAT THERE BODY SHOP WAS NOT AVAILABLE. NOW THEY SAY THAT WE NEVER BROUGHT IT DOWN TO SHOW THEM. EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT IT TO THEM THEY NEVER PUT IT IN THE SHOP AND MADE EXCUSES FOR ALL OF THE PROBLEMS. THEY NEVER PUT IN THERE COMPUTER THAT WE CAME TO THEM, WITH THESE PROBLEMS AND DENY THAT WE HAD ANY. THE ONE TIME WHEN THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY WE PICKED IT UP WITH ALMOST 150 EXTRA MILES ON IT. WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH THE DEALERS SERVICE AND THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE ITSELF. *JB

WHILE DRIVING WITH AC ON ALL LIGHTS AND GAUGES GO OFF, AC TURNS OFF , LUCKELY ENGINE KEEPS RUNNING , THIS HAS HAPPENED AL LEAST THREE TIMES , TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD IT CHECKED ,CAR WAS CHECKED AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING IS OK. THIS IS NOT A VERY RELIABLE VEHICLE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS KIND OF , OR ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEM . THANK YOU *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT WOULD FLICKER AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY SECONDS. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,151. UPDATED 10/18/07 *TR

2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. LOTS OF CONSUMERS REPORTING THIS ISSUE. DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC AT SPEED OF 45 MILES PER HOUR, VEHICLE AND ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. LOST STEERING MOMENTARILY. I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED- BUT UPON RETURNING HOME AND RESEARCHING PROBLEM ON INTERNET, FOUND NUMEROUS CUSTOMER CITING THIS PROBLEM. LUCKILY, NO CRASH OCCURRED ALTHOUGH IT WAS CLOSE. HAD I BEEN ON THE FREEWAY, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING CONTINUES TO SHUTTER. ON JULY 20, 2007, THE STEERING GEAR WAS REPLACED. SHE WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER JEEP DEALER THAT THE SHUTTERING CAN CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. THE CONTACT DOES NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,785 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,558.

DUE TO THE FIXED FORWARD TILTING HEAD RESTRAINT ON THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIT A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT IN THE OUTBOARD POSITIONS OF THE REAR SEAT. PLACING MORE THAN ONE CHILD RESTRAINT IN THIS VEHICLE IN THE FORWARD FACING POSITION IS IMPOSSIBLE. *TR

NEED TO REPLACE BRAKE ROTORS AT LESS THAN 35,000 MILES. MULTIPLE POSTING ON INTERNET SITE IDENTIFYING HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT JEEP IS AWARE OF BUT CHOOSES ONLY TO MAKE THE CUSTOMER REPLACE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. *TR