2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TRANSFER CASE MALFUNCTION....SAYS "SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM SOON" ON THE DASH COMPUTER. DOES NOT GO AWAY. NO PART AVAILABLE TO REPAIR. JEEP SAYS THOUSANDS ARE ON BACK ORDER

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THE STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND ABOUT 15 FEET NOSE FIRST INTO A GULLY. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS LATER RELEASED THAT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL. *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 65-70 AND I LOST ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE SO MY SPEED FELL TREMENDOUSLY AND I PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND I HAD TO GET OVER AVOIDING TRAFFIC. ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK BEFORE I GOT INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. ONCE I PULLED OVER I TURNED IT OFF AND TURNED MY CAR BACK ON AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME TWICE BEFORE I GOT HOME. IT WAS MY SCARIEST RIDE HOME. I CALLED THE DEALER SHIP AND I TOOK IT IN. THEY TOLD ME TO REPLACE MY THROTTLE BODY SO I DID THIS AND HAD IT REPROGRAMMED. DROVE IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND IT DID THE SAME THING. THEY SAID THIS IT MIGHT BE A BAD THROTTLE BODY BUT I'VE BEEN READING AROUND AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND THERE DEALERSHIPS HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT'S IS.

I HAVE OWNED MY VEHICLE SINCE 2008 AT 32,000 MILES, THE SUNROOF WORKED GREAT FOR A FEW YEARS THEN I NOTICED THAT THE SUNROOF WOULD CLOSE PASSED THE ROOF LINE OF THE JEEP. I DID NOT THINK OF IT MUCH BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT THE JEEP WOULD HAVE A SECONDARY SEAL ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROOF LINE, IN BETWEEN THE HEADLINER TO KEEP DEBRIS AND WATER OUT OF THE INSIDE. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, IT STARTED SNOWING HEAVILY AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THE SUN MELTED EVERYTHING AWAY. I GOT IN MY JEEP AND REALIZED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THAT I HAD WATER POURING ON MY LEG AND THROUGH THE MAP LIGHTS IN THE CENTER. BY THE TIME I GOT TO MY DESTINATION, WORK, MY PANTS WERE COMPLETELY SOAKED AND MY CENTER CONSOLE COMPLETELY DRENCHED. THIS BEING THAT THE SUNROOF HAD NOTHING TO KEEP THE MELTING SNOW OUT OF THE VEHICLE. SUNROOF IS MADE WITH A FAULTY COG SET THAT WEARS AWAY TOO QUICKLY. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SPEND ALMOST ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS I WAS QUOTED IN 2011 FOR THEM TO PLACE IN A NEW COG MADE OF THE SAME BRITTLE PLASTIC. I CHOOSE TO STOP MY MOTOR FROM OVER CLOSING, RENDERING THE SUNROOF ALWAYS SHOWING UP IN SCANNERS AS OPEN. HOWEVER WITH ME CONCENTRATING THAT THE SUNROOF CLOSES CORRECTLY I STILL HAVE LEAKS IN THE SUNROOF. MY JEEP HAS TO STAY OUTSIDE, MEANING ANY TIME IT SNOW, BUT I'M NOT DRIVING, I ALWAYS HAVE TO BRUSH THE ROOF OFF JUST THE ENSURE I DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. MY VEHICLE NOW JUST PASSED 125000 MILES. SINCE THE ISSUES I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS, I'VE PULLED UP THE CARPET WHILE CLEANING THE VEHICLE ONLY TO NOTICE SO MUCH RUST IN THE FLOOR PANS.. THANKFULLY I HAD THOUGHT TO PULL THE CARPET AND HAVE TAKEN PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT CONTINUE TO RUST.

AIR BAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY FLASHING AND RENDERING CRUISE CONTROL USELESS. EVERYTHING WORK AS NECESSARY, THEN ONE DAY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET ON HIGHWAY, I PRESSED CRUISE CONTROL ONLY FOR IT TO FLASH IN THE DASH PANEL, THEN DISAPPEAR. ONCE OFF THE HIGHWAY TO MY DESTINATION, I TURNED THE GRAND CHEROKEE OFF. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE, THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES THEN SHUT OFF. DURING THE TIME OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON, I WAS ABLE TO PRESS THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HAVE IT STAY ON THE DASH PANEL, BUT I STILL HAD NO USE OF IT. ONCE THE AIR BAG LIGHT SHUT OFF, I THEN PRESSED CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN JUST FOR IT TO FLASH ON THEN BACK OFF. NOW THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING OR STAYS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING USED. MY JEEP JUST PASSED 125,000 MILES. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO SUCHA LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE FOR THE AGE.. WHO WILL FIX THIS MESS?

THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON BOTH DRIVER SIDE ARE BROKEN. THE BACK DRIVER PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE FINALLY BROKE. THE DRIVER DOOR INTERIOR HANDLE IS GOING TO GO NEXT. IM JUST WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT BREAKS IF I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT OR IF MY CAR CATCHES FIRE. ITS A HAZARD AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I WAS IM MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT BROKE.

REAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE DUE TO FAULTY PLASTIC. ALL THE OTHER DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE WHEN THE HANDLE FALLS OFF.

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN AND YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF CAR. CAR WAS IN DRIVEWAY. THIS IS AN ONE GOING ISSUE WITH JEEP AND THEY ARE NOT DOING A SAFTY RECALL

DRIVERS SIDE REAR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE AWAY FROM PLASTIC DOOR PANEL, SO WE ARE NOW UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE CAR.

A LOT OF OWNERS OF THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE DIM HEAD LIGHTS AND TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR . THE CAR SIMPLY WON'T START YOU HAVE TO CRANK IT ABOUT 20 TIMES . THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE ROAD