2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

I OWN MY CAR FOR 3 YEARS NOW WITH 23K MILES ON IT, GOT IT AS BRAND NEW. ON FEB 24TH MONDAY MORNING I EXPERIENCED A BRAKE ISSUE, PLUS HISSING NOISE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. FIRST I THOUGHT IT NEEDS SOME TIME TO WORK AROUND AFTER BEING ON DRIVEWAY FOR 2 DAYS(ON A WEEKEND) BUT AFTER DRIVING AROUND AND WAITING ON A RED LIGHTS THAT NOISE DIDN'T GO AWAY. BRAKING IS KIND OF DIFFERENT NOW, I NEED TO PUSH THE PEDAL HARDER IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR BUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. POWER BRAKE BOOSTER IS BACK-ORDERED ACCORDING TO A SERVICE CENTER REP AT THE DEALER I GOT MY CAR FROM. NOW NEED TO WAIT, PAY FOR IT AND INSTALLATION. LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, WHY NOT A RECALL? *TR

UNABLE TO STOP/LONGER THAN NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE IN PANIC STOP SITUATION- BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD AND UNABLE TO ENGAGE ABS. OCCURS ONLY IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPS ( BELOW 20 DEGREES) FIRST PANIC STOP AFTER DRIVING AT FREEWAY OR HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

ON 2/26, I EXPERIENCED A BRAKE FAILURE IN MY 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WAS VERY STIFF, AND I COULD NOT STOP MY VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS I COULD BEFORE. THE PEDAL ONLY WENT HALFWAY TO THE NORMAL DEPRESSED POSITION. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, AND I HAD TO COAST TO A STOP. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP THAT EVENING FOR REPAIR, AND I WAS TOLD THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. I WAS TOLD ON SATURDAY (3/1) THAT THE PART WOULD ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON TUESDAY (3/4). I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, AND THERE IS NOW NO ETA FOR THE PART (THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER). UPON FURTHER SEARCHING ONLINE, I'VE BECOME AWARE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2011/2012 GRAND CHEROKEES AND DODGE DURANGOS. APPARENTLY, THE DIAPHRAGM IN THE BOOSTER CANNOT WITHSTAND THE COLDER TEMPERATURES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING RECENTLY IN THE NORTHEAST, AND ALLOW MOISTURE TO GET INTO THE BRAKE SYSTEM, CAUSING FREEZING. DRIVING THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AS THE BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHICH RESUME NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

CAR ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING, LOSING ALL POWER AND BRAKES. CAR HAD SAT IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR A WEEK. THERE WERE NO FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS NOR ANY BUZZING SOUNDS OF OVERHEATING AS STATED IN THE CAR MANUAL WOULD INDICATE IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS NEEDED. PARKING BRAKE WAS USED TO STOP AND ENGINE WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. *TR

I POSTED MY STORY ON FEBRUARY 21, 2014. AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSLER ON MARCH 3, 2014, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WILL REPLACE BY BROKEN BRAKE BOOSTER WITH ANOTHER FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER. JEEP IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURING THE BRAKE BOOSTER, WHICH IS A RECALL, AND NO ONE WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CHRYSLER DOES NOT CARE AND ARE NEGLECTFUL TO THEIR CONSUMERS AND BASICALLY DON'T CARE TO PUT ME IN ANOTHER DANGEROUS SITUATION. I INTEND ON FILING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER. THEY ARE THE WORST TO DO BUSINESS WITH. THEY ARE OUT TO MAKE MONEY AND DON'T CARE IF THEIR CONSUMERS DIE. CHRYSLER HAS NO PROBLEM AND THINKS IT ABSOLUTELY SAFE TO PUT ME IN A VEHICLE THAT, WITHOUT WARNING, COULD CAUSE ME TO LOSE MY LIFE AND POTENTIALLY TAKE OTHERS. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING LESS THAN A MILE TO WORK ON A VERY COLD NEW JERSEY MORNING MY BRAKES FELT UNUSUALLY HARD AND HIGH. AS I PULLED INTO THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT, WHERE I WORK, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN ON THE DECLINE OF THE ROAD AND THEY WOULD NOT GO DOWN, THEY WENT DOWN ONLY ABOUT A CENTIMETER OR TWO, AND I JUST KEPT PRESSING THEM. AGAIN THEY FELT EXTREMELY HARD AND HIGH. THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS FULL OF CHILDREN IN FRONT OF ME AND I JUST PRAYED I WOULD NOT REAR END THEM. THANK GOD I WAS ONLY DOING 15 MPH....IF ANY FASTER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE!!!!! I CALLED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID DO NOT DRIVE IT, HAVE IT TOWED HERE. I DID HAVE IT TOWED THAT DAY AND TODAY I WAS INFORMED I NEED A BRAKE BOOSTER LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE. THEY ARE BACK ORDERED AND COULD TAKE 3, YES THREE WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE HUGE DEMAND. I BELIEVE IF I WAS GOING ANY FASTER THAN 15 MPH LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST. :( *TR

THERE ARE THREE KEY PARTS THAT MUST WORK AFTER A CAR STARTS, STEERING, BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND POWER STEERING PUMP IN MY 11 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE NEED TO BE REPLACED. I'M CURRENTLY TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS WHEN DRIVING, HOWEVER THIS IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. I FEEL THAT AN ACCIDENT IS INEVITABLE. IT HAS NOW BEEN TWO WEEKS WAITING FOR TWO PARTS. FACING THE WORST WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YEARS I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL SAFE DRIVING TO WORK AND WITH MY FAMILY. I UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN STATISTICS HAVE TO MEET BEFORE ISSUING A COSTLY RECALL, HOWEVER UNDER THESE CONDITIONS I'M FACED WITH (BACKORDERED PARTS) I DON'T SEE WHY AN EXCEPTION SHOULDN'T BE ISSUED AGAINST CHRYSLER. IF A PROBLEM EXISTS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO MEET DEMAND. NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET DEMAND WILL ALMOST SURELY PROVOKE A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT. MY QUESTION IS WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE NHTSA AGAINST JEEP/CHRYSLER? HIT THE GYM AND FLEX YOUR MUSCLES. THE WORST ACTION IS NOT TAKING ONE. *TR

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE TIPM'S UNIT. IT FIRST CAME UP A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN APRIL 2013. THE UNIT WAS FLASHED AND THE PROBLEM "FIXED" UNDER WARRANTY. THIS JANUARY IT IS NOW NOT ONLY TAKING 2-10 ATTEMPTS TO START, MY GAS MILEAGE HAS SEVERELY DECREASED AND THERE IS A FUNNY ODOR ONCE THE CAR IS STARTED. I CANNOT GO TO THE DEALERSHIP IN MY CURRENT TOWN AS THERE ARE OVERLY INNONDATED WITH WORK TRUCKS FOR THE OIL FIELD SO I AM FORCED TO TAKE MY CAR TO ABILENE WHICH IS AN 85 MILE TRIP EACH WAY TO HAVE ANY WORK DONE ON IT. I WORK FOR A NON PROFIT IN MY TOWN AND THEREFORE DRIVE AROUND TO NOT SO SAFE PLACES DAILY AND HATE BEING STUCK WITH A CAR THAT WONT START. THIS POSSIBLE COULD CORRELATE TO THE ISSUES WITH MY MOTOR IN THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED IN DECEMBER OF 2013 THAT LUCKILY WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE IT HAD BEEN AN ISSUE AS WELL BEFORE THE WARRANTY MILEAGE ENDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO MY MOTHER IN LAW HOUSE, AT 60 MILES PER HOUR AND MY CAR JUST STOPPED, I WAS I FRONT OF A SEMI, THAT COULD EASILY RAN OVER ME AND MY 6 MONTHS BABY!! GOOD THING THAT THE SEMI COULD CHANGE LANE BEFORE HITTING US, I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THE TIPM MODULE IS NOT WORKING AND IS CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO START OR IF IT STARTS JUST STOP SUDDENLY, SO I WANT TO PUT THIS COMPLAINT AND HOPE THAT THERE IS A RECALL SOON BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR FOR CUSTOMERS LIKE ME, PAY FOR AN EXPENSIVE CAR AND DUE TO THEIR NOT QUALITY PARTS HAVING PROBLEMS ON OUR DAILY LIVES AND ALSO PUT IN DANGERS OUT LIVES AND LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE ROAD!! AND I HOPE THAT WHOEVER HAVE THE LAST WORD TO DO A RECALL JUST THINK ABOUT YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE ANY MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY GET HIT BY ONE OF THIS CARS JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF JEEP/CHRYSLER, THAT'S JUST NOT RESPONSIBLE FROM THEM, SO IF THERE IS ANY LAW SUIT OR SOMETHING I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ON IT. *TR