2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

INITIALLY BROUGHT MY JEEP INTO SHOP DUE TO JERKY MOVEMENT AT SLOWS SPEEDS WHILE TRYING TO TURN OR BACKING UP AND THEN "SERVICE 4WD" LIGHT COMING ON. WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE AND SHIFT MOTOR WERE BAD. WHEN I PICKED UP THE JEEP EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE WORKING FINE. LESS THAN 3MONTHS LATER, AND APPROX. 5,000 MILES, "SERVICE 4WD" LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN 4 LOW. HAD CAR TOWED TO SAME SHOP, IN CASE ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PARTS WENT BAD, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED NOW. LOOKING INTO THE ERROR, IT SEEMS THIS IS ANOTHER "KNOWN PROBLEM" WITH JEEP ALONG WITH THE ROCKER ARM ISSUE I PREVIOUSLY HAD ON THIS JEEP. AS BOTH OF THESE ISSUES ARE SAFETY RELATED SINCE THE VEHICLE COULD STALL OR SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING, I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON BOTH ISSUES. ESPECIALLY SINCE BOTH OF THESE REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE!

RECALLS 19V-913 AND 15V-115 AROUND THE 28TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020, I WAS IN PUBLIC STREET ON MY WAY TO MY MOTHER'S HOME AT NIGHT IN MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I BEGAN TO PUSH THE ENGINE PEDAL AND IT DIDN'T REACTED. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PUSH THE BREAK. I WAS NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE COMMUNITY GATE AND, BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY, I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR ON NEUTRO AND MANAGED TO ENTER THE COMMUNITY AND LEFT THE CAR INSIDE THE GATE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR BY THE SUDDEN SLOWING OF CAR VELOCITY AND WHILE TURNING LEFT TO THE COMMUNITY GATE IN NEUTRO. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER TO INFORM THEM THAT THE SAME STALLING SITUATION THAT OCCURRED THE SEVERAL TIMES THEY INSPECTED MY CAR FOR PREVIOUSLY, HAPPENED AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SOONEST APPOINTMENT THEY CAN GIVE ME IS IN THE 18TH OF JANUARY OF 2021. THE CAR IS STATIONED WAITING TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS WOULD BE AT LEAST THE 6TH TIME THE CAR HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND THE THIRD THAT I HAVE TO TOW IT. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WAS TOWED WAS IN APRIL OF 2018; THAT TIME THEY REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP/MODULE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, THE EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS REPLACED. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AGAIN IN MARCH AND NOVEMBER OF 2019 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THEY ALLEGED NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE LAST TIME WAS IN THE 11TH OF AUGUST OF 2020, WHEN THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT STALLED AND COULD NOT BE TURN ON; THE FUEL PUMP RELAY CONTROL CIRCUIT OVERLAY HARNESS WAS REPLACED, (ACCORDING TO WORK ORDER). JUST AFTER FOUR MONTHS, THE CAR STALLED WHILE MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRANSITED PUBLIC STREET AT NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE CAR MANAGE TO RECOVER QUICKLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS WHY I BEGAN TO DRIVE SLOWLY. MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND STILL THE SAFETY ISSUE PERSISTS. (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

MY CAR IS STALLING NOT PICKING UP SPEED AND MAKING A NOISE THAT MY ENGINE IS WORKING HARD WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS . MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AND WHEN TRYING TO GET THE RECALLED PART FIXED THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART AND DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE

THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE 11/2019 WHICH STATES THAT THE VEHICLE MAY STALL WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO GET THE VEHICLE IN BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO FIX GIVEN BY FIAT/CHRYSLER AND I HAVE TO JUST WAIT. THEY HAVE A LIST OF OTHER VEHICLES/OWNERS WAITING AS WELL. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT TWICE WHILE OPERATING AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS STARTING THE VEHICLE (ALSO PART OF THE RECALL ISSUE).

JEEP SPUTTERED DURING A RED LIGHT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HEAD CYLINDER FAILURE AT 66 THOUSAND MILES. ENGINE MADE TICKING NOISE. BROUGHT TO JEEP REPAIR IN MASS. DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED LEFT HEAD CYLINDER. STARED OTHER VINS HAD RECALLS, MY JEEP WASN'T INCLUDED. SAME FAILURE AS OTHER RECALLED ENGINES, THEY DID REPAIR AFTER ENGINE LEAKING AS WELL AND TRANSMISSION LINE FAILURES AT 66K MILES

MY 2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND 4X2 'ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT' (AHR) HEADRESTS MANUFACTURED BY GRAMMER AG SUFFER FROM A DEFECT. FCA US AND GRAMMER AG'S ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT IS MEANT TO SPRING FORWARD IN THE EVENT OF A REAR-END COLLISION TO CATCH A VEHICLE OCCUPANT'S HEAD TO PREVENT WHIPLASH, THE FEATURE HAS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR EXTERNAL FORCE FROM A COLLISION, AND FORCEFULLY STRUCK THE BACK OF MY PASSENGER'S (WIFE) HEAD WHILE WE WERE IN MOTION. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT TO THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE PASSENGER'S (WIFE) HEAD AND WITHOUT WARNING OR CAUSE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. SHE WAS INITIALLY STARTLED AND WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEN WE DISCOVERED THE BROKEN HEADREST. LATER, MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A HEADACHE AND NECK DISCOMFORT OVER SEVERAL DAYS. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL LAWSUIT DOCUMENTS ONLINE FILED BY OTHER JEEP OWNERS WHO STATE THE CAUSE OF THE DEFECT AS THE FAILURE OF A 'CHEAP PLASTIC COMPONENT' INSIDE THE DEFENDANTS' AHR. SPECIFICALLY, THE FEATURE CONTAINS A PLASTIC BRACKET THAT ACTS AS THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM AND HOLDS THE FEATURE'S SPRING-LOADED RELEASE IN PLACE UNTIL A SENSOR SIGNALS THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HIT IN ITS REAR, THE CASE EXPLAINS. AS A 'COST-SAVING MEASURE,' THE PLAINTIFFS SAY, CHRYSLER AND GRAMMER AG DESIGNED THE AHR BRACKET WITH 'AN INFERIOR AND INEXPENSIVE FORM OF PLASTIC' THAT CAN CRACK AND BREAK DOWN PREMATURELY DUE TO THE 75 POUNDS OF CONSTANT PRESSURE APPLIED BY THE AHR'S SPRINGS ONTO THE BRACKET. I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I HAVE ONLY SEEN A RECALL FOR 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HEADRESTS. I WOULD LIKE THE PARTS ON THESE HEADRESTS REPLACED. NOT SURE IF THE SAME DEFECT ALSO EXISTS ON REAR PASSENGER SEAT HEADRESTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V813000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. MONROVIA CHRYSLERS DODGE JEEP RAM (1305 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, MONROVIA, CA 91016, (626)317-6106) AND GLENDORA CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (931 SOUTH LONE HILL AVENUE, GLENDORA, CA 91740, (909)480-4070) WERE CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED IF THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.*DT*JB

SAFETY RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS ON NOVEMBER 14, 2019. THERE IS STILL NO REMEDY. NOT SURE WHAT THE TIMEFRAME ON RECALLS IS, BUT I'D SAY MY SAFETY HAS BEEN AT RISK LONG ENOUGH. MY VEHICLE OFTEN SPUTTERS AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHILE ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO ACHIEVE HIGH SPEEDS QUICKLY (WHILE ENTERING FREEWAY TRAFFIC FROM AN ON RAMP OR WHEN PASSING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR EXAMPLE). THE ISSUE RELATED TO THIS RECALL CAN CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO STALL WHICH WOULD BE SEVERELY DANGEROUS IN THESE SITUATIONS.

FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST ACTIVE RESTRAINT DEPLOYED RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. DIDN'T GET IN A COLLISION OR STOP HARD. DRIVING ON A TWO-LANE COUNTY ROAD AT AROUND 50 MPH.

MY 2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO A FAULTY VANITY VISOR MIRROR WIRING THAT HAS A RECALL AND WAS REPAIRED PER RECALL PRIOR TO THE FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. MY CAR HAS HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED AND WAS IN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS THIS YEAR FOR RECALL SERVICE. HAD I NOT BEEN IN A PARKING STRUCTURE, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ACCESS TO A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND THE CAR CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BURNT TO THE GROUND. I WAS ENTERING A PARKING STRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT (DRIVING). RECALL NUMBER:15V-879