2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

AIR CONDITIONER WILL NOT STOP WORKING ON PASSENGER SIDE. HEAT ONLY WORKS ON DRIVER SIDE. TWO MECHANICS HAVE SAID THE A/C BLEND DOOR IS NOT WORKING AND ESTIMATES HAVE RANGED FROM $500. TO $800. FOR REPAIRS. MY HUSBANDS 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BEGAN HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM A MONTH BEFORE MINE DID. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET AND IT WAS DRY ROAD CONDITIONS AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND PEDAL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT TIME. HAD IN PAST PULSING PEDAL, BUT NO BRAKES AT ALL THIS TIME RESULTING IN A REAREND COLLISION WITH THE CAR THAT HAD STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

NO HEAT ON DRIVERS SIDE. PASSENGER SIDE MARGINALLY BLOWS AIR. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE--ALL YEARS! JEEP MUST BE FULLY AWARE OF IT SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND THEY HAVE A "FIX", BUT AT A HIGH COST TO THE CONSUMER. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN. *TR

A COMPONENT KNOWN AS THE HEATER SYSTEM "BLEND DOORS" FAILED ON MY WIFE'S 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED, PURCHASED USED IN APRIL, 2005. THIS FAILURE CAUSES A SITUATION WHERE NO HEATED AIR IS AVAILABLE TO DEFROST/DEMIST THE VEHICLE'S WINDOWS, THUS POTENTIALLY CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY AND A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW IN THE GRAND CHEROKEES HEATER SYSTEM FROM 1999-ON. THIS IS SO COMMON ON THESE VEHICLES THAT THERE IS EVEN AN AFTERMARKET FIX KIT AVAILABLE (VS. THE $1,200 I WAS QUOTED BY OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM). THIS IS CLEARLY MUCH MORE THAN AN OCCUPANT COMFORT ISSUE AND, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS A SAFETY RECALL DUE TO THE DANGER TO THOSE BOTH IN THE VEHICLE AND OTHERWISE. WHAT WE DID NOT REALIZE IS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAD BEEN GRADUALLY HAPPENING VIRTUALLY SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY REACHED THE POINT WHERE THE SYSTEM COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR

DESCRIPTION : I OWN A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 100,000 MILES. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF THE VENTILATION SYSTEM WERE (1) RAPID FOGGING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD,(2) FOGGING OF FRONT PASSENGER WINDOWS,(3) FAILURE OF PASSENGER HEAT WHILE STILL MAINTAINING DRIVER HEAT FUNCTION, AND (4) ONLY COLD AIR RELEASE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF JEEP. CONSEQUENTLY,(1) THE WINDSHIELD AND FRONT WINDOWS DO NOT DEFOG, AND (2) NO HEAT WHATSOEVER COMES FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AND DASHBOARD VENTILATION SYSTEM. TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, A "BLEND AIR DOOR" IS NECESSARY AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1,200 INCLUSIVE OF 7 HOURS OF LABOR. ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFIED SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND ONLINE FORUMS, THIS HAS BECOME A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2000-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITEDS WITH DUEL ZONE VENTILATION SYSTEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE THE HEATER IN COLD WEATHER, IT DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. SHE ALSO CANNOT DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BLEND AIR DOOR CAUSED THE FAILURE, WHICH IS COMMON FOR THE GRAND CHEROKEE WHEN IT REACHES 50,000 MILES OR GREATER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000.

MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR VENTS SUDDENLY STARTED BLOWING COLD AIR IN 2005. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BLEND DOOR WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REMOVING THE WHOLE DASH AND COST APPROXIMATELY $800. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT APPEARED TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTIVE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL, BUT THAT MADE NO SENSE TO ME. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD SUCH A COSTLY MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT REPAIR. *TR

NO EVENTS LEAD TO THIS. BOTH FRONT SEAT HEATERS STOPPED WORKING. VERY PRONE ON JEEPS. MORE RECENTLY, BLEND DOORS, HEAT/AIR CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING. HALF HOT AND HALF COLD. VERY PRONE TO GRAND CHEROKEE. FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

HEAT NEVER WORKED ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. NOW TOLD $1500 TO FIX. LIVING IN WARM CLIMATE ALLOWS FOR NOT FIXING. FINDING THAT MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE. 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE W/DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE PLASTIC FAN BLADE ASSEMBLY NEARLY SEPARATED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL AS WELL AS THE REPAIR PRICE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS THE 2000-2002 MODELS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY PARKED AT HER RESIDENCE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,300.