2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

HEATER ON MY 2001 JEEP CHEROKEE HAS GONE OUT. APPARENTLY IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND EXPENSIVE TO HAVE REPAIR. THE MOTORS THAT CONTROL THE DOORS STRIP OUT & WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE HEARD IT IS AROUND 1500 DOLLARS TO HAVE REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP. I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW ROLLED DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS UNABLE TO ROLL IT UP USING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC MOTOR FAILED. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. AS OF OCTOBER 26, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 12/12/07

HVAC SYSTEM'S BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR FOR PASSENGER SIDE CLIMATE CONTROL HAS FAILED. REPAIR COST IS WELL OVER $1000 AND CANNOT BE FIXED BY CONSUMER. MANY THOUSAND CUSTOMERS REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS EXACT SYSTEM. *TR

2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON. I HAVE READ MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS ON BOTH THE 2000 AND THE 2001 MODELS. WE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE WORKING IN THE DAYTIME, AND THEY WERE, BUT WE TURNED THE LIGHTS ON, AND THEY WOULD NOT. MY WIFE WAS COMING HOME THE OTHER NIGHT, AND HER FRIEND WAS BEHIND HER, AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, HER FRIEND NO LONGER COULD SEE THE TAIL LIGHTS, AND BY THE TIME SHE REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, SHE HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO HER. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS, AS I PERSONALLY SAW OVER 1000 COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME PROBLEM. *JB

INCIDENT: DEFOG & HEAT DOES NOT WORK; HAD TO DRIVE 25 MILES WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON CONSTANTLY IN ORDER TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD, STILL DID NOT DO WELL EVEN WITH NEWER WIPERS... 1) I WOKE UP, STARTED UP JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN ORDER TO DEFOG WINDSHIELD SINCE IT GOT COOLER OVERNIGHT LEAVING FOG ON WINDSHIELD. 2) DEFOG WOULD NOT WORK, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD WARMED UP SUFFICIENTLY AND TEMP GAUGE INDICATED SUCH AS WELL. 3) HAD TO TAKE TO DEALER SINCE REGULAR MECHANIC COULD NOT PERFORM SERVICE; REPLACED ACTUATOR, BLEND DOOR AND OTHER PARTS. (UNK IF REPLACED PARTS ARE AVAILABLE SINCE DEALER PERFORMED SERVICE REPAIR. *JB

I TURNED ON MY HEAT ONE DAY AND IT WAS ONLY COLD AIR. TOOK IT TO JEEP THEY SAID IT WAS A BLEND DOOR AND A COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

DASH CREEKS AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE VENTS BLOW COLD AIR REGARDLESS SET CLIMATE CONTROL TEMPERATURE OR IF A/C IS ON OR NOT. DEFROSTER VENTS BLOW ONLY COLD AIR. *JB

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER VENTILATION BLEND DOOR FAILURE. *JB

I OWN A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT HAS 2 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUES WITH IT. DUE TO A MANUFACTURERS DESIGN FLAW, THE BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTION ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE LIGHT SHORTS ITSELF OUT WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON LEAVING ME WITH NO BRAKES AT NIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR IN MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR HAS BROKEN. SINCE JEEP SAW FIT TO ONLY PROVIDE A KEY ON THE DRIVERS DOOR, THIS REAR DOOR NEITHER LOCKS NOR UNLOCKS WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY LIFETHREATENING SITUATION IF I WERE INVOLVED IN A WRECK AND WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THIS DOOR. MY COOLING FAN BROKE, I REPLACED WITH A NON-OEM MODEL WHICH CHEWED A HOLE IN MY RADIATOR AFTER 100 MILES. REPLACED RADIATOR AND FAN. RADIATOR BROKE AFTER A YEAR, RE-REPLACED. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND THAT THESE ARE FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEMS AND NOT THE RESULT OF SOME ACTION ON MY PART. *TR

DEFROSTER IN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WILL NOT DEFROST PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT IN THIS MODEL JEEP AND OF COURSE NOT COVERED BY LIMITED WARRANTY. SO NOW MY WIFE CAN ONLY DRIVE THE CAR DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. *JB