2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE JEEP MY ENGINE LOCKED UP. MY MECHANIC SAID MY ENGINE IS NOT GOOD.I HAVE NO COVERAGE ANY MORE.

ALL LIGHTS BEGAN RANDOMLY FLASHING, WIPERS WENT ON AT VARYING SPEEDS, POWER SEATS WERE MOVING, TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING GEARS INAPPROPRIATELY. WHEN THIS STARTED I WAS ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME. THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES AND WAS HARDER TO START AFTER EACH STALL. UPON ARRIVING HOME AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF, THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FLASH UNTIL THE BATTERY DIED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR AFFECTED THE PASSENGER SIDE TURN SIGNAL, WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT FOG LIGHTS TO BLINK. DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP CITY (4395 US-130, BURLINGTON, NJ 08016, (855) 242-0015) STATED THAT THE INITIAL REPAIR CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE TURN SIGNAL TO HAVE TO BE REPAIRED FOR MORE THAN $2,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

MY JEEP IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS OTHER JEEPS THAT WERE RECALLED FOR FUEL PUMP RELAY ISSUES BUT MINE IS NOT RECALLED. MY VEHICLE TURNS OVER AND EVENTUALLY TIMES OUT. AND I CAN HEAR THE FUEL PUMP RUNNING WHEN I TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND PULL THE KEY OUT. OTHER CARS SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING WITH THIS ISSUE AND I DONT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS TO GET THIS FIXED

I STARTED THE JEEP UP IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED A WHINING SOUND THAT CHANGED WITH ENGINE RPMS. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS OR WARNINGS ON THE DASH TO INDICATE A FAILURE OF ANY COMPONENTS. I ONLY HAD TO RUN TO THE STORE 4 MILES AWAY AND THOUGHT I WOULD LOOK AT IT WHEN I RETURNED HOME. ONCE I GOT TO THE STORE, I SMELT AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I RAISED THE HOOD, THE ALTERNATOR WAS PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMOKE. I WAS CONCERNED MY VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO CATCH FIRE. I HAD SOME ONE BRING ME SOME TOOLS SO I COULD DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. ONCE THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED, I LOCATED A REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR ($400) LOCALLY AT A PARTS STORE AS IT WAS A SUNDAY EVENING AND NO DEALERS WERE OPEN. I WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR IN THE STORE PARKING LOT. I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS, BUT WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD TO ENSURE ALL WAS GOOD WITH THE NEW ALTERNATOR, IT WAS ONCE AGAIN SO HOT I COULD NOT TOUCH IT. THERE WAS NO SMOKE AS OF YET, BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT THERE IS STILL AN ISSUE THAT CAUSED THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR TO CATCH FIRE. I AM SURE THE NEW ALTERNATOR WILL ALSO BE DAMAGED IF THE JEEP IS DRIVEN ANY MORE. CURRENTLY I AM FORCED TO LEAVE MY JEEP PARKED UNTIL I CAN ENSURE I HAVE AN EMERGENCY BACK UP AVAILABLE. THE JEEP DOES ACT NORMAL NOW THE ALTERNATOR IS CHANGED OUT, AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING AS NORMAL. I AM JUST CONCERNED THE NEW ALTERNATOR MAY FAIL AGAIN AND CAUSE A FIRE IN MY JEEP. NOW I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR MY NORMAL COMMUTE. THE JEEP ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY OTHER ISSUES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. I HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE MANY TIME IS SEARCHES ONLINE AND FEEL THAT THERE ARE UNDERLYING CAUSES THAT CAN RESULT IN VEHICLE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE FIRES. EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO OPERATE IN THIS CONDITION.

PURCHASED VEHICLE 12-15-18. SINCE THEN, THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED INTERMITTENTLY (3 TIMES IN 2 WEEKS) AT STOPS WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS APPEARING ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FIRST TIME, I WASN'T EVEN AWARE THE ENGINE CUT OUT UNTIL I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE STARTS BACK UP, BUT WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR IMMEDIATELY. IN ONE INSTANCE, IT TOOK ABOUT 5 SECONDS TO GO INTO GEAR. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER WHERE PURCHASED (PAULY TOYOTA- CRYSTAL LAKE, IL.) WHO RECOMMENDED BRINGING IT TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP. BROUGHT TO CRYSTAL LAKE, IL CRYSLER JEEP DODGE WHO COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM AS NO FAULTS APPEARED UNDER TEST. FLUIDS WERE CLEAN, AND AT PROPER LEVELS. WAS TOLD TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL CONDITION REAPPEARED, AND IT WOULD BE REINVESTIGATED. THIS IS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE TYPE STALLING, EXCEPT THAT SO FAR, IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP IN TRAFFIC.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IN IS MOTION AND COMING TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WILL STALL. I HAVE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY POWER STEERING OR BRAKES BEFORE I CAN RESTART, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THAT RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED TWICE. I STILL HAVE THE ENGINE STALL PROBLEM. JEEP IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND SEEMS UNWILLING TO REPLACE THE TICM TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY APPEARS TO BYPASS THE TICM.

EVERY FEW WEEKS, FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHEN BRAKING AND MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLS. POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING ARE LOST. THE CAR NEEDS TO THEN BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL, OR PARK, TO BE RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-40 MPH AND HAS RESULTED IN NEAR-MISS ACCIDENTS. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHILE ON HIGHWAY EXIT RAMPS. I WOULD BRING IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, BUT SINCE IT HAPPENS INFREQUENTLY THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT HAPPENING TO THEM FOR DIAGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD. I HAVE ATTACHED A DOCUMENT WITH LINKS TO OTHERS' COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE. AS YOU WILL READ, THERE IS NO DEALER CONSENSUS FOR A DIAGNOSIS, OR REPAIR. LASTLY, THERE WAS A RECALL (P54) IN 2014 THAT INVOLVED FIXING STALLING. THAT RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY CAR AT THE TIME, SO THAT DOES NOT EXPLAIN THIS SITUATION.

BOTH MUFFLERS HAVE RUSTED AND HAVE HOLES IN THEM. MY JEEP IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, NEVER DRIVEN ON THE BEACH, WASHED REGULARLY AND VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. WE BOUGHT IT 10/31/11 STRAIGHT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR WITH 6MILES ON IT. NOTICED THIS TODAY 12/25/18 DUE TO PUDDLES ON THE GARAGE FLOOR.

TICKING FROM LEFT CYLINDER HEAD AND MINOR TICK FROM RIGHT CYLINDER HEAD. CHRYSLER ADMITS TO HAVING A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN VEHICLE AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD. IF THERE IS A COMPRESSION ISSUE AND THE VEHICLE STALLS IN THE ROADWAY COULD BE A FATAL MISTAKE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN ALL VEHICLES INCLUDED WITH THE RIGHT CYLINDER HEAD. OR RECALL THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.