2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V527000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER JEEP SAFETY RECALL M35 / NHTSA 12V-527 (THE UPDATED VERSION THAT INCLUDES THE 2002-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES INSTEAD OF THE ORIGINAL WHICH ONLY INCLUDED 2002-2003 JEEP LIBERTY VEHICLES): "THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROL (ORC) MODULE ON YOUR VEHICLE (VIN: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) MAY EXPERIENCE A FRONT AIRBAG AND/OR SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT. AN INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT WHILE DRIVING COULD DISTRACT THE DRIVER AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING." (DISTRACT? SERIOUSLY? THAT'S HOW A RANDOM AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IS DESCRIBED???) "CHRYSLER WILL REPAIR YOUR VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE (PARTS AND LABOR)... SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR CHRYSLER, JEEP, OR DODGE DEALER RIGHT AWAY TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT..." WE TRIED TO SCHEDULE THIS "RIGHT AWAY" WITH OUR DODGE DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. IN FEBRUARY 2013 WE WERE TOLD THE SAME THING. IN APRIL WE WERE TOLD THERE IS A ONE YEAR WAITING LIST FOR THIS DEFECT TO BE REPAIRED AS CHRYSLER IS UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE PARTS (THE DEALERSHIP WORDS, NOT MINE). THIS I FIND HARD TO BELIEVE. WHAT IS THE NHTSA GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DISCOLORED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE WIRES IN THE WIRING HARNESS THAT GOES THROUGH DRIVER DOOR GET FRAYED WITH TIME FROM NORMAL DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING. THIS DISABLES ALL POWER WINDOWS, DOORS, MIRRORS, ETC IN THE CAR. EVEN AFFECTS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. RE-OPENING AND CLOSING DOOR MAY RESULT IN CONTINUED OPERATION OF POWER WINDOWS, MIRRORS, ETC, BUT IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

AFTER ONLY 9,000 MILES THE ROTORS WERE SO WARPED THE CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. I REPLACED THE ROTORS. 10,000 MILES LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. NO ONE WOULD "OFFICIALLY" ADMIT THAT THE ROTORS AND OR THE CALIPERS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE V8 VERSION OF THE JEEP. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS WITH AFTERMARKET SLOTTED AND VENTED ROTORS 3 MORE TIMES AT A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE TO ME. THE DANGEROUS PART OF THIS IS IT WARPS QUICKLY AND CAUSES THE CAR TO BE HARD TO CONTROL WHILE BREAKING: NOT A GOOD SITUATION. IN MY OPINION THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PUT A LARGER BRAKING SYSTEM TOGETHER "LARGER ROTORS AND CALIPERS TO DISSIPATE THE HEAT PROPERLY IN THE V8 VERSION OF THE 2004 AND PROBABLY OTHER GRAND CHEROKEE. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ROLL OFF A CLIFF, LANDING ON FRONT END ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES THEN ROLLED SIDE OVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THIS ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER HAD MULTIPLE BRUISES AND CUTS AROUND HEAD, NECK AND ARMS. ALONG WITH A CONCUSSION THAT IS JUST BEGINNING TO CLEAR UP AFTER 2 WEEKS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY DRIVERS WINDOW GRADUALLY STARTED SLIDING DOWN . AT THE TIME I WAS RUNNING THE AIR CONDITION .AND THE WINDOW STARTED SLOWLY COMING DOWN . BY THE TIME I GOT HOME THE WIDOW WAS COMPLETELY DOWN . MY HUSBAND TRIED TO PULL IT BACK UP AND AS HE DID THIS THE WINDOW BROKE RIGHT INTO HIS HANDS AND ALL OVER THE SEAT OF THE CAR. AND I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER JEEP OWNER THAT SHE HAD A RECALL ON HER JEEP . I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR IT? *TR

DRIVER SIDE ELECTRIC ADJUSTABLE SEAT BRACKET BROKE, MAKING THE SEAT WOBBLE AND ROCK FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND BACK AND FORTH. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS ADDING STRESS TO THE OTHER CONNECTING POINTS ON THE BRACKET AND WILL EVENTUALLY RENDER THE SEAT INOPERABLE. THE BROKEN SEAT BRACKET IS A HAZARD TO SAFE DRIVING. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 GRAND CHEROKEE . SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I STARTED TO HAVE STALLING ISSUES. HOT OR COLD, DRY OR WET, FIRST DRIVE OF THE DAY OR LAST, IT DIDN'T MATTER. THE ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED. I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, RECRANK IT AND PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE JUST TO AVOID ACCIDENTS, OTHERWISE IT DRIFTS OUT OF CONTROL. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT NOW IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYDAY. IT'S DANGEROUS BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE TO DRIVE TO GET TO WORK AND FROM THE INTERNET A LOT OF OTHER JEEP USERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. WHY NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DEFECT. *TR