2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED POWER WHILE DRIVING IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC. IT WAS NECESSARY TO MOVE TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND EXIT THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE. SEVERAL EMISSIONS SYSTEMS PARTS WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. IT IS UNSAFE WHEN THE CONDITION OCCURS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS A 3.0 LITRE DIESEL MOTOR MANUFACTURED BY MERCEDES BENZ. *TR

A WEEK AGO BEFORE INCIDENT, POWER STEERING PUMP FLUID LEVEL SHOWED NORMAL. ABOUT 63 MILES LATER, THE VEHICLE GOT STEERING WHEEL BECOME STIFF AND NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN EITHER DIRECTION. THEN ENGINE OVERHEATED VERY QUICKLY AND THEN ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO "ENGINE CHECK" WARNING ON INSTRUMENT. A/C STOPPED WORKING JUST BEFORE OVERHEATED. FOUND ANTIFREEZE SOLUTION LEAKED OUT INTO STREET SURFACE. NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE HAD TO TOW AND DELIVERED TO JEEP DEALER SANE DATE AS INCIDENT. THEY INFORMED ME ABOUT PROBLEM WAS FAILED POWER STEERING PUMP ASSEMBLY BECAUSE OF FLUID LEAKED. THAT SAME PUMP ALSO DRIVE TWIN COOLING FANS INSTEAD OF ELECTRIC MOTOR. I LEARNED CHRYSLER KNEW ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND THEN REDESIGNED LATER MODEL QUIETLY. I ALSO FOUND MANY INCIDENT FROM ONLINE FORUM AS SO MANY OWNERS HAVE SAME KIND OF EXPERIENCE. THERE WAS NO RECALL FROM CHRYSLER BECAUSE IT RELATED TO NEAR LOCK-UP STEERING WHEEL. IF I DRIVE OVER 65 MPH ON I-95 WOULD LEAD LOST CONTROL WITH STEERING WHEEL. NO COMPUTER SYSTEM DETECT THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SENSOR TO WATCH FOR FLUID LEVEL IN THE STEERING PUMP. NO WARNING AT ALL UNTIL INCIDENT. PAID 100 DOLLARS FOR LIFETIME SERVICE CONTRACT THROUGH CHRYSLER. THIS SITUATION, CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL TO PREVENT LOST STEERING CONTROL AND AVOID ENGINE OVERHEATING AND POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE. THEY AVOID TO USE ELECTRIC COOLING FANS TO SAVE MONEY. USE HYDRAULIC FROM POWER STEERING PUMP WAS NOT SMART WAY INCLUDED LACK OF SENSOR(S) FOR COMPUTER FOR EARLY WARNING. THIS KIND OF INCIDENT, MUST RECALL TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AS I ASKED THEM IF NEW POWER STEERING PUMP HAD BEEN UPDATED. NO ANSWER THIS QUESTION AND LEARNED THE PUMP MADE BY TOYOTA AND THERE ARE MANY OWNERS AS MENTIONED ABOVE THAT FACE UNEXPECTEDLY FAILURES. THIS INCIDENT CONSIDER AS DANGEROUS AND HARMFUL TO OWNER/PASSENGER(S) SAFETY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO SPEED UP TO 45 WHEN MY JEEP LOST POWER. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR FULLY AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT DOWNSHIFT AND THE ENGINE JUST KEPT LOSING POWER. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED FROM START TWICE. IT HAS HAPPENED AT AROUND 60 MPH WHILE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ONLY THING THAT HELPS IS IF I TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND TURN IT BACK ON. THEN THE CAR DRIVES NORMALLY. I BOUGHT THE CAR 10 DAYS AGO WITH 82500 MILES ON IT. IT'S ALREADY ACTING UP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ERRONEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH. THE FAILURE BURNED THE WIRES AND CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURE SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE ENGINEER CONCLUDED THAT THE INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINEER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

VEHICLE STARTED STALLING, FIRST IT WOULD STALL AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY COMING TO A STOP. NOW THE VEHICLE IS STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LEAVING IT OPEN FOR A DEADLY SITUATION. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND THE OIL LIGHT WILL COME ON. HAVE TRIED PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO RESART DURING COASTING BUT YOU NEED TO TURN THE KEY ALL THEY WAY OFF AND THEN RESTART. WILL USUALLY RESTART IMMEDIATELY. CALLED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS, THERE ARE NONE BUT THEY RECOMMEND REPLACING THE POWER CONTROL MODULE OR ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. IF THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING A PART THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THOSE PARTS. THE WOMAN ON THE PHONE DID NOT SEEM CONCERNED MY VEHICLE WAS STALLING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY EVEN AFTER I MENTIONED I JUST HAD A BABY. I HAVE HAD A PRIVATE MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT AN NO CODES COME UP. *TR

VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN MERGING WITH FAST MOVING TRAFFIC; NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED TO REGAIN POWER; LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SOMETIMES; FINALLY, WON'T GO OVER 30 MPH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS CONTINUOUSLY ON. I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM PORTFOLIO. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER'S (AUTO WORLD - PATCHOGUE NY) SHOP (GENERATION KIA - MEDFORD NY) 03 JUN 2013, WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO BRING IT TO A JEEP DEALER. I WAS TOLD VERBALLY THAT THE FAULT WAS THE TRANSMISSION INPUT SPEED SENSOR. ON 05 JUN 2013 I WENT TO BROWN'S JEEP IN PATCHOGUE NY AND THEY WON'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING OR GIVE ME A LOANER CAR UNTIL THE SERVICE IS APPROVED BY PORTFOLIO. FROM THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT ROUGH SHIFTING UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BUT WAS TOLD AT BROWN'S JEEP THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OK. I HAVE NOTICED SOME SERVICE BULLETINS FOR 'DRIVABILITY' CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSIONS HAD BEEN ISSUED IN SOME STATES. A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, MAYBE A RECALL IS OVERDUE! THANK YOU! *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP INTO NEUTRAL AND REVS HIGH, ALL GEARS HIGH-LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD, AND THIS HAPPENS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS MANY DIFFERENT TIMES? THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED MY HUSBAND AND I TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND TO WAIT UNTIL NOTIFIED??? THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE LIGHTLY AND HAVING ALMOST BEEN IN ACCIDENT(S) I FEEL THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP SHUT OFF AND I WAS UNABLE TO STEER AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD AND ON TO THE SHOULDER CAUSING SEVERAL CARS TO ALMOST HITTING ME. WHEN THE JEEP STOPPED I PUT THE SUV IN PARK AND TRIED STARTING ALL IT DID WAS MAKE NOISE. I THEN STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PUT IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED STARTING IT AND IT WOULDN'T START. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES PUT THE JEEP BACK IN PARK AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED BUT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IN NOW. THIS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES NOW BUT THE OTHER TIMES IT IS WHEN I AM EITHER COMING OFF THE FREEWAY OR ON A CITY STREET NOT GOING THAT FAST AND IN THAT MUCH TRAFFIC. *TR

SHIFTS FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL BY ITSELF,WONT DOWN SHIFT AT CERTAIN TIMES,SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AT HIGH SPEEDS THEN SHUT OFF THE TRUCK. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE UNKNOWINGLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING DOWN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTIL I TRIED TO INCREASE MY SPEED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO. I THEN HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE 2011. *TR