2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

I LOSE ALL LIGHTS, INSTRUMENTS, GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD. CAR STILL RUNS BUT I HAVE NO ODOMETER, LIGHTS, AIR CONDITIONING. I USUALLY PULL OFF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. ONCE I RESTART IT, IT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR AWHILE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A DAY OR TWO AND THEN CLEAR OUT. I'VE HAD IT CHECKED BEFORE AND THE CODES COME UP AS "COMMUNICATION ERROR" BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE EXACT ERROR. HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 2011 BUT HAS NOW REACHED THE STAGE WHERE THE CAR WON'T START. *TR

WHILE IN A LINE OF CARS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I REACHED MY TURN AT THE SIGN. WHEN I STOPPED THE ENGINE JUST DIED AND ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WORKED. AFTER SHIFTING INTO PARK AND TURNING THE KEY THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN. AS WITH OTHERS I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ATTACHED TO MY KEY AND ALSO MY KNEES ARE NOT ABLE TO HIT THE KEY. THE ROAD LEADING TO THE STOP SIGN IS SOMEWHAT ROUGH AND IT IS POSSIBLE I HIT THE KEY WITH MY HAND. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD AT NIGHT APPROACHING A 4 WAY TRAFFIC LIGHT INTERSECTION. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. SUDDENLY THE ELECTRIC, LIGHTS, GAUGES, STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEM IN MY JEEP BEGAN FLICKERING AND SPASMING LIKE MY JEEPS ENTIRE ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAS HAVING SEIZURES AND WAS SWITCHING POWER ON AND OFF. TO THE CARS AHEAD OF ME IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS FLASHING MY LIGHTS AND THE CARS BEHIND ME AS IF I WAS TURNING MY LIGHTS ON AND OFF RAPIDLY. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT AND MY JEEP CONTINUED TO SPASM AND FLICKER ON AND OFF. I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT SIT IN HOPES THAT THIS ISSUE WAS A ONE TIME ELECTRICAL GLITCH AND ALSO BECAUSE I COULDN'T SAFELY DRIVE IT IN THIS CONDITION. I EVENTUALLY STARTED MY VEHICLE AGAIN AND BEGAN TO DRIVE THINKING IT WAS ALRIGHT. WITHIN MINUTES IT BEGAN DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. MY VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO RANDOMLY EXHIBIT THIS BEHAVIOR ALONG WITH ADDITIONALLY ALL THE GAUGE LIGHTS AND SOUNDS BLINKING AND CHIMING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT A TIME. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHEN IT DOES IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SCARY TO BE IN THE VEHICLE. I ONLY HAVE MY IGNITION KEY ON THE KEY RING BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY IGNITION SWITCH IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE EVEN WHEN INITIALLY STARTING THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ESP, ABS, CHECK ENGINE, AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT IT STALLED AGAIN. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. KMJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATE 78 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, THE BRAKES HESITATED WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK AND VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,448.

STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, WENT TO PULL OUT AND THE MOTOR WAS DEAD. I JUST DRIFTED INTO THE INTERSECTION. PUT ON THE BRAKE, TURNED THE KEY & THE MOTOR STARTED. MY KNEE MUST HAVE BUMPED THE KEYCHAIN AND APPARENTLY IT TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING WHEN I TRIED TO PULL OUT, OTHERWISE I WOULD'VE BEEN T-BONED. *TR

THE WINDOW REGULATORS NEED TO BE RECALLS. THE FIRST ONE TO GO WAS THE DRIVERS WINDOW REGULATOR. COST OVER $500.00 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. THE PLASTIC PART IN THE REGULATOR BROKE AND THE WINDOW WENT DOWN IN THE DOOR. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO ORDER THE PART ON LINE FOR $200 AND FIX IT HIMSELF. THE SECOND WINDOW REGULATOR TO GO WAS THE DRIVERS REAR PASSENGER WINDOW. AS I WAS DRIVING THE WINDOW KEPT INCHING DOWN. HAD TO STOP 3 TIMES ON THE WAY HOME TO PULL THE WINDOW UP SO IT WOULDN'T FALL INTO THE DOOR,TAPED IT UP TILL I GOT HOME. AGAIN THE WINDOW REGULATOR SOMETHING BROKE INSIDE THE PART. ORDERED ANOTHER REGULATOR ON LINE AND HAD TO HAVE MY HUSBAND FIT IT. IF YOU GO TO CARCOMPLAINS.COM YOU WILL SEE MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

I WILL BE GOING AT ANY SPEED AND MY JEEP WILL JUST DIE OR SPIT AND SPUTTER LIKE ITS NOT GETTING GAS THEN THE RPM GAUGE DROPS TO ZERO ALL THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON. THIS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION AND IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY TOLD ME THE VALVE BODY SOLENOID WAS BAD. IF YOU SEARCH ANY OF THIS ONLINE YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE ENDS UP DEAD!! *TR