2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT CONTINUALLY RETRACTS TOO FAR AND IS INOPERABLE - THE SYSTEM IS INTERLOCKED WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO REPAIR SAFELY. SEAT IS NOT USABLE AND IS UNSAFE. THIS ALSO THE ONLY SEAT BELT THAT CAN BE USED FOR CHILD-SAFETY SEATS. *TR

THE DASH LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING, THEN THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THE JEEP JUST LOST POWER AND TURNED OFF. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE JEEP'S BRAKES LOCKED UP AND LOST POWER AND THIS IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE ALARM AND RESULTED WITH THIS COMPLAINT. I WILL NOT WAIT FOR A SECOND TIME THAT THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES LOCK UP AND TURNS ITSELF OFF AT A MORE DANGEROUS HIGHWAY SITUATION ON A BUSY TRAFFIC AND CERTAINLY NOT PUTTING MY FAMILY AT THIS TYPE OF RISK WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. [XXX], A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FROM JEEP THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO ADVISED THAT CHRYSLER COULD POSSIBLY ISSUE A RECALL IF ENOUGH NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED FROM NHTSA. AM I REALLY SUPPOSED TO WAIT UNTIL MY FAMILY GETS INJURED BEFORE SOMETHING GETS DONE WITH THIS KNOWN ISSUE? THE DASH LIGHTS/GAUGES ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING AND JEEP HAD BEEN CONTACTED A FEW YEARS BACK TO NO AVAIL. I ALSO ADVISED [XXX] (JEEP REP) ABOUT ALL FOUR HANDLES BREAKING AT THE SAME TIME. I HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE TO LET MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND GET OUT OF THE BACKSEAT. THESE HANDLES SHOULD NOT BREAK AT ALL DUE TO IT'S NORMAL USE AND PURPOSE. I REQUEST YOUR DEPARTMENT TO PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, AND AVOID ANY INJURIES THAT THIS DEFECT COULD CAUSE. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

A LOT OF PEOPLE ON JEEP FORUMS HAVE BEEN REPORTING THEIR JEEPS SHOWING A "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" MESSAGE IN DISPLAY AND VEHICLE NOT TURNING OVER. IS THERE A WAY NHTSA CAN LOOK INTO THIS AND SEE IF JEEP NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL? THIS HAS NOW CAUGHT UP TO ME, AND I AM HAVING NEVER ENDING ISSUES WITH MY JEEP, AND ALL THAT JEEP SAYS IS SORRY YOU'RE OUT OF WARRANTY....; I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER SINCE 2006, HAVE ABOUT 130K MILES, BEEN THROUGH 3 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, 2 EXHAUSTS AND MOST RECENTLY A TRANSMISSION REBUILD, THAT WAS DONE 4 MONTHS AGO, NOW I AM HAVING THIS ISSUE... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS! *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO DO THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PAM

CAR WILL POP OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS UNDER 60MPH. CAR HAS BEEN OWNED BY ME SINCE IT HAD 9000 MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AND IS A LOW MILEAGE CAR. DESINTEGRATING DOOR PANELS, ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION THAT COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL IN TRAFFIC, WHAT NEXT. CHRYSLER MAINTAINS THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THESE KNOWN SAFETY HAZARDS. CRAZY. UPDATED 2/25/2015*JS

AFTER 4+ YEARS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. THE DOOR HANDLES OF MY 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STARTED CRUMBLING AND CRACKING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AT ABOUT 38,000 MILES. A YEAR AGO, THE FIRST DOOR HANDLE SIMPLY BROKE OFF AMONGST SHARDS OF PANELING AROUND IT, MAKING THE DOOR INOPERABLE. TODAY, THREE OUT OF FOUR PANELS HAVE DESINTEGRATED AROUND THE HANDLES TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE INOPERABLE AS WELL, EFFECTIVELY TRAPPING SOMEONE IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IF I DARED TO TO HAVE PASSENGERS AND GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS HANGING BY A THREAD. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CLIENTS ANYMORE DUE TO LIABILITY ISSUES AND THE DANGER THAT STEMS FROM THIS AWFULLY POOR DESIGN AND QUALITY. I HAVE READ 100S OF TESTIMONIALS TO THIS AVAIL FROM OTHER JEEP OWNERS AND THIS GRAVE SAFETY ISSUE PERSISTS AND IS ALIVE AND WELL WITHOUT ANY OFFICIAL PUSH FOR REMEDIATION. THE DEALERS WANT ALMOST $3000 TO REPLACE THEIR SHODDY AND DANGEROUS DOOR PANELS. PLEASE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT AFTER YEARS OF COLLECTING DATA ON THIS ISSUE, SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. THESE FAULTY DOOR PANELS ARE TURNING THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY INTO A DEATH TRAP FOR ANYONE INSIDE... *JS

I HAVE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (2006). OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS, IT HAS INTERMITTENTLY HAD PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER STARTUP. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOSS OF GAUGES, FLASHING LIGHTS IN DASH, WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE TRACTION CONTROL OR BRAKES KICKING IN AND THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING? WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING I THOUGHT MAYBE THE COMPUTER HAD BEEN VIBRATED OR JOSTLED AND HAD A GLITCH. OVER TIME IT WOULD GO AWAY AND 6 MONTHS OR SO LATER HAPPEN AGAIN! I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING, IE CHANGING PARTS AND TROUBLE SHOOTING THE PROBLEMS TO NO AVAIL. I THOUGHT I HAD THIS NARROWED DOWN TO A RUSTED CONNECTION FROM A GROUND WIRE CONNECTED TO THE BLOCK.....WRONG AGAIN! THIS MORNING I HAD MY 4 YEAR OLD SON IN THE JEEP AND WAS TAKING A LEFT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. I CLEARLY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THE TURN, BUT AS I WAS TURNING IT SOUNDED LIKE MY ANTI LOCK BRAKES WERE KICKING IN MID TURN WITH A CAR COMING RIGHT AT US! I MADE THE TURN PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALL MY GAUGES WERE DEAD, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND ONLY THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS VISIBLE. I HAVE READ ON MANY JEEP RELATED FORUMS, THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY HAPPENING TO MY JEEP BUT MANY OTHERS! WHILE READING I HAVE NOTICED ONE THING. IN MANY CASES THESE PROBLEMS WERE SOLVED BY REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH! AFTER READING THIS I FURTHER RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AGAINST RECALLS. I FOUND THAT, ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, NY TIMES, USA TODAY AND FORBES, CHRYSLER IS ALLEGEDLY RECALLING THESE VEHICLES WITH FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. SO I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER. THEY LOOKED MY JEEP UP IN THEIR DATABASE AND TOLD ME THEY'RE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE AND THAT THEY HAVEN'T RECALLED ANY VEHICLES FOR FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE NHTSA COULD HELP WITH SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS AND ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTION I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON A BUMPY ROAD, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE CONTACT'S KNEE STRUCK THE IGNITION KEY. THE DEALER FOUND NO FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT REMOVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE IGNITION KEY FROM THE KEY RING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS LATER AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANK AND CAM SHAFT SENSORS. THE FAILURE RECURRED A THIRD TIME AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE YEARS AFTER THE LAST REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500. UPDATED 8/19/14*CN UPDATED 09/3/2014 *JS

CHRYSLER ISSUED A N23 RECALL NOTICE DUE TO CRACKING CIRCUIT BOARDS IN THE TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR (VEHICLE MAY INADVERTENTLY SHIFT IN TO NEUTRAL). PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION OF THIS RECALL MY VEHICLE WAS CAPABLE OF ENGAGING 4LO. AFTERWARDS (IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS IN THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT) THE TRANSFER CASE WOULD NOT SHIFT. EACH ATTEMPT WOULD RESULT IN A "SERVICE 4XD SYSTEM" AND WOULD TRIGGER A C140F TROUBLE CODE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECALL FLASH TO BE THE ISSUE. FROM JEEP FORUMS I HAVE FOUND MYSELF TO BE ONE OF HUNDREDS IF NOT MORE THAT ENCOUNTERED THIS ISSUE. THIS RECALL IS IN ESSENCE A SOFTWARE WORK-AROUND FOR A HARDWARE ISSUE. THIS RECALL IS OBVIOUSLY A CHEAP ATTEMPT AT FIXING A COSTLY ISSUE OF REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE ACTUATORS WITH NEW. AS A CONSUMER I EXPECT THE MANUFACTURER TO FIX POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUES (SUCH AS WHAT N23 ATTEMPTS TO DO). HOWEVER, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN DOING SO TO DAMAGE THE VEHICLE FURTHER OR RENDER SYSTEMS INOPERABLE. *TR

I BOUGHT THE JEEP IN FEB. 2013 AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR JUST SHUT ITSELF OFF AND EVERYTHING WENT DEAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 2 DOZEN TIMES SINCE, SOMETIMES GOING FAST AND SOMETIMES GOING SLOW OR PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A FACTOR THAT CAUSES IT TO HAPPEN AND THE MECHANIC CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR