2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

SPEED CONTROL ACCELERATION. DRIVING ON INTERSTATE RETURNING FROM VACATION, CRUISE WAS SET AT 70MPH. WHEN APPROACHING A SLOWER VEHICLE, CRUISE WAS DEACTIVATED AND REACTIVATED WHEN PASS WAS COMPLETED. WHEN REACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 YEARS AGO AND EVER SINCE I TEST THE CRUISE CONTROL THE PROBLEM OF OUT OF CONTROL ACCELERATION PERSISTS. THE OUT OF CONTROL ACCELERATION CAN BE STOPPED BY STEPPING ON THE BRAKES OR MANUALLY TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND THEY CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT THE CAUSE IS. I CANNOT EVEN DISABLE THE CRUISE CONTROL WITHOUT EFFECTING OTHER ELECTRONICS. I AM AFRAID TO ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE IN THE EVENT THEY WOULD UNKNOWING USE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH UNLESS RELEASE IS DEPRESSED PRIOR TO INSERTING LATCH. THE CHIME AND LIGHT GO OFF CONTINUOUSLY AS YOU DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS NOT REGISTERING THAT THE SEAT BELT IS BUCKLED.

ALL 4 INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES HAVE CRACKED AND BROKEN THE INTERIOR COMPONENT (INVOLVING THE HANDLE MECHANISM). THE RR HANDLE IS UNUSABLE AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THE ADDITION INTERIOR HANDLES ARE CRACKED BUT REMAIN USABLE AT THIS TIME BUT WILL SOON FAIL. THE DESIGN OF THIS MODEL AS WELL AS SIMILAR JEEP MODELS IS A COMMON FAILURE. THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL SAFETY FAILURE IF THE HANDLE COMPLETELY FAILS AND PASSENGERS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR RESULTING IN INJURY OR EVEN DEATH DURING AN ACCIDENT.

I HAD AN IGNITION RECALL PERFORMED, EVER SINCE MY KEY TURNS REAL HARD AND MY LIGHTS FLASH AND I LOOSE ALL THE POWER ON THE DASH, LIGHTS BLINKERS, GAS EVERYTHING. SOMETIMES THE JEEP WONT START AND NOW THE KEY WONT TURN I'VE COMPLAINED AOT AND HAD SENSORS REPLACED AND IT'S STILL THE SAME WAY IT'S SCARY WHEN YOUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL THE ELECTRIC IS GONE A D THEN COMES BACK ON, EVEN IF I HIT A BUMP IT GOES OUT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAITED FOR A BRIEF MOMENT AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TAKATA RECALL, THE VEHICLE LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD, HEADLIGHTS AND THE AIR CONDITIONER STOP WORKING AND GAUGES ALSO CANNOT SEE ANYTHING OR READ SPEED LIMIT, GAS GAUGE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY! THE LIGHT ALSO FLICKER ON AND OFF AND ALL LIGHT SYMBOLS APPEAR ON, AND THEN ONLY LIGHTS ON ESP BAS LIGHT! I AM AFRAID BECAUSE OF ALL POTENTIAL DANGERS OF HAVE. NO LIGHTS ON CAN HAVE, I DRIVE THE CAR WITH MY 3 CHILDREN AND WOULD HATE FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. THE FLICKERING ALSO HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET, AM AFRAID OF GETTING PULLED OVER BECAUSE MY LIGHTS ARE FLASHING ON AND OFF BEHIND THEM.

WHILE IN MOTION THE MOTOR RANDOMLY JERKED HARD AND MADE A VERY LOUD CLINCK, CLINCK NOISE

ALL 4 INTERIOR DOOR OPENING HANDLES BREAKING/FAILING: 2 REAR DOOR TOTALLY INOPERABLE. ***THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE ' IF HANDLES BREAK OR ARE INOPERABLE IN CERTAIN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, PASSENGERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH!*** MANUFACTURER CHARGE TO REPLACE/REPAIR HANDLES IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE

WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN MY LOCAL SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 6 MILES, MY VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKED ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES AND STARTED BEEPING. I GOT REALLY SCARED SO I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR ON AND OFF AGAIN, AND THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOW ON. I IMMEDIETELY TOOK IT TO MY TRUSTWORTHY MEHANIC AND THAT IT WHEN HE TOLD ME THE CODE READER WAS GIVING AN ERROR CODE OF U1411 IGNITION SWITCH. I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT MY VEHICLE FITS THE DESCRIPTION (YEAR/MAKE/MODEL) OF A RECALL THAT WAS DONE ON JEEPS 2006-2007 FOR FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES.

WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE. SKID CONTROL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ESP. BAS. SHIFT INDICATOR INTERMITTENT RADIO PLOP. SPEED CONTROL CONTROL INOP