2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL SPORADICALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE FAILURES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL THE CONTACT BACK WHEN THEY RECEIVED A RESOLUTION FOR THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 02/15/12*BF UPDATED 02/27/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK AND STALL. A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE DURING THE FAILURE. AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE BECAUSE IT FAILED. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PEFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,660. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF A MAIN TWO-LANE RESIDENTIAL ROADWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED VIOLENTLY FORWARD THROWING ME INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN ALL ACCELERATION AND SPEED STOPPED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME ABNORMALLY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE COMPLETELY STALLED AND DECELERATING VEHICLE TO THE SLOW LANE AND PULL-OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (WITH NO SIDE LANE) WITH HAZARDS FLASHING AND TRAFFIC PASSING. THIS WAS AN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS CONDITION AS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 - 40 IN THE FAST LANE AT WHICH TIME I COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND HAD LIMITED STEERING (MORE LIKE COASTING) ABILITY. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY OFF AND RESTART, HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS OF NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED AGAIN, AND RESTARTED AFTER A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN. THIS VEHICLE ON THE THIRD DAY POST THE FIRST INCIDENT FAILED TO RESTART AFTER DRIVING TO A LOCAL SHOPPING DESTINATION AND TURNING THE CAR OFF TO PARK. I LEFT THE VEHICLE AT THE LOCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 HOURS AND RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE UPON WHICH IT STARTED WITH A DOCUMENTED CALL INTO ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM JEEP. THE NEXT DAY (MONDAY) I DROVE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER UPON WHICH THEY STATED THE FAILURE WAS THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE (ESM) [(NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)] WHICH CONTROLS THE ELECTRONIC SIGNALS FROM THE COMPUTER TO THE TRANSMISSION AT A PERSONAL COST OF $820. I BELIEVE THIS REPRESENTS A KNOWN DEFECT AS CURRENTLY 55 OUT OF THE 133 COMPLAINTS LISTED HERE ARE DESCRIBING A SIMILAR SERIES OF EVENTS AND ROOT CAUSE, AND WOULD BE WILLING TO BE INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST JEEP AS LIFE, LIMB AND PROPERTY ARE AT STAKE. *TR

WHEN YOU SHIFT FROM PARK THE PRDNL WILL HAVE A BOX AROUND EACH OF THE LETTERS. WHEN BACKING UP IT SLAMS INTO REVERSE AND THEN SLAMS INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY GO 20 MPH NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU STEP ON THE GAS. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED 5 TIMES AND THE ONLY WAY IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL IS TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND START IT BACK UP. I HAVE NOW SEEN NUMEROUS BLOGS WHERE THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS AND IS SO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AT A COST OF ALMOST $800 TO JUST HAVE IT GO OUT AGAIN LATER AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY! *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, HAD A SUDDEN LOSE OF ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, NO RPMS ON THE TACH, AND EVERY GEAR INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED AS IF IN ALL GEARS AT THE SAME TIME (PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, DRIVE). DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS PART # 52124137AC THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, AT A COST OF $817.00. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED 4 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT IN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, NEVER ON THE HIGHWAY, IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, IM SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING A CHANCE WITH MY LIFE. *TR

MY JEEP HAS EXPERIENCED THREE ELECTRICAL FAILURES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS APART. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE BATTERY DIED OVERNIGHT EACH TIME. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED I PURCHASE A NEW BATTERY BUT SIX MONTHS LATER IT DRAINED TOO. I WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY JUMP-START THE VEHICLE AFTER EACH INCIDENT. TRANSMISSION----I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DOWN-SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO A LOWER GEAR. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN AT ABOUT 46000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS DEFECTIVE SHIFTER CONTROL. BEFORE I HAD IT REPAIRED (EST. $1000) IT BEGAN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, THAT IS, UNTIL TODAY. I LEFT A PARKING LOT AND MERGED INTO TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET THE JEEP TO GO ANY FASTER THAN 28 MPH. IT SEEMED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN FIRST. ALSO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED BY THE CHRYSLER CORP. OR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADM.. *TT

STALLING ISSUES WITH 5.7 HEMI JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND. VEHICLE STALLS AT RANDOM BUT AT LOW SPEEDS AND COMING TO A STOP. HAPPENS APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 TIMES PER MONTH (ABOUT ONCE A WEEK). VEHICLE LOSES COMPLETE POWER, BRAKES, STEERING, ETC. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. ONLY WAY TO RESTART IS TO PUT IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BUT STORES P0884 CODE. DEALER CAN NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM BUT NOTICES CODE. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE A FIX OR DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX. VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON RAILROAD TRACKS, 5PM TRAFFIC, AND WORSE POSSIBLE TIMES AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. *KB

I PURCHASED MY PRE-OWNED 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4 LESS THAN A MONTH AGO. I HAVE HAD 4 INSTANCES OF IT NOT CRANKING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED TWO SENSORS AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. I GOT MY CAR BACK ON FRIDAY. TODAY IS MONDAY AND IT ISN'T CRANKING AGAIN. ALL ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES WORK FINE BUT THE CAR WILL NOT CRANK. THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER TESTED FINE. THE SUSPENSION MAKES A GOD- AWFUL SQUAWKING SOUND EVERY TIME I DRIVE ANYWHERE. *TR

2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (5.7 HEMI) WITH 50,000 MILES FREQUENTLY STALLS BOTH IN MOTION AND WHILE STOPPED. STALLING CAUSES ALL ELECTRONICS TO SHUTOFF, WHICH RESULTS IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NUMEROUS TIMES, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL NEARLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES FOR THE STALLING ISSUE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THIS RANDOM STALLING IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD THAT ENDANGERS BOTH ME, MY PASSENGERS, AND PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND ME. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF POSTS ON THE WEB REFERRING TO THE SAME STALLING ISSUE WITH THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES (WK) AND THE JEEP COMMANDERS (XK). DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE ANYONE TAKES ACTION? *KB