2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee

THE VEHICLE HAS TWO CHRONIC PROBLEMS, THE MOST SEVERE OF WHICH IS THAT IT SUDDENLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE BEING DRIVEN, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN & DANGEROUS LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND MANEUVERABILITY . RECOVERY ACTION REQUIRES PULLING OFF THE ROAD TO SHUT OFF AND RE-START THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES, USUALLY IN DAMP OR RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. TWO DIFFERENT JEEP DEALERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX THE PROBLEM! ONE DEALER THOUGHT REPLACING A MODULE FOR ABOUT $900 WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE BUT IT DID NOT. THE OTHER CHRONIC PROBLEM IS THAT THE CAR SOMETIMES WILL NOT START FOR NO APPARENT REASON! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,088. UPDATED 9/4/14*CN THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW IGNITION MODULE. UPDATED 11/18/14

DRIVING ON AN ONRAMP TO THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY TRUCK SHUT OFF AND LOST ALL POWER TO MOTOR.. HAD TO COST TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND TRY TO RESTART VEHICLE.. THIS PUT ME IN DANGER OF NOT ONLY CAUSING A MAJOR HIGHWAY CRASH LEADING TO INJURY AND DEATH BUT ALSO HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS STILL WRONG WITH THIS TRUCK.. THE ONLY WAY TO START THIS VEHICLE IS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.. PUT IT INTO PARK... REMOVE THE KEY FOB ... RE INSERT KEY FOB AND TRUCK STARTS RIGHT BACK UP... SINCE 2008 I HAVE FILLED REPORTS OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENING.. AND NO FIX HAS COME FROM JEEP OR A RECALL FORCING ACTION OF THESE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES.. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LINE GOING BACK TO 2007 AND STILL YOU OR CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION. PLEASE MY LIFE AS WELL AS OTHERS DRIVING ON THE ROAD COULD BE SAVED BE A RECALL TO ADDRESS THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE ... I ASK YOU WILL IT TAKE ME DEATH OR THE DEATH OF OTHERS TO GET A RESPONSE FROM SOME ONE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

OWNER OF 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON A REGULAR BASIS HEAR A CLICK AND THE POWER SHUTS OFF. YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, AND NO LIGHTS. THIS ALSO OCCURS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP OR IF YOUR KNEE TOUCHES THE KEY RING. THE IGNITION KEY AND MECHANISMS WAS REPLACED IN 2010, AND THIS ABOVE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING OFF AND ON SINCE THEN. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THE OCCURRENCE HAS INCREASED. THE TECHNICIANS CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG IN THE CAR. CHRYSLER WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THE IGNITION FOB AND HOUSING IS DEFECTIVE, OR THAT THEIR IS ANY PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING IF IT OCCURS WHEN THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER AND IF HIT, AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 15 VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED TO SHIFT BACK AND FORTH. ALL THE SUDDEN ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT WHEN VEHICLE REACH A CERTAIN SPEED AS IT DECELERATE. ENGINE COMMENCE TO SHIFT BACK AND FORTH. VEHICLE SPEED DECELERATE AND ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD CAMSHAFT SENSOR. SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT VEHICLE STILL DECELERATING AND SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I'M TAKING VEHICLE IN TOMORROW, BUT PRAY THE FIX THE PROBLEM. ONLY TRANSPORTATION BUT FAMILY SAFETY AT RISK! *TR

HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON SINCE PURCHASING CAR USED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, USUALLY BUMPY ROAD, CAR TURNS OFF- DEAD. HAVE HAD IT FIXED TWICE BEFORE. FOUND TO BE KEY AND IGNITION SWITCH (APRIL 2013) NOW DOING IT AGAIN. DEALERSHIP REPORTED TO ME SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A DODGE CARAVAN. REPORT THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT SINCE IT IS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WILL DO THIS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. VERY RANDOM. *TR

NO 4X4 LOW EVER SINCE I HAD THE N23 RECALL WORK PERFORMED TO REPROGRAM THE FINAL DRIVE CONTROLLER. CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT IT AND THE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME AT A DEALER. DEALER SAID THE TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR MOTOR IS FRIED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PART IS BACK ORDERED 6-8 WEEKS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AFTER HAVING THE N23 RECALL WORK PERFORMED. CHRYSLER SAYS THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL WORK AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. I DID SOME OF MY OWN RESEARCH AND THERE ARE 1000'S OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO AR HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I'VE GIVEN CHRYSLER MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO SO. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD NORMALLY NO NOISES, VEHICLE WENT TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WOULDN'T START. WE TRY STARTING IT, DEAD STARTER AND BATTERY. BOUGHT A NEW STARTER AND NEW BATTERY ENGINE DOES NOT TURN AT ALL. ENGINE COMPLETELY STIFF. WENT TO THE SHOP, WE TRY TO TURN THE ENGINE BY HAND; COMPLETELY STIFF. THE DEALER IN PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI (SAFARI MOTORS) HAS MANY JEEP CHEROKEE WITH THE SAME ISSUE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO AND CLIENTS ARE FRUSTRATED, VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DEALER AND ALSO MOPAR OF AMERICA. THEY WILL NOT HELP ANYONE WITH A KNOWN ISSUE THIS VEHICLE HAS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. *TR

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY ENTERED A SIMILAR COMPLAINT FOR THIS SAME VEHICLE. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS/SHUTS OFF FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING. CHRYSLER IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A RELIABLE FIX. THIS BEGAN IN MAY 2012 - MY VEHICLE SIMPLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IN ANY NUMBER OF CONDITIONS WHETHER IT BE ON THE HIGHWAY, SIDE ROADS, ETC. I REMOVED ALL EXCESS KEYS FROM MY KEY RING TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS NOT THE KEY BEING TOO HEAVY. BROUGHT THIS IN TO MY DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED THE WIN CONTROL MODULE BUT COULDN'T GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE STALLED ONCE WHILE DRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY ABOUT 9 MONTHS LATER. THEN VEHICLE STOPPED TWICE IN OCTOBER 2013. AT THAT TIME I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. THEY AT FIRST WANTED TO REPLACE THE WIN MODULE. WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT WAS THE FIX FROM BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T WORK, THEY ADVISED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE BE REPLACED, AS THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT MY VEHICLE WAS ONE DAY PAST THE DATE OF MANUFACTURING IMPACT IN THE RECALL, BUT WAS HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. REPLACED FRONT CONTROL MODULE IN OCTOBER 2013. VEHICLE STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AGAIN TWICE IN MARCH 2014 - ON MARCH 20TH AND MARCH 21ST. VEHICLE IS BACK AT THE DEALER WHERE THEY AGAIN WANT TO REPLACE THE WIN MODULE. AGAIN, THIS FIX WAS PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY AND DID NOT FIX THE CAR. EITHER THE WINS BEING PRODUCED BY CHYRSLER ARE ALL FAULTY AND I SOMEHOW HAVE GOTTEN 2 IN A ROW OR THERE IS AN UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT CANNOT BE FOUND OR ADDRESSED. THIS ISSUE IS VERY PREVALENT WITH 2008 GRAND CHEROKEES. CHRYSLER IS SITTING ON A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR