2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee

VEHICLE HAS RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. LOSS OF POWER, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. VERY DANGEROUS. TOOK TO DEALER AND LEFT FOR A WEEK FOR THEM TO TEST AND REPLICATE AND REPAIR. THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. EACH TIME, SO FAR, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP OUT OF TRAFFIC, BUT I FEAR THAT IT MAY HAPPEN IN A LESS FORTUNATE SETTING. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY, JUST DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD DOWN THE ROAD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND A RED LIGHTING BOLT LIGHT ALSO COMES ON OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT (E-BRAKE WAS NOT ON), THE ABS MODULE LIGHT, AND THE ESP BAS LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I TRIED TO RESET THE COMPUTER MANUALLY MULTIPLE TIMES TO SEE IF THE LIGHTS WOULD EVENTUALLY TURN OFF BUT EVERY TIME THEY CAME ON. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A REPAIR SHOP THAT SPECIALIZES IN JEEP REPAIR AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND TOLD ME THAT I REQUIRED A NEW ABS MODULE ASSEMBLY, PASSENGER SEAT BELT LATCH AND A CLOCK-SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE AND R/F BRAKE CALIPER THAT HAD BROKEN OFF FOR NO REASON. I WAS TOLD THAT IF I WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT NOT ONLY WOULD MY BRAKES NOT LOCK PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE BUT MY DRIVER AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY AS WELL CAUSING INEVITABLE INJURY. THIS HAD COST ME ALMOST $1400 NOT TO MENTION I WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

TAKATA RECALL... MY JEEP HAD ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN 5 TIMES NOW. TWO OF WHICH I WAS ON M24 WHICH IS A VERY BUSY ROAD. FIRST TIME I ALMOST HIT A MAN ON A MOTORCYCLE AS MY FOOT WAS CRAMMING ON MY BRAKE PEDDLE THE JEEP WAS STILL ACCELERATING, I THEN HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO GET IT TO STOP. PULLED OVER ITS STILL REVING ITSELF UP. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON. TODAY THIS HAPPENED AND I ALMOST REAR ENDED A SEMI TRUCK.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING DUE TO THE KEY FOB POPPING OUT OF PLACE. I WENT TO THE DEALER IN JANUARY 2015 AND WAS TOLD THE PART IS NOT READY AND TO CALL FOR AN UPDATE. I HAVE CALLED AND BEEN BACK SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTING THEM AND GETTING THE SAME RESPONSE THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. ON 9/16/2015 WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE NAVIGATION/RADIO CONSOLE START TO PIXILATE AND BECOME INOPERABLE THEN THE CONSOLE BLACKED OUT, AFTER THAT THE ENTIRE DASH BOARD LIT UP AND I RECEIVED SEVERAL SYSTEM WARNINGS (SERVICE GAUGES, PARK ASSIST DISABLED, CHECK SENSORS, SERVICE SUSPENSION, MY ENGINE LIGHT AND WIPERS CAME ON, I WAS UNABLE TO SIGNAL, USE MY LIGHTS OR TURN OFF THE WIPERS) ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT OUT OF FEAR AT THIS TIME I HEARD THE KEY FOB POP BACK AND THE CAR COMPLETELY POWERED DOWN AND I WAS UNABLE TO BREAK BECAUSE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE PARKING LOT WAS SEMI-EMPTY SO I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER UNTIL IS ROLLED TO A STOP. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. I NEED A RESOLUTION NOW, I STILL HAVE TWO YEARS WORTH OF PAYMENTS LEFT AND I WANT THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED.

MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STALLED OUT ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I WAS STOPPING FOR TRAFFIC. SINCE THEN IT HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES. PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN; PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY; DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH OR WITHOUT CRUISE ON. EVEN WHILE I WAS TRAILERING MY BOAT. I CAN RE-START THE JEEP BY QUICKLY PUTTING TRANS INTO NEUTRAL:TURNING THE IGNITION OFF THAN ENGAGING THE STARTER. IT WON'T RE-START UNLESS YOU TURN THE IGNITION OFF FIRST. I DON'T BELIEVE IT TO BE A KEY/IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. I BELIEVE IT TO BE A COMPUTER CONTROL PROBLEM. WHEN MY JEEP STALLS; THE KEY IS IN ITS PROPER POSITION EVERY TIME.

I HAVE HAD MY JEEP GC LOCKUP. THIS HAPPENED 8 TIMES SINCE LATE OCT. 2012. THE CONDITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS. THE ENGINE STOPS, I HAVE NO CONTROL, NO BRAKES OR STEERING. 2 TIMES I WAS DRIVING ONE OF THE TWO I RAN INTO A POST. THIS PUT A BIG DENT AND SCRATCH ON MY CAR. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN A PARKING LOT. IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET THE CAR STATED I HAD TO FORCE THE KEY TO MOVE. I CALLED CHRYSLER 3 TIMES. THEY PUT ME ON THE RUSH LIST. THIS WAS OVER A YEAR OR 2 AGO. THEY WON' EVEN TALK TO ME ANYMORE. ONCE I WAS DOING 70 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED AND I HAD NO CONTROL OTHER THAN BRAKING, BUT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ASSIST. I GOT A RECALL LETTER FROM CHRYSLER ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. AND STILL NOTING WHAT IS GOING ON?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE ABS, ESP, BAS AND ANTI SKID WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIN MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN NOVEMBER FROM CHRYSLER STATING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. RECALL #P57, AN ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSE OF ELECTRICAL FEATURES WHILE DRIVING, INCLUDING LOSE OF POWER, STEERING, BRAKES, AND COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF CRASH. THE CATCH IS THERE IS NO PART AVAILABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. LUCKILY MY CAR DIDN'T CRASH, HOWEVER IT DID FAIL TO START. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED (80 MILES) TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE RECALL. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO TO HELP ME. MY CAR, THAT I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE AND KEEP ON TOP OF ALL MAINTENANCE, IS NOW A SITTING DUCK. NO ONE CAN GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ON WHEN A PART MAY BE AVAILABLE AND NO ONE CAN HELP ME TO GET A CAR SO THAT I CAN GET TO AND FROM MY JOB AND LIVE MY DAILY LIFE. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED REPEATEDLY THAT CHRYSLER IS "WORKING DILIGENTLY" TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. TO ME IT SEEMS CRAZY THAT THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH A PART TO FIX AN IGNITION! THERE ARE IGNITIONS IN EVERY CAR! AT THIS POINT I CONSIDER THIS SITUATION GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND CHRYSLER COULD BE PUTTING SOMEWHERE AROUND 300,000 DRIVERS AT RISK OF DEATH BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AND WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T LIVE VERY CLOSE TO MY WORK AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. MY CAR IS A NECESSITY IN MY LIFE AND CHRYSLER HAS TAKEN THAT AWAY FROM ME AND OFFERS ME NO SUPPORT. CORPORATE GIANTS NEED TO BE HELP ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PRODUCT. *TR