2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee

WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON AN OPEN ROAD AT ABOUT 55MPH WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD SOUND LIKE A MUFFLED GUNSHOT OVER OUR HEADS. NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS IN SIGHT AND THERE WAS NOTHING OVERHEAD. WHEN WE PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE, WE NOTED THAT THE SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED AND "POOCHED" UP, YET INTACT. NOTHING STRUCK THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS NOT IMPACTED FROM BELOW. WE DROVE IT TO THE NEAREST DEALER WE COULD FIND WITH THE NAV UNIT A FEW MILES AWAY. WE WERE MET WITH HOSTILITY AND BASICALLY CALLED LIARS BY THE SERVICE STAFF WHEN WE TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DEALERS SHOP AWAITING A NEW SUNROOF. WE HAVE HAD OTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCTS BEFORE AND HAVE HAD NO ISSUES. OTHER THAN THIS INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN A JOY TO OWN. *TR

GOODYEAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT8: BOTH FRONT TIRES (GY EAGLE RS-A 255 45R20- RUN FLATS) HAVE DELAMINATED LEAVING ME TO LIMP HOME WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT TO ZERO AIR PRESSURE AND THAT'S WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS TIRE (SEE FORUM THREAD: HTTP://WWW.CHEROKEESRT8.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=24831&HIGHLIGHT=GOOD+YEAR+TREAD+SEPARATION) I SAVED THE TIRES AND HAVE PICTURES. I ALSO HAVE ALIGNMENT SPECS SHOWING IT WAS WITHIN GUIDELINES. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE TIRES AT MY EXPENSE WITH ANOTHER BRAND. *TR

I AM FILING THIS NOW FOR JULY 09 DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, 4-7-10.. THIS IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE AND JEEP NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT IS UNSAFE WHEN A VEHICLE GIVES NO WARNING AND COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF ON AN INTERSTATE. ALSO, PLEASE SEE MY SAFETY COMPLAINT ODI # 10324403 FOR THE 4-7-10 INCIDENT. IN JULY 09, AFTER GOING THROUGH A TOLL AT EXIT 67 BARNEGET TOLL , GARDEN STATE PARKWAY,NJ, I ACCELERATED TO THE MERGE POINT AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND ENGINE STALLED AND LOST POWER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART DIDN'T WORK. SEEMS LIKE IT SHUT DOWN ELECTRICALLY AND WAS NOT GETTING GAS ADEQUATELY. SEEMS TO LACK ADEQUATE POWER. ATTEMPT TO START SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO LUCK, ENGINE WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING, LONG START-UP INCONSISTENT, DASH LIGHTS DID COME ON TO INFORM OF NO POWER. LET SIT TO COOL DOWN VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO START AND MOVE TO A MORE SAFER LOCATION. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 90 F AND SUNNY. THIS OCCURRED AT 15000 MILES IN JULY 09. VEHICLE WENT TO 3 SERVICE VISITS AND DEALERS COULD NOT REPEAT. *TR

VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, ALSO DOES NOT START OR DIFFICULTY STARTING, SEEMS TO LACK ADEQUATE POWER..AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. LET VEHICLE SIT, "COOL DOWN", ABLE TO START AGAIN, SYSTEM OK..NO DASHBOARD SYSTEM WARNINGS. I WAS ON INTERSTATE 81 SOUTH AND FAILURE HAPPENED. ALSO, THIS SAME FAILURE OCCURRED AT 15,000 MILES. TODAYS FAILURE AT 30,221 IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SCRANTON DODGE JEEP SERVICE TONIGHT. WILL AWAIT VEHICLE SERVICE FROM DEALER. *TR

TOTAL ENGINE SHUTDOWN, USUALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE INCIDENT DOES NOT SEEM TO CORRELATE WITH ANY GIVEN SPEED. THE SHUTDOWN HAS HAPPENED AT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AS WELL AS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN ENGINE SHUTS DOWN YOU LOSE THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. IF IT WERE TO STALL WHILE MAKING AN ABRUPT TURN IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY. TRUCK HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER NOW FOR A WEEK AND IT HAS THEM "BAFFLED". THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS NOT LOGGING ANY MALFUNCTION RELATED TO THE STALL. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE TRUCK YOU NEED TO PLACE THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE TRUCK WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AND COULD RUN FINE FOR AS FAR AS 20 MILES OR AS LITTLE AS 20 FEET. I FIND IT RATHER ODD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 1338 VEHICLES IN EARLY 2008 WHERE FAULTY MODULES COULD LEAD TO VEHICLES STALLING WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF THE ISSUE WAS TRULY CONTAINED. VEHICLE HAS ~33,000 MILES ON IT. *CN

MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (5.8L) HAS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WHERE THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 9 MOUNTS, AND 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURS IN ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS, AND IS NOT REPEATABLE. SOMETIMES ENGINE SHUTS OFF VERY BRIEFLY (~.25 SECOND) AND PICKS UP WITH JUST A 'HICCOUGH' IN NORMAL OPERATION, SOMETIMES ENGINE SHUTS OFF FOR > 2 SECONDS, AND I NEED TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, AND RE-ENGAGE THE KEY TO START THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT RANDOM TIMES (ON CRUISE CONTROL ON STRAIGHT, FLAT HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, IDLING AT STOP LIGHT, ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC, SLOWING FOR EXIT RAMP). SOMETIMES I WILL DRIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES WITHOUT AN OCCURRENCE, SOMETIMES THE ENGINE CUTS OUT 5 TIMES IN A 5 MILE DRIVE. PROBLEM IS NOT REPEATABLE, AND NOT PREDICTABLE. *TR

MY PARENTS PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON JULY 11, 2008 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO PICK UP SOME FOOD WITH MY 8 MONTHS PREGNANT SISTER IN LAW. AS I DROVE THE VEHICLE IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT ME PRESSING ON THE GAS AND I LOST CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE HIT APPROXIMATELY 3-4 PARKED CARS, I LANDED IN THE TRUNK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, ON TOP OF IT. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE VEHICLES PARKED, I DON'T THINK THE JEEP WOULD HAVE STOPPED. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT BADLY AND THE AIRBAGS WERE NOT EVEN DEPLOYED. THIS INCIDENT HAS REALLY AFFECTED ME AND THE WAY I DRIVE. I DO NOT EVEN LIKE TO BE A PASSENGER IN JEEP VEHICLES ANYMORE. IN JANUARY, 2010 MY MOTHER DROPPED HER CAR OFF AT A GARAGE TO HAVE IT PARKED. SHE WAS CALLED FROM THE GARAGE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE GARAGE. JEEP CHEROKEE'S ARE EXTREMELY FAULTY, ALWAYS IN THE DEALERSHIP WITH SOME ISSUE. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. PEOPLE CAN LOSE THEIR LIVES IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT RECALLED. *TR