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6.5
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 73,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
electrical problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Soon after buying this vehicle new in 2007, it started randomly not starting at unpredictable times. You get in car, turn key to start, nothing. No click, nothing. In ACC position, dash, lights etc are working so it's not the battery. Took to dealership at least three times under warranty and they replaced the starter. This never fixed it. It's been an issue with this vehicle always. It doesn't happen all the time - again, very unpredictable and random.
When it is in no-start mode like this, solution usually is to push the shift lever (auto tranny) forward hard and wiggle it a little. Push on the brake. Wiggle the sifter forward some more, rub rabbits foot - turn key - it starts. One time more recently, tried putting it in neutral, and it started.
More recently, dealership service dept can't reproduce it, ie., tech gets in, turns the key, it starts. And it's like, what's this moron owner talking about it started. Um, it's random and intermittent - of course it won't do it one time at the dealership. Sometime in one's life, the service tech needs to believe the owner - yes - there is a problem.
Jeep Service Dept to date has yet to figure it out and permanently fix it. The internet is now full of lore around Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee no start problems, youtube videos with dudes crawling under the vehicle yanking on wires, others home crafting wire harnesses, much armchair wisdom espoused about this or that or the other... where is Jeep Service and all their training on this? What is the fix?
Update from Aug 8, 2017: Jeep dealership has had the vehicle for few days - they give it a clean bill of health. Verified starter, starter harness, function of NSS, function of key ignition switch.
- Michael C., Hillsboro, US