This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Door handles on all interior doors have broken and become un-useable and very dangerous as passengers have to be let out or open windows and try to open door from outside, if there was a fire or water hazard there would be no way to escape as electrics wouldnt allow winows to open, im afraid to travel with my kids and price to fix is over $3000 and no one wants to fix them, even if I say ill pay its rediculous, dangerous and out right fraud. Jeep needs to do a recall and fix this issue as the danger to life is massive and there is 100,000 vechiles with this problem. Just the broken parts can cut people, not relizing it. Happened by normal use actually less than normal use as rear passanger doors failed faster then front and over the years had 3/4 less usage than front as I use it everday.
I also have a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee lmtd and the driver's side interior door panel is broken around the door handle. The door handle is hanging on by the cables. I have been dealing with this for over 2 years. The only reason the other door interior panels haven't broken yet is probably because they are rarely used. I do not know why Jeep has not been supportive enough to have a recall to replace all 4 door panels since they are aware of the cheap plastic that was used. This is a safety hazard. I don't even know if I could get my door open in a crash.
Multiple times a day, the vehicle is shutting off while driving! the speedometer randomly drops to zero and the steering wheel locks up and the car shuts off! for this reason, I am scared to drive on the highway in fear that it will cause a major accident. Also, it will not turn back on immediately. I have to let it sit for around 5 minutes before it will turn back on.
All 4 interior door opening handles breaking/failing: 1 rear door totally inoperable. ***this is a dangerous safety issue ' if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death!*** manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive: In my case, the cost of eight (8) monthly car payments! manufacturer safety recall warranted!'
My interior handles on 3 of the 4 doors have broken and I cannot open my doors from the inside. The plastic that was utilized in the design and making of the handle became brittle and now has broken. This started to occur years ago with the passenger front and back interior handle and most recently with the driver side front which now I have to wind the window down to open the door from the outside which is a huge safety issue if I should get into a car wreck or something of this nature. The cost in getting this issue fixed is unaffordable to me.
This model Grand Cherokee has the same problem as the 07-and up. The wireless ignition module fails. I have been stranded 5 times, that's 5 tows- the dealership originally thought I was part of that recall, but had to back track. I was told "it's not broken enough" it is the same exact part as the P57 recall for the 07, so why not for the 05? there are numerous complaints from customers regarding this issue and the dealerships telling us to go away after we spend money on parts that are clearly not the issue.
Interior door handles have broken. They have been this way for many many years.... this seems to be very common with this model Jeep. The plastic cup that houses the lever became very brittle and door handle basically broke apart in many pieces. 3 out of the 4 are broken. The rear doors aren't used much, so assume that's why one of those is still in one piece. Because the cup is part of the door panel, the fix is to replace the entire door panel! please reference the sites below. No abuse, just standard use, seems to be a material issue. For reference: www.denlorstools.com/autoblog/2010/11/Jeep-grand-Cherokee-interior-door-handle-broken-recall/www.jeepforum.com/forum/F67/wk-xk-door-handle-recall-1404372/
Plastic around the door handle cracked. Handle is dangling. Very dangerous. If the handle snaps my family and I could be trapped in the vehicle. Many complaints on line with same circumstances. There is no recall. Which is ridiculous. Dealer wants 850$ to fix problem. Outrageous. If someone gets trapped in vehicle, someone can die. Thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Clicking in dashboard upon start of vehicle for approximately 2 minutes straight. I have been told there are many other Jeep owners dealing with the same issue. It comes from the heater fan area. I was told by a mechanic "its working now, its going to be expensive when it goes, as it's like $1000 to take the dash off".
All 4 interior door opening handles breaking/failing: 1 rear door totally inoperable. This is a dangerous safety issue ' if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death! manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive
Hatchback failed to stay opened and slammed on hand. This is the second time this happened with this vehicle. Had hatchback cylinder replaced after first time by dealer. No injury first time. Second time medical expenses. Needs to be replaced again. Vehicle was stationary both times in driveway.
The center back seat seatbelt will not come loose. It is tightened and will not retract. I have to put my six year old on the left passenger side because I cannot seat her in the middle. It's concerning in the event of an accident, my child is susceptible to more injuries since I cannot properly seat her in the middle seat in the back. Also, when it rains, the car leaks into the inside. This has been going on for quite sometime. I don't understand it. I spoke with my cousin who also owns a brand new Jeep and even hers does this as well.
My Jeep jumps to third gear randomly, and it ends up jittering and shaking. My car got stuck so many times and ended up being stalled on a busy highway and almost got into an accident. I was once parked and had shifted to drive but instead the Jeep suddenly jumped to 3rd and my car started to go backwards and ended up hitting another car behind me. I had to pay the guy $500 and also got all the fluids and oils changed in hopes of getting this fixed, but to no avail. Yesterday, I spent $450 on these fluid and oil changes only to have the problem continue. Thousands of people are having the same issues and Jeep has no answers. You guys need to do a total vehicle recall since Jeep has no answers. Many people can die from this defect. I have a video to prove the car jumping to third and all the issues I just described.
My transmission keeps reading over temp but when I check everything on said vehicle there is no known problem. This makes me feel unsafe in my vehicle. Especially with children in it. It happens parked or while driving randomly anywhere
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