I have a 2000 jeep grand cherokee.. I have the same as all other 2000 jgc owners are having. Been using coolant every few weeks needs to be topped off.. Fan was replace due to recall. Had to replace fan control under headlight. Last year was overheating. Replaced water pump/ thermostat. Overheating again. Just replaced thermostat today. Did not fix the problem. Transmission has been shifting hard for the past year and a half. I replaced parts in transmission as suggested by dealer. But it did not fix problem..replaced radiator around may of 09 still having cooling problems. I replaced so many sensors that have failed that I cant remember them all. I still have 1 more year of payments on this vehicle.. Its hard to make payments when I have been buying so many parts to try to keep this car running. Bad door seals, they are too small (short or shrinking) it lets water come in back passenger area. Always smells musty inside.. Black mold in the rainy season. Taillight brake light on one only works part time. Replaced 3 door latches. Including one on rear hatch.
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee locks complaints
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Two 2000 jeep grand cherokee door lock actuators have failed. In an emergency I cannot get out of the vehicle unless I crawl to the back seat and exit through a rear door.
2000 jeep grand cherokee door actuator. My rear passenger door actuator has broken and the safety problem is that the door will not open at all. A search on the internet reveals that this is a recurring problem with this year and jeep model. Jeep is aware of the problem as the actuator is not covered under the warranty.
Have owned vehicle for 4 years now. Have had problems with the heat not working 3 times now and still have problems (spent over $1,000.00 in this alone) the wires connecting to the blow box get to hot and melt the plug & blow box. When it first starts you can wiggle the wires and it will work for a short period of time. Ultimately you must replace the plug & blow box. Last week I was pulled over getting off the express way and a guy stopped me and told me I had no tail lights or brake lights. Again this was another electrical problem. This was very dangerous as I could have been in a serious accident. The tail gate sticks and will not open.
Both tail light assemblies stopped working and was cited by a police officer. Replacement was ~$500. Rear lift gate lock actuator is broken, so cannot open lift gate. Right rear door lock will not allow opening from inside. Shift sensor/solenoid has gone bad twice leading to problems with shifting from gears (revs really high before shifting). Rotors are constantly becoming warped and brakes have to be readjusted. Left blinker no longer works and to fix it, the dealership told me they have to replace this entire engine block for about $800. Power window lock no longer works. Other than that, car runs great :).
2000 jeep grand cherokee heat not working - a common complaint of many jeep owners seeking to file a class-action lawsuit against daimler chrysler jeep. $900 + is beyond absurd to pay to fix this common problem that jeep should have recalled and fixed for free.
2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo door lock fail after a few years. 2 have went out on me already and as I read some web sites people all over are complaining that there's have went out also and after replacing them they go out again.
I have a 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo that has multiple problems that many people have. They are not coincidental. I have the mysterious coolant loss that requires me to fill my jeep with coolant every three days. Several mechanics have not found in leaks. However in hopes of fixing the problem, I had my water pump replaced, two days later....my low coolant indicator pops up. Then my oil pressure is ridiculous going from zero to max and then making my check gauges light come on. Had the oil pressure sensor replaced because it was supposedly leaking....still having my oil pressure gauge go crazy. My A/C has ceased working as well and now the passenger rear door lock doesn't want to cooperate. I am very upset to the fact that hundreds of people are having the same problems with the 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo. This vehicle must be recalled! This is a link to a forum of hundreds of people having the same issues. Http://www.carsurvey.org/viewmorecomments_review_78839_2.html.
I bought a 2000 jeep grand cherokee that had a quacking noise when locking and unlocking in the rear hatch. It finally just quit quacking but along with the silence the mechanism no longer works. Now you can't get in the back hatch. I went online to see how to correct this problem only to find out that it's a common occurrence with this model. I feel like this should be a safety recall as there is no way to get in the vehicle should the front or side doors become disabled, say in an accident. There is no way to manually unlock this hatch so you have to rely on this expensive mechanism to do the job. From my research it looks like this has to be replaced several times in the life of the vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that all the door locks in the vehicle have failed. He was able to open the doors with the remote and uses the physical key to lock the doors. Two locks have been replaced, but three are still faulty. The current mileage was 100,000 and failure mileage was 80,000.
Brake rotors warp easily,door latches brake down,air conditioning system makes noises and does not work properly.
Door lock(s) make a terrible sound, then quit working. Making the door stuck in the lock position. This could pose a serious evacuation problem.
Keyless entry no longer functional on front driver and passenger doors. Locks must be manually operated. Actuator makes a loud grinding/drilling noise.
3 of my doors have to be either manually locked or unlocked. The keyless function no longer works correctly for them. Both passenger doors do not unlock with the keyless/electronic fob, the drivers door does not lock with the keyless/electronic fob, only manually. Anytime the keyless/electronic fob is used a nasty grinding noise comes from 1 or more of the doors.
I want to send a complaint about the door lock actuators on our 2000 jeep. I have had to replace 4 of these due to the "quacking" sound that eventually shows up. It is a very annoying sound and besides that the lock doesn't work anymore. You have to manually lock and unlock the door. This is a known problem with the jeep door lock actuators. I am requesting a recall be made for jeep to correct the problem.
Driver side passenger door lock on my 2000 jeep grand cherokee started to make a "quacking" noise when locking and unlocking. It will not lock or unlock. It just started happening with no incident and the door is actually rarely even used.
This past winter ('07-'08), the rear driver and front passenger automatic door locks on my 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo began to make a loud quacking noise upon locking and unlocking. Also I recently discovered that these two doors must be manually locked as they no longer lock upon automatic locking with the remote or with the master control on the driver door.
Left passenger door lock is inoperable. Makes loud sound when locks automatically activate while driving as well as when I lock or unlock the doors using either of the lock buttons on the front doors.
I have a 2000 jeep gc laredo, and along with many,many other people I have numerous problems. The warped rotors are very dangerous when you have to use your brakes, especially when you have children in the car as I do, also the taillight/brake light issue, that has gotten me pulled over more than once, even though I put a new bulb in it every time. The door lock actuator that is very annoying not to mention my transmission has a shifting problem that I can't do anything about and now my radiator fan will not work so my car will overheat if I am stopped for too long.
Passenger rear door lock actuator failed; passenger front door window regulator broke and window fell into door while on highway;left brake light fails to light up with new bulb.
Door lock actuator on both driver and passenger(front) side failed. Unable to open with key alone. Must press keyless entry and also turn key. Actuator make grinding/quacking noise when keyless entry used. No repairs attempted as yet. Dealer cost is approx $ 250 per door. Front rotors wear excessively and quickly. Results in violent and dangerous shaking of vehicle when braking from mid-range speeds (40-45 MPH). Have had rotors polished twice within 8 months.
To whom it may concern, I am writing to you about a two serious safety issues with my 2000 jeep grand cherokee. First, the door locks are all starting to fail. Without warning they fail to operate and you can not unlock them. This is a serious safety issue if a rescue worker can not get into my vehicle to rescue my children. Second the rear brake lights continue to fail intermediately. This could cause a grave accident killing me or my children in my vehicle. I have talk to twenty to thirty jeep owners of this same model and approximate year and they all have the same problems. You have to go to this web site; p://www.carsurvey.org/viewmorecomments_review_33943_4.html . This site lists over 700 complaints, most of them with the door locks and brake light. These parts are obviously defective to have such a nationwide outcry. Please investigate these problems and chrysler recall all affected vehicles. Thank you for your attention.
Blend doors on the 2000 jeep grand cherokee climate system were broken at the time of purchase, dealer would not warranty items, claiming it was an isolated problem and not an ongoing problem with grand cherokees, and quoted me $1200 to repair them ,and to expect them to go roughly every 2-3 years. It seeemed to me like a manufacturing issue and customer's should not be liable for covering it. Apparently it affected 1999-2004 models, so it was a recent model.
I have a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. Since july 2004, there has been problems with the power door lock solenoids, one after the other. As of this reporting, I have had to have all the power lock solenoids replaced, including the back hatch which was replaced the monday prior to this writing. The problems started with the rear door solenoids, left door first, then the right. Problems were significant enough with the rear doors that they could not be opened from the outside after they failed - only from the inside by manually unlocking the door (the outside does not have a key slot). I have incurred almost $2,000 in repair costs over the last 30 months replacing the mechanisms. The same repair shop replaced all five units, and all five replacements are currently functioning. They furnished me this website to contact due to the trouble that I have seen.
Tl*- the contact stated that the 2000 jeep grand cherokee had a number of problems. The vehicle had problems with the brake rotors since 2005. He had to replace the rotors on 2 occasions since he purchased the vehicle in 2003. The contact had been informed that he needed to have the rotors replaced again. Also, the contact has been having problems with the driver's side door locks. When hitting the unlock remote control to unlock the doors the vehicle did not unlock. On some occasions while in the vehicle and trying to unlock the doors from inside the doors did not unlock. A number of times he's had to get out the vehicle from the passenger side door. In addition, tail lights are malfunctioed. The socket that held the bulbs did not work properly. He stated that his brake lights and his reverse lights have failed. He had to glue the plastic sockets together, and on the last time he needed repairs for the socket, he had to rig them up to work. Finally the contact had to replace the brake and back up lights. The failure mileage was 80,000, and the current mileage was 100,000.
The passenger side front door lock of my 2000 jeep grand cherokee failed in such a manner that the door could not be opened from the inside or the outside. This turned out to be only a inconvenience for me, however if this happens during an emergency someone could be trapped inside the car.
No one was killed, potential lock out of vehicle.
The rear window and tailgate remain locked even after unlocking the vehicle. If you lock and unlock the vehicle enough, the rear window and tailgate will unlock. The lock sounds as if it is "spinning".
Tie rods, wheel bearings, ball joints, fan clutch, shorted engine compartment wiring harness, fuel pump assembly all gone wrong from time of purchase; january 2000/brand new to sept. 2006...some pd. Under warranty others after 2004 not; even though the defects usually do not happen to a jeep grand cherokee/fully loaded. The last straw was the ball joints; we asked if some form of recall should of been done and then asked for a reimbursement because my wife's' 2004 jeep liberty limited had a recall on it's ball joints/lower ones so after having mine replaced last friday 9/15/2006 we asked about the grand cherokee and it's ball joints; we also updated on all the defects we've had to correct and wondered if it wasn't a expensive lemon...$35,000.00 is what I paid. We called chrysler main customer service and was only told were sorry, the age of the jeep and past warranty...what does that have to do with all the past defects since 2000 and the fact we tried their customer service in 2002 and got no where again. No matter the age of the vehicle...safety is safety. And if ball joints go bad for no reason and have to be replaced then, it should go as a safety concern for all their vehicles.
Dt*: the contact stated that the door actuators on the vehicle would not move the locking mechanism to lock or unlock all four doors. This defect caused the door locks not to unlock when locked and vice versa. The vehicle was not taken to a mechanic for inspection.
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