Blend air door failure.
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee visibility complaints
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My 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited with 140,000 miles has had air conditioning problems where it doesn't blow out cold air, for the last 3 years. I didn't care much about it and didn't plan to fix it until I noticed that the heating system was doing the same thing. The middle vents blow out cold air and the passenger side vents blow normal hot air. I live in a state where it gets brutally cold out in the winter time and obviously this needs to be fixed for comfort and also for defrost. Come to find out that the repair is very costly $8-1800. And the most horrifying of all is that after the problem is corrected, it will only happen again and you will be forced to pay to fix it all over again because of the parts chrysler uses. I can not afford to fix this problem over and over again. This car dealer is well aware of this problem and is ignoring all complaints and forcing consumers to pay for the problem, when it is just going to break again. This is almost criminal!
The failure of the blender motor has left our jeep without a windshield defroster/defogger. It only blows cold air and does not clear leaving visibility at zero. It doesn't work at all and now it is dangerous for myself and family to drive in our "family car". Nothing has been done to correct the problem because the dealership said it would be an $800-$1500 repair not covered by extended warranty that we purchased.
Approximately 5 years ago, the heat stopped working on the passenger side of my 2001 jeep grand cherokee. Then last year, the heat and A/C stopped working completely. This makes for very dangerous driving conditions as visibility is greatly reduced at times. Its too costly for me to repair myself. It appears that this is a problem for most of these vehicles and I can't understand why something hasn't been done about it. Also, the passenger side seat heating element stopped working after it apparently shorted out, luckily, no fire occurred. And the hydraulics through out the vehicle have stopped working and I noticed this when first the hood came down on my head and then the rear window! I've also had to replace the engine and it was due to problems with the coolant/hydraulic fan...at a price tag of $4000.00...
Repeated failure of blower fan for which there is apparently not a suitable fix from jeep. Current fix is either (a) part from supplier other than jeep which fails every 6-9 months or (b) jeep recommended part which reduced air volume so dramatically that defrosting windows is unsafe. Failure of the blower motor is also unsafe due to the inability to defrost the windows.
Only cold air comes out on passenger side, unable to defrost windshield in winter. Repair cost $1,000 +.
Rear brake and safety lights on 2001 jeep keep not working flaw in workmanship and construction of assembly. Driver seat coming lose at base brackets that slid the seat back and forward. Window lifts break constantly. Blower door brakes ceasing defrost and windows fog during cold days.
2001 jeep grand cherokee limited v8 blend door is broken. This effect the ability for my jeep to heat cool and defrost properly. It seems to be a design flaw considering the amount of instances I have run across.
Several window motors on my 2001 jeep have broke in the past two years. When this happens, the window falls down by itself and will not go back up without getting out of the car to manually push it back up. I had to pull over on the side of the highway to push my window back up for fear of it going all the way down and not being able to get it back up in the freezing cold weather. I am also concerned about the possibility of hitting a bump in the road and the window falling down hard and shattering. Please also take into consideration the fact that this has happened to three of my windows so far and that I am not the only one with this problem and chrysler is refusing to do anything about it. Since it is so expensive to repair, I as well as many others are forced to live with it until I can save up enough money to get it fixed.
Heat only works on driver side. Cold air from passenger side. My mechanic the A/C blend door is probably stuck. I have been told they would have to pull the dash to fix the problem. A year ago the heater core was replaced requiring the need to pull the dash. The labor for that alone was $900. My mechanic told me that both of these problems have service bulletins issued for the jeep & the dodge durango. I believe the manufacturer should be responsible for the repair costs. These are so common, that the parts needed to fix the blend door are not even available. With the below 0 temperatures we are having this winter I can't go very far without freezing!
Wife and son required to find alternate vehicle. The right hand side of heater on 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited failed. No defrost to clear windows and frigid air being blown onto passenger. I would like to have you investigate the (I believe unconscionable) number of complaints of the failure of the "blend doors" on 1999 to 2004 jeeps. It is a design failure that is the result of a piece of plastic breaking in an inaccessible location under the dash. The car is rendered dangerous with no way to clear windshield and driver/passengers unable to get inside temperature to a tolerable level. The repair for the approximately $180 part costs $1200 from the dealer and $900 to $1000 from independent repair shops.
2001 grand jeep cherokee limited edition blend doors and recirc door all broken at 48k miles. Poor design of the parts (plastic) caused the failures.
I own a 2001 jeep grand cherokee and the blend doors and heat do not work. I cannot believe how many people have this issue and how poor this product it. We must have some relieve for this issue.
All four windows gears and tracks have broken within the last year. Motors have had to be replaced on all four windows.
2001 jeep grand cherokee dual climate control heater and defrost only works on one side of vehicle. The dealer says it will cost $1200.00 to diagnose and repair the blend doors on the system. With no heat for defrost on one side of the vehicle this could be a potential extreme hazard for visibility.
No defrost in 2001 jeep grand cherokee - no heat either. But lack of defrost is a safety issue.
I own a 2001 jeep grand cherokee with dual climate control. Whenever I try and use the heat it does not work, I have no front defrost for my windshield. The only air coming out of my heating system is cold air. It is because of a faulty blend air door. This can be a dangerous problem if in the cold weather the windshield fogs up, there is no way to defrost it. Visibility: defroster/defogger system:windshield:blower.
2001 jeep grand cherokee blend door.
I own a 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited and though the blower motor works the dual heater/ blend doors stopped working. It was a cool night in michigan and the windshield quickly fogged up with no luck of clearing up because of the malfunction. I immediately rolled the window down and had to drive home with my head sticking out of the window to see. Also the next morning on a sunny day the same event happened with the windows fogged and sun directly shining on me I could not even see one thing. A person could wipe the inside of the windows off with little improvement of visibility. I had to immediately pull the vehicle over for fear of hitting someone or another car discontinued driving it. This is such a dangerous failure. I discussed it with an automotive engineer and was told it is defective part in engineering by chrysler. Because of the safety issue here should not this be recalled! Even though I replied no to your 4 questions on the right the reality is a yes could be applied to 3 of the 4 if I continued to drive the jeep grand cherokee without a doubt. I recognized immediately the danger of this situation to myself and others on the road and pulled over without hesitation.
I purchased a 2001 jeep grand cherokee, and a few weeks later I got up in the morning and it was cold so I turned on my heater. Unfortunately I got no heat. It turns out that the blend doors on my vehicle were broken. After much research, I found out that this is one of the absolute most common problems with the vehicle. Now if it were just a comfort issue, I could learn to live with it, but the fact of the matter is that the defrosters run through the heater core. Therefore is the blend doors are broken, you have no way to clear your windshield. Since I live in utah, this is a very important feature to have. Although this is one of the most common problems with these vehicles, there was never a recall made. Thousands of people will end up having to pay a dealership $1500 to fix their defective parts.
2001 jeep grand cherokee, window regulator failed and window will not close. My son's car with my grand kids. My son has identified numerous similar failures on other cherokees. The failure occurs suddenly and had it been inclement weather, could affect drivers ability to control vehicle.
The failure im having is with the blend doors, from personal experience driving in cold climates your defrost blows cold air onto the windshield making it extremely unsafe to drive the vehicle in cold climates, I was fortunate enough that I didn't wreck or hit anybody else on the road, in my honest opinion this is a serious safety issue, if you think it isn't a problem mr.chrysler I will personal drive to corporate h.q. And hand you the keys and see for yourself,better yet why don't you put your family in the vehicle and go for a ride,and then you be the judge if this is a safety issue ...my guess is you probably will.
2001 grand cherokee ltd does not have heat and A/C does not get as cold as my other cars and trucks. Dealer inspected and told me that jeep knows of problem defect with materials and design of blend doors and apparatus. Dealer wants $1900 to correct. Local A/C shop did poor job for $1000. Would like jeep to re-imburse.
Blend door broken on 2001 jeep grand cherokee.
2001 jeep grand cherokee: no heat.
The blend doors on my jeep do not work. This is an extremely wide spread problem for jeep grand cherokee's. Both a dealer mechanic, and an independent mechanic have told me the that almost all grand cherokees will experience this problem. There should be a recall issued - it is simply a design flaw. Unfortunately, there is no specific complaint choice on this form for heating, so people are classifying this as either visibility issues or engine cooling issues. Hopefully someone at the federal safety agency will find the common thread of defective blend doors - and no heat.
I don't have an approximate date on the failure. It did just start recently. My 2001 jeep grand cherokee has no heat on the drivers side. This is due to faulty blend doors and recirc doors (after extensive research, I have found this is a very common problem on wj jeeps. On my ride home tonight (below freezing weather), I became very hypothermic. Even after hot shower, I am still suffering effects. Also, on a previous occasion, my front window formed ice, and had to pull over. There was no heat on defrost. Didn't help that it was dark at 0500, and snowing quite hard. Chrysler knows about this problem, but brush it aside as merely a comfort issue. I guess that is an easy statement to make from a warm office and not in an actual car with this problem in rural montana in one of our hardest winters.
Heating blower doors inoperative, no heat on pass. Side. Not repaired as yet.
My 2001 jeep grand cherokee blows only cold air on drivers side. Currently we are in below freezing conditions in montana. Apparently, after looking this up on the internet, this is a common problem with this vehicle, for which the jeep dealer will charge upwards of a thousand dollars. From my research this is a very common failure in wj jeeps. Since my teeth were chattering, and body shaking, I would say I was severely hypothermia. Not a good time of year for heat to go out because of very bad engineering. I wouldn't even mind paying a little money, but it costs a fortune because they have to pull the entire dashboard out to fix it. And they want a bailout package?
The heat does not work to control the defrost. When there is no frost it is hard to see out of the windshield. People say the blend doors are bad in the AC/heater box.
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