Research has shown all 1999-2004 jeep grand cherokees with electronic dual climate controls will eventually require major repair in order to cure hot air/cold air blowing from vents when they're not set to do so. The cost to repair this issue, which has been known to pop up again after another 50k miles after repair, is generally $800-$1500 from a dealership. Should you opt to do this repair yourself, the entire dashboard will need to be removed, quite the arduous process, and parts are approximately >$300.
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2001 jeep cherokee no heat on the passenger side, blows cold air, no heat.
Passenger window has fallen down on my 2001 jeep gc for no reason.
The blend doors on my jeep are defective, which affects the ability of the defrost/defogger system.
Heat and A/C blend doors on the 2001 jeep grand cherokee failed due to normal wear and tear. These doors should have lasted at least 20 to 30 years. They lasted 7. A costly repair was necessary not to mention loss of use. The heat and A/C unit needed to be removed and the doors replaced.
No heat in this very cold weather. After many mechanics I went too. Find out that it will cost me fortune. And it common problem with jeep cherokee. And it should be recall. For blend doors. Blend doors. Please help.
My heat does not work. I bought the jeep and the heat worked. It first blew cold on passenger side at the end of last winter. This winter, no heat works and does blow cold air still. Blend doors are broke and have been problems for all jeep grand cherokees. Daimler should pay for faulty part!
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 jeep grand cherokee. When the contact started the vehicle, there was no heat coming from the vents located underneath the dashboard. The plastic vent doors are inoperable; therefore, cold air enters from the outside and freezes the windshield. The dealer stated that the repair would cost $1,800. The contact was informed that the failures were very common with his type of vehicle. In addition, snow and ice on the windshield will not melt due to the lack of heat coming from the vent underneath the dashboard. The failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 04-23-09 *bf updated 04/30/09.
My 2001 jeep grand cherokee has the HVAC blend door problem. It blows nothing but cold air and I could not defrost or see out of the windshield while driving. I am sure this will result in death, injury, or property damage, as I do not have the $1500.00 to repair and winter is here. A safety recall needs to be put into effect on these vehicles.
Cold air is blowing from the vents uncontrollably.
My '01 jeep grand cherokee's heater stopped working on the passenger side. It only blew in cold air. I brought it to my mechanic and it was a blend door failure. Leading up to it, I had noticed an odd sound coming from the HVAC after I turned my engine off, but ignored it as it worked properly. The passenger side has now stopped working. Searching on the internet, there is apparently a tsb #24-001-04 concerning this problem. If it is a common problem, it should not simply be an informational tsb, but rather a recall. Please help everyone here with this problem.
First the passenger side of the heater failed and several months later the driver side also failed. So entire car blows cold air. No heat for the defroster. Dealer says the heater blend doors and actuators have failed. The fix is to the tune of $1600.
Blend door in my 2001 jeep grand cherokee is broken. Cold air blown through all the vent. Chrysler has always been aware of this defect which has effected tens of thousands of jeep gc owners with a typical $1300 to repair.
Blend door problem on HVAC system. Major repair.
1. Events leading up to failure: windows fail to defrost and defog. 2. The vehicle does not have any heat or heated defrost on the driver's side. 3. Dealer wants $1,200 to fix the problem.
My 2001 jeep grand cherokee has now had all four window regulators fail with no apparent reason with an accumulated repair cost topping $1300. Most recently, the regulator on the window next to my infant son failed while traveling on the interstate during an intense thunderstorm, causing the window to fall into the door and soaking my child-quite a distraction at 70mph.
First, when I tried to use the heat, only the passenger side would blow warm air while the driver side was cold. That lasted about a month, then no warm air at all. That was the winter of 2007. Then during the summer of 2008, my A/C stopped blowing any kind of air through the vents no matter what setting I used. The system works as far as the blower motor and cooling the air goes, it just doesn't make it out of the vents what so ever. It has been brought to my attention that this is a design flaw regarding the blend/recirculation doors in the HVAC system.
The air blend door malfunctions. No HVAC from passenger side.
The passenger window just fell down while driving on the tollway at 65mph. This is the second window failure that I have had on this vehicle. It is a 400. To 500. Dollar repair and a recall should have already been issued for this common problem with the jeep/chrysler products.
Visibility: defroster/defogger system:windshield:blower the blend doors on the 2001 grand cherokee limited break causing a no heat condition which will not defrost the windshield in the winter causing poor visibility.
Hvac system broke down, blend door doesn't work anymore, hot/cold air cannot be controlled, defrost function no more in work.
The windshield defogger-defroster and climate control system are faulty . He electronic heat controller has been replaced in the 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited on 2 previous occasions and the fault still occurs. The flow doors of the heating system are sticking open and preventing warm air from entering the defroster ducts or the cabin heating ducts. The vehicle often frosts over the windshield and side windows while driving and can not be safely cleared. I have taken the vehicle to the jeep dealership for repairs twice while under the factory warranty and once after it expired. The cost of the repair is over $1,000. A manufacturers safety recall is in order to repair this defect.
Blend doors broken.... Only heat from one side!
Heat does not work on my 2001 jeep gran cherokee. Seems to be a very common problem with an extremely expensive fix($1300)!!!
I was driving at 65 MPH and all of a sudden my window just fell down into the door. It almost caused an accident.
A/c blend air door problem. High cost of repair.
I cannot see the road because my defogger is broken. This is a common problem on these vehicles.
Less than 60,000 miles on my 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited and the blend door actuator & recirc. Door have to be replaced at over $1,000.00. Not covered by the extended warranty I purchased at the selling dealer 14 months ago for $2,784.00. (avondle chrysler jeep, avondale az).
Window regulators in this car have broken twice in less than a year and cost $550 to have repaired. I had one repaired in sept 07. I can't afford this and am driving with plastic on my second window this happened too. The windows just drop as I'm driving at 60mph.
The first incident occurred while driving, I noticed that the front passenger window began to lower itself without me activating the switch. I attempted to push the switch to make it go up which didn't work. The window then proceeded to lower itself into the door and would not return to the up position. I took the car to my mechanic who informed me that the window regulator had failed and that this is a common problem with this model vehicle. The regulator was replaced at a cost of nearly $500.00. The second incident occurred while the vehicle was parked. I returned to my car after parking it over night only to find the drivers side window was open about 3 inches. I attempted to close the window and had no response from pushing the button up. The window would however operate in the downward position but would not go up. I returned to my mechanic who advised me that the same condition as the passenger side window had occurred. $500.00 later I was back on the road. It is my understanding after reading countless "blogs" on the internet that this is a chronic issue and that daimler chrysler is fully aware of it yet continues to ignore it.
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