The HVAC system in my 2001 grand cherokee jeep has gone out on both the passenger side and the driver side of my vehicle. I feel there should have been a recall on this items from chrysler corp. I understand there has been a problem with this mid-case blend assembly for quite some time. Now it is going to cost over a $1000.00 to replace. I believe it should be seriously considered for recall because of the safety hazard of driving. The afternoon it went out, I was leaving from work and a blinding snow-blizzard came, the temperature dropped and I ran off the road, due to the my windows icing up and fogging up...I had no way to defrost them. I had to drive a considerable distance to get home. I put my vehicle in 4-wheel low and managed to get out of the ditch, but I was extremely lucky and very cold when I did reach my home.
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee visibility complaints
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The window regulator assembly on our vehicle (2001 jeep grand cherokee) has broken on both the driver's side and passenger side windows. It costs us almost $600/window to repair. The part alone costs $330. We have never had this happen in any other vehicle we've owned, and we have owned other jeep vehicles, along with 25+ other cars.
(1) - possibly weak plastic used during manufacturing (2) - failure on the climate control doors HVAC system in the my 2001 jeep grand cherokee, causing the heating-A/C system to malfunction (3) - dash needs to be removed to access HVAC control box. Est. Cost form dealership is $1200.00 dollars. Removal of entire dash is required.
On my 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited climate control is not functioning properly. No matter what the setting is, it blows cold air from some vents and hot from others. The repair cost is estimated around $1200. The brakes were almost causing a loss of control while driving down the mountain road. The truck would start shaking violently as I apply the brakes, to the point where the steering was not affecting the behavior of the truck. Repair and part replacements cost $820. Outrageous!
Like many, the HVAC blend and recirculation doors failed prematurely, along with the evaporator core. The fx involved removal of the dash, which will never be right again, and approximately $2000 in repairs.
We purchased a 2001 grand cherokee limited from a local dealership with 50,000 miles in may of 2005. No heat from both passenger or drivers side vents. Blend door hinges separated and inop. Recirculation door also inoperable vehicle had 53,500 miles at this time. Drivers seat heater failed at 65,000 miles. Pcm failed at 75,000 miles and this was the only repair covered under warranty. The jeep now has 81,000 miles and we have had vibration and pedal pulsation from the front brakes three times since we purchased the vehicle.
2001 jeep grand cherokee limited. Blend doors fail and heated air cannot be directed to the windshield causing lack of visibility. I am getting repair estimate for the repair. I understand this may cost over $1500.00.
I have owned five jeep grand cherokees. 1999 - 2002. Everyone of them has had heating cooling blender door failures. There is obviously an improper design for this component. The entire dash has to be removed to repair it at a great expense. One vehicle I had to have done twice in about 4 months time frame.
Heater blend door on 2001 jeep grand.
Blend door problems. Very cold air blowing instead of heat.
Visibility: defroster/defogger system:windshield:blower.
Jeep grand cherokee laredo 4.7l v8. Climate control door/system failure. $1200 to $1500 to fix at dealer. The replacement parts only last around 2 years having to keep replacing same parts. Every other year.
A faulty blower motor resistor has rendered my heater from working. The temp is around 20 degrees and without the blower, I cannot defrost my windows to drive safely. The blower motor resistor is out of the vehicle with visual electrical charring. The wiring harness is also melted. I've talked to 2 different dealers and their parts department has dealt with this problem before. So, I contacted the jeep customer service 800 number. But according to your "customer service" line, I need to get my vehicle back to the dealer so they can tell me what I already know. My question is why the blower motor resistor is back ordered 4,000-6,000 parts? And why if I take my vehicle back to the dealer, will I be expedited a part. Are they creating a demand by not supplying the part and then the dealers raise the price of the part? I have already had one dealer say that if they locate one, that it'll cost more than the price advertised on their web site. This is the worse customer service I have ever had.
My 2001 jeep grand cherokee with electronic dual climate controls requires 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 I opt to do this repair my, the entire dashboard will need to be removed, quite the arduous process, and parts are approximately >$300.
My 2001 jeep grand cherokee heater/AC blend doors are stuck. I cannot defrost. This causes dangerous situations where the wind screen is fogged, and I cannot see the road.
No heat passenger side, caused by poorly made "blend door "and installed in a manner that requires complete dash removal at a price reaching $1600.
After going through some online troubleshooting, I just confirmed that the blend door went bad. And yes it is not one first problem I had with my 2001 limited grand cherokee jeep. 8 months ago the drivers side window regulator broke (as in all jeeps), my four brake calipers went bad by just replacing the old pads, and now this. One day, the car just started to blow cold air. Before that, I could hear the noises under the dashboard but I thought it was the way it should sound. I had most of the times limited heat in my side and more in the passenger's side. I thought I'm too hot for the car and the sensor just plays with me. But enough is enough. For god sake, how do you want to sell "hardcore" cars, when your cars fail to work under climate garage kept conditions, and driven mostly on a flatland (florida) on road... You should be ashamed of your products. You should call the cheap and not jeep.
When the weather started getting colder, I tried to use the heat and I couldn't get any hot air to defrost, when my windshield began to frost and fog. While driving home, I had to first pull over and wipe the interior of my windshield, then on my 21 mile drive home, I had to constantly wipe the interior of the windshield while driving. I took the jeep to the jeep/chrysler dealer and was quoted over $1500 for the repair. I can't afford this type of repair and do not have room on my credit cards. I managed to purchase the parts and do the repair myself, with my jeep out of commission for over 2 weeks. I replaced the heater core, recirc blend door, the mid-case blend door, and 2 actuators. I have been told that this can be a consistently aggravating problem and don't look forward to having to do it again. Especially now that I have a newborn who will be traveling in the car. This can be a major safety issue, if this engineering discrepancy is not resolved. As far as I know, no one has been injured...yet. This is an accident waiting to happen. I have pictures of all the bad parts and documented repairs thank you.
Cold air blows out of defroster vents, even when setting is turned up to high heat.
When using heat during the fall/winter months in new hampshire, I can smell coolant from within the cabin. The windshield and windows are fogging really, really bad that causes visibility problems. This is a major safety issue. Sometimes heat comes out of the passenger side vents, sometimes it doesn't. Instead, cold air is blowing on the windshield.
2001 grand cherokee limited with dual zone climate control. Thanksgiving day, noticed that no heat was coming from passenger side vents. Thermostat was set to 80 degrees. Shut off climate control unit, restarted, no effect. Stopped and shut down car, restarted, no effect. No warm air comes through passenger side vents. Drivers side works fine. Climate control system will not switch between hot and cold air. Driver is comfortable, passenger is miserable when it is cold outside.
Passenger side digital climate controls do not work. Passenger side ventilation system blows cold air only. Passenger side heated seat doesn't work.
Windshield defroster failure.
Ac/heater not blowing hot air..causing window to frost and ice up...not covered under warranty...blend doors....lots of complaints....very serious, windshield frosting over when driving!!
Blend door on jeep grand cherokee.
The defroster system blows only cold air making it difficult(impossible at times) to clear the windshield. This issue occurs repeatedly on cold raining days and makes visibility out the front windshield very poor. This issue could result in a serious traffic accident. The issue is well known in 99-04 jeep grand cherokees with the dual climate control systems. To correct the issue the entire dash, steering wheel, A/C evaporator and heater core must be removed to gain access to the blender doors and recirculation doors which are the cause of the issue. This issue occurs in 100% 99-04 jeep grand cherokees vehicles quipped with the dual climate control system, so the probability of a death(s) occurring due to this defect are extraordinarily high. Please take the appropriate action to protect the public.
Blend door failure on dual zone climate controlled 2001 jeep grand cherokee. This was repaired by a dealer at a cost of $1000 dollars, and has failed again 2 months later.
While using the heat on my 2001 jeep grand cherokee the passenger side will get cold and no heat will come out from the passenger side vents just cold air. I went to the local jeep dealer to have the problem diagnosed, and they said that the passenger blend door actuator failed,and were going to charge $1,300.00 to repair and replace the damaged parts and is not covered under the warranty. I have been doing some research on this part and problem and from just putting the part numbers (#05134349aa auto A/C mid case blend assembly and #05134347aa auto A/C air recirculation assembly) into google it seems to be a common problem with most recent jeep grand cherokees laredo and limited. I have found at least two jeep forums where this problem is posted. Daimler chrysler knows about this problem and has issued a technical service bulletin tsb (#24-001-04). I do not see why this has not been an issue of recall or falls under any warranty that is provided by daimler chrysler.
The heater on my 2001 jeep grand cherokee does not work on the passenger side. The blend door has failed.
(1) increasing frequency of defroster/heater/ventilation system malfunction (2) air of the wrong temperature will come from the vents, or more often -and more importantly, no air will come from the vents, including the windshield defroster vents, even though the blower is obviously working. I am often unable to clear windshield of condensation in order see well enough to drive safely. (3) the dealership tells me it will cost $2500.00 to fix the problem, and I can't afford that. So nothing has been done to fix the problem.
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