Tail light/brake light assembly on both driver and passenger side failed leaving only center brake light working when head lights are on. Passenger taillight/brake light failed completely. Both tail light assemblies needed to be replaced as part of circuit board was melted.
2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee electrical complaints
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My 2002 jigs special edition w/ v8 4x4 has an unidentified electric problem. 3 times so far in 2005 when trying to start the jeep the system goes completely dark. No electricity at all. It won't start, the lights won't work, the remote won't work. You can't even jump start it. The first time the dealer replaced the battery (even though I replaced it 8 months prior). The second time it started when the tow truck driver went to check the miles, so the dealer said there was no way for them to figure it out. Last night it happened again, again it has been towed to the dealer and I am waiting for results.
This is my 4th jeep. Here is a little background on this issue. I purchased a 2002 jeep grand cherokee, the overland edition. The dealership pushed buying a used certified jeep vehicle! They mentioned the extended warranty that would take care of any issues that the jeep had during the last years of my ownership. I went in the dealership looking to purchase a new vehicle but they told me all the added benefits / value from buying from the used jeep facility! The warranty: as mentioned I purchased the warranty sold by jeep at the local dealership. The service agreement that was sold by the dealership went bankrupt! Gary miller chrysler jeep isuzu located in erie, pa sold this to me. My 1st issue was when I decided to take the vehicle in because of a vibration while driving. I was made aware that the company was bankrupt when tying to call and find out what information will be needed when I go to the local jeep dealership in kansas city. Furthermore I mentioned to the jeep dealership that pushed the contract that I am wiling to purchase the best contract to make sure I do not have an issue with my new vehicle in the future. The constant issues: I have now taken in my jeep for 6 visits! I have only included some of the payments (see the additional paperwork) but you can see a trend here. This jeep had been nothing but a problem since I purchased the vehicle! I am now stuck replacing the steering pump for the 2nd time! I have to pay for the replacement and live without a vehicle. I am out several thousand dollars and still have to take this vehicle (that jeep pushed on me) to the service shop about every 6 months. I just started driving my vehicle from the last service repair (I am getting very familiar to the local jeep dealerships) and still the item is not fixed and my jeep is leaking oil all over our company driveway. This vehicle is a lemon and the company that made the vehicle sold me a bankrupt contract.
The cooling fan blade just broke while stopped at a light. It made the car thump I thought someone hit us but the fan blades broke the fan shrode and put dents all in the radiator and broke the fan guard. This vechile has had many of the same problems due to the electrical system. We lease the jeep and have put $$$ in it because they would not take it back as a lemon with in the 2 years. I still hear a beep coming from under the dash that jeep never found the problem or fixed it. I just had the fan relay changed because it went out. With in the first 2 years I had it in the shop for a variety of electrical problems I have all the paper work. I am afraid the jeep will catch on fire or cause an accident. I've also checked many other things that were issues with the jeep. Leaking shocks and transmission pan and emissions is now leaking. The check engine light stays on and every time I get it checked it's a different problem. I'm out of my warranty now but there have been so many different things wrong. The dealer replaced 2 of 4 leaking shocks they left the transmission pan loose when they replaced a part in the transmission. This jeep is unsafe for the road it has lost power in the past while traveling so they replaced the battery twice with in a month.
Air conditioner fan stopped, thought I had it set wrong, changed the setting, started working again. Couple of weeks later it stopped again. Then it would work intermittantly. Called dealer and they said check fuses and relays, checked ok. Called them back, they said check wiring harness for meltdown. Connector and wires going to the blower were melted. They said I needed to schedule an appt. They did not tell me to disconnect wires or that I needed to worry about possible fire. A couple of days later on my way home, smoke stated coming out of dash on passenger side, I shut the engine off. Jumped out and ran around to other side, opened front door to see what was smoking and flames were coming from under the dash. Ran to back door and opened to get fire extinguisher and the smoked knocked me down. Crawled away from vehicle and stumbled to house and called 911. I am so thankful my family wasn't with me especially my 4 year old in his car seat. The thought of it terrifies me. I am still having nightmares of fire and am very paranoid of fire. Diamlercrysler corp. Refuses to accept responsibility even tho it was still under warrenty. Have several witnesses to the melted wiring harness.
While idling a fire started with the wiring under the dashboard. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
Intermittently consumer was unable to turn the key in the ignition switch. The consumer also saw sparks coming from the ignition switch. The dealership was notified but did not resolve the problem. *ak
Electrical problems, check engine light, beep under dash, dome lights coming on, radio goes off, all dash lights(ABS, brake,etc.). Transmission problems 3 times in shop for slipping and leaking seals. Leaking at pan, output seal and, drive train they changed seals and 1 month later output seal was leaking again. Govern assembly was replaced 8/3/03 along with solenoid, transduce. Faulty batteries. Shocks all leaking but they replaced 1 front 1 back.
The vehicle experienced problem since it was leased. There were engine and electrical trouble. The vehicle had been back to the dealer many times. *ak
Starter had to be replaced at 44,906 miles.
My wife & I were driving on I-95 south when my jeep grand cherokee's check engine light came on but before we could do anything it shifted from drive to 2nd gear and went from 60mph to around 25mph while we were still in the 3rd inside lane of a 3 lane hwy so we proceded to pull off the hwy and check out the truck and also let it sit for awhile and in doing so the lite went off so we proceded to get back on and go straight home but as we tried to get on the hwy it happened again but this time we went from drive to 1st gear and we almost got rearended by an 18 wheeler but he moved over at the last second, where we got on there was no break down lane so we had to go for about a mile and in the process we started to loose the brakes do to problems ariseing from the ABS and also the engine was acting funny it started to shut off then it would speed up and it did it 3 or 4 times so when we got off we had the jeep flatbeded to "greenwich jeep" in greenwich,ct. Soon as it's fixed I'm getting rid of it but I did want to note the problem with you!
The consumers vehicle was less than a year old but has had three computers replaced. The dealer has not been able to determine the cause of the failures.
Purchased november 2001, had two recalls for fuel system within two months, dealer told me there was previous recall fixed before I purchased. Engine safety warning light has come on and stayed on several days on seven (7) separate occasions. Dealer claims not to worry cannot figure out why. Plus seat heater went out and had to be replaced, interior heater stopped working except defrost. I believe they are all related and is why the engine safety warning light keeps coming on. Also to note--vehicle sways back and forth over small bumps, like riding a small boat in rough water.
Both driver and passengner get a static shock upon exiting vehicle. Dealer and manufacturer were not notified at this time. Feel free to provide any further information.
While traveling at 45 MPH, vehicle started to lose power. Consumer coasted to a stop. There was an orange gauge light that came on. Jeep towed vehicle to dealer, and they stated it was an ignition coil problem. *ak
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