2nd time window regulator broke. Defective and very expensive to fix. Jeep needs to recall this part.
2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee visibility complaints
Page 3 of 7: complaints 41 to 70 of 170, newest first, as owners wrote them.
The heater stopped working last fall. It will not blow warm air and it is very dangerous in cold/rainy weather since I am unable to see to drive.
My 2003 chrysler jeep grand cherokee blows only cold air on passenger side. I was told that I needed heater case repairs for around &1000.00. This is nuts as jeep is aware of this on going problem and should issue a recall. They did issue an informational tsb (#24-001-04) in january of 2004 for stronger parts concerning this very problem. Lets try for a recall for all the unlucky people with this problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 jeep grand cherokee. Whenever the contact activated the heating unit mode selector, the driver's side heater and defroster failed to operate. The failures occurred without warning. The authorized dealer was notified and stated that the failure was related to the blend doors located in the heating unit. The vehicle has not been repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 45,000 and current mileage was 46,000.
The heating/cooling system on my 2003 grand cherokee overland is an insult to the other qualities of this vehicle! The internal doors that direct air through the system is extremely cheaply made. Mostly plastic-a very poor grade! The dealer says it will cost close to a $1000 to repair and he wouldn't guarantee it would not happen again. I think chrysler should be responsible for something this poorly made. It is no wonder they are in trouble and the government is giving them billions of dollars to make more inferior jeeps! I have not had the repairs made,I just don't have the money. So my wife has to ride to work in a luxury vehicle with no heater! There is no doubt this should be a recall!!!!!
The regulator on 3 of the 4 windows have gone out, have them repaired at $400 per window. The engine fan will not turn off after stopping, unless I pull out the fuse under the hood, have had this repaired 2 times at an expense of $400 each time. Car has 75,000 miles and is a 2003 jeep grand cherokee laredo.
Good day, I'm filing a complaint with my 2002 jeep grand cherokee. The heat has stop working. First it was the passenger side that stopped working and now simply no heat comes out at all. After extensive web researching, I have found a shocking number of fellow jeep owners have the same problem, stemming back to 1990 models. Apparently the "blend actuators" are defective and start to go out one side at a time, finishing with the main actuator failing causing no heat what so ever!! Repair facilities all state the same thing: entire dash must be removed to replace two-three different actuators costing an owner in excess of close to $1000.00. This is not acceptable and extravagant!! From the number of complaints I see on a simple web search, I'm not the only one who feels this way!
I recently purchased a 2003 jeep grand cherokee overland over the summer of 2008. I live in mn and it is rather cold here. Around october the heat in my jeep when out, I took it into the shop and they told me it was the "blend door" that was causing the problems and its going to be $800 to fix it because removal of the dash is required and there is a lot of labor for a part that only costs $50. I have been doing my research and it seems this is a very common problem for jeep owners and it is actually quite common when you reach around 60,000-80,000 miles my car had 74,000. I go to college and don't have that kind of money to fix it right now and I live in a very cold state, im very upset with jeep right now if problems like this are happening to people something should be done about it.
I was rolling down my automatic window in my 03 jeep grand cherokee and it made a loud sound and will not roll back up. This is the second time this has occurred. From research online this seems to be a huge problem among owners of the same make/model.
Passenger side heat stopped working. It appears to be a common problem and design flaw in the blend door of jeep grand cherokee's.
1. Nothing I did besides driving this jeep. 2. Everyday 24/7 3. Nothing has been done to fix this problem because I cant afford it. 2003 jeep blend door issue, live in oregon and with no defrost and only vehicle I can drive at the moment is very dangerous. It get really cold here and snows throughout the winter. Dangerous and freezing cold...
Ventilation system in my grand cherokee is making noise and blowing cold air.
Loss of any and all heat. Started with the failure of the blend door actuator, resulting in the loss of heat on the passenger side. Blow cold air when setting is set at a high temperature. Then the recirculator door that fell off the small hinge and dropped on top of the blower disrupting the flow of any air though the heating system. Then the blower itself failed resulting in no air, hot or cold, being produced. Currently no heat or defrost is being produced resulting in limited visibility while driving and no heat when outside temperature today is at 1 degree above zero and over a foot of snow.
Little to no heat on passenger side then no heat in truck. Heater blend air duct had to be replaced a cost of 89dollars for part and 900 dollars labor an as it turns out this is a very common problem with jeeps .
My 2003 jeep grand cherokee has had the window just begin to fall into the door on three out of the four windows now and it is usually at the most dangerous moment possible while I'm on the highway or on the road in general. I turn to see no window or the window mysteriously down and I am unable to roll it up. This presents many different hazards not only to the vehicle itself but, also to the occupants whether it is a child or my canine companion they both like to lean on the window and look out even though a child will have a seatbelt on if the window falls down and the child falls out towards the opposing traffic still hanging by a seat belt this is not a situation I am willing to risk. And I will lose my puppy if he is sitting there no doubt about it he will fall right out and it isn't easy to leave him at home every time I go somewhere because I'm afraid of the window failing again it's completely unpredictable. Also with the weather it is not very practical to pull off of the highway which is an extremely dangerous area already but to try and somehow prop the window up isn't a safe situation any way you look at it. As cars whisk by at upwards of 70 miles an hour I try and fix something that can be fixed by changing one part on the window regulator. There is already an after market block that can replace the faulty brittle plastic piece. I would appreciate some consideration with this issue. //s// jake trione
The heater in my 2003 jeep grand cherokee overland has failed due to a known defect in the temperature blender door that prevents heat from getting redirected onto the windshield to defrost the glass. Chrysler has to my knowledge not issued a voluntary recall to fix this problem. This is a serious safety issue here in montana where we need to be able to see in winter weather. I was nearly in an accident this morning with my 6-year old son in the car due to the windshield freezing up and my not being able clear the glass. Please, please, please issue a recall notice to force chrysler to fix this known problem. I am sure there are many other jeep owners who have filed similar complaints. This is a safety issue just as important as the seat-heater recall for the same model. Thank you. Bill haynes
2003 jeep grand cherokee heat goes out due to malfunctioning blender doors inside dash. No defrost so it impairs vision in mornings. Dealer wants $1800 to repair. Go to www.topix.com/forum/autos/jeep-grand-cherokee/tserat48371icob68/p6 to see list of complaints from other jeep owners. This will cause a death soon. People can not afford to have fixed even once much less every winter at the tune of $1800! Please help. Thank you.
Cold air comes out of the heater system on any temp and/or zone setting. First started with passenger side, now both passenger and driver side blow only cold air...causing visibility issues (fog/frost on the windshield), particularly during high humidity or inclement weather.
Broken mode blend doors on 2003 grand cherokee with dual climate controls.
Re: 2003 jeep grand cherokee overland suddenly the climate control system malfunctions and during rainy/snowy weather the windshield fails to defrost properly, causing an unsafe driving condition. Happening since 2005. Repaired (jeep admits to an improperly designed original part) at my expense in 2006, malfunctioning again since 2007, needs to be repaired again.
The HVAC system failed causing a potential safety hazard for defrosting of the front windshield. The blend doors for the dual climate control of a 2003 jeep grand cherokee have failed causing the heating system to not operate at all and the A/C system to operate poorly.
Blend air door failure. Repaired by jeep dealership. Repair failed again in 6 months. Steering column noise. Failure of repair (tsb) in 2 months.
2003 jeep grand cherokee (wj). Heater blend doors failed, disabling the heating system. This is a very common problem, and extremely expensive to fix. In aerospace, this would be considered a safety issue, as the windscreen becomes impossible to defrost.
No heat on the drivers side. Dealer said they changed the blend door and recirculation door and actuators,all with in 2 hours. The job is quoted at 10 hours because they have to remove the whole dash. Since they fixed it,3 days later the code for the blend door came back up, and the dealer could not tell me why. All they said was don't worry about it.
The automatic climate control blows only cold air. This is a problem experienced by 1999 - 2004 jeep grand cherokees. The climate control does not function properly and does not provide proper warm air to the defroster causing window fogging.
April of 2006 I purchased my 2003 jeep grand cherokee overland. About 2weeks after I purchased the vehicle, I noticed that the heater was not working properly. I took the vehicle back to the dealer where they informed me that the blend doors where broken or not working properly and it would cost approximately $1000 to fix and would not be covered under the extended warranty I purchased. I had to go through the various levels of management until they finally agreed to repair the vehicle. Just over 1 year later in august of 2007, I noticed that the ability to direct air to specific vents, stopped working, now the air just blows into the dash. I have gone back to the dealer, where they told me that the problem is the recirculate door, which was suppose to be changed when the blend doors where replaced, according to their "technical service bulletin", which was not done when the blend doors where replaced. The cost to do the repair would be approximately $1000 because they have to go through the same process as when the blend doors where replaced, except this time they will replace the recirculate doors. I really didn't realize the safety issue these components posed, until I drove in a snow climate. It was impossible to defrost the windshield. I literally had to reach forward wipe the windshield every couple of minutes while driving in order to see. It was extremely unsafe. These failed components are not considered luxury features, such as AC, it's considered a safety feature. There is an unusually high level of complaints of people experiencing the very same problem with their jeep grand cherokees, and chrysler has yet to address the problem. Defrosters are a safety feature. In cold climates you cannot operate the vehicle safely without them. When is the manufacturer held responsible for faulty parts that pose a safety risk? Does something have to happen? Does someone have to get injured, possibly worse? The dealerships are capitalizing the consumers are hurting.
Heater defect on 2003 jeep grand cherokee.
Blend doors failure, cold air only, no heat at all. $1,100.00 plus repair bill. Only 50,000 mile on vehicle.
Blend door broken. Cost to fix $1700.
While driving my 2003 jeep grand cherokee, in cold conditions, I found that the AC/heater output was insufficient to keep the windshield defrosted and defogged, resulting in extremely unsafe driving conditions. The fan works, but no air comes out. I researched the problem and found that it is due to a blend-door defect, common to that model/year jeep. The vehicle has approx. 72,000 miles on it. I can't safely drive the vehicle in cold conditions until this is fixed. This repair is estimated to be between $900 -$1200. If this is such a widespread problem with this vehicle, I find it difficult to understand why there isn't a recall by deimler-chrysler to repair this. How many deaths will it take before this gets the true attention it deserves?
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history