The interior door handles on the 2005 jeep grand cherokee wk has all broken. Most of the handles in my vehicle are still in working order, but one in particular is broken and someone sitting on that side cannot get out of the vehicle from the inside. If there is an accident they could be stuck inside the vehicle. These handles are poorly designed, and the others will likely break entirely if not used gingerly.
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee body complaints
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Approximately 3 years ago, the interior door handle attached to the door panel became brittle and cracked and over time the 2 rear doors do not have handles, just gaping holes, and the front door handles are cracked with large holes. The obvious defect of the construction material has created a situation where the rear passengers cannot exit in an emergency. The cracking of the door panel is not normal wear and tear, but a defect in construction.
3 out of 4 of the interior door handles molding are broken and because of that, you can not open the doors from the inside using the doors handles.you have to let down the windows to open both of the back and front passenger doors in order to get out of the car. The driver side is beginning to have the same trouble with opening. The dealer price for replacement cost is about $200+ not including labor. I checked the internet for a solution only to discover that is a major problem with this year's model and many complaints have been filed with chrysler. All said that chrysler refused to help with the problem which is very costly for the average working person. To me it is a serious safety hazard when driving the car. What if the car catches fire, or rollover in a accident or goes in a body of water? I am hesitate to drive the vehicle because of that. All car owners expect to make repairs to their vehicle from daily use. However, it should not be the owner responsibility to pay for a repair when it is a know fact that many owners are having the same problem on the same model and year of the vehicle. Chrysler should be made to have recall to correct the problem.
All of the interior door handles molding are broken and because of that, you can not open the doors from the inside using the doors handles.you have to let down the windows to open both of the back and front passenger doors in order to get out of the car. The driver side is beginning to have the same trouble with opening. The dealer price for replacement cost is about $2500.00 not including labor. I checked the internet for a solution only to discover that is a major problem with this year's model and many complaints have been filed with chrysler. All said that chrysler refused to help with the problem which is very costly for the average working person. To me it is a serious safety hazard when driving the car. What if the car catches fire, or rollover in a accident or goes in a body of water? I am hesitate to drive the vehicle because of that. All car owners expect to make repairs to their vehicle from daily use. However, it should not be the owner responsibility to pay for a repair when it is a know fact that many owners are having the same problem on the same model and year of the vehicle. Chrysler should be made to have recall to correct the problem. There should be a recall or class action law suit on this safety issue.
All of the interior door handles molding are broken and because of that, you can not open the doors from the inside using the doors handles.you have to let down the windows to open both of the back and front passenger doors in order to get out of the car. The driver side is beginning to have the same trouble with opening. The dealer price for replacement cost is $2500.00 not including labor. I checked the internet for a solution only to discover that is a major problem with this year's model and many complaints have been filed with chrysler. All said that chrysler refused to help with the problem which is very costly for the average working person. To me it is a serious safety hazard when driving the car. What if the car catches fire, or rollover in a accident or goes in a body of water? I am hesitate to drive the vehicle because of that. All car owners expect to make repairs to their vehicle from daily use. However, it should not be the owner responsibility to pay for a repair when it is a know fact that many owners are having the same problem on the same model and year of the vehicle. Chrysler should be made to have recall to correct the problem.
All of the interior door handles molding are broken and because of that, you can not open the doors from the inside using the doors handles.you have to let down the windows to open both of the back and front passenger doors in order to get out of the car. The driver side is beginning to have the same trouble with opening. The dealer price for replacement cost is about $2500.00 not including labor. I checked the internet for a solution only to discover that is a major problem with this year's model and many complaints have been filed with chrysler. All said that chrysler refused to help with the problem which is very costly for the average working person. To me it is a serious safety hazard when driving the car. What if the car catches fire, or rollover in a accident or goes in a body of water? I am hesitate to drive the vehicle because of that. All car owners expect to make repairs to their vehicle from daily use. However, it should not be the owner responsibility to pay for a repair when it is a know fact that many owners are having the same problem on the same model and year of the vehicle. Chrysler should be made to have recall to correct the problem.
3 of my interior door handles are completely broken off. I was told by the dealership that my extended warranty did not cover the interior door handles. The total cost to repair the 3 handles is $2,100.00. I cannot afford to fix these handles. I researched online to see if others had the same issue. As a matter of fact, on this site alone, there are numerous accounts of people all over the country that are having the same issues with their jeep grand cherokee's. Why isn't there a recall to fix this issue? Do you know what the end result could be if someone is trapped in their vehicle after a serious accident, because the door handles are inoperable? I can see if maybe a few people we're complaining, but it's not. This is faulty equipment by the manufacture and chrysler should own up to their mistake. If safety is of your concern, you should put this at the top of your list. Thank you for your time.
All of the inside door handles are breaking off around the pull lever. It started with one of the back doors and now has spread to both back doors and the front passenger door. The plastic around the drivers door has begun to crack and will not be long before it fails as well. The door handle assembly is molded into the entire panel and the repair requires replacement of the entire door panel. Getting out of this car requires some skill. You have to pull straight out on the wire (that used to be connected to the pull lever) if the wire drops into the panel you can only exit the jeep by someone opening it from the outside. This is a problem. I did a search on the net and I found countless post of the exact same failure. Jeep is saying the same thing to anyone who contacts them. That it is abuse that has caused the issue and replacement is not covered under warranty and the cost is $700 per door.
All 4 of my interior door mechanisms are broken. I'm able to still open my front passenger and driver doors, but the rear driver and passenger doors have to be opened from the outside of the vehicle. I have filed 2 claims with my insurance company to attempt to get them replaced (safety hazard), but was declined. I've also contacted the chrysler corporation and was told that since my vehicle was out of warranty that they couldn't do anything about it. I would think that since there have been so many complaints on the door mechanisms being so fragile, that they would recall them and replace them. The rear doors where the first ones to break, then the front passenger and as of 4/02/13 the front driver side broke. I've always had a jeep of some kind and this has never happened to me and if the corporation doesn't step up and correct this matter, I will have no choice but to never purchase a jeep product again.
All 4 interior door opening housing breaking/failing: ***this is a dangerous safety issue ' if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death!***
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the driver and passenger side front door handles were fractured, causing the door handles to separate from the door panel. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 34,558.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while attempting to exit the vehicle, the driver's side interior door handle fractured. Also, she stated that the other three doors panels were cracked right under the handle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 126,000 and the current mileage was 135,000.
I purchased a used 2005 jeep grand cherokee. A few days after I bought it I was cleaning the inside and opened the back passenger door. Upon doing so I noticed the handle is broken. It is still operable but I don't know how long it will last. I looked online and see that apparently everyone that has this model has the same problem, some people with all 4 handles useless and unable to open any door from the inside. I have a 3 yr old son that sits in the seat where the handle is breaking. If there was an accident or emergency I want the door to be able to open. If the handle breaks, because of a manufacturer defect, and he cuts his hand on the jagged plastic I think that could cause a lawsuit. If I have an adult in the back seat and there is an emergency the person may not be able to exit. This is not safe or acceptable.
The left rear door handle has broken off. I open the door to place an item in the back seat and noticed the door handle laying inside the door. The handle itself is in tack but the plastic surrounding where the handle attaches with the door was broken. There was not trauma, heavy or extensive use placed on the door (inside or out). When researching possible solutions to my problem, I became overwhelmed by how many other owners were dealing with the same problem. I called a couple of dealers and was floored by the cost to fix the situation and attempting to used a door from the junk yard is not a solution due to the problem appearing to be universal to this vehicle. My concern is that I now have a vehicle where one door can only be opened from the outside creating a safety issue. On an upside, I am thankful after reading other peoples situations that I only have one door affected, but now I am on edge and cautious that my other doors will soon follow suit.
I now have 2 interior door on my 2005 jeep grand cherokee that have broken door handles. The third one has a small crack that will probably grow and become like the others.
Passenger opened up their door to exit the vehicle, and a hole cracked in the door panel next to the door handle. There was no abuse to the door, just a weak spot and defect in the manufacturing of the door panel. Jeep does not sell just the inside door handle piece, they make you replace the whole door panel which is quite expensive! There are numerous complaints of the same thing happening to other jeep owners with vehicles of the same year. This is a safety issue if you cannot open a door in case of an accident or emergency!
I opened the door to get out and the interior driver's side handle broke off of the door panel. I went to the dealer and the handle is part of the door panel. The handle's hinge is set in plastic which happens to be in the same one piece door panel. The door panel has to be replaced ($795 for the part and $259 for the installation). On line I noticed that there were many complaints with this problem. It is possible to get locked in the car.
All four inner door handles have broken and fallen out. None are operable. We have to let down the glass to exit.
All the door handles on this vehicle are cracked and broken and two of them no longer operate from the inside!
Cracks in interior door plastic leaving door handles difficult to manage. Same problem as so many others have reported. Called jeep directly and no solution offered. Dealership is not willing to fix the broken part under warranty.
2005 jeep cherokee limited. There has been an issue for years regarding the plastic door panels interior of the car. With all 4 doors cracked and 1 ( drivers door) will not open from the inside. This is a life safety to all occupants in this car. With a crash or fire to happen and you cant get out of a door due to poor design of the door by the manufacture. Theses door panels start out with small hair cracks and one time of opening the door you have cracked all the plastic and not able to open up the door. I feel that jeep needs to stand up and correct this issue on a recall. After this happening you can take it in and they will put the new design that doesn't have this poor design for just over 800 dollars a door. So with this manufacture making a change to the panel, says they knew it was a poor design. This is happening to my understanding jeeps of 2005- to around 2010. I have paid close attention to the same year that I own and 90% of the time you see the cracks at the handles inside. Please lets figure something out before people lose there kids life or there own life.
All of the inside door handle pockets have fallen apart, the plastic used was bad and this should be a recall due to the safety issue. I could see if one went bad, but all four, this is a major problem. From what I have seen online, it seems all types of this vehicle and year seem to have the problem.
All 4 interior door latches broken- 3 will not open from inside!!!!!!! Will happily join any class action suit! 3rd jeep owned but now last one!
Broken interior door handles. Passenger back handle is completely gone, door cannot be opened from inside. Driver side front is about to fall out and the other 2 are cracked. This is a serious defect. If the doors cannot be opened from inside, passengers and driver can be trapped in an accident.
All 4 interior door opening handles are breaking/failing. Rear door totally inoperable. This is a dangerous safety issue. In an emergency situation, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing injury or death. Manufacturer safety recall warranted!
Plastic framing around front and rear passenger inside door handles cracked and disintegrated, leaving door handles unusable. Passengers cannot exit the vehicle without door being opened from outside the vehicle.
All four of my door handles in my 2005 jeep grand cherokee developed cracks in them between 2011-2012. The back left passenger has completely broken out and my son is no longer able to exit my jeep from that door. The driver's side door handle is the next to go. This will leave me unable to exit my jeep.this is a vehicle safety issue that I am very concerned about. I spoke to service advisor at airpark chrysler/jeep that said he had never heard/seen that before and there was nothing he could do to help me.I have researched on the internet for recalls and it appears that jeep is not willing to recall this major vehicle safety issue with hundreds of complaints about the same defective plastic door handles.
The area right above all 4 door handles are cracked and ready to come off the door. Which would leave me with no way to exit my car.
Broken interior door handles (driver and front passenger) and cannot open the doors from inside. I found many complaints online with similar problem. I am very concerned an accident can occur and we would be trapped because the doors cannot be opened from the inside.
The plastic wells behind all four interior door handles have broken, leaving a gaping hole ringed by sharp spikes of plastic shards. This occurred prior to my purchasing the vehicle on the date indicated as the date of the incident. This is a widely reported issue. The next stage of the failure is that the interior door handles will eventually break out of the door and come off into the door operator's hand, requiring the door to be opened from the outside. Once this occurs, the failure will become a significant safety risk as passengers will be unable to open the door from the inside, effectively trapping them inside in the event of a severe accident or fire. Jeep has fielded thousands of complaints about this particular failure and numerous videos made by unhappy consumers have been posted to youtube and other similar sites. Jeep currently charges $500-$700 to replace the entire door panels while a niche market has been created by individuals selling injection molded replacement parts that jeep does not sell. This is an unacceptable solution and jeep needs to issue a recall. It becomes a minor safety issue the moment our fingers come into close proximity of the sharp plastic shards surrounding the opening, and it becomes a major safety issue the moment we and our passengers are no longer able to open a door from inside the vehicle. Please make this happen.
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