Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled and the check engine light and the ABS light illuminated. Also, the contact stated that the brakes engaged independently. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000. Updated 5/11/15
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The federal safety agency veh rec # 14v-4387 -still unresolved due to part availability - there have been more than two-dozen instances where jeep vehicle has shut itself down rendering all driver safety / control features (brakes, steering, air-bags) completely off! This vehicle failure happens at different speeds, direction (fwd-rev) while turning, going straight, uphill & down etc - this jeep vehicle will shut off without warning since the key is in the on position, accessories (radio, wipers, fans etc) will remain on making it very difficult to detect that the engine has stopped and there is a zero engine power. It's not until you realize you've lost propulsion (passing or going uphill), slowing down, or loss of power assist steering and breaking, that you begin to react and try to restart the jeep. The first reaction is often panic driven breaking and getting out of harms way. Today (3/19/2015) was my worst experience yet! Driving ~35 MPH on 2 lane road w/ mod-heavy morning traffic around me (7:15am) and this jeep shuts itself off. The car directly behind me swerved to avoid me as I had no power, and could not safely get out of the flow of traffic! I find it totally reprehensible that as of yet, there are no parts available to fix thus known defect! This is a 2005 vehicle - w/ a recall date of sept 3 2014, more than six months ago, and as of today, because it's my primary vehicle, I risk my, & family lives, all the while jeep and the us gov't have known about its defect. I expect jeep and the us gov't will defend and hold me (and any other drivers of this vehicle) harmless against any undesired events caused by this defect. Please respond if possible.
Driving at 45 miles getting ready to enter highway and vehicle stalls luckily I was not on highway and still had shoulder to place car in park and restart. #2 on three occasion came out of work twice and out restaurant once and car did not start had to have towed. #3 driving 3/14/15 car stalls while driving at 35mph decline to 30mph almost rear ended by inches. This is a great concern and becoming worst I have notified the dealer in my area and have been given the run around of we will call when parts are available. This is a primary means of transportation for many workers will a death be a wake up call for the vehicle's to become a priority.
During stop-and-go driving, slowing to a stop, stopped at red light or stop sign, my 2005 jeep grand cherokee w/4.7l v8 stalls out, engine dies. I put my hazard flashers on and place the gear shift to park. Restart the car and it starts up right away. Check engine light is not on. Mechanics cannot find problem. No reading on the code reader (dtc). This happens every day, several times a day for the past month. This is a serious problem that I understand many jeep owners are experiencing like me. Please help us resolve this problem. Thank you.
This is reguarding the safety recall p41/agency14v-438. Parts are still not available to fix this. I have spent numerous hours, once 3 hours waiting to speak with a rep. No addituonal information has been sent out by jeep. This is appauling! Since the letter I have made several attempts to fix the recall and dealers cant even get the part. Please help.
Recall sent in october 2014 and as of today february 12,2015 the replacement part has still not been sent out to the dealer and there is no future date even discussed. If this is a danger and my research shows that in fact if the car ignition goes off, it can be very dangerous, then this delay is not acceptable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle lost engine power. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure occurred continuously. The contact received a notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part for repair was not available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 15 MPH, the ignition key was faulty and easily released from the ignition switch. Also, the contact mentioned that the vehicle completely shut off without warning. The vehicle was not was not repaired or diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
Car wont start on first attempt. Key gets stuck between on and start vehicle loses power.
I was north bound on 95 and the key to the vehicle was tapped and the vehicle was turned off. I was traveling at 70 MPH and lost all control of the vehicle. I was able to pull to the side of the highway and start the vehicle. This has happened twice, and I fear for my life when I am behind the wheel. I have received a recall notice and was told the part was not available. I was told I would be contacted when the part was available. This recall notice was issued several months ago.
Recall p 51 - faulty ignition switch... Reported to owners, september 2014... Jeep has not provided a fix and do not have any idea when it will be available... I called jeep the customer service number on the recall notice and the voice system puts you on hold forever (I finally hung up after 1 hour)... It's obvious that jeep doesn't want to fix this problem... You need to make them do it... Thanks... [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Engine quit while own shifting on automatic transmission. Went out of gear and had to pull a side without engine power.
Engine shuts off.
While driving my vehicle it just shut down without any warning and I had to guide it to the side of the road to restart it.thankfully I was driving in a neighborhood where I could do this, it did this a couple of times in one outing, now its every so often. So far it has not done it while I'm out on an interstate but I try to stay close to home til it can be fixed. Plus when I have on my lights my dashboard lights blink on and off . Then here recently the air bag light started flashing and a few days ago it stayed on and hasn't shut off. I've talked to the jeep dealership about this and they said that they don't have the parts to fix the recall item p41/ the federal safety agency 14v‑438 and I'm liable for the airbag issue. From what I have read online all of these issues are connected. I received a letter on the recall a few months back but have not heard anything back on when I can get it fixed at the dealership. Please advise on what steps I should take to get the parts for this recall so I can enjoy driving my vehicle again. Thanks again
While rounding a corner husbands knee bumped into ignition switch, car shut down. Received recall notice in sept. 2014 and have contacted local jeep dealer several times, still no parts to fix this problem. We are following suggested handling of key fob, only the key in ignition. The danger became very present to us last night as we had just gotten off the highway where we were driving at speeds of 65 MPH. This would have had a vastly different outcome going that fast. How long is it going to take before this fix takes place? We don't want to die!! Had I been driving instead of my husband I would have surely panicked and wouldn't be sitting here writing you now. Chrysler needs to get moving on this before we encounter a dreaded accident.
Driving on interstate at 70mph, vehicle ignition switch switched off causing complete loss of engine power and control of steering.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. While driving 8 MPH, the engine completely shut off without warning. The vehicle restarted, but the failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
There has been many occasions upwards of 13 or 14 times where my vehicle will not start. My battery has a full charge, I have fuel in the tank it just wont start. The only way around this to get my vehicle to start is to do a hard reset and unhook the battery cable for 30 seconds and hook it back up then and only then will it start. Then it will start the next 15 or so times and then I have the same problem it wont start. Same deal, battery is great, fuel in the tank, just wont start.
Vehicle is an automatic, suddenly attempted to manually shift into a lower gear. The vehicle suddenly slowed down to 5 miles an hour and the rpms started to red line. Check engine light came on and stayed on all day. This has happened numerous times in the last few months without warning.
I "recall" driving one evening on a major highway in my recently purchased 05 grand cherokee when suddenly I lost all power. I was traveling in a congested area at 65 MPH with lots of semi's surrounding me. Thank the god's I happen to be on the perfect incline leading to an off ramp at the time of this engine power failure. I'd hate to imagine the out come had I been one lane over a few seconds prior! My son who was only 5 at the time was a bit freaked out from the whole ordeal. But my biggest complaint is the fact that I'm a jeep girl and a faithful one but after my constant battle with this less then desirable hunk of junk I'm thinking of cheating with a ford! After my daily failures with this thing I did some research and found that this vehicle far surpasses the two recalls in my short 3 years of ownership. I'm most upset with my dealership due to the fact they forgot to mention a few hundred drivers of this prior rental truck with an accident that was more than a skip over the curb. They offered but never made good on providing me with owners manual...guess they were worried I would notice the past safety recalls that were never done. So I have had and continue to have every system malfunction on this heap known to mechanics. I'm sick and tired of paying for things that "jeeps are known for" when in truth its all been a result to the viscous cycle of recalls that were either never done or never the proper fix to begin with. So I beg the heads, money and engineers of chrysler group llc to get your [xxx] together and do the right thing by removing the 2005 jeep grand cherokee 5.7 liter with a hemi death trap off the roads! Its quite obvious from the first recall only three months after its manufacturer date this truck was meant to fail...!!! So please stop the duct it fix it or[xxx] it! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, an unknown noise was coming from under the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the exhaust manifold gasket, the exhaust manifold bolts and the nuts and catalytic converter bolt needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,000.
We received a recall notice and yet there is no fix for this recall yet. My husband's car has shut off on him about 5+ times. Each time he could have been involved in an accident but thankful he was safe. We don't have money to purchase another car at this time and yet I fear for my husband's safety. When will chrysler group llc rectify this situation????
I was driving down an interstate when my car totally shut down. Had I not been in the right lane so that I could coast off the highway, the incident surely would have ended tragically. This has happened once before, but not in such a dangerous setting. I have a recall notice for this very problem,( p41) but the notice says that chrysler does not have the part needed to correct the problem. The recall notice states that if I do not feel safe, I should take the car to my dealer, have him repair it at my expense, and you will reimburse me. How can the dealer repair the car if the chrysler corporation says the part is not available? If the dealer is able to repair it, why should I have to pay since there is a recall? This is not logical to me. In the meantime, we feel very uneasy driving the car. We narrowly escaped one potentially fatal accident. The dealer refuses to give us a loaner car to use until the replacement part is available. We are quite frustrated. Can you give us any indication when the needed part will be available? Can you authorize the dealer to repair the problem at your expense? We have always been pleased with our jeep purchases, but this nonchalant attitude toward a very dangerous problem has really disappointed us. We look forward to hearing from you and hope for an amicable resolution to the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that when driving at low speeds or when idle, the vehicle would stall without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but the failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, all the warning lights in the instrument panel illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was not taken to dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled. The contact received a notification for recall the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (engine). The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 12/17/14*cn the dealer replaced the cam and crankshaft sensors. Updated 01/07/15.
While driving approximately 40mph my check engine light started dinging and blinking. Within a few seconds of this the engine powered down ( RPM read 0). All the electrical components stayed on (radio, lights, ect) then within 10 seconds the engine started back up. When the vehicle restarted itself the esp showed being disabled and the RPM's where higher than normal. Any acceleration/deceleration the check engine light would ding and blink. This has happened multiple times since it first occurred. I have taken it to two mechanics to be serviced. The vehicle displayed random codes at both shops.
This vehicle has quit running several times since we have owned it while drivingthe engine will just quit. We can move the shift lever in neutral and it will start back up, but this is still dangerous, especially when my wife is driving. It has happened to her 3 times now and happened to me 2 times in about last 5 years.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the engine stalled without warning. Also, when the brakes were applied, there was a delay before the vehicle could stop. The failures have occurred for the past three years. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system:ignition:switch); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
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