My daughter was trying to exit the vehicle and the door handle broke off. I have seen numerous posts on the internet describing the same problem. This is a serious safety hazard in the event of an accident or other emergency requiring quick exit from the car. The door must now be opened from the outside. This could result in a person being trapped in the vehicle unnecessarily. There needs to be a recall to have these defective parts replaced by jeep.
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee body complaints
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I have a 2006 jeep grand cherokee, all four door handles have cracks around the plastic. My back passenger door handle has actually come off. I am concerned for obvious safety issues. Once you are in the car you cannot exit through that door. I only became aware of the situation in december 2013. When the rear door handle fell off. I contact the chrysler corporate immediately, and they told me to go through the dealership. After weeks of going back and forth they finally agreed to pay only one third of the total cost. I believe this is a defect on their part, and should be responsible for 100% of replacement. I also understand from the dealership that this is a very frequent issue with this model.
All of the interior door handles are becoming non-operative. The plastic that they mount to is brittle and cracks very easily rendering the door handle inoperable.
Interior door handles are cracked and starting to break. Contacted jeep and they indicated that it is acknowledged as a weak component and that in some instances has been replaced. However, because of the age of my car, they refused to replace it as a warranty item. I emphasized on the safety aspect of passengers being trapped inside my car but they just indicated that there is nothing that they can do about it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the interior door handles failed and could not be opened from the inside. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 64,194.
Interior door handles are breaking and not sturdy. Some door cannot be opened from the inside as the handles are not reliable and even some cause minor injuries due to sharp edges.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the four interior door handles were cracked and fractured. In addition, the door panels were slightly cracked. In order to exit the vehicle, the contact or passengers had to open the windows and engage the exterior door panels. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.
The rear door handle broke off. The other 3 handles have cracks in the cheap plastic. Passengers cannot get out of the vehicle without someone opening the door from the outside. This is a safety hazard and I fear that in an emergency, this easy fix could cost someone's life. Jeep does not recognize this as a problem and does not offer a recall. After doing some research, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of other jeep owners that have had the same problem.
My passenger was getting out of car, opened the and all the plastic around the doorhandle crack, which now is a safety issue because cant use the handle to open the door, incase of an accident passenger is unable to exit, I am single with no children so the other doors aren't hardly used, there is no reason it should be weak, so I called the chrysler group to inquire about another recall I received, and mentioned this to them, they told my jeep wasn't in the recall, but have the dealer check the door, when I take it in for the other issue, and have them diagnosis it, to see if its a manufacturing defect...which I asked if it is will it be paid for, they couldn't answer, they kept saying, maybe they could cost assist me...I don't understand there are so many complaints with this issue, plus its a safety concern, because most aren't paying to get it fixed, well I have appointment next week ..I let everyone know how it turns out..my jeep only has 75,000miles on it. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Both rear (left and right) door handles have broken clean off. The front two door handles have broken and chipped, but are still intact. No one in my back seat can get out without someone having to get out of the car and let them out from the outside. These have not had excessive pressure or pulling on them, they have just resulted in 3 out of 4 door handles being broken due to normal use and force for exiting the vehicle. There needs to be a recall on this part as I have seen multiple complaints about the same thing happening to others jeep cherokees. My car is a 2006 jeep grand cherokee with a hemi, limited edition.
When attempting to exit the vehicle the door handle cracked the door panel and released the door handle from the door leaving it unusable and the door unable to be exited. Was attempting to flea vehicle and was trapped inside due to weak plastic failing in the door handle. In the event there was a fire or even toxic gas in the car cabin, there would have been a fatality. Extremely unsafe and should be recalled.
The rear door handle on the drivers side broke. It cracked and the problem now is you cannot open the door. This is a definite safety hazard. The replacement part is $530 or you can get a kit for $150. The installation is $102. Why would there be a kit being produced if there wasn't a major problem? I spoke to chrysler customer care and they will not do anything. There are numerous complaints on the internet regarding this issue on the 2005 and 2006 jeep grand cherokees. From what I heard from fields in sanford the dealer the manufacturer sold inferior parts. Right now only one door is broken but I expect it will happen to the other 3. That particular door is rarely used so it was obviously defective. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
All four interior door panels have cracked and broken where it attaches to the door. Consequently, the door handles become inoperable because they are attached to the panel where the cracking occurs. This is a safety issue as both driver and passengers are unable to exit quickly in the event of an emergency and might not even be able to exit at all. Chrysler offers no assistance for this known issue, which appears to occur frequently with this model year.
The rear passenger side interior door panel cracked where it is attached to the door and the handle falls off, leaving the rear passenger side unable to exit the vehicle without assistance. This occurs with normal use, no abnormal use or abuse.
The rear driver side interior door panel cracked where it is attached to the door and the handle falls off, leaving the rear passenger unable to exit the vehicle without assistance. This occurs with normal use, no abnormal use or abuse.
The driver side interior door panel cracked where it is attached to the door and the handle falls off, leaving the driver unable to exit the vehicle without assistance. This occurs with normal use, no abnormal use or abuse.
The interior door panel cracked where it is attached to the door and the handle falls off, leaving the passenger unable to exit the vehicle without assistance. This occurs with normal use, no abnormal use or abuse.
All four inside door handles are cracked/broken, the front driver side handle is dangling making it hard to open and the passenger front handle seems to be going in the same direction. The two rear handle casings are cracked and hopefully will last being the rear seats are hardly used. This could become a very dangerous even life threatening situation if it becomes totally broken off and unable to open it in an emergency. Supposedly chrysler/jeep claims that until my call a few months ago "they knew nothing of this matter, no one has reported this problem". I know it's not just me and at $500 a door panel it is impossible for me to have it repaired. There has to be a recall to this door casing cracking/breaking problem. Please, please help!
July 26th 2010 is when I first purchased my 2006 jeep grand cherokee and my back two doors were inoperable. No one could get out of the doors from the inside out. I drove around for a whole year before I got it replaced. The operation homefront replaced my rear doors for me with nothing coming out of my pockets. If it wasn't for ohf I would've came out of my pocket $1200 to fix just the rear doors. I needed them fixed because I have a child and that is a safety hazard if my child cannot get out of the vehicle. Jeep said there was not a recall on the door panels for this vehicle. Right now my driver side door panel is failing and I do not have the money to fix the door because it is so expensive to fix. Jeep needs to do a recall or someone is going to get hurt. My handle is separating form the door and soon I will not be able to get out of my driver side door.
Interior rear passenger door handle is broken. Cannot exit the vehicle from that door.
Just concerned about the interior door handles breaking. The front 2 are both cracked and pieces falling out leading to the door handles failing if emergency exit required.
2006 jeep grand cherokee ltded hemi 5.7l loaded safety problem - each door handle (4). 1. Driver door has a hairline crack in the door handle area. 2. Rear driver door large hole and weak handle. 3. Passenger door has large hole and crack. 4. Rear passenger handle is a total safety hazard. The handle is broken off from panel with a huge hole (inoperable from the inside). Can only open from the outside.
At the time of this complaint three of four of the door handles on my 2006 jeep grand cherokee laredo have broken off and are unusable. The plastic handles and the supporting door frames are all cracking in the same location and the handles then fall off. The dealer just told me that the warranty may not covered because the ?problem start after 50,000 miles?, this is ridiculous, and the manufacturer has been unwilling to even discuss the issue, they didn't answer phone calls, even voicemails, nothing at all! For me it?s more than obvious, this is a safety hazard as it takes more time to egress the vehicle in an accident. Just think about this hypothetical situation; you're with the family, (wife, daughters, grandfather and grandmother), all windows up, then appears somebody and hits you, inside three of four handles didn't operates.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warnings. Also, the contact mentioned that the driver's side door handle became fractured and all of the remaining door handles were cracked. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the door panel needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 69,000.
I just recently purchased a 2006 jeep grand cherokee for over $14,000. Within the first month before I have even made my first payment 3 of the 4 interior door handles have broken. I went back to the dealer and was told this is an issue that has to be taken up with the manufacturer. After coming home and doing research on the internet I have seen endless complaints of this happening, but yet nothing has been done to correct this safety hazard by chrysler. Imagine for a moment your in an accident and are unable to open your car door to free yourself, or even worse your child. I cannot imagine this is an issue that chrysler would not take care of. For all three handles to break at once is unbeivable and for chrysler to feel they do not owe the consumer a recall to rectify this situation is mind boggling. I personally have called and voiced my opinion and was told to fix it myself. Believe me I will be going to my lawyer in the morning to see what needs to be done to file a class action suit against chrysler and to also have documentation that I have voiced my concern about this safety hazard to no avail.
All door handles inside vehicle are broke. You cannot open the vehicle unless you roll window down and open door from the outside. This is a safety issue. If there is no power to vehicle to roll window down, you will be stuck in the vehicle. In an emergency situation, you will not be able to exit vehicle. Several complaints from 2003-2008 filed about same issue from multiple models. A recall needs to be issued.
Door handles on both front driver and passenger sides have cracked and if these break, have no way to exit the vehicle. This seems to be a safety issue and jeep will not honor it.
All the inside door handles are starting to break off at the panel and would not be able to open the doors from the inside in the case od an accident.
Tl-the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the front driver's side plastic door panel exhibited a hole around the door handle with several cracks in the surrounding area. There were also cracks visible on the remaining three door panels. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who informed the contact that the door panel would need to be replaced. The manufacturer offered to contribute toward the repair expense in the replacement of the four door panels. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000. Kmj
Interior door handles are cracking and crumbling on the car. The only repair the dealer has is to replace the door panels for $800 each. I contacted chrysler group llc customer assistance ([xxx]), they refuse to do anything about it.they will not acknowledge there is a problem with the door handles. They will only say that my car is to old, has no warranty so therefore they cannot assist me with this repair. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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