2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed May 6, 2022 · Electrical, Fuel system · FL

The vehicle's gauges will turn off while driving randomly. The speedometer, odometer, tachometer, fuel gauge will all zero out for unspecified amounts of time. Sometimes 10 seconds, other times until the vehicle is started back up. This occurs when the vehicle is in motion. So, is very dangerous. Sometimes it causes the car to completely shut off and come back on. While shut off, the car sounds like it is struggling to continue its forward progress. This happens occasionally. Once the car corrects itself, the check engine light appears. After starting the car 2-3 times, the misfire corrects itself. I did a previous report related to the air bag light is on, but not sure if it is related with the same electrical problem.

Filed Jan 21, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 138,000 miles · FL

The vehicle's gauges will turn off while driving randomly. The speedometer, odometer, tachometer, fuel gauge will all zero out for unspecified amounts of time. Sometimes 10 seconds, other times until the vehicle is started back up. This occurs when the vehicle is in motion. Sometimes it causes the car to completely shut off and come back on. While shut off, the car sounds like it is struggling to continue its forward progress. This happens every couple thousand miles (2-3 months apart). Once the car corrects itself, the check engine light appears. After starting the car 2-3 times, the misfire corrects itself and the check engine light turns off.

Filed Jul 28, 2018 · Electrical · 156,000 miles · NY

Takata recall, the vehicle lights on dashboard, headlights and the air conditioner stop working and gauges also cannot see anything or read speed limit, gas gauge goes all the way down while driving on highway! The light also flicker on and off and all light symbols appear on, and then only lights on esp bas light! I am afraid because of all potential dangers of have. No lights on can have, I drive the car with my 3 children and would hate for anything to happen while driving because of this issue. The flickering also happens while driving on the street, am afraid of getting pulled over because my lights are flashing on and off behind them.

Filed Aug 5, 2015 · Electrical · 106,400 miles · PA

While pulling out of my driveway all my dash lights came on then everything went black. My speedometer and tachometer both dropped to 0 and my gas gauge dropped to empty. The vehicle continued to run and I did not lose any power but the all the dash lights continue to go off and on and the gauges will drop to 0 or empty while the car is in motion.

Filed Feb 3, 2015 · Electrical · 49,176 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the odometer and fuel gauges failed and all the warning lights flashed intermittently. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 49,176. Updated 5/5/15*cn updated 05/12/15

Filed Nov 20, 2014 · Electrical · 98,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the instrument panel intermittently failed. The vehicle stalled due to the fuel level being low. The contact stated that upon using the reset control button the functions failed to reset correctly and provided an incorrect reading. Also, the vehicle stalled several times and the contact was able to restart the vehicle. The contact indicated that the failure was progressing while waiting for the part from the authorized dealer to remedy the recall repair for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The contact was not able to determine when the recall repair would be performed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

Filed Dec 6, 2013 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 37,000 miles · TX

Driving on the highway and the entire dash board lit up, blank a few times, and then went dark. Nothing on the dash board was working (no MPH, gas gauge, etc.). After a few minutes of blinking and going dark, everything begins to work again, but the check engine light comes on. This exact scenario has happened multiple times. Usually the light will stay on from anywhere between 1-5 days and then go away. I have been dealing with this issue for over a year. In once instance, I was driving around the city going 10-15 MPH and this scenario happened and the brakes were not working properly and the car was very hard to turn. Everytime I have brought the car to the dealer they try to pull a code and nothing is available for them. At this point I am fed up so I am officially reporting the issue. It is completely unsafe to be driving when this happens, especially when you are on the highway. Let's hope something is officially done before anyone gets hurt.

Filed Nov 20, 2013 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 140,000 miles · CT

Driving on the highway and the entire dash board lit up, blank a few times, and then went dark. Nothing on the dash board was working (no MPH, gas gauge, etc.). After a few minutes of blinking and going dark, everything begins to work again, but the check engine light comes on. This exact scenario has happened multiple times. Usually the light will stay on from anywhere between 1-5 days and then go away. I have been dealing with this issue for over a year. In once instance, I was driving around the city going 10-15 MPH and this scenario happened and the brakes were not working properly and the car was very hard to turn. Everytime I have brought the car to the dealer they try to pull a code and nothing is available for them. At this point I am fed up so I am officially reporting the issue. It is completely unsafe to be driving when this happens, especially when you are on the highway. Let's hope something is officially done before anyone gets hurt.