2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Mar 1, 2026 · OK

All of the inside door handles have broken under normal circumstances. It's almost impossible to open the doors and that to me could become a safety concern for a number of reasons. Especially if involved in an accident. Thank you for your attention to this complaint. God bless.

Filed Jan 30, 2024 · IN

The door handle cups are disintegrating and handles are breaking off. I seen this is a safety issue many owners of jeeps like mine having same issues I haven't owned it a year, it's in pristine condition otherwise with only 91,000 original miles You can't get out from the inside in case of emergency bith front & one rear are currently broken & u can't even locate replacement door panels as discontinued there is a repair that is available but why should I pay for what obviously is manufacturer issue I will file a class action lawsuit along with others if not addressed & Jeep/Chrysler can give me way more than the car is even worth. I don't want my grandchildren & I to die because we can't get out in fire or flood. I bought the car used at 84,000 miles and would never have thought to check door handle cups until a pieces of one fell out Probably why he sold it to me with such low miles

Filed May 11, 2019 · 90,000 miles · TX

All four inside door handles shattered. Makes emergency existing very difficult.

Filed Feb 24, 2019 · 109,000 miles · PA

The dash is flashing telling me my driver door is open when clearly it's closed, which then leads to the interior lights to come on or stay on even after placing the switch in the off position. Also with said problem my doors won't lock. This also happens when said vehicle isn't running .

Filed Jan 19, 2019 · 124,000 miles · MI

Door panel on drivers side broken door handle not working. Making emergency evacuation impossible poses a severe safety hazard

Filed Aug 13, 2018 · 145,000 miles · TX

All 4 interior door handles have cracked and broken the interior component (involving the handle mechanism). The rr handle is unusable and will need to be replaced immediately. The addition interior handles are cracked but remain usable at this time but will soon fail. The design of this model as well as similar jeep models is a common failure. This can be considered a potential safety failure if the handle completely fails and passengers unable to open the door resulting in injury or even death during an accident.

Filed Apr 30, 2018 · Body · 120,000 miles · CA · 1 injury

Inner interior inside door handles cracked making the door inoperable from the interior. My nine year old daughter closed the door with regular force and the inner door handle cracked. Upon trying to open the door, the plastic completely broke making the door inoperable. This trapped her inside and prevented her from exiting. On a separate occasion, another inner door handle broke on the same vehicle and cut my hand on the sharp plastic as I tried to open the door. This would be a serious issue in an emergency. All 4 are now cracked or broken with no evidence of excessive use or improper use. No excessive impact to the inner door handles has ever been noticed. This is a common problem reported by many jeep owners on jeep forum websites.

Filed Sep 19, 2017 · Body · FL

My door handles have all broken within the first 3 years of owning my car and luckily I had a warrenty. Now they are broken again.this is a huge safetly issue for my child in the back seat who cant get out for school and if I were in an accident he would not be able to get out of the car. Not happy that there is no recall to protect jeep customers.

Filed Aug 29, 2017 · 140,000 miles · NC

Interior door handle (rear passenger) broke while child was opening door to exit the vehicle. Front handles are showing cracking as well. Rear seat passenger is unable to open door and must be let out from the external handle. This is a safety issue and could cause passenger to become trapped during an accident.

Filed Aug 23, 2017 · Body · 67,000 miles · VA

All 4 interior door opening handles cracking/breaking/failing: 2 rear door handles totally inoperable. Driver's side handle almost completely fallin into door fram due to cracked casing. This is a jeep- these are the last things that should fail this in what is supposed to be a rugged vehicle ***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!*** manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive: in my case, the cost of eight (8) monthly car payments! Manufacturer safety recall warranted!

Filed Jun 17, 2017 · Body · 116,000 miles · AL

Takata recall...all four inside door handles are broken, and the right rear won't open from the inside. This is a safety issue. My daughter was sick and she was trying to get out of the car but couldn't open the door. We were parked at the time.

Filed Jun 12, 2017 · 100,000 miles · NC

Door handle cups broken causing difficulty opening door because handle becomes so loose it looks like it's going to fall out. See a lot of these complaints and it's definitely a safety issue. All 4 of my handles broken!