2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee: loss of power steering

Filed Oct 9, 2020 · Brakes, Steering · 144,487 miles · WA

I recently bought my 2006 grand cherokee limited and a few times in the past week I have been driving through a parking lot or pulling into a driveway and the jeep completely dies. I have had my jeep inspected I recently bought my 2006 grand cherokee limited and a few times in the past week I have been driving through a parking lot or pulling into a driveway and the jeep completely dies, no steering or brakes. When you put it into neutral it will restart as if nothing ever happened. I have had my jeep inspected and there are no codes or anything to find specifically. The other issue I am having is that when I am driving at highway speeds the dash lights, air, and radio go out and flicker. You can't see your speed and the gauges go bizerk. I did some research and found many testimonials which I have attached to this complaint of people having the same issue. One women was even going through an intersection making a left hand turn and hers died and she lost steering and ended up going into oncoming traffic. This is not ok people! We need to hold chrysler/dodge accountable for the building of the car. Insurance companies need to know about this. And most.... A class action lawsuit needs to be filed if there already hasn't been. You don't just make vehicles and when it has problems to this extent continue allowing people with families to drive your vehicles with no pinpoint issue available to fix. Families are spending thousands of dollars replacing what "could" be wrong and still not fixing the issue or getting any help from the people who built the issue. Everywhere I look and everyone I contact say these issues could be a number of things but yet chrysler has failed to have a system that spits out codes directly pointing out the issue in turn creating a greater safety issue on the roads. Who knows, maybe the next jeep that dies will take out someone you love.

Filed Dec 16, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 82,000 miles · WI

I have been dealing with this jeep grand cherokee issue for years now. At one point there was a recall on the ignition switch and it was replaced at the local chrysler dealer. The issue I have is identical to the one in the link attached. Up until a few weeks ago, I lived with it. Now the issue has turned dangerous because it also affects the ability to brake and turn. When the brakes seemed compromised, I took the jeep in for repair but they were not able to duplicate the issue. I picked it up last week from the repair shop and today it was the power steering that went out along with the usual dash panel function going out. I realize that this is an older jeep but it seems chrysler should still be responsible for the vehicle safety. Https://www.mcall.com/news/watchdog/mc-jeep-cherokee-dashboard-shutoff-ignition-recall-watchdog-20141213-column.html this article describes the exact issues I have seen repeatedly. Now that the loss of power steering and braking assist have both happened over the last several weeks while driving (supposedly fixed by the ignition switch recall), this jeep is too dangerous to be on the road.

Filed Sep 5, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 190,000 miles · OH

I was driving my 2006 grand cherokee the other night in the rain and I started going down a hill and I hit a little bump and my brakes like locked up in the front and I went to turn into a drive way after it did that and I had no power steering and my battery light came on and this has happened to me now twice in the last few weeks!

Filed May 10, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 134,001 miles · CA

The check engine light would come on and the car would jerk at high speeds on the freeway, it even powered down completely on the freeway after reaching a high of 65pmh. The car would make strange grinding noises and lose power steering also. The vehicle was brought to the jeep dealership and diagnosed finally after 2 visits as a faulty shifter module/control module or the cars "computer".

Filed Dec 2, 2015 · Airbags, Brakes · 83,000 miles · CA

Recall p41- having symptoms as described in recall , loss of power steering , braking and engine power on 3 occasions, while traveling a slow speed approx 20mph and turning on city street.. Local dealership has a waiting list of 4 months to fix problem

Filed Nov 9, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 89,500 miles · IN · crash

Driving car just shuts off and loss of steering and breaks was in a rear end account because of this chrysler still not fixing I don't know what's going on with it unsafe to drive.

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Electrical · NE

I have been receiving recall notices from chrysler since september 2014. I did everything the recall notice prompted me to do until the parts came in. I called the dealership 3 times over the last year to see if the parts came in. I really did not have any issues until august 3,2015. I was driving down the street and my car just turned off. I had no power steering but I was able to pull over with no problem and there was no traffic around me. I new it was the ignition switch issue so I called the dealer and they told me the parts for that recall are not available so there is nothing that can be done. This is my only form of transportation and I am a nursing student and can not afford to buy a new car. I have continued to drive it and on 3 separate occasions it has turned off while I was driving. Luckily I have either been in slower traffic or sitting at a stop light. This week on 3 occasions I went to start my car and it would not start. I called aaa but by the time they arrived it started again. The jeep dealership told me I should not drive the car, I asked them if they could get a car for me to drive until the parts come in since this is a safety issue due to their recall and they said they could not do that. This is the only transportation I have. I go to school full time, am doing my clinicals and perceptorship at the hospital and work part time to pay my rent. I do not know what I am supposed to do if they do not have the parts to repair my car and this could be a life threatening problem. Yesterday (9/23/2015) I stopped by baxter jeep in omaha, ne to see if they could get me in to check my car because it didn't start the first time I tried to start it that morning. They told me they couldn't get it in until october 7. I went to another auto repair servicer and they confirmed it was the ignition switch pertaining to the recall.

Filed Nov 25, 2014 · Electrical · 103,000 miles · NC

My daughter was pulling out from where she works and hit a small bump.her jeep lost power due to the faulty ignition switch.she lost power steering and power brakes.she almost got hit by two cars.another time her husband accidentally hit the ignition switch with his knee and the jeep did the same thing.

Filed Oct 15, 2014 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · PA

The ignition switch on my car has been recalled by jeep. Currently they are telling me that the car is "operable" so I can drive it until the part comes in, but they have no idea when the part will be available. This recall causes the loss of power steering and can cause the car to stall at any time.. Yet they consider this operable. Today my car stalled due to this recall and I came very close to rolling into another car. They are telling me that they will not offer a rental because the car still turns on. I feel this is inexcusable and unsafe because I am out driving around in a car that can stall on any point in time. (I do a lot of highway driving, and this is very dangerous to my life.) I feel they should be responsible for providing a rental in this situation.

Filed Jul 5, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 55,000 miles · IN

I have a jeep grand cherokee (2006). Over the past 5 years, it has intermittently had problems. Sometimes while driving and after startup. These problems have always been loss of gauges, flashing lights in dash, what appears to be the traction control or brakes kicking in and the loss of power steering? When this first started happening I thought maybe the computer had been vibrated or jostled and had a glitch. Over time it would go away and 6 months or so later happen again! I have done everything in my power to stop this from happening, ie changing parts and trouble shooting the problems to no avail. I thought I had this narrowed down to a rusted connection from a ground wire connected to the block.....wrong again! This morning I had my 4 year old son in the jeep and was taking a left at a busy intersection. I clearly had enough time to make the turn, but as I was turning it sounded like my anti lock brakes were kicking in mid turn with a car coming right at us! I made the turn pulled over on the side of the road. All my gauges were dead, check engine light on and only the gear selector was visible. I have read on many jeep related forums, that this is not only happening to my jeep but many others! While reading I have noticed one thing. In many cases these problems were solved by replacing the ignition switch! After reading this I further researched the problem against recalls. I found that, according to the wall street journal, ny times, USA today and forbes, chrysler is allegedly recalling these vehicles with faulty ignition switches. So I called my local dealer. They looked my jeep up in their database and told me they're were no recalls on my vehicle and that they haven't recalled any vehicles for faulty ignition switches. I would appreciate it if the federal safety agency could help with some of these problems and answer some of these question I and many others have.

Filed Oct 17, 2013 · Brakes, Electrical · 118,000 miles · NC

My pregnant wife has had this issue before with the car and we took it to the dealership without anyone being able to fix it. While driving between 15-60 MPH the car completely shuts down. No power steering, brakes, or electrical. You have to throw it in neutral and start it back up. This has to be an electrical issue as other quirky things have been happening as well such as the headlights will flicker on and off and the volume and stations selectors on the steerwheel often do not work properly. This is an issue that jeep needs to identify and fix. Very scary to be going 50-60 MPH and lose control of your car going down the highway. Over the past two days this has happened three times. I have done research online as well and there are plenty of other jeep owners that have this same issue. Jeep needs to have a recall for this issue. I am shocked that this has not happened yet.

Filed Apr 19, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 74,200 miles · MD

For a few months now & without warning: the dashboard lights, tachometers, heater, and headlights flicker on/off, then go completely off. Then if applying the brakes, there is a ferocious grinding noise and loss of steering. Engine seems to slow down or not want to shift to next gear while driving. All this happens when there is flickering. Seems to happen at random but getting worse. Check engine light stays on for a day then disappears. I have video recording of these incidents. Vehicle has been checked but "nothing reports" so I am told it cannot be repaired.