I have a 2007 grand cherokee. While taking my kids to school, I was slowing down when the jeep just died. I coasted to the side of the road and was able to start the car again. Anytime since then, mainly when slowing down to stop, it would do the same thing. Tried replacing ECM, sensors, etc. Nothing has worked yet. Jeep dealer told us it could be the wiring harness...which we cant find anywhere.
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine complaints
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I have 2 issues. 1st is jeep intermittently doesn't start. Which sometimes causes it to shut off while driving luckily I have been on side streets. It cranks but doesn't fire. Was told it could be a bad fuel pump relay. Next issue is it intermittently puts in self in all gears sometimes when I start it and sometimes when driving. I have to turn jeep off and restart it. Worst has been when I'm on highway and it does this I go from 75mph to 20mph at a dangerous rate. I then have to pull over and turn off and restart again. It has been doing this on and off for about a year now. And progressively getting more often.
Engine stalls no matter what speed I'm going. Happens more often when coming to a stop. It's as if I just turn the key off. When it stalls, I stop and put it in park, turn the key off and start it right back up and take off. It's becoming a dangerous safety concern.
On september 9 I was driving back from my grand daughter school and as I was pulling on my street, the jeep shut off without warning. I had no check engine light on or any type of warnings. I had to coast into my driveway. It doesn't start at all. It had an oil change and fluids in jeep. It did it without warning
Engine dies while driving. This happens randomly whether I'm traveling 10 MPH or 70 MPH. Very dangerous! No warning signs or lights before shut down occurs.
Car will stay at 40 MPH as if locked into that speed. I press down on the gas pedal but the car will not go any faster. I have to pull over and turn the car off, when restarted it works fine for a while. Then randomly it will happen again. This has occurred roughly once a month for the past year. On line there are thousands of jeep owners reporting the same issue. I called jeep but they said car was out of warranty so tough luck. I have owned 23 cars and have never had a car do this to me. Other people have driven this car with the same issues. This has happened both on the highway and on rural streets.
The engine died going 70mph on the hwy with out any notice. I was barely able to get to the side of road as steering locked up, once on side of road, I put it into 'park' and 'restarted the engine'. It worked just fine from then on, till about 3 months later, it happened again. This time I was approaching a stop light and turning right, I barely was able to get thru the light and to the side of the road, as the steering had again locked up. This is very scary! Everything in the car turns 'off', I dont even think the flashers worked during these times. Once at a complete stop, and after putting into 'park', everything starts back up normally, and drives fine. There is not any other signs of anything wrong, no dash light warnings or anything.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to galeana chrysler dodge jeep ram (14375 s tamiami trl, fort myers, fl 33912, (855) 732-1313) to be diagnosed, but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was 220,000.
Shortly after my husband got home we heard someone honking their horn outside of our apartment, so we looked and our vehicle was on fire. It was parked and not running when it happened.
My 2007 jeep g.cherokee can be on the highway traveling 55 MPH and then decided to die. It will shut off and cannot increase speed. I have a one year old in the back seat and this has happened to many times while having my son the back seat and trying to get over to the break down lane before it completely dies. Also doesn't start some days some will. Defiantly have electrical proven like in the recall. Their is a fuel relay recall there is a many recalls for the same things happening to my jeep and it's becoming a hazard and scary for me traveling with my son.
Engine shuts off randomly while driving. Has been happening since 2005
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle shook and the engine sputtered. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and, shortly after, it caught on fire. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. Police and fire reports were not filed. The contact stated that the vehicle was drivable. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The contact researched the failure online, but found no information or recalls. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000.
After driving approximately 30 miles on the interstate I stopped and went into a store. When I came back out in 5-10 minutes and attempted to started it, the engine felt as though it were "jumping". Had it towed to the dealer. They said it had dropped a valve seat. Chrysler determined that it happened because it had been overheated. However there were absolutely no overheat codes in the computer. The gauges have never read hot. It was not low on coolant. They stated that there were no leaks. It was never hot.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000. The VIN was not available.
This vehicle has a 5.7 liter hemi v-8. It currently has an exhaust manifold leak because jeep uses cheap screws to mount the manifold to the engine block. As such, the screws snap causing a leak. This is a well know problem for this engine but chrysler refuses to acknowledge it and the repairs will be a minimum of $500. Never buy a jeep!
When driving the vehicles engine will shut off without warning or reason. It happens very randomly.
The vehicle has a safety issued at this point it is unsafe to drive. The clockspring is bad due to manufacturers errors. When the vehicle is driven, the vehicle is losing power due to engine mechanical problems. The clockspring has a code stated as c2205 on the computer module. The steering wheel shakes going over 60mph at this point I do not know why.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) months ago. The dealer (brown's jeep chrysler dodge ram, 483 ny-112, east patchogue, ny 11772, (631) 289-8500) was unable to determine when the remedy and part would become available. The dealer stated that they placed the contact on a waiting list for the part, but did not specify what number the contact was placed on the list. While waiting for the part, a failure progressed that caused the key not to turn over to start the vehicle. Also, the service engine warning indicator illuminated. The manufacturer had seven tsbs on the engine. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.
Catastrophic engine failure at about 124,000 miles. Luckily in the driveway where I had parked the car after running normal errands. The car would not start up again and had to be towed since the battery was new and the starter seemed frozen. I took excellent care of this car at the dealership and at a top local garage since we bought it. I was stunned that the engine failed without any notice, no warning lights, no noise, nothing. The local mechanic saw "chunks of metal" in the pan. I now need a completely new engine 5 weeks after an oil change due to a design flaw in my jeep hemi engine. I never received any letter or notification about this apparently well known and relatively common problem. I had every recall performed on this car. There was never a recall for this problem which apparently includes the intake manifold. The response from the dealership was that the hemi is a good engine. Really??? No apologies, no call from the manufacturer. Out of warranty, so it is just too bad for me as a customer. They know the design flaw exists but don't care about the customer. Just their bottom line.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning on numerous occasions. The contact stated that the vehicle was placed in the neutral position in most cases to keep the vehicle from losing power completely. On other occasions, the contact pulled to the right side of the road and the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was taken to sherman dodge chrysler jeep ram in skokie, illinois where the following series of repairs were performed on the vehicle: the oxygen sensor was replaced along with the spark plugs, the fan clutch, coil #6, a drive control module, throttle control module, fuel injection service, decarbonization service to combustion chamber, and upper intake to the vehicle but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.
This is the third time I receive a letter on the mail from jeep named as "important safety recall information" stating that my car has been recalled due to a defect relating to motor vehicle safety, more specifically: unintended change in ignition switch position that implies a safety risk. I went on the safecar.gov site to confirm the status of my recall and it says that there is a recall in effect on my car model but unfortunately jeep doesn't have the part replacement yet. I want this problem fixed asap.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at 25 MPH, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal but the vehicle would not accelerate and the engine stalled without any warning. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road after few minutes when restarted, the vehicle then operated as normal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 91,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle would independently start, an abnormal anti-freeze odor was present inside the vehicle, and the shifter was difficult to operate. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 141,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, an unknown warning light illuminated and suddenly the vehicle accelerated independently. The vehicle was shifted to the neutral position but the vehicle continued to rev and the accelerator pedal was stuck. The vehicle was turned off and in while in park, the accelerator pedal remained stuck. The vehicle was able to restart and operate correctly. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the vehicle inadvertently lost all power. All the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. When the vehicle was restarted, it operated normally. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the main computer and throttle body needed replacement. The vehicle was repaired, but the issue persisted. The vehicle was repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 191,000.
Dropped a valve seat and destroyed the engine. Head and piston damage. Normal every day driving. This is the second jeep engine in this car that blew up at 70k miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v4380000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all of the warning indicators flashed on the instrument panel. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the median. The vehicle was able to restart after various attempts. The failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Soon after the p41 ignition switch recall, while driving 1 mile, the instrument cluster gauges stopped working-speedo, gas, etc , all warning lights illuminated . Information messages in the ic noted "service required : and transmission -over the temperature allowed u1403,u1411,u110e, u110f and others all implausible signals to ic. While driving transmission an road speed decreased immediately while at speed and engine and transmission to not operate in a predictably safe operation. These are the symptoms that the recall was to repair. What is the next step?
I own a 07 grand cherokee with a 5.7l v8 hemi. I loved that truck and took great care of it. Nearly 10 months ago I had a valve seat drop without warning at 92k miles and now I need a new engine. There were no warning signs leading up to the failure and I kept very good care of the vehicle. After driving for 15 minutes I stopped at a store to get materials, when I returned and tried to start the vehicle, the engine wouldn't turn over. It hasn't started since that day. It was towed to a chrysler dealership and $150 later they let me know what they "thought" the issue was, but I was still informed the only way to confirm I needed a new engine was to charge me $1,500 to take the engine apart and "diagnose" the issue, not fix it. They knew what the issue was and still tried to charge me for it. On top of that every chrysler representative and maintenance person I've talked to about this issue (4) have been completely unhelpful, to the point of being rude. After having the vehicle towed to an independent service center, I was quoted nearly $8,000 for a new engine and they can't even guarantee the issue won't occur again since they have the same parts. I simply can't afford that amount of work, so now I'm just making payments on a dead truck that's of no use to me. Fca is a joke of a company, and they need to make this right.
The trans struggles to shift through every gear and wont shift past 3rd gear, sometimes even stalling me in traffic. Feels like it doesn't catch the next gear when accelerating. There have been times when I've been stopped at a light at an intersection and when I go to accelerate, the engine will just rev as if it's in neutral, but it's not. Therefore, the acceleration is very weak. When switching from park to drive, it either doesn't fully click into drive or it selects all gears (prnd) in which I then have to park the car and shut it off, then retry a minute later. I don't drive the vehicle as a manual so there should be no reason for it to stall, but I'm pretty sure the issue stems from the main computer in the shifter module. At times, it seems like the vehicle is expecting me to shift it from gear to gear, then it finally clicks and moves to the next gear on its own.
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