While at a stop light, the engine stalled and produced a mil reading. Codes p0129, p0688, p0884 were stored, but cleared upon the next cycling of the ignition. The vehicle would not restart until a full power-off cycle (in park). Attempts to restart while in neutral resulted in the engine turning over and immediately killing.
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that after shifting into drive, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnostic test, which determined that the electronic control module was defective. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000.
The engine stalled while at cruise speed (not accelerating) and with no warning. There was 1/2 tank of gas; the mil did not illuminate. Upon loss of engine power, all power assist systems (e.g.: brakes, steering) ceased to operate. I successfully restarted the vehicle by shifting into neutral and turning the key as far toward "off" as is possible when the vehicle is not in park. On the second attempt, the vehicle restarted with no mil illumination.
While I am driving my jeep will buck and shut down. I then had to make my way over to the side of the road on the highway while cars are going 65mph or greater and my speed is slowing down. When I was able to pull over and stop. I had to remove the key and place the car in park before it would start. The first few times I tried while in neutral and moving to the side of the highway it would just continue to click and keep clicking. This has been happening several times a day now and my route to work is 95% highway. It is scary that someone might hit me and cause a terrible accident. I noticed this has happened to several jeeps around the world with the same issue. I noticed a recall for the jeep going into neutral but nothing about this major issue about the car bucking and stalling while driving. I noticed my jeep had its ignition switch changed out some time ago also. I wonder if he had problems before he traded. I have no other car to drive or I would and I have spent over $500 trying to find out what the issue is. Please start investigating before someone gets hurt.
I bought this jeep on 9/20/2013. The truck is equipped with the 5.7 l hemi engine. Over the first 50 days and 1,157 miles of ownership I have encountered 18 episodes of the vehicle stalling, with 14 of those stalls occurring on major highways in traffic. The stalls occur with no warning. The vehicle immediately decelerates to a stop and I am left with no power, no steering and no brakes. One dealership blamed it on a bad battery. The dealership which sold me the jeep diagnosed the problem as a m.a.p. Sensor, which they replaced. That did not correct the problem as the stalling problem continues to occur. The most recent was on 11/9/2013 while driving in the center lane of the pa turnpike at 65 MPH. The jeep stalled and came to a stop, with a semi tractor-trailer behind me. I have no idea how that truck driver was able to swerve in time to miss me. Mechanics and on-line forums identify possible causes for the stalling as 1. A defective (ECM) electronic control modules; 2. Shorts in the wiring harness; 3. Sparks plugs; 4. Egr valve; 5. Ignition coil; 6. Pcv valve; 7. Transmission solenoid pack. There are no diagnostic codes stored in the obd-ii system. One school of thought is that 2007 jeep grand cherokee and commanders equipped with the 5.7 l hemi engine are extremely sensitive to radio frequency interference from the waste spark on the coil. As other complaints have noted, this is an obvious and persistent problem with jeeps equipped with the hemi engine, and chrysler has turned a deaf ear to the complaints. Perhaps they are waiting for the fatalities to occur. Why the federal safety agency hasn't done more to order a recall is beyond my comprehension. The problem has been reported on for years with no action taken by chrysler. This jeep is, for lack of a better word, a deathtrap. At best it cannot be trusted, it is unsafe and unreliable. At worst it is an accident waiting to happen!
The car was a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. Once again as I was driving my vehicle shut down (jerked real hard) and I lost all driving capability etc power steering, speed control. . . . . I was driving on the freeway when my jeep shut down it was during morning rush hour traffic. It was hard for me to glide over to the shoulder when everyone around you is going 60 MPH and you have no power steering. When I was able to get to the shoulder I placed the jeep in park and turned the vehicle off and removed the key and put the key back in and it started right up. This has been happening everyday now and why searching the internet I've ran across on here and elsewhere that I am not the only one having problems like this with my year and make. It is really dangerous and im surprised there hasn't been a recall yet or a terrible possible fatal accident due to the vehicle being non responsive in fast heavy traffic. This engine shut off without warning. I'm getting tired of going to different shops and no one knows what is wrong. Apparently jeep has made a bad truck since this is a wide spread problem around the world for this year and model.
As I was driving my car jerked real hard and all my dash lights came on and my ability to drive my car was useless. My jeep slowed down on the freeway during morning rush hour traffic almost causing several accidents. As I was trying to restart my jeep it just keep making a clicking noise and wouldn't stop. I had to pull the key from the ignition and reinsert the key and try to start the jeep. After 3 tries it started and I went to drive off and as I was accelerating my jeep did it again finally it stayed on and I was able to drive to a safe location. My jeep sounded real strange not like normal. This is the 7 th or 8th time this has happened since I had my jeep not even a year to date.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle was pulling abnormally. In addition, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted but the failure recurred while the contact was sitting at a traffic stop. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 103,000.
Once again as I was driving my vehicle shut down (jerked real hard) and I lost all driving capability etc power steering, speed control..... I was driving on the freeway when my jeep shut down it was during morning rush hour traffic. It was hard for me to glide over to the shoulder when everyone around you is going 60 MPH and you have no power steering. When I was able to get to the shoulder I placed the jeep in park and turned the vehicle off and removed the key and put the key back in and it started right up. This has been happening everyday now and why searching the internet I've ran across on here and elsewhere that I am not the only one having problems like this with my year and make. It is really dangerous and im surprised there hasn't been a recall yet or a terrible possible fatal accident due to the vehicle being non responsive in fast heavy traffic.
Summary: the vehicle experienced significantly reduced power while driving in freeway traffic. It was necessary to move to the far right lane and exit the traffic flow. This has happened on several occasions. It is unsafe when the condition occurs in heavy traffic.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that they could not diagnose the cause of failure. The vehicle was no repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact mentioned that after the vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 13v175000 (electrical system , power train), the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 12,821. Updated 10/17/13*lj the consumer stated the vehicle would not start and all lost all power. The vehicle was jump started. The consumer believed the vehicle failure, was due to the recall that was performed on the vehicle.
While driving on rt 66 w in pw county va during rush hour traveling at 70+ MPH the dash lights flashed, the red light indicating electronic throttle control illuminated and the car suddenly dropped speed to 20 MPH and would not respond the accelerator peddle being pushed to floor. Cars behind me drove off in the median trying to avoid me nearly causing a major chain reaction. So far I have spent $4000+ in repairs and cause cannot be found. There are 100's of complaints on this issue in the various internet blogs. It appears that the mercedesbenz and chrysler 300 crd having this same engine has been recalled due to same symptoms. This vehicle needs to be recalled before someone is killed, if that has not happened already and the accident was not properly investigated.
Vehicle has intermittent stalling issue. Has happened four times in the 1500 miles I have owned the vehicle. 3 occasions have been at idle and once on the highway at 65 MPH. No codes are logged, no check engine or malfunction lights come on. It always restarts immediately after shut down.
While driving the transmission will slip into neutral and revs high, all gears high-light on the dash board, and this happens at multiple speeds many different times? There have been several times this has almost caused my husband and I to have an accident. I was told by the dealership that a recall has been issued and to wait until notified??? This is not something to take lightly and having almost been in accident(s) I feel this needs immediate attention.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that smoke emitted from under the hood while driving. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to be inspected. The failure was located at the radiator fan. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 72,000.
As I was driving on the interstate my jeep (2007 overland 5.7l hemi) shut off at the speed of 65mph with no power steering it was hard for me to try to get over as my jeep was going slower and slower other cars are approaching and honking and scaring me. I thought I was going to be hit. I was able to pull the jeep off tot he side to put the car in park and try to start it again. It took a few times and it started but acted sluggish all the way home and believe me I stayed on the shoulder side and went real slow. They should recall this because this isn't the first time this has happened to me or other jeep owners from what I have read. *tr ## VIN failed ##
First my rear window light would come on during cold weather and would stay on this happened at 35,000 miles. Then my directional stopped working had fixed it had something to do with inside the steering column. This happened at 82,000 miles. Then a few weeks later drove myself to the drs when I came out my jeep wouldn't start. All the interior lights,radio,directional, windows worked but when I turn it on I hear a click then nothing else. Car wont turn over at all. I waited about an hour of trying before it decided to work and turn over. I then proceeded to drive 5 min stopped at a gas station for gas, when I shut it off and tried turning back on same thing happened. I waited about 45 min before it would start back up. Then no problems for 5 days. Now again its doing the same thing except I left it over night and it still wont start. I called chrysler after looking online and seeing a lot of people with complaints that were the same as mine except these people spent thousands trying to fix and replace everything yet still no luck they continue having this problem. So this is a very well known problem with jeep and even after bringing to jeep dealer and having a diagnostics done with no problems showing up. They don't know what's wrong suggested replacing wires, starter, something in the steering column, and some module. I don't want to dump tons of money in it like everyone else just to have the same problem. Chrysler apologized and said there is no recall for my vehicle. I stated it is a known problem and there should be. She then went on to say I should have it towed back to jeep for another diagnostic. It works when it wants to work and has left me and my 4 yr old stranded. It seems like anytime there's a problem with my jeep and everyone else's its always during cold winter months. Frustrated and stranded.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee laredo. The contact stated that while driving 15 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the electronic control module (ECM) was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 3,000 and the current mileage was 55,800.
While driving the vehicle the engine will randomly shut off (stall), this occurs at any speed and any driving condition, occasionally it will be very difficult to restart, taking multiple tries. This is extremely dangerous especially when turning corners or coming off the freeway and merging into traffic. Was almost rear ended when truck stalled and would not start I even put in neutral with no help and it just kept jumping.
I purchased the vehicle at the end of may 2012 engine light was on and had a due bill for work to be done, stalling was 1 of the issues. Got it back with no check engine light on,but still stalled whenever hot or cold driving or in park. Has been in and out of the shop for almost a year and it still stalls, jeep tech's cant figure it out. Dies sometimes 3-4 times a day and once in awhile not at all, but on average 3-5 times a week,never throws a code or check engine light just dies like if I turn the key off. I have to stop or pull over put it in park turn the key all the way off and then restart,runs fine till the next stall which might be in a few minutes,hours or the next day!! Very frustrated and don't feel safe at all!!about 3000 dollars of work has been done and still stalls. Next thing to do jeep tech says replace wiring harness 2000 dollars..haven't done that yet hopefully something else can be done!!! Pcm and plugs have been replace by jeep tech's among other things tried and it still stalls!
Vehicle stalls when idling at red lights and occasionally shuts down suddenly at highway speeds. Apparently this is a common problem with this vehicle with the hemi v8 engine and it is a serious and potentially dangerous matter. There is an entire thread about this at http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f67/2007-jeep-grand-cherokee-overland-stalling-problem-1147825/.
Vehicle just randomly stalls, shuts off as if the key was turned off and on quickly. Sometimes this happens when driving at highway speeds or when going slow around a turn or making any turns, this is very dangerous because of the loss of power steering and its very difficult to steer when it stalls. This will also happen when idling in park or when sitting at stoplights.
Driving down the road the car will not go over 45 MPH. The only way to quick fix the problem is to turn the car off then back on then it will run normal. Also the car has stalled out when I was turning down the road and would not go until I put the car in park then put it back in drive.
On 12/5/2012 my 2007 jeep grand cherokee limited with only 33,466 miles stalled on the highway at about 60mph. I almost got into an accident because of the loss of power steering and brakes. I thought this was an isolated incident however since then the stalling problem has been increasingly getting worse to the point where I recently had to take my jeep to the dealership for repair. The dealership was courteous, but unfortunately told me that the hemi engines have this known problem for stalling and they had to change out $1500.00 worth of parts to hopefully fix the problem. Sadly my extended coverage did not cover the cost due to the lack of chrysler/jeep not being able to give them an actual broken part number. It seems chrysler/jeep is just playing guessing games to fix the problem! While researching the web I came across a web site called "www.jeepforum.com" and found out that there are hundreds if not thousands of people who are suffering this same problem and it is very clear to me that this problem should be recalled by chrysler/jeep. Sadly I know this will fall on deaf ears at the federal safety agency as others have also stated on the jeep forum web site, but I'm hoping by taking the time to write this post that it will inform anybody who is considering to buy a jeep vehicle to think twice as chrysler/jeep are producing pure junk vehicles that you could end up compromising your life and others around you! Remember hundreds if not thousands of people can't be wrong!!
Originally having issues slowing down going around corners and up a steep incline. Felt like vehicle was staying in higher gear, you could down shift it manually. At that time there were no codes present in the system. Then last year in august 2011 we did a cross county trip (7000 miles) vehicle would stall at both low speed and high speeds, not every day. Sometimes vehicle would restart itself and others the key had to be removed and reinserted, but most times not. The weather did not seem to be a factor. Upon return vehicle had approx 45,000 miles, codes retreived from vehicle were multiple. Active codes: b2105, c121c pending code: p0524 stored codes p0129, p0688, p0884. At 35,000 miles new oem spark plugs and water pump (due to coolant leak) with new antifreeze. Vehicle is serviced regularly every 3,000 miles since new. Since 45,000 miles all related circuits and components have been inspected and checked for proper operation. New crank sensor and electrical ignition switch. Code b2105 keeps recurring even without stall. All wiring connections and grounds have been cleaned and checked, new battery at 36,000. Had vehicle to dealer and they said they may not be able to find problem. We have stopped driving this vehicle even though we are still paying for it because we feel that it is not safe. My husband has 40 years as certified automotive mechanic and is very frustrated with this vehicle.
Vehicle stall out at various speeds, or when idling stationary. Comes on without warning. Seems these stalling problems are common with 5.7 hemi jeep grand cherokees, even according to the dealer. This is a serious safety hazard as power steering and brakes are lost during a stall. An inoperative vehicle in a traffic lane could suffer a rear-end collision from this condition. Please help by ordering a recall from chrysler company to remedy the problem. Nothing seems to remedy the situation and it keeps occurring.
Purchased 2007 jeep grand cherokee overland 5.7 hemi july 31, 2007. December 1, 2010 my wife was traveling on an interstate at 65 MPH when the engine suddenly shut down. She managed to pull the car off the road, started the engine and drove home without any more issues. Dealership technician discovered p0884 code from the PCM. He could not find any problems. Car continued to stall numerous times at high speed and sometimes while stopped at a stop sign or red light. This problem started shortly after the engine spark plugs were changed. After numerous parts were changed at the dealership, with no results, the technician contacted an engineer from the chrysler company. During an on site visit the engineer suspected there was an issue with the upper engine harness receiving an electrical induction from the engine coils causing the PCM to shut the engine down. The technician installed foil around the harness and wire tied the harness up off the cradles they lay in. Engine performed normal with no shut downs for several months. Decision was made to change the upper engine harness. Since the harness was changed my jeep has stalled out four more times. The most recent stall occurred the last week of december 2012. This is an extremely dangerous situation to be traveling at interstate speed limits and your car stalls. Chrysler places drivers in a situation with a vehicle that is uncontrollable while traveling on an interstate with cars behind you. I started an on line thread in jeep forum.com concerning this issue. Http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f67/2007-jeep-grand-cherokee-overland-stalling-problem-1147825/. There are numerous other folks having this problem in the USA, canada, and hawaii. I think that an investigation should be performed to discover what is causing this issue and come up with a positive repair for customers that are having this problem.
Began stalling when stopped or coming to a stop with foot off the accelerator. Engine would start up just by restarting the jeeps. Months later sometimes you would have to turn the key to off before it would start,. On average it would stall once every 7 to 10 days. No codes, stored or pending during this journey. Replaced the cam sensor. Check hoses for vacuum leak, found none. Replaced the asd relay. Changed from premium to mid grade. Changed to regular grade. Checked air filter and cleaned throttle body with stp cleaner. Added fuel system cleaner to fuel tank. Checked all of the electronic connectors, none loose or damaged. Checked transmission fluid level was fine. Replaced map sensor and position crank sensor. Replace egr valve changed oil and filter for the first time since I purchased the jeep. Used sae 5w30. With 79,000 miles on the hemi I replaced all sixteen champion 570 with new champion 570. Sprayed each of the 16 boots with electronic cleaner verified the plug gap and torqued the plugs. Sprayed vast amount of stp throttle body cleaner in the tb and stp fuel system cleaner in the gas tank. Still stalling.
Driving down road and engine stalled. Loss of power steering and power brakes. Caused car behind me to slam on brakes to avoid getting hit. Put in neutral and tried to start. Had to switch ignition off before engine would start. Stalls at random without any engine malfunction lamps. Hazard to be driving on road. Problem still unknown and vehicle is out of extended warranty by five thousand miles.
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