2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Jan 27, 2020 · Transmission · 47,000 miles · VA

2012 grand cherokee v6. Transmission randomly slips to neutral while still in drive without warning. Mostly while stopped for light or sign. Shifting to neutral and back to get it into drive again. No signs of shifting, sounds, lurching, bumps or grinding. Smooth as can be, only way I can tell is the car accelerates. Repair shop cannot find a problem.

Filed Mar 1, 2019 · Suspension · 100 miles · NJ

I purchased my jeep gr cherokee summit oct 23rd 2018 and it has had suspension problems since I got it. It make a horrible grinding noise when I either turn on or shut off the vehicle and it lasts for a few seconds. I was driving on the highway and service suspension immediately flashed on my dashboard and while driving on the parkway doing 75 miles an hours my car decided to start making a horrible noise like I was driving on the wake up strip on the side of the road and my little idiot light on the dash was flashing the little jeep icon and it was trying to adjust the height at that rate of speed. For an over $60,000. Dollar truck, I expect more from it then to start to fail after picking it up from the dealer brand new. I went to the dealership, they told me that some kind of tube for the suspension was incorrectly installed backwards, fixed the problem and sent me on my merry way, only to have the exact same thing happen a few hours later. I am beyond pissed that this is happening to my truck with less than three thousand miles on it. I couldn't sell this truck to someone in the state that it is in!!!! Chrysler/dodge step up and figure out the problem!!!!!!!!

Filed Dec 26, 2018 · Engine · 127,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 jeep grand cherokee. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled and the engine made an abnormal grinding sound when the vehicle was started. The contact called sharp motor company (ford dealer) of tennessee (1516 w college st, pulaski, tn 38478, (931) 363-2533) and was informed that the vehicle would not be serviced because a recall did not appear on the manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 127,000.

Filed Jul 10, 2017 · Electrical · 70,000 miles · IA

The alternator on our jeep had the same issue as the p60 recall for this model year and engine equipped with the 160 amp alternator. Our vehicle has the 180 amp alternator and is not covered. My question/complaint is that if the chrysler warranty rep told me that she is seeing this issue more and more than why isn't the 180 amp alternator covered under the warranty also. The car was running perfectly fine and instantly started squealing very loudly and we could smell the electrical issue we are unsure of a fire issue but it looked like the alternator could have started something else..luckily we were able to pull the vehicle over and when I lifted the hood the alternator was pouring out smoke and had soot around the cooling fins. We returned to the vehicle 3 hours later and we could still smell the burnt wire smell. Our dealer tried to jump start using a power pack and it instantly drained two power packs that can jump seams from a dead battery. Our vehicle had to be towed to the dealer. Now we are waiting to find out what our charged will be. As I said earlier, the chrysler warranty rep said that this is being reported more and more and she advised me to file a complaint hoping that a recall will be started due to the number of complaints they are seeing. Is there anything I can do in the meantime while I spend 500$ on a tow and a alternator? Thank you [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).?

Filed Jun 14, 2017 · Electrical · 72,000 miles · AZ

This happened june 2016 in calgary, ab. Canada. I was upset then and am still upset now, enough to complain here. I was driving on street at low speed, the battery light came on, I pulled over less than a minute later, engine was squealing badly, turned off engine, there was a large amount of smoke coming from under the hood, I opened hood and was hit with a blast of smoke, I thought engine was on fire. After smoke dissipated, I could see smoke was coming from alternator. It appeared to have overheated and melted a connector/wiring. I had the alternator replaced, but the PCM was also fried, so had to have it replaced as well. $2000 later I was back on the road. I checked fca for recalls. Fca say the 160 amp alternator is covered under a recall but not the 180 amp. I have the 180 amp alternator. I talked to 3-4 people at fca and emailed them all the info and invoices and the said "we are very sorry and that is unfortunate but there is no recall or coverage" for my alternator or PCM. However, they did say that with enough complaints that possibly in the future there will be a campaign to recall the 180 amp alternator and told me to keep my receipts. So everyone keep your receipts and keep complaining as I believe they will eventually recall this alternator, and we will get some reimbursement.

Filed Sep 14, 2016 · Electrical · 71,000 miles · SC

Battery light came on while driving, started losing power, vehicle started whining. Turned vehicle off when I reached safe place. Mechanic restarted vehicle and an awful grinding and screeching came from under hood and smoke came pouring out for about 15 minutes. Alternator burnt up, blew out battery, and still waiting to figure out what the last issue is preventing it from being completely fixed. Jeep sent investigator out to view issues, and then sent me a letter saying sorry this happened but not our problem. Been without vehicle now for over 3 weeks.

Filed Mar 31, 2016 · Brakes · 49,000 miles · IN

My brakes stopped working while stopped at a stop light. The brake pedal kicked back and forced my foot upwards. I was at that point no longer able to depress the brake pedal. I started crawling forward and when the light turned green slowly accelerated to a parking lot. I had to press on the brakes as hard as I was able and slowly came to a stop. There was extreme resistance to depressing the pedal and a grinding/hissing noise coming from engine compartment. It also sounded like the brakes were grinding at the wheels. I was lucky to be at a stop light and not traveling at high speed with my children. The vehicle was towed to dealership and they are diagnosing.