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After 2 hours of highway driving followed by 20 minutes of bumper to bumper crawl. Decelerated and hit brakes to make right turn at intersection. Engine failed, all electronics dead. Stopped, put vehicle in park, started engine and drove away.
After 11/2 hours highway driving. Approaching stop light that was red. Decelerated, brakes. Light turned green when vehicle was at approx 30 mph. On attempted acceleration, engine failed, all electronics dead, no power steering. Stopped vehicle, shifted into park, turned off ignition. Turned ignition on, started engine, drove away.
The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact noticed that the air conditioner wasn't cooling the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed the failure as the wiring connector resistor being burned. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 48,683.
Electrical system: During the dusk\twilight hours all the system lights begin to 'blink\flash' off and on as if there is an electrical short. Headlights, dash lights all electrical components flash on and off. This only occurs during 'dusk or twilight' hours. The dealership is unable to replicate the issue. At complete darkness, if I approach a lighted parking lot or establishment in about 3 to 4 minutes the lights will begin to flicker on and off. My thought is some light dimming sensor. Again the dealership claims no issues\error codes have been identified.
All interior and exterior lights flash as if the car has been restarted, all gauges zero out then return to normal. This has happened several times and can not be replicated during service. Car has shut down 2 times when this happens during regular driving speeds.
- Fayetteville, AR, USA
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While driving my exterior & interior lights repeatedly flash on and off. It randomly occurs with no way for me to stop it. Jeep informed me that they have no tsb on the issue and nothing can be done until the problem can be duplicated at one of their service dept. A search on the internet ("fix ya " web page )revealed numerous 2006 Jeep Cherokee owners with the same problem. As of now I am lost to my options.
2006 Jeep gc limited 5.7 hemi, the '4X4' dash light would continue to indicate a failure. After 3 trips to the dealership, they determined\discovered a bad sensor in the rear differential causing the light to illuminate.
2006 gc limited 5.7 hemi, on occasion during the hours of 'dusk' all the vehicle lights will flicker\on and off (dash, headlights, radio everything when turned on). I went to the dealership however they were not able to locate the issue. Seems to only occur during late hours when the sun is going down. Work around is placing the headlights on 'automatic' which resolves the issue. Drive me crazy.
I purchased my 2006 Grand Cherokee in may of 2008. I started having a problem with the headlights flickering on and off and then totally going off about 3 weeks after we purchased the vehicle. We took it back to the dealership while still under warranty and they serviced it to find "nothing wrong." The service person drove the vehicle at night and stated nothing happened. A couple of months later the same thing happened again, we took it to the dealership a second time, and the service person said the same thing again, "nothing wrong." We go almost a year with no problems and the flickering of the head lights and interior dash starts all over again. I would hate for someone to have to die before the manufacturer decides to do something about this problem. I have a 5 year old daughter and a 17 year old son that I Transport daily and I refuse to allow him to drive my vehicle because of this problem. Hopefully someone will decide to take action concerning the issues with the Jeep Cherokee.
The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact noticed that all of the illuminated components in the vehicle would dim intermittently. She was informed that the lights flickered as if she were flashing them during the day and night. The exterior lighting shut off completely. The interior lighting, specifically the instrument panel, would dim while the vehicle was in motion. The contact would have to manually turn them back on again. The electrical system, however, would still malfunction. She took the vehicle to the dealer on two different occasions and to a private mechanic once, but neither could duplicate or determine the cause of the failures. The manufacturer has not been notified. The current mileage was approximately 31,000 and failure mileage was approximately 30,000.
Over the last 2 months, my 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee has completely shut off unexpectedly while driving. On 4 occasions. The first occasion was 9/30 (35,123 miles) I read the manual that indicated that the engine light could mean a variety of things and it suggested that if the light remained on after a couple of uses to call the dealer. The light went off after two cycles. It occurred 3 weeks later. I made an appointment at a Jeep dealer to correct the problem. The 3rd time it shut of was on the way to the dealer to have it checked. The vehicle was checked by a dealer who could not offer any explanation for the problem. The 4th occasion was on thanksgiving day.) just prior to the car completely shutting down, I heard an unusual sound under the hood, all gauges failed, and I lost all power causing the car to stop. This was extremely dangerous with three of the occasions occurring at intersection as I was pulling out. Fortunately I was able to drift off the side of the road. After drifting off the road and shutting the car off and re-starting the car it would run normally although the engine light remained on. After taking it to the dealer I was told that the problem could not be replicated and nothing could be done. I explained that the problem was very dangerous the dealer said that perhaps if the service tech could drive the vehicle the problem could be diagnosed. The vehicle was left at the dealer for 4 days but the tech could not replicate the problem. The dealer offered no explanation for this extremely dangerous problem. I am now reluctant to drive the vehicle and my wife refuses to drive it for fear it will shut off and cause an accident. The problem again occurred on thanksgiving day. I immediately called the dealer again and explained that it had occurred again. I was told to they were very busy on Friday and that I should bring the vehicle in on Monday. Help I have a vehicle that I cannot safely drive.
Purchased 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee new. Within first 6 months have been taking it bake to the dealer for intermittent lack/stalling. This happens while driving at different speeds and mostly making slight turns or when I begin to turn as well as up and down hill. This has been going on for the last 2 yrs, but most recently has happened alot more offend. I have taken it to the dealer with no result each time. Within the last 2 weeks is has stalled at least 7 times. 9/27/08 I was injured from slamming the breaks and fighting the steering to avoid a head on collision at an intersection while starting to make a turn. I did take it to the dealer and again with no result. The day I dropped it off at the dealer it shut down in their lot. I was told that this would have been recorded in the codes, but they told me they found nothing. The next day it stalled while dropping my son off at school. He was with me when I was injured so I can prove it does happen. I did call the dealer back and that was 3 days ago. They will not return my phone call let alone honor my warranty. This car is not safe.
The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the instrument panel cluster failed while driving 20 mph. He believed that the ABS would engage when the steering wheel was turned, causing the vehicle to completely stop. The contact took the vehicle to three dealers approximately four or five times. The circuit board was replaced most recently, but this may not have corrected the failure. The current mileage was 38,000 and failure mileage was 15,000. Updated 02-25-08 the failure also caused a malfunction of the heated seats, fan motor and braking system. Updated.
On many occasions my car has stalled out while I am driving. When this happens my power steering goes out and my wheels lock up. It mainly happens when I am going at a slow speed...but on 2 different occasions it has happened on the interstate at 70 mph. I have sent my car in to 2 different 5 star Chrysler repair places...both of these places have stated that they weren't able to identify a problem and thus could not fix my car.
We bought an 04' Jeep Grand Cherokee at Jeep Chrysler Dodge of warwick, the service engine light kept coming on. We took it down for service and they said it was the gas cap. The light still came on and had a hard time starting. We traded it in at the same place 1 month later for an 06 Jeep with 15,000 miles on it. Shortly after this purchase the 4 wheel drive started making horrible noises. We took it for service and they said that it was supposed to make that noise. After that the battery died and they towed it there and replaced the battery. Now we have problems with the Jeep stalling out when we are parked or at an idle. The front passenger side door has came loose from the weld breaking. Now it is hitting the front quarter panel and is chipping paint. All four doors are coming away from the welds causing a safety hazard to all of the passengers. We brought it down for the dealer to look at the doors and they kept putting us of because they said they did not have a loner car, or that the manager was not there, or that there body shop was not available. Now they say that we never brought it down to show them. Every time we brought it to them they never put it in the shop and made excuses for all of the problems. They never put in there computer that we came to them, with these problems and deny that we had any. The one time when they replaced the battery we picked it up with almost 150 extra miles on it. We have been extremely unhappy with the dealers service and the quality of the vehicle itself.
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- Brookhaven, MS, USA