Defogger problems of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 2

Blower blend door failure.

Defrost blend door passenger side inop ice on windshield. Unable to see thru passenger side windshield.

I have a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee that I purchased in 2003 with only 27k on it and a factory warranty I also purchased a extended bumper to bumper warranty from the Jeep dealer when I bought the vehicle at about 75k the vehicle lost all heat on the passenger side it only blows cold air I took the vehicle back to the dealer ship to have it looked at they told me it could of been one of two things either the heater control unit or the blend doors but almost always it is the blend doors, they then told me that it was not covered due to the warranty expired a few months before and that it would cost me over $1000 dollars to fix I have been driving the vehicle all this time with no heat because I can not afford to fix it and it is a major safety hazard as all winter long my car will not defrost, I can only see out a little space in the window when the temp drops to freezing, if I knew back then that this issue is affecting almost every Jeep owner out there not a select few I would of acted sooner but as I cant stand it anymore I did some research and found many sites that have hundreds even thousands of people affected by the faulty parts installed by the Chrysler corp this type of issue is not supposed to happen when you spend 30+k on a vehicle.

I am writing to express my frustration and anger regarding my 2000 Grand Cherokee. Since this past October, I have experienced a myriad of problems which include the following: 1. A broken ventilation deflector which prevents any air from coming through the ventilation. I spent nearly $100. 00 to find out that it is a $37. 00 part with $500. 00 in labor just to install it. I have children in the car, and the summer heat of 100+ degrees is in my mind, dangerous. 2. All of the passenger doors cannot be opened either manually or remotely from the outside or inside. I received an estimate to replace the lock actuators at a staggering cost of $500. 00 per lock! the doors cant be opened from the outside or from the inside without systematically unlocking the doors with the remote, then reaching in from the drivers seat to manually unlock them from the inside. It doesnt take a genius to see that this is a huge safety issue if I happen to get in an accident and the passengers (children) are unable to get out of the vehicle. The Jeep mechanic said this is a common occurrence with Jeeps for quite a while. 3. The driver side mirror broke when my wife was adjusting the angle of the mirror. There is now no tension to hold the mirror in place. All of these problems began 8 months ago and I am more than a little angry about it, especially when none of these items are covered past the 3 year warranty. All tolled, I am looking at spending somewhere in the range of $3000. 00 to fix these problems. Right now I am extremely unsatisfied customer, and expect some healthy measure of cooperation from Jeep.

Ventilation system becagn to act irregular and then did not work at all. Defrost as well as other vent uses were of no use to the driver during the winter/cold weather here. The dealer tech told me it was a resistor theat melted the harness. Tech said he never saw anything like this. They needed to order the parts to fix, meanwhile I am waiting to speak with the salesperson who sold my family this vehicle.

Ventilation system stopped working. I was told resistor overheats causing harness and motor to melt. Repair is $500. 00+ service technician said it "happens alot". Seems to me resistor needs to be upgraded.