general problems of the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee

The contact owns a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that three of his four window regulators were damaged, causing the windows to fall down into the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who repaired each window regulator at the owners expense for $400. The manufacturer was aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited. The contact was driving 60 mph when the front driver side seat warmer became excessively hot. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the dealer confirmed that the heater switch had burned out the heating core. The contact also stated that the vent doors failed to open, causing the heating and air conditioning units to fail. The vehicle was taken to the dealer again where the failure was confirmed. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised that VIN did not qualify for a repairs under NHTSA campaign id number:09v117000 (seats:front assembly:seat heater/cooler). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 96,000.

Blend air door failure.

Heat only works on driver side. Cold air from passenger side. My mechanic the a/c blend door is probably stuck. I have been told they would have to pull the dash to fix the problem. A year ago the heater core was replaced requiring the need to pull the dash. The labor for that alone was $900. My mechanic told me that both of these problems have service bulletins issued for the Jeep & the Dodge durango. I believe the manufacturer should be responsible for the repair costs. These are so common, that the parts needed to fix the blend door are not even available. With the below 0 temperatures we are having this winter I can't go very far without freezing!.

2001 grand Jeep cherokee limited edition blend doors and recirc door all broken at 48k miles. Poor design of the parts (plastic) caused the failures.

No defrost in 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee - no heat either. But lack of defrost is a safety issue.

2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee dual climate control heater and defrost only works on one side of vehicle. The dealer says it will cost $1200. 00 to diagnose and repair the blend doors on the system. With no heat for defrost on one side of the vehicle this could be a potential extreme hazard for visibility.

Power windows-front passenger side regulator failed ~July '09 getting back in the car from church put the window up heard loud snap and window dropped, had to stop window from falling into door panel by holding it all the way home until we could figure out what to do-taped it up. Driver side window started out as a motor failing in Jan '11 and when I went to get my oil changed asked them not to put window down because of that (didn't want it to get stuck in down position), window got put down and that was the start of the end. By Feb '11 the window had failed no snaps but will slide down if not held up with something. Now both of my windows are done for and being held up with tape, can't afford dealership pricing to fix. Passenger window went at ~85,000 miles went to dealership for pricing to fix ~$300/window + labor @ $90/hr driver window went at ~160,000 miles have been looking for parts online and in junk yards. . . If the windows are not pushed up all the way and taped securely they will leak from the rain or wind will get in and cause the truck to be uncontrollable! I didn't realize that there were so many problems with the windows, thought it was a freak thing apparently not.

2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited v8 blend door is broken. This effect the ability for my Jeep to heat cool and defrost properly. It seems to be a design flaw considering the amount of instances I have run across.

My 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee blows only cold air on drivers side. Currently we are in below freezing conditions in montana. Apparently, after looking this up on the internet, this is a common problem with this vehicle, for which the Jeep dealer will charge upwards of a thousand dollars. From my research this is a very common failure in wj Jeeps. Since my teeth were chattering, and body shaking, I would say I was severely hypothermia. Not a good time of year for heat to go out because of very bad engineering. I wouldn't even mind paying a little money, but it costs a fortune because they have to pull the entire dashboard out to fix it. And they want a bailout package?.

I don't have an approximate date on the failure. It did just start recently. My 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee has no heat on the drivers side. This is due to faulty blend doors and recirc doors (after extensive research, I have found this is a very common problem on wj Jeeps. On my ride home tonight (below freezing weather), I became very hypothermic. Even after hot shower, I am still suffering effects. Also, on a previous occasion, my front window formed ice, and had to pull over. There was no heat on defrost. Didn't help that it was dark at 0500, and snowing quite hard. Chrysler knows about this problem, but brush it aside as merely a comfort issue. I guess that is an easy statement to make from a warm office and not in an actual car with this problem in rural montana in one of our hardest winters.

2001 Jeep cherokee no heat on the passenger side, blows cold air, no heat.

Passenger window has fallen down on my 2001 Jeep gc for no reason.

The blend doors on my Jeep do not work. This is an extremely wide spread problem for Jeep Grand Cherokee's. Both a dealer mechanic, and an independent mechanic have told me the that almost all Grand Cherokees will experience this problem. There should be a recall issued - it is simply a design flaw. Unfortunately, there is no specific complaint choice on this form for heating, so people are classifying this as either visibility issues or engine cooling issues. Hopefully someone at NHTSA will find the common thread of defective blend doors - and no heat.

The blend doors on my Jeep are defective, which affects the ability of the defrost/defogger system.

1. Events leading up to failure: windows fail to defrost and defog. 2. The vehicle does not have any heat or heated defrost on the driver's side. 3. Dealer wants $1,200 to fix the problem.

The passenger window just fell down while driving on the tollway at 65mph. This is the second window failure that I have had on this vehicle. It is a 400. To 500. Dollar repair and a recall should have already been issued for this common problem with the Jeep/Chrysler products.

Hvac system broke down, blend door doesn't work anymore, hot/cold air cannot be controlled, defrost function no more in work.

2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee: no heat.

Blend doors broken. . . . Only heat from one side!.

Heat does not work on my 2001 Jeep gran cherokee. Seems to be a very common problem with an extremely expensive fix($1300)!!!.

Blend doors in the heating system will no longer function creating a safety issue due to the defroster not working in the morning. I have had this replaced once already and it is malfunctioning once again.

Less than 60,000 miles on my 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited and the blend door actuator & recirc. Door have to be replaced at over $1,000. 00. Not covered by the extended warranty I purchased at the selling dealer 14 months ago for $2,784. 00. (avondle Chrysler Jeep, avondale az).

I cannot see the road because my defogger is broken. This is a common problem on these vehicles.

A/c blend air door problem. High cost of repair.

Research has shown all 1999-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees with electronic dual climate controls will eventually require major repair in order to cure hot air/cold air blowing from vents when they're not set to do so. The cost to repair this issue, which has been known to pop up again after another 50k miles after repair, is generally $800-$1500 from a dealership. Should you opt to do this repair yourself, the entire dashboard will need to be removed, quite the arduous process, and parts are approximately >$300.

There is an ongoing problem with Jeep Grand Cherokee a/c blend doors from 1998 through 2005. There is a TSB issued for this problem, but it is not warranty covered after the original 36000 mile warranty. Per the TSB, the blend door assembly is poorly designed in that there is not range of travel stop on the actuator motor, causing the plastic shaft to absorb all the motor torque, eventually breaking the shaft. The problem is this is a design flaw which should be recalled. I had to spend 900 dollars to get mine fixed because the labor required to pull the dash. This problem exists over several model years of this vehicle per the TSB, and is fairly common. I feel the manufacturer should be required to recall these vehicles for repair. If the blend door breaks, there is cold air only, no heat, making winter driving potentially dangerous due to no defrost.

2001 Grand Cherokee ltd does not have heat and a/c does not get as cold as my other cars and trucks. Dealer inspected and told me that Jeep knows of problem defect with materials and design of blend doors and apparatus. Dealer wants $1900 to correct. Local a/c shop did poor job for $1000. Would like Jeep to re-imburse.