Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
When attempting to start the vehicle, I heard one click and nothing happened. Lights and gauges worked, but nothing else. Jeep was jumped and then started right up. It went two months and is now doing the same again. Within a week, it has done it 3 times. Battery replaced and starter checks out fine. Also gauges dim and then come back on within seconds. The alarm goes off whenever it feels like it. Doors sometimes will not unlock with the fob which sets the alarm off. Nav system only works when it feels like it. Low setting on heater doesn't work. This lemon needs recalled!!!.
Broken interior door handles (driver and front passenger) and cannot open the doors from inside. I found many compliants online with similar problem. I am very concerned an accident can occur and we would be trapped because the doors cannot be opened from the inside.
All 4 interior door opening handles breaking/failing: 1 rear door totally inoperable. ***this is a dangerous safety issue if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death!*** manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive: in my case, the cost of eight (8) monthly car payments! manufacturer safety recall warranty.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee interior door panels are defective . The handles are all plastic and they all break off from the door panel. This is a very unsafe problem that could cost a life if the person reaches for the handle to get out of the car and cannot. They need to make this a recall and issue parts to replace this for free for owners of the Jeeps.
Hemi motor stalled, back-fired, caught fire in engine compartment and lost control of steering. Vehicle accelerated and left the road and flipped onto six cars in parking lot. At that point inside of vehicle caught fire. Passengers were a 5 year old boy and the driver was a 63 year old male. Seven vehicles were destroyed in this accident.
3 of the interior door knobs have broken off on this vehicle. What if I had passengers and was involved in a wreck? no one would be able to get out! I am not the only one experiencing this problem. . . It is all over the internet. Does someone have to be killed before the company is prompted to fix this problem? a manufactures defect should be covered/fixed by the manufacturer. . . Read more...
The front passenger and both rear interior door handles have broken off. There is no way to exit the vehicle in case of an emergency! I have found on the internet that this is a common occurence but I haven't found out what the company is offering for a fix. This is an obvious manufacturers defect considering that all three of them broke within days of one another.
All 4 interior door handles broken or cracked and about to break off completely. Major safety hazard - unable to open/operate doors from the inside in case of accident or emergency. Obvious manufacturer defect using very inferior design/materials. Recall requested as hundreds of Jeep owners are reporting the exact same issue.
I own a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited v8 5. 7l and 3 of the 4 door handles are cracked. A couple of them have been cracked for a while, but recently another one literally just cracked open by just opening the rear door with little force. . Read more...
Interior door handle housings cracking and breaking. Hard to open door from the inside. Not covered under warranty or recall.
Front drivers inside door handle came off in my hand.
Interior door handles have cracked and broken causing the handle to be completely unusable from the inside of the vehicle. Driver has to open window and access the exterior door handle to open the door. Back seat passengers are unable to get out without exterior assistance. This a safety concern as the passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle easily in case of an accident.
Interior door latch on rear drivers side door completely broke off and drivers side front door latch beginning to crack around plastic and incur same problem. This is a huge safety issue in case of accident or fire one would be trapped inside vehicle unable to exit presumably dying from injuries. This is an obvious on going problem with the Jeep cherokee and I feel Chrysler needs to own responsibility for this and incur the expense of all repairs.
Inside door handles start to break at the plastic housing where the handle attach to. Two doors are broken and unusable at the moment. Passengers can't exit the vehicle which pose a big security risk. This is a common problem on Jeep Grand Cherokee and should be fixed for free by the manufacturer. Today it costs approx $3000 to fix all four doors.
Inside door handle plastic is broken in one door and cracked in two others. Once this plastic breaks the inside door handles fall out rendering the door inoperable from the inside. In an accident there is no way to get out through the door unless you break a window and reach the outside handle. From the research I have done online it appears that this is a common issue with these vehicles. Jeep does not sell this assembly seperately. It is only available by purchasing an entire door panel at a cost of five hundred per rear door handle and six hundred plus per front and this does not include installation.
Failed to start on 2 occasions 8/10/11 & 8/17/11. All electrical components working; battery recently replaced.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee interior door panels are defective . The handles are all plastic and they all break off from the door panel. Jeep has refused to do anything about it. They have a waiting list for new door panels and they will not produce the part to fix this safety issue. This is a very unsafe problem that could cost a life if the person reaches for the handle to get out of the car and cannot. They need to make this a recall and issue parts to replace this for free for owners of the Jeeps.
Panel behind the interior door handles are cracking, leaving the door handles flimsy and almost inoperable. Numerous complaints have been filed. Recall needs to be issued.
Interior door handles cracked, loose, and about ready to break off. If an accident/fire were to occur, it would leave interior occupants trapped inside the vehicle if you pull on the handles too hard. This is definitely a case of poor construction/design. Needs to be addressed.
Door handles broke and you cannot get out of the car not only did one handle break on the passenger side but the two back doors also broke on the car in the same week.
The driver side interior door handle began to crack, followed by the other three interior door handles. I can barely open any of the doors from the inside at this point. I fear that very soon, I won't be able to open any of the doors from the inside at all rendering my vehicle useless. This is obviously a factory defect that I could not have caused by myself. The door handles on my vehicle should not be falling apart after only six years. The poor quality of the plastic used to make the door panels is clearly the problem. I cannot afford to replace all four door panels on my own, nor do I feel that I should take full responsibility for cost. I am extremely frustrated and upset by the disappointing quality of the vehicle and the current state of the economy is not making things easier for me.
I own a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Air conditioner would only function properly when on high setting. If I try to put it in a lower setting the air conditioner shuts off. Dealer service center stated that a hose needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 40,000.
When opening rear door, handle broke in several places. Person opening door was only 4 so it was due to the over exertion. It is now not possible to open the rear door from inside the car.
The interior door panels on 3 of the 4 doors on my Grand Cherokee are broken and show stress fractures around the interoir door handle, the part of the door behind the interior door handle that is attached to the rest of the door panel. This part is very weak and prone to fracture, making the interior door handle fall free into the vehicle. The doors are barely operable and I am worried in a collision these doors will not function. The front panels cost $750 a piece and the rears cost $450. I can not afford the repairs so I am forced to drive an unsafe vehicle as this is my only vehicle. Jeep and Chrysler are well aware of the issue as I found out when I asked about the problem at the dealership. This issue needs to be fixed now and if Chrysler isn't going to do it willingly it falls to the ntsb to step in and prevent needless deaths due to faulty door handles.
On a cold day, my husband was sitting in his 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the defrosters on. He heard a pop and saw the windshield crack from left to right. The car was not moving and nothing had hit the windshield. There had not been a chip or crack before this happened. The windshield cracked for no apparent reason. I called Chrysler to report the incident. The service rep told me that the same thing had happened to her. I was told to take it to a Jeep dealersip to have it looked at, which I did. After 6 days of giving me the runaround, Chrysler said that they will not pay to have it repaired because it is out of warranty. I looked on the internet and saw that other people have had the same problem. The dealership told me that they had just had a Jeep with the same problem the previous week. A second service rep at Chrysler had told me that she had the same problem. It obviously was not an isolated incident.
My 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee has had all 4 door handles crack and 1 has completely broken off. After researching the internet, I have found that this is a common occurrence on this vehicle, and seems to be a major safety concern. In any occasion where exiting the vehicle quickly is necessary, broken door handle(s) can risk injury and death to occupants. This is not a minor issue, just like an emergency exit in a building, it can be potentially fatal. Nhtsa owes the people of the united states of America the common courtesy to acknowledge that this posses a huge risk for it's citizens. Please protect our right to safe vehicles, and the responsibility of auto makers to remedy any errors in design that pertain to human safety!.
On approximately December 8, 2010 the plastic around the inside left rear door handle cracked while my daughter was opening the door from the inside. After that the handle was loose and I frequently had to open the door from the outside to let her out of the Jeep. Around July of 2011 my father tried to open the door from the inside and more of the plastic surrounding the handle broke off and the handle fell down inside the door panel. Now the door cannot be opened at all from the inside. This is a major safety issue. The door handle was never handled in a rough manner and should never have failed like this.
Latches/locks/linkages in December 2010 at 42,000 miles our 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee (limited) developed a crack in the drivers' door handle housing causing the inside door handle to come loose from the inside door panel. (the door handle is set in a hole made of thin plastic that functions as a pivot hinge. Once the plastic cracks then the handle just pops out of the door panel. ) then in January 2011, the right rear door handle developed the same problem and this door handle also came out of the handle housing, and it can no longer be opened from inside the car. Upon inspection we discovered that both the right front passenger door and rear left passenger door have developed cracks in the plastic in the same place, and will likely break soon. We note that there have been 42 identical complaints lodged on the NHTSA site involving this same problem on the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Here in florida, with frequent opportunities to run off the road into lakes or canals, this problem is extremely serious, possibly causing persons to drown in the car when unable to unlatch the door in an emergency. Chrysler customer service has said they do not have a record of this issue and they do not feel that they should cover the repairs if the vehicle is out of warranty. Some other persons who have reported the issue state that to repair the door handle requires a complete replacement of the side door panels at a cost of over $700 per door. It is entirely unreasonable that a car would have no workable door handles after just 5 years or 42,000 miles of use. This is not normal wear and tear, nor is it reasonable wear and tear. We rarely have back seat passengers in this vehicle. It is clearly a defective design and substandard materials. Chrysler needs to recall these vehicles to correct this dangerous situation.
The interior door handles, all 4, broke off, at almost the same time. There is a common manufacturers material defect, as the door handle "pocket" is made out a brittle plastic, and they just shattered, or cracked simply by using the interior door handle to exit the vehicle. This is dangerous because in an emergency, one would not be able to exit the vehicle if the door handle breaks off in your hand.
I own a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The interior door handles have broken and there is no way to relace just the door handle. You have to replace each door handle. And that cost about 2000. 00 a piece for each door panel.
2 interior door opening handles breaking/failing: front passenger door totally inoperable. Driver door supporting interior is breaking and back doors cracking and breaking without anyone using them, my vehicle is in impecable condition. ***this is a dangerous safety issue if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death!*** manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive; hope you will address as a recall before someone is seriously injured because they cannot get out of the vehicle in an emmergency situation.
The interior door handles both front and back are cracking and breaking off in my Jeep Grand Cherokee limited 2005. No longer is it possilble to open the front passenger side door from the inside. The back passenger side door is the same. Both the front and back driver side handles are cracking with pieces of plastic broken off. They are eventually going to break off as well. This is not occurring to abuse of opening the doors. I have probably had the back doors opened from the inside a total of 30 times for the three years I have owned the vehicle. Do not have children that ride in the back (have none), and do not transport people places from the backseat of my car very often. I have searched on line and this is a issue for thousands of other 2005 Jeep cherokee owners. It is a hazard and danger if someone is unable to get out of my Jeep in a emergency.
Good afternoon. Within the past 24 months, all 4 of my door handles (interior) have had hair line cracks that have developed into full breaks on the door handles causing safety concerns for myself and my children should we be in an emergency and be unable to get out of the car. I had purchased an extended warranty on my Jeep (7 years or 70,000. 00) miles and when I had taken it in to our authorized dealer, they informed me that it was not covered. I have received a quote to fix this and was informed that they need to replace the entire door panel as the handle itself is not a part in itself, which will cost over $2000. 00 for parts and labor. My vehicle is in excellent shape except for this.
My Jeep is down to only the two front door handles which are completely cracked and ready to break off at any time. The rear doors have no handles and pose a serious risk if the vehicle is ever in a car accident and people are trapped inside. Jeep needs to step up and fix their mistake.
All four interior door handles are cracking and breaking. They have holes in them and the drivers door handle is falling off and the drivers side rear door handle is also falling off. This creates a safety issue since in the case of an emergancy small children may not be able to open the rear doors.
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. All 4 interior door trim panels have cracked and broken surrounding the door lever making it impossible to get out of my car. This issue has happened in numerous 2005jeeps. Recall is needed.
3 of the 4 interior door handles have broken off out of the handle housing. The 2 back doors are unable to open from the inside creating a serious safety risk. The drivers door is hanging on by a thread. Still operable but handle housing is completely broken. Even normal wear and tear should not cause this type of breakage on so many vehicles. Chrysler should step up and rectify this issue before deaths occur and lawsuits begin.
The driver and passenger door panel plastic mouldings surrounding and encasing the door handles has broken with pieces falling inside the door. The door panel no longer securely holds the handle mechanism and on occasion jams the handle. . These failures were not due to unusual circumstances or abuse, but rather failures occurred in normal entry and egress activity from the vehicle. No used replacement door panels can be found via used part outlets showing the extent of the problem, and oem replacement/repair costs are outrageous and is nearly $2000 (I understand these plastic mouldings are on natiional backorder). Numerous identical incidents of this failure are evidently prolific as sourced by internet customer satisfaction research on the Jeep cherokee as well as complaints posted with the dot/nhts. Please add my most vocal and serious complaint about this obvious manufacturing defect. This obvious safety problem potentially prohibits exit from the vehicle should an accident require such action, not to mention the costs to the consumer due to a faulty product. A recall to correct this defect should be immediate and sustained for any consumer who expects to be able to open and close a vehicle door for the expected life of the vehicle.
The interior door handles are broken and I have to open the door with a strap. I consider this to be a safety hazard.
All interior door panels on the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee have cracked and, in some cases, broke apart around the door handle. I have had three repaired at a dealership at personal cost and one is pending. I believe it is a defect in the plastic resin manufacturing process for the early 2005 Grand Cherokees because all four door panels have cracked in the exact same place. Chrysler was contacted on numerous occasions and denies that this is an issue. This is a potential safety issue because if the door handle breaks loose, you cannot open the door to exit the vehicle from the inside. This exact issue has been documented several times by other Grand Cherokee owners and all of them have had similar results with Chrysler's denial of an issue.
All interior door handles have cracked and become loose. One passenger side rear door handle completely fell off. Dealer said $2,000 to fix all doors, handles have not been repaired. Cannot exit car without rolling down the windows and opening doors from the outside.
I have been dealing with this for years in my 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The door handles on the inside are all broken. One in the back is comepletely broke off and the 2 in the front are hanging by a wire. This is a very dangerous issue and I get nowhere when trying to talk to Jeep or even Jeep dealers. Recently I saw online many more people with this problem and someone even said Jeep agreed to a $50 copay in 2010. I brought my Jeep into the dealer when it was still covered under my extended warrenty bought from Jeep when I bought it in 2006, and they told me it is cosmestic and not covered. When calling Jeep I was told nobody has died so no recall and I am responsible for replacing these door handles. You can not replace the handles only, you have to replace the whole panel and total cost is around $3000. With the amount of people having this issue it is unbelievable that it is not being addressed on a large scale. If one of us gets killed from being trapped inside of their Jeep because the door handles are all broken they will have a huge price to pay. I am down to one handle, and extremely unhappy! please help!!!.
Summary: latches/locks/linkages: I own a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo. The handle on the driver side and the front passenger door are breaking from the door panel, they are literally hanging by a thread. This is a huge problem as I can't get the doors open sometimes unless I roll the windows down and reach through. This is a huge safety concern because if in emergency we could be trapped in the vehicle. This problem started about 3 years ago and has escalated since. I don't feel as though I should be financially responsible for what seems to be a widespread problem with this vehicle. Chrysler is even denying that they know of any such problem, which is absolutely ridiculous. Something needs to be done about this!.
The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While driving at any speed, the vehicle shuts off whenever an object touches the ignition key. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current mileage was 22,200 and failure mileage was 18,000. Updated 05/19/08.
Rear defrost does not work properly. Upper portion of defroster does not work while the lower portion does work minimally.
I have numerous problems with the engine light coming on. This has been going on for some months now. I have taken the vehicle to the dealership for this problem at least three different times. My engine comes on and stays on for days at a time. The dealership was unable to diagnose the problem. Than for last few months, while I am driving all the gears on my dashboard light up and wont allow me to give the car any gas, and makes a sound like the engine is reving up. This can happen two to five times a day. Now, when I put the car from park to reverse it is a making a long banging noise and jerking the car.
I have a redesigned 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee purchased in Jan 05. Since that time I have noticed a significant amount of paint chipping on the on the lower body area just in front of the rear wheels. I have owned two prior Jeeps (96, 94) and never experienced this problem. Factory rep says it is in the design of the vehicle and refuses to do anything about it. Have noticed problem on other 2005's as well.
I noticed bird droppings on hood. Washed car as soon as possible. Bird droppings had eaten through clear coat and paint right down to bare metal. Called dealer where purchased, they told me to contact Chrysler. I e-mailed Chrysler and was told that it wasn't covered under warranty. Recently had repaired at owner's expense.
New 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee has been in/out of dealership 5 times for leaks in front a-pillars. Has been in shop 2x for the transmission recall, and a mistake they made completing the services. Car is going into shop again because the auto sensor on the rear-view mirror is malfunctioning. We filed lemon law with daimler, and are awaiting a response. Filing complaint with the state of oregon on the dealership due to customer service issues.
Consumer complaint concerning 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee continues to fail and dealer refuses to buy back vehicle.