Body problems of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 1

Drivers side rear interior door handle plastic cup securing the handle broken. Cannot open door from inside.

The blend air doors break or fall apart and no longer work! always heat! blend doors are crap. This is something!.

1. Airbag light was on when I purchased the vehicle from srq in bradenton florida February 2020. 2. The hood handle inside the vehicle was broke replaced it, it broke again. 3. The hood will not shut properly due to the latch inside the vehicle broke. Now the hood will not stay up by itself property, began in August 2022. 4. Both door handles inside vehicle in the back were broken now the passenger side is broken no way to open vehicle door from inside. 5. December 2022 battery light is coming on, battery is no more than 2 years old check engine light keeps coming on. 6. Sunroof is leaking inside the vehicle when it rains. Hardly ever use/open sunroof. 7. Traction control light comes on blinking quite often since I purchased a vehicle in February 2020. 8. Sometimes vehicle will go into third gear from drive and will not switch down to any other gear or back into drive. It stays in 3rd. I have to turn vehicle off then back on for it to be back into drive. Bought vehicle in February 2020 and spent well over $6,000 in repairs. I have all receipts. Have many more problems that I will send next. It only let me select 3 at a time.

The door handles easily crack off of the door panel which prevents the door from being able to be opened. This is a safety issue. And it can not be replaced without the whole door panel being replaced.

Stress cracks and full cracks and broken interior door handles. Major safety concerns if can't open door in an emergency. 3 of the 4 handles have major crack and one is fully broken.

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee has all 4 interior door handles cracked and broken and are unusable. These door handles are prone to failure. A simple search shares thousands of complaints of consumers experiencing the same issues with this 05-09 model vehicle. In the event of fire, crash, water intrusion, etc. Of the vehicle, inside occupants are unable to exit the vehicle safely, if at all. I am looking for support in requesting Chrysler to offer a recall and correction for this safety concern.

�takata recall� my door handles have completely cracked in my front seats to the point they are very loose and have to be pulled all the way out just to open the door. My backseat handles are completely off. I was parked at home when the back right came off. At the gas station when my son pulled the handles in the back left came off.

Rear passenger side door handle no longer opens the door from the inside. Door handle is loosely flopping around. The door must be opened from the outside. This was first found when the stopped and my son couldn't get the door open.

My 38k mile driver Jeep door handle panel shattered and injured my hand.

Rear support beams splitting welds.

Nhtsa! �interior door opening handles breaking/failing: 1drivers 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 warranted!�.

All 4 interior door handles have broken off the car after regular use. Makes it impossible to leave the vehicle without someone opening it from the outside. Extremely dangerous. The plastic that makes up the door handle breaks apart because it was poorly made. This would be extremely deadly if it happened to someone during a fire in the car.

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 and is reporting to just re-break soon afterwords, several complaints with zero real solutions, recall warranted!�.

Interior door handles . Cracked plastic causes door handles to not work. Normal operation of handle causes breaks in plastic . Hazard only able to open door from outside ,if accident or fire can only open door from outside.

Interior door handles cracking and breaking not able to open the doors from inside they have been replaced but still break. Chrysler refuses to do anything about it.

All four interior door handles have cracked and crumbled apart. This is a huge safety risk for myself and my family. The cost of replacing the door panels is quite large as the Jeep/Chrysler company does not provide nor make door handles alone. As the car is a 2005 there is no warranty and at this point I do not locate a recall on this obviously defective part. Due to the fact that Jeep made this with a cheap plastic, the inability to safely get out of the vehicle is an obvious issue. Jeep needs to replace these parts and not at the expense of the owners. The safety issue is obvious and due to the simple fact this is not due to abuse or mishandleing by myself or any other family member in my vehicle it needs to be addressed. The rest of my car interior is fine and not in need of repair. I have read and noticed a lot of other individuals with the very same issue and have filed a complaint. I am not requesting a replacement car but I am requesting that the integrity of the Jeep brand be corrected for the safety of myself and my family. I have to get out of the car to open the car doors for my family members. If we are in a wreck or have a fire we could all be lost simply due to a cheaply made door handle that the Jeep company does not choose to replace. This should be a customer satisfaction issue as well. But the safety is of utmost importance. There is also a lot of aftermarket door handles being made due to the cost Jeep is charging almost 400 per door panel. However the safety of these parts are not really known. Jeep is informing as I call that they do not use after market parts only Jeep parts. I say that if that is the case then Jeep needs to own up to its design problem and secure the safety of the people that are driving in these vehicles.

Drivers side rear interior door handle broke away from plastic door panel, so we are now unable to open the door from inside the car.

The door panels in the front row have cracked and broken to the point where the door handle is just hanging. You can not get out of the car using the door handles from the inside. You must either reach out the window our have someone open it from the outside. The same thing happened in 2015 to the rear door panels/handles. This is not normal wear or tear. The dealership agreed. This is a major safety issue as one can not get out of the car quickly if needed. Door panels should just not crack, especially all four. There must be an issue with the materials that were used. There is not fix for the door handles except to replace the door panels, which is costly. Please look into this safety issue. Thank you.

Door handles broken driver side and rear passenger door handle also broken. Plastic broken that hold handle in place.

Issue 1 - all the internal door handled have broken. This limits passenger egress in the even of an accident. Issue 2 - this past weekend all the lights on the car flickered and briefly turned off while driving at night on the highway. This includes the headlights, parking lights, fog lights, and all interior lights. It appears there is a known problem with the light switch mechanism in the multi function turn signal assembly. This present a very dangerous situation if traveling on a two lane rural road.

The interior door handles broke on all 4 doors . Three out of 4 doors no longer open. I have to put down my window to open the door from the outside or I have someone open it for me from the outside. I feel this is a safety issue because I can't get out of my vehicle quickly if there is ever an emergency.

The interior door handles are breaking. My driver's side door handle has completely broken off which makes an escape in case of an emergency. This affects all interior handles. And is affecting several thousand owners of Jeeps gc and the cost of the repair is prohibitive. This is a safety issue that should be addressed by the company who chose to use frail plastic that breaks easily.

Broken rear door handel's rear doors won't open from inside. My children and other passengers are trapped inside until I get out and unlock doors then open the doors from the outside for them. Could be a safety hazard, if wreck or something happened to front doors and was trapped inside I could not exit except thru rear doors but. They do not open from. Inside potentially making it impossible to get out. This is a safety hazard and should be fixed.

All four interior door handles have cracked and broken from regular wear. Rear passenger door will now only open from the outside. I have spoken to several other Jeep cherokee 2005-2006 owners who have had the same exact thing happen.

All of our interior door handles have cracked and the drivers side no longer works. Each is cracking in the same way leading me to believe it is an engineering problem not just a regular use problem. We can no longer get in or out of the vehicle from the drivers positiion.

Interior door handle assembly has cracked on all 4 doors (handle has completely fallen off on right rear passenger door) and handles are now inoperable. This is a huge safety hazaard. Driver and passengers are unable to open doors from the inside. If in an accident there would be no way for the occupants of this vehicle to easily exit. Jeep/Chrysler does not acknowledge that this is a known problem on this vehicle. The only option available is to replace the entire interior door panel which is approximately $700+ per door. This is absolutely absurd. Jeep/Chrysler needs to recall these vehicles and fix this issue before someone is killed because they are trapped inside a vehicle whose doors will not open from the inside.

The plastic surrounding the interior door handles on 3 of the doors has broken away. One of those doors now cannot be opened from inside the vehicle. This issue could be very dangerous if there is a wreck and/or fire that the occupant needs to exit the vehicle quickly. A quick search on the internet reveals that this is a huge problems in models 2005-2010.

The interior door handles are connected by piece of cheap plastic and the plastic breaks easily; rendering the interior handles useless. It's happening on 3 of my 4 handles. It's a safety issue because it makes the indoor handles un-useable. If involved in an accident, it may make it difficult, if not impossible to exit the vehicle. There are many,many complaints. I believe it's involves most Grand Cherokees from years 2005-2010 and Jeep is aware of the issue. However they have offered no resolution other than replacing them. This requires replacing the entire interior door panel at an expense of at least $500 per door. I as well as many others can not afford to replace them. Nor should consumers have to foot the bills for an obvious, costly and dangerous design flaw.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the front driver's side interior door handle completely fractured with numerous cracks. The contact lowered the window glass to access the exterior door handle in order to exit the vehicle. The front passenger's side interior door handle and both rear interior door handles exhibited excessive cracks. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 163,415.

When opening up the right rear passenger door, the door latch broke off in my daughters hand. No force able opening had been done, this was in a parked position stopped in a parking lot stall. I do not allow any passengers on this side for fear of not being able to get out in case of an emergency.

Three of my inside door handles broke off, called Jeep thay only sell the door panel about $600. 00 for one door panel installed I think Jeep needs to recall to fix this problem thanks wally tubilewicz.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the door handle was fractured and the handle was tapering. In addition, the contact mention water was entering the vehicle through the ranger door gasket. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 139,718. Ak.

The inside door handles have been breaking off over the past two years. Only down to one left on the driver's side. Too expensive to fix at dealership. Severe safety issue.

3 of the interior door handles are cracked, the driver and passenger door handles and rear driver side passenger, this is a dangerous safety issue, if handle completely breaks in an emergency situation passengers would not be able to exit the vehicle causing serious injury or death. . Read more...

My inside door handles are cracking and collapsing. The plastic is defective and does not last. I now open my driver door by rolling my window down and opening it from the outside. I went to moore Chrysler Jeep in peoria az and they took pictures but they came back and said they will not be fixing this because its out of there good will period. This is not ok, there are 1000's of people with the same exact problem! I believe they should fix this for free!.