Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problems of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee

This is the second complaint I have filed concerning this problem. This is a continual issue that, if left uncorrected, will eventually cause an accident. My 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4. 7l at) stalls or nearly stalls while coming to a stop, or accelerating from a stop. The last reported incident occurred while approaching a stoplight. Since that initial complaint, I have spent 19 hours over 3 visits to the dealer trying to identify the problem. After replacing a solenoid in the throttle assembly, the condition seemed to improve, but has since regressed to pre-repair status. I have received no feedback concerning my original complaint from NHTSA, nor have I been notified by daimler-Chrysler of any developments in correcting this problem. Relying on DC's initiative to determine the cause and necessary repair for this issue seems irresponsible since they haven't done so in the two years that my model has been on the street. Also, if it were not for the personal initiative of the mechanic that replaced the solenoid, I wouldn't have received any help with my problem. The dealer position was that there was no computer registered event, so therefore, the stalling had not occurred. When they could personally observe the event, and capture it in the vehicle computer, they would investigate further to see if any repair was warranted. The survey below asks about property damage, deaths, and fires. Do I need to actually have one of these events occur to my family to flag my complaint for appropriate action? knowing a vehicle stalls while braking and accelerating at highway speeds and not aggressively determining the cause until a fatal accident occurs seems irresponsible. Hopefully, I do not hear about this inevitable recall the same way my firestone patron pal did. (from the tow truck operator, post-accident). Please contact me with the status of this problem as well as instructions of how to get my vehicle repaired correctly.

The stalling problem was originally reported to the dealers technicians at 9,007 miles. It occurred intermittently while coasting or braking. They could not reproduce the problem, indicating "[no codes] stored; could not duplicate condition" on the repair form, and sent it home with me. Knowing there was nothing they would do until a stall could be deliberately demonstrated, I continued to drive it until September, when the stalling became more frequent than the normal every-2-month average and nearly caused an accident due to the unexpected loss of power steering and brakes. I again asked them to track down the problem and repair it. They finally decided to attach their CO-pilot computer which monitors the Jeep's systems and have me drive it for a while. If it stalled, I was to press a button to capture the previous and future 30 seconds of vehicle activity. On two occasions while the CO-pilot was attached, a stall occurred. I pressed the CO-pilot trigger to capture the data both times. When they got the Jeep back, they said there was something indicating the engine stopped running on two occasions. Chrysler recommended they replace the egr valve and the purge solenoid, which they did. This morning it stalled again. I updated Chrysler and the dealer about the incident. The service manager told me that Chrysler's engineers have instructed them to perform no service - no replacements and no troubleshooting - on my Jeep until a mechanic can demonstrate another engine stall. Please note the following thread on Jeepforum. Com. I submitted this thread's information to the dealer tech's, but I cannot tell how much good it did. My Jeep still stalls and Chrysler still has no fix for it. This thread calls out commanders and Grand Cherokees, from 2005 through 2008. This is an extremely serious and wide spread problem, and it has "recall" written all over it. This problem needs attention and it needs it now. . Read more...

While driving our 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee a spontaneous and total loss of power and control of the vehicle occurs while in motion. This has happened at least 7 times since December 2005 -- the last occurrence on a freeway in traffic.