Five problems related to engine failure have been reported for the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2006 Grand Cherokee.
Valve seat dropped into #4 cylinder head on a warm restart. Vehicle was stationary & not overheated. Vehicle was at rest in a parking lot. Catastrophic engine failure followed.
After 11/2 hours highway driving. Approaching stop light that was red. Decelerated, brakes. Light turned green when vehicle was at approx 30 mph. On attempted acceleration, engine failed, all electronics dead, no power steering. Stopped vehicle, shifted into park, turned off ignition. Turned ignition on, started engine, drove away.
After 2 hours of highway driving followed by 20 minutes of bumper to bumper crawl. Decelerated and hit brakes to make right turn at intersection. Engine failed, all electronics dead. Stopped, put vehicle in park, started engine and drove away.
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee, engine failed, not under warranty, was not investigated as to whether it was product failure, $7,000 for a new engine, service advisor advised to scrap and get a new vehicle, an employee at dealership would purchase vehicle for $2,000 (bluebook with running engine is $15,000).
The unit will cut off for no reason while sitting stopped. It has happened several times. I took the unit into the c/d/j dealer and was told that they could not find a fault code. Said that I needed to pay for the 30k service. I refused, unless they put in writing that the such said service would stop the engine failure. They refused and I advised that this issue is not the only one that they heard about. Needless to say, they called the police on me! Jeep. . . . The new name needs to be "joke".