Two problems related to transmission gear indicator 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.
When driving the lights around the gear indicators will circle all the gears and vehicle drops into what feels like neutral and loses power. Then it will randomly drop back into drive. Happened a couple of times then check engine light came on. Code given was loose ground wire in tranny. Dealer fixed. 1 week later happened again and check light came on again. Dealer got same ground wire code, took apart again and wire was fine. Reset light. Still having same problem with shifting and has happened when just engaging to leave out of parking lot then 3 times on hwy at 55 mph. Very scary as don't know if going to go back into gear or power loss will cause someone to rear end you at high rate of speed. Can't always find a place to pull over and re-engage gears. Check engine light came on again today taking it back in for review. Why hasn't there been an investigation or a recall? does there have to be a fatal accident to get attention to this dangerous matter? I love my Jeep but not enough to die for it!.
While driving on the highway, my 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo, jerked violently out of gear (almost into neutral?) and the engine light came on. The gear lights lit up and I had to manually shift it back into automatic. The dealership scanned the code & determined that it was a bad shifter control module. They said I could continue to drive it for a while but it would eventually need replaced. Estimated cost for part $747(excluding $78 in labor). Drove it but realized that it was happening more frequently, many times on the highways traveling at fast speeds. Almost wrecked several times because the part malfunctioned when trying to slow down when the roads were snow covered & icy. This is a serious & potentially fatal safety problem for myself & others on the road that requires immediate attention. I am uncertain as to why Chrysler has not recalled this part or atleast looked into it. I reported it to Chrysler only to find out that they had no knowledge of the complaint. ?? there are numerous complaints from other owners that have had the same problem, yet no actions have been taken to remedy the issue. Does there need to be a death to obtain a recall? I am certain that I will purchase a vehicle from general motors in the future if there is no corrective action taken.