Engine Shut Off Without Warning problems of the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

While driving the Jeep on the interstate at 65 mph lost all power was able to get it to the side of the road and after a minute it restarted it has done it numerous times sometimes sitting at a traffic light sometimes driving 25 mph through town there is no warning no dash signs of anything wrong vehicle just shut off lose all power terrifying took it to a Jeep dealer couldn't duplicate the problem also the radio plays and the dash display does not light up my power windows will go up and down by themselves and end up halfway. I only been able to drive the car short distances because of the fear of death lose breaking and steering. Have seen other complaints with the same issues on the internet why is this vehicle allowed to be on the road.

Engine shuts off randomly while driving. Has been happening since 2005.

Complaint submitted in regard to fca us llc recall p41 NHTSA 14v-438 first complaint filed 12/12/2014 odi number: 10663969 on 8/19/2015, I was at the mukwonago post office to send a package. I came back out to my vehicle, started it and attempted to back out of my parking space when the steering wheel locked up and the engine shut off. Another car was on its way down the parking isle I was parked in and almost hit me because the driver was anticipating that my vehicle would have kept moving. I got out of my vehicle and apologized to the young lady who had almost hit me and explained to her the situation. She said, "you should really get that fixed. You could cause an accident. " I was upset, to say the least, but needed to get back to work. I started my vehicle two more times, in addition to the first attempt, and attempted to put it in gear - no success. Finally, I was able to keep the engine running and proceed to my route.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign id numbers: 13v175000 ( electrical system , power train) and 14v438000 ( electrical system) however the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The contact had experienced a failure, stating that while driving about 35 mph on the highway, the vehicle shut down. The contact was able to pull to the road side where the vehicle was restarted after a couple of minutes. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 175,000. Fe.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. While driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle shut off. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Vehicle will shut down without warning. This happens when vehicle is idling or at speed -any speed. The engine will shut down, steering locks up and brakes shut off. Secondary systems like radio and fans will continue to operate but there is otherwise no power. This problem has been occurring on and off for two years. Dealer and mechanic both could not find solution to the problem; however, an electromagnetic field from distributor/spark plugs theorized as the culprit. Adding shielding to the pcm computer cables and grounding it seems to have mitigated the issue, however it is still sporadic and has caused near miss accidents with pedestrians, motorists and stationary objects while making turns.

I was driving late Friday night (11/14)/early Saturday morning (11/15) to waterford, WI from palmyra, WI and my vehicle shut off causing me to become startled, which then caused me to deviate from my lane and then was pulled over by a town of mukwonago police officer. I could have killed someone if oncoming traffic was involved! I then received a ticket for unsafe lane deviation and was taken to waukesha county jail under the assumption that I was drinking and driving after I attempted to show the officer the recall for my vehicle. Pending my court date, I could receive a possible owi charge. I am very upset about this because that is an $800 fine and will also cause my insurance premium to increase.

Happened 3 times. Only ignition key on key ring. Car shut off when pushing gas peddle after coming to a stop at a neighborhood stop sign. Coasted to other side of intersection, turned off key and restarted. Car shut off after pushing gas peddle, making left hand turn after light gave green arrow to enter a freeway on ramp. Pulled off to side of freeway ramp turned off key and restarted. Car shut off after stopping at an intersection stop sign. After cleaning traffic pushed gas peddle to make a left hand turn onto a busy highway with 50 mph speed limit. Car shut off again. Was able to coast to shoulder of road avoiding oncoming and approaching traffic. Shut off key and restarted. Merged into approaching traffic. Received recall in sept 2014. Have been in contact with Chrysler customer service continually. They continue to advise they have no parts to repair recall defect and therefore cannot make a recall repair appointment. I feel they are playing russian roulette with my life and those of others on the road who may strike my disabled car after ignition shut off.

My husband and I were traveling to charleston, SC on I-26 to have a nice valentine's weekend. Everything was fine until we merged onto I-26 in columbia, SC, when we felt a small jolt in the truck like it was hesitating or something. So we dismissed it as maybe bad gas or something. It happened a couple more times and as we were passing a rest area outside of orangeburg, SC in the left lane going with the flow of traffic at about 80 mph, the whole truck just shut down. No power steering and the car will not crank in neutral. Traffic is pretty heavy on a holiday weekend, and I have tractor trailer beside me and behind me on a two lane interstate. Trying not to panic, I put on the hazard lights and waving out the window like crazy trying to get these truck driver's attention, thank god they noticed and the one beside me sped up and my husband was able to get over by the exit of the rest area. After thanking god for our lives, we decided to try and make it to a dealership in orangeburg. We get there, and after 2 hours they say it was the throttle body and a tune up $300 bucks and another 2 hours we finally got on our way. We made it to charleston and salvaged a pretty good day trip considering what we went through, with no problems. It jolted once on the way back about 40 miles from home. So the next day I remembered we had gotten a letter from Chrysler, and when we looked at it we realized that the recall was the real problem. This letter came in September of 2013, and we have not heard anything from them since then, almost 2 years later. Also, you would think that a Jeep dealer would know about recalls on all of the vehicles they sell when they put the VIN in the system. Now we just use the one key, stay close to the right lane and hope for the best. Another car/payments is not an option.

The truck is a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Once again as I was driving my vehicle shut down (jerked real hard) and I lost all driving capability etc power steering, speed control. . . . . I was driving on the freeway when my Jeep shut down it was during morning rush hour traffic. It was hard for me to glide over to the shoulder when everyone around you is going 60 mph and you have no power steering. When I was able to get to the shoulder I placed the Jeep in park and turned the vehicle off and removed the key and put the key back in and it started right up. This has been happening everyday now and why searching the internet I've ran across on here and elsewhere that I am not the only one having problems like this with my year and make. It is really dangerous and im surprised there hasn't been a recall yet or a terrible possible fatal accident due to the vehicle being non responsive in fast heavy traffic. This engine shut off without warning. I've noticed this happens when it is real cold outside.

The car was a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Once again as I was driving my vehicle shut down (jerked real hard) and I lost all driving capability etc power steering, speed control. . . . . I was driving on the freeway when my Jeep shut down it was during morning rush hour traffic. It was hard for me to glide over to the shoulder when everyone around you is going 60 mph and you have no power steering. When I was able to get to the shoulder I placed the Jeep in park and turned the vehicle off and removed the key and put the key back in and it started right up. This has been happening everyday now and why searching the internet I've ran across on here and elsewhere that I am not the only one having problems like this with my year and make. It is really dangerous and im surprised there hasn't been a recall yet or a terrible possible fatal accident due to the vehicle being non responsive in fast heavy traffic. This engine shut off without warning. I'm getting tired of going to different shops and no one knows what is wrong. Apparently Jeep has made a bad truck since this is a wide spread problem around the world for this year and model.

When driving the vehicles engine will shut off without warning or reason. It happens very randomly.

Once again as I was driving my vehicle shut down (jerked real hard) and I lost all driving capability etc power steering, speed control. . . . . I was driving on the freeway when my Jeep shut down it was during morning rush hour traffic. It was hard for me to glide over to the shoulder when everyone around you is going 60 mph and you have no power steering. When I was able to get to the shoulder I placed the Jeep in park and turned the vehicle off and removed the key and put the key back in and it started right up. This has been happening everyday now and why searching the internet I've ran across on here and elsewhere that I am not the only one having problems like this with my year and make. It is really dangerous and im surprised there hasn't been a recall yet or a terrible possible fatal accident due to the vehicle being non responsive in fast heavy traffic.

Vehicle shut off while driving without any driver action. Weather clear. Pavement dry. Don't know temp. Never reported as I thought it was a one-off incident - until hearing of the current recall for this issue on other Jeep vehicles in this time period.

The engine shuts off for no apparent reason. It can happen at any time whether at a stop, or at any speed. I never know when it will shut off. When the engine shuts off, I shift to neutral, turn the ignition off and then back on and start the engine. It will not restart unless the ignition is turned off. The engine runs fine after that normally. Happens every 50-100 miles and tends to occur more often in warmer weather. There is no specific action that has occurred prior to the occurences such as filling the tank. Dealers have not been able to pinpoint the problem and no obd codes are disclosed. I estimate it has happened 200 times.

While traveling at 75 mph the 5. 7 hemi engine shut off as if someone turned off the ignition key. No warning lights or any indication there was a problem. The engine started right back up and we continued on our way at a lower speed of 65 mph. Twenty miles later the same thing happened. This happened a total of four (4) times in a trip of approx. 400 miles. An online search indicates this dangerous problem is occurring in other vehicles. The customer service rep at Chrysler Jeep claims they have no information about this problem! the frightening thing is that there does not appear to be a remedy for this issue. Will not be driving this vehicle until I can get it into a dealer for them to attempt a repair.

My Jeep will just shut off while driving. It is not soon after starting so the engine is not cool. It has happened on the interstate twice without warning. There is not hesitation or sputtering, you just feel you are decelerating and then you realize you have no acceleration or power steering or brakes. I was in the far left lane and extremely worried I would not be able to safely make it over to the shoulder. Other times it has happened on secondary roads and I have had to park it and then restart it in the middle of the road. When it starts and I put it into drive, it will not engage into gear. I have taken it to the dealer three times and they cannot find the cause but checked all sensors, transmission, changed spark plugs, pcm, and updated the computer. It happened again this weekend except it lurched first then shut off. I got online and see that many others have reported the same problems so I felt I needed to report it in the event this truly is a more widespread problem. Thank you.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While driving 30 mph the vehicle would lunge forward and the engine shut off. The contact stated the engine shut off in traiffic over 25 times. The contact has taken the vehicle to the dealer for repairs. The dealer replaced the speed sensor, ignition key, and the wireless control module. None of the repairs have remedied the failure. The contact stated that the dealer does not have the ability to repair the vehicle. The failure mileage was 50,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that on three occasions, the vehicle stalled and shut down completely with no power and no warning prior to the failure. The first time in 2008, she was sitting at a stop light and the vehicle shut off. The second failure occurred while she was driving approximately 50 mph and the engine shut off. The most recent occurrence, she was driving 50 mph and was able to maneuver onto the emergency lane, shift to neutral, turn the ignition off and re-start the vehicle with no hesitation. She was driving for 20 minutes each time the failure occurred. She took the vehicle to the dealership two times and the dealer told her that they could not diagnose the failure. She called the manufacturer and the representative told her that there was nothing they could do. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was 58,593. The failure mileage was 8,014.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle began shutting off when it was purchased brand new. While driving 40 mph and various speeds in traffic the vehicle lost power and shut down without warning including when he attempted to make a left or right turn or stop at a traffic light. The dealer diagnosed the failure five times. The dealer also replaced the front end module several times. He will contact the manufacturer and request that the vehicle be replaced. The failure mileage was 200 and the current mileage was 52,000.