general problems of the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Driving 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee with hemi engine on the freeway and the car lost engine power causing it to rapidly slow. Was able to make it safely to the side of the freeway, although multiple cars had to avoid, and had the car towed to our mechanic. The mechanic stated that the car needed an entire new engine as there were issues with the timing chain that then caused issues to the surrounding valves. In doing research, as this car only has 98,000 miles and is always serviced, I found that Chrysler has already recalled the challengers with the same 5. 7l hemi engines, but has not done so for the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee's. We are at a loss and looking at $8,000-$10,000 to get a new engine and pay for labor. Currently looking for an attorney or an existing class action lawsuit as if we knew there were problems, we would have done things ahead of time to prevent the engine failure. There was no warning provided on this issue, but have now found multiple individual complaints about the same issue on the internet. Please advise.

I was driving on i20 in atlanta. In the left lane, of at least 6 lanes at 70 mph. My engine just stopped in heavy, high speed traffic. I moved to the right side of the road as car flew by, flashing lights and blowing their horns and was nearly rear ended several times. The Jeep was hauled to a dealer where I was told that my timing chain had broken and had severely damaged my engine with 95,760 miles showing. I love my Jeep. It is in excellent cond. And has always been maintained it to the highest standards, 3,000 mile mobile 1 oil changes, along with all other recommended services. Chrysler has known about this timing chain problem and recalled other, same year models including the 300, the charger and the challenger all with the same engine. The recall is # p01. Had I known about this problem I would have had the recommended repairs done that would have cost a few hundred dollars for parts and 5 to 6 hours labor. Instead, I had to pay over $7,000. For the engine repairs. About as much as my car is actually work! yes this was expensive but more important was the "where and how" this happened. It was a very dangerous high speed, traffic situation that could have easily produced a huge, rear ending tragic accident and lose of property and/or lives. Why did Chrysler not warn owners of the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee with this dangerous, explosive engine problem that they knew was going to happen? their recall included some 50,000 other vehicles with the same engine. Were their lives more valuable than mine? shame on Chrysler and whatever reasoning they used to put me and the other owners of the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited 5. 7 at risk. If it hasn't happened to date, someone is going to be killed due to this dangerous situation that needs to be addressed by Chrysler. Please help my to force Chrysler to include these cars in their recall. These owners are in danger!.

The vehicle will start on it's own. You turn it off and it will restart whether you are in the vehicle or not. The vehicle will lock and unlock several times while in or out of the car. The fob will not open the locks or they jump between locked and unlocked by themselves. The windows will open on their own especially the lift window in the back when driving or sitting still. The panic alarm goes off without a reason. It will start on it's own in the middle of the night or in a parking lot. Makes no difference whether I am there or not . Dealership says they can not get it to do these things. It bought the vehicle in June and it has been happening since then.

�takata recall� I was going down a ramp onto the freeway and the rpm numbers would go up but once it hit the number 3 the car stopped accelerating.

Takata recall vehicle will start intermittently getting worse, I have replaced the battery and the starter. My car will turn over on it's own if I leave my key in the start position to have the radio on without me touching the key or cranking it over. The vehicle also knocked its self out of park and hit into a building. I've had electrical issues since my purchase back in 2016 and I've had no answers to what the problems are. I owe 13,000 on my vehicle and I need help figuring out if it could be a recall or not.

Vehicle continues to hesitate and misfire upon startup. Obd code p303 for cylinder #3 misfire. After a few minutes, the problem goes away. Doesn't happen every time, and in no particular weather conditions or temperatures. May be dangerous if pulling out of a parking area or some other location onto a street, as vehicle will buck and refuse to accelerate for a few moments. My research has found that this appears to be a common problem, and recalls were issued in older models but not this particular year so far.

Timing chain broke at highway speed, no power, had to coast to side of road. Engine required replacement.

The engine (5. 7 hemi) shuts off shortly after filling up the tank. Its happens 3 times each time after fully filling up the gas tank. Engine will shut off (no stuttering) while driving just half mile (city driving) from the last fill up. The engine will start right up once the car comes to a stop and doesn't happen again until fill up.

I've had this car since 2011. There is one problem after another. I replaced the ac control module 3 times, replaced the evaporator sensor that was defective, replaced the tipm kit, etc. On Friday, July 29 the car broke down and I was told the 8th cylinder stopped working. I took it to the Jeep dealer in placentia for repairs. I paid $2400. On August 5th I was told I could pick up the car and the mechanic came and showed me how the cylinder was defective and along with the manager and two other technicians assured me that I would not have a problem again for years to come. Upon leaving the dealership I called and told them that the car still does not sound right, I was told to give it time. On August 5th I was driving on the freeway and all of a sudden the car's dashboard's lights started going off, the steering wheel blocked and the car slowly stopped. I could not start the car again. I was able to manage to bring the car almost to the wall and totally felt that my life was in danger. I had it towed to the dealer. The towing driver when he reached under the car to hook it up puled the glove and showed me that the transmission oil is all over the engine. At the Jeep dealer I was given me a rental and took the car in. To this day, I am still driving the rental, I have no answer about the car and even though they will be fixing it, I will no longer feel safe in that vehicle. What do I do? this is ridiculous.

The keys don't stay in the ignition.

We purchased the vehicle on a Saturday evening and were sitting in a burger king drive through the next morning and the vehicle gave an alarm that said transmission over temp and the vehicle cut off. It was not in park, it was in drive with my foot on the brake. I had to restart the Jeep and it was immediately sent back to the dealer. They did numerous tests for a week and did not find any problem.

Engine fire began while driving vehicle. Began as smoke escaping from under hood. Stopped and turned off engine immediately within 20 seconds/100 feet. Fire began in engine compartment within 2 minutes. Total loss of vehicle. Vehicle is a 2010 model, four months old, less than 5000 miles. Dealer denies any responsibility for product liability.

See attached letter dated 25 March 2010 ( should read 25 March 2011) briefly summarized: the vehicle engine will speed up to between 4000 and 5000 rpm's for no reason and the only way to get this to stop is to pull over to the side of the road and shut the engine off and restart it. This has happened numerous times and it is only a matter of time before someone is killed.

Shortly after I purchased the vehicle, as I was driving, the car would loose all ability to accelerate. It was like the car would drop into neutral for no apparent reason. The only way to correct this was to pull over and restart the car. I contacted the dealership, but was told they couldn't do anything about it unless the issue was occurring while in the service department. Since this issue could potentially create injury to me and cars behind me, I continued to alert the dealership service department on each event. They asked me to keep a log of when it would happen, but after doing that for several months, there appeared to be no pattern. It could happen any time, under any weather conditions, at any speed, no matter if I was driving 10 minutes or 1 hour. The dealership where I purchased my car closed a couple of months after my purchase, so I brought the car to another Jeep dealer that kept it for over a week, and made some corrections of what they thought might be causing the problem. I was lulled into a false security because after a few thousand miles, it happened again. Now, I can go several thousand miles, then out of the blue, just when I think I'm safe, it happens again. They can't seem to isolate the problem to do a repair that will last. The vehicles behind me don't know my car is coasting. . . This could cause a rear end collision. This is especially dangerous if I'm on a highway. I may have to cross several lanes of speeding traffic to get to the shoulder to restart the car. When I take the car in, they do a diagnostic, but restarting the car resets the defaults to normal. Nothing ever shows up. Very dangerous!!!!.