41 problems related to exterior lighting have been reported for the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2011 Grand Cherokee.
I was driving on I-75 at night and my lights suddenly went out. The only thing that stayed on were my running lights. I pulled off to check car and front head lights and back lights were not functioning. Fortunately my flashers worked, so I managed to get home with my flashers flashing and dome lights on. My dash lights stayed on but dimmed periodically. It was a very dangerous situation. When I got close to home, all the lights came back on. I took it to dealership where they checked the car out and could find nothing wrong with the electrical system. I now don't trust the car and won't drive it at night.
It began a couple of weeks prior to 8/14/14 where the car would take several tries to start. I would press the start button and the car would not turn over and start. Finally on 8/14/14 it was at it's worst taking many more tries and barely started when I left work and again picking up my child from school. I made it home but it wouldn't start again after that. We had the car towed to the dealership on 8/19/14. We were informed on 8/20/14 that it was an electrical issue that needed to be replaced costing $1300. The items repaired as listed on the invoice were tipm kit tip 080350 and core return.
Chrysler is still not making this part available to dealers so that it can be installed. This part can fail without warning and cause the engine to stall while in motion. My dealer is ready and willing to replace this relay, but it is not yet in production.
Lever operating high beam/bright head lights does not click into place. When pressed forward to engage high beam lights, the lever often returns back to its previous low light position on its own. Additionally, it automatically returns to low light position when you try to use turn indicators.
Headliner caught fire, origin appears to be near passenger vanity mirror base.
The light bulbs on the rear of the vehicle use for advising left or right turn as well as regular night for visibility are melting the cover frame where they are located, this cause water to leak from the outside causing the bulb to malfunction or damaging the same. This could easily cause an accident by the other vehicle behind you not been able to see you up front.