general problems of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 2

The Jeep has only 43,880 miles when I went to the Jeep dealer for an oil change. I was told the power steering rack was leaking. The repair would cost $1602 plus tax. This Jeep has not been driven off road and should not be leaking with this low mileage . There appears to be many complaints of owners with the same problem. It appears there is a fault with the part.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle stalled causing a loss of brakes and power steering. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 115,000. Ad.

The engine seemed to lose power and the power steering and breaks lost power as well. Was merging from the highway on to a main street in a city. The vehicle was nearly inoperable but I was able to stop it and restart it. But the brakes and steering were locked.

This is the sixth time, today, 9/13/15. I haven't been killed yet, but it's a future possibility. My Jeep loses power and will not steer. It happened with my mom and my only child in the Jeep. Chrysler tells me every time to take it to the local dealer, quirk Jeep in marshfield, MA. I do. They run the ever popular 'diagnostics' and find nothing wrong with it. Yet, it keeps happening! the last time it happened, I was on the highway during rush hour traffic. State police would not allow me to wait for aaa so I had to pay out of pocket $120 to be towed off the road by some neanderthal in a tow truck. What can I do before I am killed by this vehicle? last time it happened was in early August of this year. I contacted Jeep with this email and was told to take it in to the dealer for 'diagnostics. ' I did and they found no problem again! my Jeep is again losing speed and power steering. It is random. I am driving along and it loses acceleration and power steering. I am terrified to drive on the highway expect in the far right lane at minimal speeds. This is a problem because I am a travelling salesperson and must be on the road all day, five days a week. I travel up to 200 miles a day. As I indicated back in December, this is my fifth Jeep. Quirk says all the recalls on my vehicle have been done and their diagnostics can find no reason for the loss of power. However, it is happening and it is extremely dangerous. Originally, when this first started happening, shortly after I bought this pre-owned Jeep, I was told the tipm recall would correct these problems. Obviously, it has not. Addition, I have random issues with my key not working or my car refusing to turn on. I am a single mom who has to work. I do not have the financial ability to buy a new vehicle and junk this Jeep. I need this vehicle to work as it is supposed to work.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While making a right turn at 20 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact had to apply force to the steering wheel in order to steer the vehicle. In addition, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to stop and then stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 14v530000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,000.

While driving 55 mph on the freeway the esc light came on and then my engine stalled, power steering and brakes shut off. I had to get to the side of the road and slowly coast to the exit! with my two kids (both under 4) in the car. Talk about scary!!!! I had my car towed to a Jeep service center and after 4 days with my car - they said they could not duplicate nor find any issues. I had to pay $200. 00 for that answer…. Which I was not happy with!!! then today (July 12, 2015) while slowing down at a stop light - the same thing happened again!!!!!.

I started the car up on our driveway, put it in reverse, and tried to turn the car to go onto the roadway, but there was no steering. I heard a small pfftt sound as I started the car, and have never heard that sound before. There is no sign of any fluids under the car.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle stalled and the ability to steer and brake seized. The contact had to maneuver to the side of the road. The contact restarted the vehicle and drove to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the power control module shorted all the spark plugs and the software needed to be updated. The failure occurred twice. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000.

Was coming to a stop, getting ready to do a left turn and the car engine went off and the steering wheel locked. Had to come to a complete stop and put Jeep into park to start it again. Started fine but was dangerous as this could have happened in the intersection. Could have caused a crash. This is the second time this has happened and took it in for a recall already regarding stalking issue. Please help.

My 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee began stalling while driving in December 2014. These occurrences have been documented by the dealership four times. It has always stalled while driving at speeds higher than 50 mph. It has stalled on the freeway 2 times and I have been spared a serious traffic collision due to light traffic conditions. The vehicle never throws a code when it stalls. There is nothing the service department can do for these "phantom" occurrences. The tipm has been replaced since that can sometimes be the issue. However, the stalling continues. I have researched this stalling issue and there are others with the similar problem. What will it take before Chrysler addresses this life threatening problem? currently, my vehicle is back at the dealership for this problem. I am not looking forward to picking up my vehicle since the problem is always looming like a black cloud over my head.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 mph, the steering wheel seized and the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was informed that the vehicle was functioning as designed. The contact received a notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v530000 (electrical system) and 14v154000 (service brakes , service brakes, hydraulic) 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 manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 28,000. Djr.

The first time my Jeep stalled I was going around a turn and almost crashed into a highway barrier. I waited a couple minutes, turned my car back on, and kept driving. The second time it stalled, about 1 month later, I was turning into my driveway. It would not turn back on at this point. I brought it to the dealership and after 2 hours of diagnostics they informed me it was the tipm and would be $1,200 to fix. After searching online about this part, I noticed many other complains of this same issue for a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. This is clearly a faulty part and should be recalled. If my vehicle had stalled in different conditions, the results could have been fatal.

Driving home from work on a Friday afternoon, while making a turn in residential area, the engine cut off and the steering locked up. The radio, instrument panel and a/c were all still on, so did not immediately realize the engine was off. Was able to restart after putting vehicle into park. Fortunately, no other vehicles were behind me or could have been worse. Dealer not able to find what was wrong since they could not replicate it, so was not able to repair problem. Has not recurred, but now very scary driving, not knowing if it will happen again.

I was knocked unconscious and have no memory of crash Jeep was totaled I never saw it again took 4 months to recover.

My wife has had 3 separate encounters where her 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee overland has randomely powered down, losing capability to operate the vehicle (no brakes/steering) while she was driving the vehicle. The first occasion happened in November of 2013, vehicle was stopped at an intersection and lost power. The vehicle was put into park and re-started with no further issue. We didn't report this incident. The second event happened on April 3, 2014, the vehicle lost power while my wife was driving at approx. 40 mph. Again, when the vehicle came to a stop she put it into park and re-started the vehicle. We contacted the local Chrysler dealership on April 7 and set up an appointment for April 12. The third event occurred this morning, April 10, 2014. The vehicle speed is difficult to determine but my wife was slowing down to make a left turn on a 50mph road. There were other vehicles in the area that could have caused serious accident, mainly a school bus with children on board. Again, the vehicle had to be put into park and restarted. Difficult to do on this busy road. I contacted the same dealership and explained to them what had happened. The dealership moved up my April 12 appointment to today. So far, the dealership has been accommodating. They plan to run diagnostics checks to determine cause of power failure. Also, there are other electrical issues plaguing this vehicle (power door locks not working, drivers side seat heater not working, key not being detected). This vehicle has approx. 129,000 kms on the odometer and we bought it privately about 6 months ago (approx. 105,000 kms). I felt that I should report this issue given the recent attention to similar issues with general motors (ignition switch). If necessary, I can provide more details.

When the Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle is exiting the freeway or when coasting with no pressure on the accelerator, the vehicle stalls. Engine power is lost, power steering is lost, and power braking is lost leading to a significant inability to control the vehicle. The vehicle is unable to restart until it comes to a complete stop in the roadway and is put into park. This issue has occurred on four separate occasions before Chrysler even issued a recall. Chrysler has now notified me by mail of a recall for the fuel relay which could cause a stall and crash and has recommended I take the car to a dealer for repair. After taking the car to the dealer, the dealer has stated that no problem can be found and they cannot recreate the issue. The Jeep dealer has no evidence showing them that the problem is occurring as a result of the fuel relay even with the recall in effect. The dealer has advised me to pick up the car and wait until parts are available to fix the recalled part. This means they have advised me to drive the car with this potentially fatal flaw. This is as of November 18th, 2014. Chrysler's recall department has advised by phone I drive the car to another Jeep dealership to see if another service department can diagnose the issue. This recommendation puts myself and the public at risk of serious injury or death. There has been no temporary repair suggested or a date when a permanent fuel relay replacement part will be available. No alternative transportation has been provided or offered. I am without a means of transportation while my vehicles is not functioning due to safety reasons.

Vehicle dies from no reasons, also fails to start at times.

I have experiencing the shudder/bump feel with the steering when bump or sudden brake. I check the article in tbs under steering 19-004-11 and call the dealer. They check on the VIN of my car and said that this article is apply to my car in their system. I have a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee overland summit which mfd is in April 2011. I also mentioned this article and issue to the dealer. But they just kept saying that this is not in their system based on the VIN on my car.

On the weekend of 6/9/12, my vehicle began giving starting problems and shutting down while driving. The dealerships service department was closed so I had to wait until Monday 6/11/12. I made several attempts on that day to have the vehicle checked out but the service department kept giving me a run around. The vehicle spent the night at the dealership and was checked the following day. I received a call that my vehicle is ready and was informed that a flash was done and a new computer had to be ordered that's why the check engine light is on. Left the dealership and the vehicle shut off once again while driving and when I attempted to restart it was giving the hard start once again. On 6/16/12 the vehicle was fully un-operational and had to be towed to the dealership. It sat there until the part arrived and was installed. On 6/21/12 I picked it up once again it's suppose to be working great because the computer was replaced. Less than an hour later it did not want to start again. I carried it back down on 6/22/12 and on the way there the vehicle shut down. Later that day found out another part had to be ordered. 6/29/12 my vehicle was ready again and said to be working great and it was because the hard start problem was fixed but the shutting down was not fixed because it occurred once again on 7/1/13 and has been happening constantly for over a year.

I was entering a parking garage in nyc. I was driving at a low speed to be mindful of other pedestrians/vehicles in garage. My car made a sudden loud popping sound. I felt the car jolt to the right and hit the wall to the right of me. All of the sudden I had no control of the vehicle. Parking attendants and other people in the garage could not believe what had just happened and I couldn't either. Had vehicle towed to manhattan Jeep where service rep scott caruso immediately identified that the control arm snapped off the right front passenger wheel causing the wheel to turn completely right. He entered the issue as a warranty claim. My own research has turned up other steering issues with the Jeep wrangler that sound similar. I was fortunate that this happened to my vehicle at such a low speed and in a parking garage. I am sure if it happened on the highway at highway speeds there would be multiple fatalities. To this day Chrysler has not done anything to honor the warranty claim and my car is sitting in manhattan Jeep until further notice. D'ambrosio Dodge Chrysler Jeep in downingtown, PA (where I bought the vehicle) has also identified the issue as a mechanical warranty issue that should be covered under the warranty. Chrysler has not honored the warranty and the issue remains unresolved.

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee power steering lines at cooler were missing clamps. Line came loose, emptying system fluid onto driveway while idling with less than 800 miles total. Drove vehicle to dealer, where clamps were discovered to be present, but not slid onto terminus points and not secured.