Brake Drum Wheel Cylinder problems of the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee

As I was backing out of my driveway today my brakes failed, and when I say failed I mean I had no brakes at all. I cannot tell you how frightening this was. I managed to stop the car by shifting it back into park. I was able to do this because I was not going very fast. Since 2/12 (time of purchase) until 8/14 I have received 3 recalls (cylinder misfire, brake booster and sun visor wiring) on this brand new vehicle! I received the brake booster recall in the summer of 2014. It took a few months to get an appointment to have it fixed because of lack of parts in stock. I finally got an appointment on 10/8/14 at kelly Jeep, lynnfield, MA (place of purchase) to have both the brake booster and the sun visor wiring repaired. The cylinder misfire was repaired before this time and before I actually received the recall because of problems I was having with the engine. After the brakes failing me today, I am grateful that I was not on the street/highway, that none of my children were driving the car or I was not driving someone else's child in a carpool. This does not change the fact that if the brakes failed just a couple of minutes later I could have been killed or even worse, have killed someone else, for the failure of the brake booster that was supposedly fixed on 10/8/14.

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Consumer writes in regards to seat cylinder head and brake system recall notices issues. The consumer stated the check engine light illuminated prior to receiving the recall. The dealer informed him he would need to put down over 4100 for a diagnostic check to verify the problem. The consumer stated it was not mentioned in the recall. In fact, the recall stated the defect would be fixed for free.

While reversing from a driveway with an incline brakes were not responsive. I would like to file a formal complaint against Chrysler for not supplying the parts to dealerships/car owners for all recalls (p14,p36, impending alternator recall, etc). These recalls in my opinion are all extremely dangerous and endanger the general public along with the owner of these vehicles. P-36 vanity light catch fire, p-14 break failure, impending alternator - car loses power unexpectedly. I will also mention our warranty periods have been extended for 5 additional yrs and 50,000 miles due to possible left cylinder head failures. Shame on Chrysler for not supplying parts and making the dealerships the middle men who also dont help the customers and point back at you. Lives are at risk. . . Supply the parts and rectify your poor quality control.

April 5, 2013, less than a year (purchased - 2012 Jeep grande cherokee laredo) the check engine light went on, took vehicle to service department, and informed my service provider (Jeep dealership) there is a "problem" with the cylinder head. Very disturbing because the vehicle was purchased brand new, less than 10k miles and already a major part must be replaced on a "brand new" vehicle. I am informed that is not a common, and there are several other owners with the same problem "check engine light on". Repair took more than three days, because the entire engine must be taken out to replace these two cylinders. Very alarming and very concerned for the future of this vehicle, what else could possibly go wrong next? two months later, driver side seat must be replaced due to cracks in the "leather". Two months after, brakes are making strange noises, acceleration very slow, stalls, must press very hard on gas pedal for vehicle to pick up speed, very frightening especially when entering the freeway. Door panels appears loose, the doors (3) will not stay open, requires extra push and hold before it stays open by itself. To close the door I must literally slam the door, otherwise not shut, very disturbing because my childrens sit back there. Hopefully this is my last encounter the cameras (back) of vehicle flash on and off, I am very concern especially when the position of the driver seat makes looking back very difficult, the camera cannot be functioning inefficiently. The vehicle has a 3/year or 36,000 mile warranty and with the amount of issues I have encountered I do not find that to be sufficient or even utterly appropriate. I purchased a brand new vehicle not a used. If there were no warranties I could not imagined paying out of pocket thousands of dollars on repairs.

The incident occurred during acceleration up an entrance ramp incline from 30 mph to 50 mph entering the highway. When entering the highway a vehicle moved into my path at which time, I quickly moved my foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal to find the brake pedal was hard to press and my car did not respond to any brake pedal input, at that moment. I had to swerve to avoid contact with the other vehicle. A very short time later, the brakes appeared to function normally again. I was able to recreate this condition multiple times and brought my vehicle in for service. They were unable to recreate the condition initially. I rode with the technician and walked him through the steps to recreate my experience. He confirmed the condition existed. The dealership has replaced a brake booster vacuum hose and can still create the condition in my vehicle "a brake pedal that is hard to depress and does not slow/stop the vehicle immediately. " Chrysler has stated it is aware of this condition in it's pentastar 6 cylinder due to low vacuum brake boost under certain conditions and describes the condition as a "characteristic" of the engine, further explaining the "vehicle is working as intended. " while every one at the dealership and Chrysler was nice this is a safety concern that needs to be remedied immediately. Not having responsive brakes under all conditions is not acceptable, this is not a "characteristic" but a design flaw that someone needs to address before too many units are on the roads and experience the wrong conditions at the wrong time and someone is not able to swerve or stop in time. I can't imagine this has not occurred already. There is a "Chrysler start case" with this information in it.