Hood Hinge Problems of Jeep Grand Cherokee

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee the hood does not stay up. Fell on my hand and x-ray was required. Updated ivoq 08/17/10 updated ivoq 08/19/10.

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The hood on my 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee fell on my head. The hydraulic pistons does not keep it up and there is no mechanical means to secure it.

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The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. When he opened the hood of the vehicle, it fell on his head because the hydraulics failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the hydraulics do not work in cold weather. The dealer also stated that there was no fix for the failure; however, he would have to pay $100. The manufacturer was also called and confirmed what the dealer stated. The failure mileage was 24,362. Updated 11/16/10.

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I have a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited. The vehicle has less than 60,000 miles. On the engine hood cover, the original and existing gas operated hood support does not hold. There have not been very many opening and closings of the engine compartment. The hood slams down and could cause a personal injury.

I lifted the hood to check the washer fluid level. As I turned to pick up the refill bottle to fill the car's washer bottle the hood fell on its own. Had my hands or head still been under the hood I would have sustained significant injuries. The hood struts now fail every time and I have to use a stick to hold the hood up. I went to action motors (Jeep dealership in danbury, CT) on 1/2/09 and discussed with service managers. They said failure of the hood struts is expected and is common - especially in cold weather. In fact, they told me their service policy for all mechanics is to install a vice grip on all Grand Cherokees hood struts before any work begins -- even if the owner has not reported this issue. Failures occurred too often to allow their people to work under the hood without the vice grip in place. While they may have advance knowledge of this hazardous issue, most car owners do not. I asked if Jeep had a recall on this issue and was told "no. " my car is only 4 years old.

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The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact propped up the hydraulic hood in order to disconnect the battery. The hood came down abruptly onto the contact's head and back. The contact sustained head injuries. The current mileage was 34,315 and failure mileage was 34,260.

Raised hood to highest position to check oil; walked away to get rag- hood came down to closed position. Raised hood to high up position--would not remain open. Could have caused a serious injury if I had not moved away. Have not notified the dealer yet, posted a caution note on the dash.

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Gas/hydraulic struts will not hold hood open - I raised hood to clean around it and it came back down on my hands. Fortunately , I was fast enough to pick them up to "almost" catch the hood and not do any significant damage to them. But still - car is only 3 years old and had less than 20,000 miles!.

Raised hood of 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Had hand on fender while looking in right front wheel well. Hood closed without warning, upon apparent failure of gas-strut hood supports, mashing and trapping two fingers between hood and fender. Understand from dealer others struck on head upon failure of hood struts.

- the contact stated that the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee only has 1 strut to hold up the hood. The strut is on the right hand side. The hood has fallen on him while he was under the hood checking the fluids. The contact stated that the hood came down across his back, he was not injured at the time. This failure happened over 10 times. The contact stated that the hood has also fell at the Chrysler dealer while getting serviced. The dealer has ordered a new strut for the vehicle.

Hood mechanism failed. Passenger side power window failed. Car heater failed.

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2003 Grand Cherokee engine over heated when slowing down. The cooling fan relay and cooling fan module was replaced. The hood would not stay open. The dealer replaced the hood props. The front rotors were out of round.

: the contact stated that while looking into the vehicle engine on two different occasions, the hood came down and struck the contact on the back of the neck. There were no warning sounds prior to the hood falling. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who expressed that there have been issues with the hood prop rods on several different model years of the cherokees. The dealer was able to replace the hood prop rods.

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2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with heated seat issue. Consumer states that the vehicle has been taken to the dealer several times for the heated seat problem. She also states that there is a wire or rod poking through the driver seat. The consumer also stated the transmission failed, there was a problem with the power steering, the blend doors in the heating system, the passenger side window fell down in to the door panel, and the hood struts failed. The consumer stated the heated seat issue had been recalled. The engine light illuminated and it was determined that the oxygen sensor needed to be replaced.

The engine revved at a very high rpms when starting. When changing gears it made a loud clung sound and wanted to lunge into that direction. The vehicle has never shifted properly between gears. It was almost like it was slipping, and then finding the right gear. It was not a smooth transmission either. Since I purchased the vehicle a little over 1-1/2 years ago the car has been in the shop more than 15 times. The dealers could not find the cause of the problem. I had to replace a transmission sensor, 02 sensor, sun roof, rear end, and cd player. The heater blend door had to be replaced , which didn't sound expensive, but the fix was to remove the entire heater plenum and replace the broken door, stop and drive assembly. Cost $890. 00.

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2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Hood gas shocks that hood the hood up have failed and the hood will not stay in the up position. This is very dangerous, the first time this happens you are not expecting the hood to fall and luckly I got out of the way or would of suffered a severe head impact.

While checking under the hood struts snapped, causing the hood to fall down. Dealership notified, but the problem was not resolved.

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The pistons holding up the front hood assembly failed and can no longer bear the weight of the hood. No one was injured when the initial failure occured. This presents a major problem when servicing the vehicle as there is no other reliable mechanism to hold up the hood. Placing a stick or other object to hold this open is an accident waiting to happen. Jeep was contacted and would not pay for replaing this faulty component. Other pistons which hold up the rear hatch as well as the pop-up glass also cannot effectively hold up the weight of the conponents they were designed for.

The hydraulics don't hold the hood up in the open position. Hood came down on the consumer, but they were able to catch it before any injuries were sustained. Dealership serviced the hood, but problem recurred. The consumer stated that the hood still falls down. Hydraulic arms do not hold and three is no safety arm substitute.

Between years 3 and 5 replaced both tail light assembly units. Not covered under extended warranty. Problem starting vehicle. Took to dealer at least 5 times. Dealer kept replacing fuel pump and saying it was bad. Problem still occurs. Replaced transmission sensor. Replaced hood hydraulics. Now hearing noise from rear end at any speed. Being told by my mechanical that rear end needs to be replaced.

While consumer was looking under the hood the hood fell and hit the consumer on the back. Dealer determined that the struts broke and replaced them.