Tail Light Switch Problems of Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 1

Several years ago I was pulled over by a police officer because I had no tail/running/turn or brake lights. I immediately had those replaced. Within a month I took my Jeep in for the yearly state inspection and found that I had the same issue. I was told then, that this was a problem with this design of the Jeep, they were very familiar with this problem as I told them about my recent traffic stop and having just gotten it fixed. This very serious problem has persisted extensively! no matter how many times I address the issue (and it's not the bulbs, those are rarely burnt out, it's the connection, cleaning the connection surface helps but . . . ) I am constantly being stopped and told I have no tail lights whatsoever, it's exhausting and a danger to my and everyone else's! ongoing problem.

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Dash lights flickering and keeps blowing fuses affecting right side front and rear marker lights (tail light and front marker light right side only) replace the fuse and it may last a day or it may last a few months, I see lots of complaints about flickering and I think it's a short, the fan relay for the heater motor kept blowing and after replacing it twice and the blower motor once I found that the problem was in the connector harness (bad solder job at the connector) burnt so bad I'm surprised it didn't catch fire!! in motion and parked.

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For the second time, I was pulled over by the state police because my tail lights were not on at night. In both cases, it is likely that when I got out of my Jeep my knee brushed the dial that controls the headlights and moved it from "a" to "o" (auto to off). Both times it was after dark and because of the daytime running lights, it was not immediately clear to me that the headlights (and taillights) were not on. In both cases, the trooper let me off, but this seems like a design flaw that could create a major problem if a car were following me and did not see me.

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Brake lights, running lights, tail lights, turn signals dont work. Sitting still or moving.

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Dashboard cluster, and tail lights flickers on and off while in locked or unlocked mode and with vehicle turned off, and stationary. With or without the fob key near, and the car does this until battery dies. It has been at the dealer 3 times, new battery still the same issue.

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The break tail lamp shots out and had to replace the unit twice this year and the was wiring shots to the break light and it cost me $1500 for the break light wiring shot and the tail light assemble. I have had this problem for 3 yrs consecutive and I think it is a safety issue since it is the breaks lighting and their has been multiple complaints about the same issue for this vehicle on line. I think that Chrysler should recall all this vehicles and rewire them for free since it is a safety fitcher. The whole break wiring had melted because it had a shot and burnt the bulb sockets and assemble unit.

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Rear hatch tail light assembly allows water/window wash fluid into assembly causing the light to fail. This occurs when the vehicle is parked or in motion.

When driver or parked and idling the dash, indicator lights, headlights, tail lights, speedometer completely lose power. This has happened while driving in low light conditions causing a very serious hazard.

The contact owns a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While the vehicle was stationary, the tail lights and brake lights malfunctioned. The contact stated that the tail light and brake light coverings melted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Replaced tail light housing units only to have them go bad again. Wire harness needed to be replaced numeral times, electrical system for doors and windows had to be replaced numeral times. Gauges on dash board wouldn't work half the time. Just had a mva with a deer and extensive damage to the front of the car and no airbags were deployed, the accident was so extensive that the car was totaled!.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the drivers side-turning signal failed to function. The contact noticed that the rear tail light casing was burning internally. The contact had the dealer replace the lighting; however the failure recurred on the passenger side tail light. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger side bulb failed because of water leaking in the tail light assembly. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,815.

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This is the second time our headlights have burned out. Also the tail light. The car isn't that old and is not driven but a few miles a year now we have retired. The ignition at different time will not start it will just keeps turning like it is not getting gas. I brought this to the attention at the dealers when the car was only 35,000 miles but they said we didn't have our foot on the brake totally, well it still does it at 48,000 miles and we do have our foot on the brake; it doesn't do it everytime, but it does it aleast once or twice a week. We are just sitting in the car ready to go somewhere' we realize the warranity is out but when we told them it wasn't. The first headlight went out the first 15,000 miles. We have owned cars for 10 years and lights have never gone out. Can you help us with these problems?.

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Although no accident yet, I wanted to say that I have never received any notice from fca about the "customer satisfaction campaign" (because although the gas tank hangs under the rear bumper, year 2000 was not included in the "recall" trailer hitch deal). I bought it new and am still living at the same address. I also wanted to note that another issue with the gc is that the brake and tail lights often stop working. The socket gets scorched and you have to go take it apart, pry the contacts up just right and put aluminum foil under them (google Grand Cherokee brake lights). That works for a while, then you have to do it again. I've been stopped twice in 6 months for it. Sometimes the taillight works but actually goes out when you step on the brake. In any case, having a gas tank prone to exploding when rear ended along with brake light issues is not a good thing. The door locks on the passenger side also cannot be unlocked except from inside the vehicle, while the drivers side have to be locked manually (again, it's all over google. It's called the angry duck for the noise the locks make. I have been waiting for NHTSA to make a other announcement about this - the news was they were going to in a week or so, but that was 3 weeks ago. Thanks pat paulson miapjp@gmail. Com.

I have replaced the tail lights (4x within 12months), fog light (after one exploded and melted the housing), lights in visor (safety recall), day time running lights (6x), a sensor has quit working on the engine module that tells the engine when it is up to temperature, and the leather dash suddenly warped. My vehicle has 60,000 miles on it and already I have replaced various lights on it (the day time running lights need a trained mechanic) costing me a ton of money. The warped dash was inspected by the manager of rice Chrysler Dodge in knoxville, TN informed me that the glue allowed the dash to lift and that I would have to pay for this manufacture defect, and I just received a letter in the mail that another safety recall is being issued for the engine stalling that could cause a deadly accident. I think that my vehicle should be registered as a lemon, I have always trusted Jeep, always had Jeeps, but this one has been a costly mistake.

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Have replaced the entire rear tail lights due to the lights not illuminating when brake is pressed. The mechanic indicated he see's this all the time with the Jeep cherokee's. There is a problem. I drove around all day not knowing I had no brake lights. This is a problem even after replacing I had to return to have it fixed again. This need to be looked at.

Drove to my friends house with lights on when got ready to leave had no lights had to leave Jeep until next day. No tail lights on passenger side. But have flashlights turn signals don't work can't even drive it anymore.

Vehicle cranking long before starting, dealer diagnostic was tipm, Jeep was contacted they agreed they has issues with part mentioned and agreed in provide part w/$100 deductible, I still paid for the cranking sensor and labor, new tipm created more electrical problems. When turning signal was activated fog lights were blinking but not the turning lights, taken back to dealer they temporary fix the problem until Jeep releases the new update in at least 2 months, after they fixed the turning lights another issued resulted, now the stop tail brake lights don't turn on if ignition switch is not in on position and sometimes even with the engine running , or if engine is not running. This issue concerns me a lot, since this is very critical if driving on highway and engine stop working how I will let the vehicles behind me that I have an emergency and I'm stepping on the brakes,lights will not turn on. Are you people from NHTSA waiting until fatalities happen to force Jeep to make a recall and fix the problems. ? there are thousands of vehicles with failures related to this tipm , please prevent people die in crashes for this issue and do something about it. Now my car is in the dealer again because they can properly fix it, and all related to this new tipm. These corporation was already bailout with our tax money, now they are passing the cost of repairs to people who purchased a defective product, it is very suspicious that all of the tipm went bad, between 50,000 and 60,000 miles just after warranty has expired. . . Please do something.

Had my Jeep for about 4 years now, and I've recently had many issues with it. For one, there's a recall, which parts are not available right now for an orc sensor. The recall letter said there may be a chance that it could cause an electrical distress on the computer. Now, I don't know if these caused many electrical issues or not, but I'd like to see something done about it. Around later November 2012 I took the Jeep to get the ac/heater work because it wasn't working. Paid $400. 00, labor and parts. Also got my signal lights fixed, because they weren't working either. Few months pass, now its March 2013. The signal lights work when they want, even after getting it fixed. The right signal light works fine, the left works when it wants. My driver foglight went out. I dont have a bad bulb so what is it? few weeks later, driver headlight goes out. Again, no blown bulb. Few more weeks pass, and my ac/heater stopped working again. Why? also, the driver tail light, at times goes out. No bad bulb. I feel as if I give it more time, the problem is just going to get worse. We need to look into this problem.

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There are no brake or tail lights or brake lights when it is dark, everything works in the day light, very dangerous to drive without any lights in rear of car.

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My Jeep brake lights are defective. When I press the brakes, the tail lights turn off and do not glow. They have been repaired multiple times without success. Can Chrysler please recall the defect??? thanks.

I know of at least 4 people who have Jeep vehicles and we are constantly replacing the tail light, brake light and or having issues with electrical functions. Within 2years I have personally replaced my entire driver tail light, bulbs 4 times. I have searched for any recalls and I have only found 1, but nothing in regards to electrical and or brake light issues.

Brake light fails to work with headlamps on due to ground wire problem somewhere, gromet on tail light assembly is melted. Defective light could cause rear end collision. Affects all models.

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Brake light failure on 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo- brake lights stop working when lights are turned on. Many similar complaints for the last 10 years on the web still no recall. Problem is defective contacts in the tail light assembly.

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I have replaced the rear passenger tail light multiple times. The light will not illuminate with a new bulb. The rear passenger window regulator has become ungrounded multiple times. There is no power on the passenger side of the car. I have spoken to multiple Jeep owners with models of the same make and model and they have had the same issue of sorts. I had contacted Jeep as well, only to be told the vehicle is old. I purchased the car 9/2007 and within one months time the regulator died and was repaired. The vehicle was 3 years old. The regulator on the same window failed and the taillight began to malfunction.

I have a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and have had it now since 2004 it has been a problem after another the tail lights go off the circuit board stops working and the money issue is ridiculous to keep replacing the problem has gotten expensive and from what I have seen on the internet on car survey. Com I am not the only one this is a problem that can only get worse if it were to cause an accident and maybe loose a life to a part that should have been recalled there is currently 290 complaints and yet I am just one more to add to the list and well hopefully with this complaint there can be something done! hopefully someone does not have to loose a life to an accident when it should have corrected!! thanks for your time!! please help!!.

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee rear brake lights out because of defective design. Brake lights stop working when headlights turned on. Brake lights work fine when headlights off. Problem design is in the tail light assembly. When you remove the light socket for the tail/brake light in the light assembly, you will see 3 silver contact points inside the black plastic ring. Two are grouped together and there is one that is opposite of the two. The one by itself is the ground; the other two are the contacts for the tail light and brake light. The problem lies with the ground connector. You should notice that the ground contact is depressed into the plastic and the plastic itself is slightly warped down. Most cars have light sockets with their wiring attached. The socket twists into the lamp assembly. On the Grand Cherokee, the socket does not have the wiring attached. Instead, the wiring goes into the lamp assembly and the socket has three electrical contacts that, when twisted into the assembly, will make the contact. What seems to be the most frequent malfunction is that the electrical contacts (which make contact with their respective electrical paths when they are inserted into the assembly) are pressed tight to ensure good contact with the assembly. . . And on many taillights, the plastic ring containing the respective paths often begins to separate from the fatigue of the contacts pressing so hard. Of the three contacts (rear tail light, rear brake light and ground), the ground is what most commonly loses its contact due to fatigue cracking. This is a serious safety issue because often drivers are unaware that there is a problem. It only happens when the headlamps are on, so if checked in daylight, the problem often goes undetected. Only when another driver or the police point it out does it looked at. This is a widespread problem that occurs for nearly every 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is not an issue of will it happen, rather when is it going to happen!.

My rear corner brake lights constantly have issues either in the taillight assembly or the bulb installation connection -- I am still not sure where the issue is really. I will replace the bulb and in 3 months or so my brake light is out on one side then a short time later the other side. I can't tell you how many Jeeps I see with at least one brake light being out. Also if my lights are on, then both rear brake lights go out. If I turn the lights off, maybe only one brake light will not work. I've had several people tell me when they are behind me that I have no brake lights, which means if they were not paying attention they would have hit me! and as we all know, paying attention is a huge issue today with so many cell phone distractions. I am shocked there is not a recall on the Grand Cherokee that I can find on my original factory tail lights.

Rear passenger tail light does not work at night or rather when the car lights are turned on. Mechanic has replaced bulb, re-bent the connection, but the light still is not visible when lights are turned on. When lights are out, brake light, reverse light and turn signal work. My son has been pulled over by police thinking the lights had been fixed. Its only a matter of time before he receives a ticket. Our mechanic has offered to try and fix it without replacing both back light assemblies.

I have had ongoing problems with my brake and tail lights. I have replaced the housing, sockets and bulbs. The bulbs overheat and melt the plastic which causes the lights to malfunction. The tail lights will work sometimes but the brake lights may not work when the tail lights are lit. There have been times when the tail lights don't work and the brake lights do even though they are the same bulb. I have seen other Jeeps on the road with the same problem and have seen multiple complaints on internet. I've contacted Jeep and they claim to have no knowledge of the problem.

Driver's side tail light keeps going out and having to be replaced. Because it is the same problem each time, I believe it is a safety issue that needs to be addressed and corrected by the manufacturer.

Rear brake lights continue to fail within 12-20 months time even after the entire tail light is replaced. This has occurred for both rear tail lights in my 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo. We're having to replace both of them every 12-20 months now. The tail light circuit area is known to be a Jeep defective, as I now discovered.

I have a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The brake lights and tail lights are continually going out and have been replaced numerous times. I have been pulled over a number of times after having the lights fixed only to find out again that they have gone back out.

I recently purchased a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The driver side brake light on my Grand Cherokee does not work at all when the lights are turned on. When the lights are off during the day the light works fine, dimmer than the passenger side, but it still lights up. I have tried to fix the problem by changing out the bulbs and the pigtails the light goes into but I cant ever get it to work. I have noticed that every Grand Cherokee in the same generation as mine has the same problem I have talked to multiple mechanics that said they have fixed upwards of 50 gc's with that same problem and you must replace both taillight assemblies because if you replace one it will short out immediately. I work in the auto parts business so I have access to the parts to fix it but the taillight assemblies are around $140 a piece. I would think that Chrysler would have had a recall about it, seeing how common it is, but I have talked to my local dealer and they explained to me that it is up to NHTSA to issue a recall. I have received two tickets related to this incident. It becomes a hassle when I see all these Jeeps with the same problem and nothing has been done about it and the problem has been going on for years. I would appreciate it if you could look into this problem, seeing how it is such a common problem that Chrysler should take care of their defective products. Thanks a lot.

Have owned vehicle for 4 years now. Have had problems with the heat not working 3 times now and still have problems (spent over $1,000. 00 in this alone) the wires connecting to the blow box get to hot and melt the plug & blow box. When it first starts you can wiggle the wires and it will work for a short period of time. Ultimately you must replace the plug & blow box. Last week I was pulled over getting off the express way and a guy stopped me and told me I had no tail lights or brake lights. Again this was another electrical problem. This was very dangerous as I could have been in a serious accident. The tail gate sticks and will not open.

My 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees tail light goes out when the brake is applied. I've replaced the bulb twice. It is a widespread problem from what I've read on the internet. Plus, I was ticketed twice (after initial replacement) and warned a third time.