2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Electrical System Problems

OVERHEAD DISPLAY CEASES TO WORK. ONLINE FORUMS HAVE POINTED TO A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED AT CONSIDERABLE COST. IF THE HARNESS IS FAULTY COULD IT CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM?

GASOLINE ODOR/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE MACHANICALLY CHECKED THE SMELL OF FUEL ON STARTUP WITH WINDOW LOWERED IS OVERPOWERING..THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD THE VEHICLE PLUGGED INTO SERVICE COMPUTER..WAS TOLD TOO CHECK GAS CAP/REPLACE..WHICH I DID..THE GASOLINE ODOR IS STILL PRESENT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON..SO NEW GAS CAP ISNT THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO LEAKS ANYWHERE ON THE ENGINE OR AT THE GAS TANK, YET THE SMELL OF FUEL IS STILL PRESENT. NO GAS LINE LEAKS...WE NEED TO MAKE THESE TRUCKS IN AMERICA AGAIN WITH AMERICAN PARTS. HAVE ALWAYS OWNED JEEPS HAVE A 93 SPORT IN MY DRIVEWAY RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS '01 MAY BE MY LAST...LITERALLY.

I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT MY INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE PROBLEM IS THE VEHCILE IS HAVING ODD INTERMINENT ISSUES WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE GAS LIGHT, THE TACHOMETER, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STOP WORKING. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL COME ON. THE WINDOWS WILL STOP WORKING, ETC. THIS POSES A DANGER SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING AND MY ALL MY INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON AT NIGHT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

MY VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN INTERMEDIATELY WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES WHILE TURNING IT ON AND WHILE SITTING IN A STATIONARY POSITION AT A LIGHT . I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RECALL BECAUSE I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENTS AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE ONE THEM... I SPENT $3000 FOR A SHOP TO LOOK AT IT AND STILL THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. I DO NOT WANT MY FAMILY OR MYSELF TO GET INTO A CRASH BECAUSE OF FAULTY EQUIPMENT. AT THE LEAST I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY THIS IS HAPPENING SO I CAN GET IT FIXED PROPERLY. BUT OTHERWISE A RECALL FOR THESE VEHICLES WOULD BE REA SUING TO MY FAMILY AND I. *TR

SEAT BECAME VERY HOT STARTED TO SMELL LIKE BURNING .HAD TO PULLOVER TILL IT COOLED DOWN.SEAT QUIT WORKING.THE SEATS HAD PREVIOUS REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY.AROUND 2003-2004. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT WARMER SYSTEM THAT WAS NO LONGER WORKING, I DISCOVERED THAT THE FACTORY INSTALLED HEATED SEATS HAD APPARENTLY SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED THE FOAM CUSHION IN EACH OF THE SEATS TO CATCH FIRE. THE WIRING HAD BURNED A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG AND 1-2 INCHES DEEP. FORTUNATELY, THE FIRE DID NOT SPREAD FAR WITHIN THE SEAT. UPON DOING AN ONLINE SEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

A YEAR AGO AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOW SWITCHES ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, FRONT AND BACK, STOPPED WORKING WHEN PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR INTERIOR LIGHT DID NOT GO ON WHEN DRIVER'S DOOR WAS OPEN. ON OCCASION, DOOR LIGHT WOULD GO ON MAKING EVERYTHING OPERATIONAL. THIS WAS SHORT-LIVED EACH TIME. RECENT ITEM ABOUT A GM RECALL LISTED THIS SAME PROBLEM, STATING IF THE CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE DRIVER'S DOOR GOT WET, IT COULD CORRODE THE CIRCUIT BOARD, POSSIBLY CAUSING SMOKE OR FIRE. MY CONCERN IS A SAFETY ONE. WAS THERE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED, PURCHASED BY A RELATIVE IN 2001 AND TRANSFERRED TO ME IN 2007. *TR

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. *TR

THE PLUG AND WIRING TO THE BLOWER MOTOR ON MANY JEEP VEHICLES IS BURNING UP. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE PLUG OR THE WIRES, INCLUDING THE TABS THE PLUG CONNECTS TO, ARE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CARRY THE LOAD OF THE BLOWER. IT IS FUSED AT 40AMPS. *TR

THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE CONTACTS IN THE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU HAVE TO BEND THE CONTACT BACK OUT SO IT MAKES CONTACT AGAIN. *TR

I OWN A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. ON FRIDAY 2/11/09 I HAD TO CALL AAA AUTO SERVICE. THE IGNITION ON THE CAR LOCKED UP. THE AUTO MECHANIC. THAT THEY SENT OUT GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK WITH A RUBBER HAMMER AND WALKED OVER TO MY CAR AND HIT THE IGNITION A COUPLE OF TIMES AND IT CAME UNLOCK. HE SAID THAT THEY GET A COUPLE OF CALLS A WEEK ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION IN CARS 3 OR 4 TIMES A MONTH. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND TRIED TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY WERE NO HELP. SO I'M REPORTING THE PROBLEM TO YOU TO TRY TO GET SOME HELP. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED HE FILED A COMPLAINT IN DECEMBER 2009 AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED, AND IF SO WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME.? UPDATED 03/23/10.*JB

THE BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS, RUNNINNG LIGHTS KEEP BLOWING. AT THE SAME TIME USUALLY THE INSTRUMENT GUAGES ALSO STOP WORKING. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE TO BE FIXED. THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR US AND OTHER VEHICLES AND IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THEY COULD BE WORKING FINE AND GO OUT BETWEEN 1 PLACE AND ANOTHER. WE HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE, HAD PEOPLE IN OTHER VEHICLES YELL AT US AND ALMOST BEEN HIT WHILE TURNING LEFT DUE TO LACK OF WORKING SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS RE-OCURRING PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED PROPERLY. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL IN JAN 2008 HAD REPAIR SHOP PULL WINDOW BACK UP - THEY HAD "REPLACED MANY JEEP REGULATORS"; LEFT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL APR 2008 HAD FRIEND WIRE IT UP IN PLACE BECAUSE COULDN'T AFFORD PART/REPAIR. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEATER FAILURE.*CN

AS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN TWO OTHER POSTINGS I SEE, MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT WOULD WORK WELL, UNTIL I DEPRESSED THE BRAKES, THEN IT WOULD GO OUT. I HAD THE BULB REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES, THEN TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER TODAY. $190 LATER, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPAIRED. WE'LL SEE...*JB

FROM DAY OF PURCHASE, HEARD LOUD CREAKING UNDER THE DASH. ASSUMED VENTS WERE OPENING/CLOSING. EVENTUALLY COLD AIR BEGAN TO BLOW FROM THE RIGHT VENTS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR PROBABLY NEEDED REPLACING AT A COST OF $1500. THEY SAID BRING IT ON, WE HAVE TWO HERE NOW WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

TL* - THE HEATER AND A/C ARE NOT WORKING IN THE CONTACT'S 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER ( ALL STAR DODGE IN AMARILLO, TX) TO SET UP APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S FAILURE IS DUE TO THE WIRING HARNESS MELTING WHICH CREATED A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE RESONATOR. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS AND RESONATOR. THE DEALER CALLED THE PARTS WAREHOUSE IN DALLAS, TX AND THEY STATED THAT THERE IS A BACK ORDER FOR THE PART THAT CAN TAKE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEY GET THE PART. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY CATCH ON FIRE DUE TO THE FAILURE. *NM

LFT REAR DOR BY ANOTHER DRIVER IN PKG LOT. *JB

AIR ONLY BLOWS ONE SPEED ONLY AT CONSTANT SPEED WHEN ACCELERATING AND CUTS OFF WHEN BRAKING. THE AIR ONLY BLOWS HOT AIR AND THE TEMP CAN NOT BE CHANGED. THE AIR/HEAT STARTED TO NOT WORK CORRECTLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FIRST THEN REACHED THE DRIVERS SIDE. THERE IS LOUD CREAKING NOISES COMING FROM THE DASH WHEN THE UNIT IS TURNED ON OR WHEN THE CAR IS CUT OFF. IT CAN EVEN BE HEARD OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *NM