2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while the vehicle was turned off, there was an abnormal sound coming from the dashboard. Additionally, while driving at various speeds, the speedometer failed to display the correct speed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed of a leak in the EVAP system. The contact was also informed that the vehicle control sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer nor the manufacturer had been notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 205,000.

ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE STOPPED AND MOVING. THE GAUGES GO CRAZY. THE GAS GAUGE INDICATES EMPTY EVEN THOUGH THERE'S HALF OF TANK FULL. DID TUNE UP, REPLACED SPARK PLUGS AND IGNITION COIL, GAS FILTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A NEW RADIATOR WAS INSTALLED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE OEM RADIATOR WAS MADE OVERSEAS AND NOT BY CHRYSLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR BURST AND COULD NOT HANDLE THE PRESSURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIFTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED BY THE MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KELLY JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (501 STATE AVE, EMMAUS, PA 18049 (610) 967-2101), BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS A NEW BATTERY AND ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE VEHICLE WORK EXCEPT THE ENGINE. VEHICLE MAY RESTART AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT ALL SPEEDS AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WHILE IN DRIVING LANES. CITY, HIGHWAY, INTERSECTIONS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE COOLANT LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LIFTED THE HOOD, AND DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLANT FAN WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT AND RADIATOR FAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A WARNING CHIME ACTIVATED AND THE CHECK GAUGES WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SMOKE STARTED EMITTING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V199000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT CORRECT OR AUTHORIZE REPAIR FOR THIS, EVEN WHEN I HAD THE F25 SAFETY RECALL NOTICE. THEY REPAIRED THIS PROBLEM A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT THEIR 'FIX' WAS TO INSTALL THE SAME TYPE OF FAN AS WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED. IT FAILED AGAIN RECENTLY WHILE I WAS IN A PARKING LOT - THIS TIME, WHEN IT BROKE, IT SLUNG THE BROKEN BLADE INTO THE COWLING AND LEFT A HUGE HOLE IN THIS COVER PIECE. IT WAS A RECALL, FOR HEAVENS' SAKES - IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT I SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF REPAIRING THIS, SINCE IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IN THE DESIGN OF THE 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. ONE INCH TO THE LEFT WHILE LOOKING AT THE FAN, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPELLED INTO MY HEAD WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000. !....UPDATED 07/31/14 *BF

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED (5 MPH) DUE TO A TRAFFIC JAM, MY VEHICLE OVERHEATED. ONCE TOWED OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED A FAN FAILURE FOR THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. SUBSEQUENTLY THERE MAY BE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE CAUSED BY THE FAN FAILURE. I RESEARCHED THIS AND DISCOVERED A RECALL ISSUED (8/2006) BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER FOR THE ELECTRIC RADIATOR FAN (SAFETY RECALL F25). I CALLED CHRYSLER TODAY (CASE #[XXX]) AND THEY SAID THAT THIS RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL CLEARLY STATES IT APPLIES TO VEHICLES WITH THE "S" IN THE 8TH POSITION WHICH IT IS. PLEASE ADVISE ON NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THIS JEEP HAD THE 4.7L V8 ENGINE. JEEP WAS RUNNING FINE, NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH LEAKING FLUIDS, ETC.OR ANY ENGINE ISSUES AT ALL. WENT TO A FRIENDS HOUSE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE, THE VEHICLE STARTED VERY ROUGH AND HAD NO POWER - HITTING THE BRAKE TO CHANGE GEARS WOULD STALL THE ENGINE. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SHOWED NO COMPRESSION IN THE FIRST CYLINDER. I WAS UNABLE TO PAY TO HAVE MY ENGINE TORN APART (KEEP IN MIND I ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND STILL OWED OVER $1000 ON SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT DRIVEABLE), BUT FROM THE SYMPTOMS IT SEEMS THIS WAS CAUSED BY A DROPPED VALVE SEAT. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE IN THIS ENGINE (IN JEEPS AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES) AND AM SURPRISED THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE. I AM UNSURE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON UNIVERSITY APPROACHING THE STOP LIGHT ON 66TH ST IN LUBBOCK TX, AS SLOWING DOWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, I HEARD AN OVERWHELMING LOUD BANG COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE JEEP, IT SHOOK THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IT FELT LIKE I HAD HIT SOMEONES CAR. I WAS GETTING LEAVING LUBBOCK HEADED HOME TO PLAINVIEW. ME AND MY DAUGHTER STOPPED AT WALMART WHERE I LEFT MY VEHICLE IDLING FOR NO MORE THAN THREE TO TEN MINUTES MAX. I CAME OUT FROM WALMART AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM MY CAR. ANTIFREEZE WAS SPILT OUT EVERYWHERE AND THE PERSON PARKED NEXT ME THAT MY CAR HAD OVERHEATED AND TO LET IT COOL DOWN BEFORE DRIVING IT AGAIN. I CAME BACK TO LUBBOCK YESTERDAY WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I ALMOST STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE INTO THE WALMART PARKING LOT. A FRIEND POINTED OUT THE RADIATOR FAN WAS ALL BUSTED UP. THE JEEP WILL NOT START AND IS IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE WALMART ON AVE. Q IN LUBBOCK. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT WILL NOT START UP I BELIEVE IT COULD BE THE RADIATOR RELAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

MY AC SYSTEM IS FAULTY. HOT AND COLD AIR BLOWS AT THE SAME TIME. WINDOWS CONSTANTLY FOG UP AND I CAN'T SEE. GETTING BLEND DOOR CODES ON THE CLIMATE CONTROL READER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAK AROUND THE RADIATOR AND DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND THE RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 300,000.

WE WERE DRIVING JEEP ON HIGHWAY AND ALL WAS NORMAL. WE STOPPED FOR FUEL AND WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR IT IDLED VERY ROUGH AND STARTED SMOKING. SHUT CAR OFF AND UPON INSPECTION THE ROCKER ARM HAD BEEN PUSHED THROUGH THE VALVE COVER. APPEARS TO BE DAMAGE TO VALVE BUT DO NOT KNOW EXTENT OF DAMAGE YET. ENGINE HAD APPROX. 108,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AS SOON AS IT WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 175,100. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAN RELAY MODULE FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE PART FAILED IT CAUSED THE FAN FOR THE RADIATOR STOP WORKING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD OVER HEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAN RELAY MODULE FAILED AND IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 129,682.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OR WHILE IDLING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND THE ENGINE WOULD OVERHEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V199000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.