2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Lighting Problems

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SHUTS OFF. THE ENGINE STAYS OPERATIONAL. AFFECTED EQUIPMENT INCLUDES A/C, LIGHTS (BOTH INTERIOR/EXTERIOR), WIPERS, AIRBAGS, LOCKS, WINDOWS, AND DASH GAUGES/COMPONENTS. THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IS NON-RESPONSIVE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE LIGHT BULBS, FUSES AND BRAKE PEDAL SWITCH WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,000.

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS HAVE STARTED TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. NUMEROUS TIMES THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING OR EVEN WHILE PARKED/

ISSUE 1 - ALL THE INTERNAL DOOR HANDLED HAVE BROKEN. THIS LIMITS PASSENGER EGRESS IN THE EVEN OF AN ACCIDENT. ISSUE 2 - THIS PAST WEEKEND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE CAR FLICKERED AND BRIEFLY TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS INCLUDES THE HEADLIGHTS, PARKING LIGHTS, FOG LIGHTS, AND ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS. IT APPEARS THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHT SWITCH MECHANISM IN THE MULTI FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY. THIS PRESENT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE RURAL ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 1/20/16 LN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE, BUT ADVISED IT COULD BE THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. *JS

WHILE DRIVING ON A REMOTE STATE ROAD AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS OF THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WENT SUDDENLY OUT. THIS PUT ME IN THE SITUATION OF DRIVING 65MPH COMPLETELY IN THE DARK. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITHOUT HITTING SOMETHING JUST BY PURE LUCK. AFTER STOPPING THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND KEPT FLICKERING THE REST OF THE WAY. A SHORT INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET SHOWED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE NOT AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM WITH 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. A LOOSENING CONTACT OF THE LIGHT SWITCH SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM AND JEEP DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE HEADLIGHT AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED COMPLETELY. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND CHANGED THE SETTINGS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

HEADLIGHTS BEGIN FLICKERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THEN GO OUT ENTIRELY. NEXT DAY, HEADLIGHTS WORK AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND IS POTENTIALLY A FATAL PROBLEM SINCE DRIVER IS SUDDENLY DRIVING IN COMPLETE DARKNESS.. MY CAR IS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AT LOCAL 5 STAR JEEP DEALER. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THIS SAME JEEP DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO DIAGNOSE (EACH TIME FOR FIVE DAYS AND MECHANIC DROVE CAR OVER 100 MILES HOME AT NIGHT) AND NO PROBLEM CAN BE FOUND. AFTER CONDUCTING A GOOGLE SEARCH, THERE ARE ABOUT 12 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. CHRYSLER'S POSITION AND THE DEALER'S POSITION IS THAT IF THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THEY SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL. NHTSA SHOULD NOW REQUIRE A MANDATORY RECALL OF ALL 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. AT A MINIMUM, THE LIKELY COMPONENTS, E.G. HEADLIGHT SWITCH, CONTROL UNITS AND/OR WIRING HARNESSES SHOULD PROACTIVELY BE REPLACED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO TONIGHT THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AFTER TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON. *TR

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 3.7L V6 MANUAL HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN IN THE "ON" POSITION. SAFETY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH NO STREET LIGHTS. HEAD LIGHTS EVEN FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN THE SWITCH IS IN THE "OFF" POSITION. NO RECALLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING LIKE THIS. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TO WORK SATURDAY MARCH 6 I NOTICE THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD BLINK EVERY ONCE IN THE WHILE, I WAS DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN NEW JERSEY @65 MILES HOUR,IT WAS A VERY SCARE EXPERIENCE SINCE I DID NOT KNOWN IF THE ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT AND I WOULD LOOSE STEERING AND BREAKING , AND AFTER ALL THE TOYOTA PROBLEMS I WAS ALMOST IN PANIC. PLEASE LET ME KNOWN IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COMPLAINS LIKE MINE , SINCE THERE IS NO RECALLS FOR THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM ON YOUR WEB SITE. [XXX] *TR

I OWN A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT I PURCHASED NEW. THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE AND CONTINUES TO CLICK AND MAKE NOISES EVERYTIME I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. IF YOU MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL IN ANY DIRECTION THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MOVES. I WENT TO MY LOCAL DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND I AM BEING TOLD THERE ARE 785 OF THESE SWITCHES ON BACKORDER AND NO DATE OF RESOLUTION FOR THIS REPAIR. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS SWITCH WILL FAIL AN CAUSE SOME SERIOUS CONDITION INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN THAT WON'T ALLOW ME TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLAY WITH THE SWITCH TO GET THE LIGHTS TO TURN BACK ON. THE DEALER REPLACED AN INTEGRATED POWER MODULE BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD FAIL SIMULTANEOUSLY. HE WOULD HAVE TO USE THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHT SWITCH UNTIL THE LIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09E012000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CURRENT WAS 49,000.

HIGH MOUNTED CENTER BRAKE LIGHT, WIRING MALFUNCTION,COMPLETE LIGHT GOES OUT , BUT NO WARNING ON THE DASH BECAUSE THE VEHICLE THINKS ITS STILL WORKING, MOVE THE WIRES IT WORKS BUT THEN STOPS WORKING, I'VE NOTICED IT ON OTHER CHRYSLER TYPE PRODUCTS . EX. DURANGO. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, MY LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. I HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERS SERVICE CENTER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ONLY TO BE TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007, THE SERVICE CENTER DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE WITH A "MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FAULT." IT OCCURRED MANY TIMES AFTER AND I WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. I JUST BROUGHT IT BACK THIS WEEK AND WAS TOLD SOMETHING ELSE WAS AT FAULT AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING TERRIBLE COULD HAPPEN TO ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH ON MY 2005 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEP FLICKERS ON AND OFF AT TIMES. IT CAUSES MY HEADLIGHTS ON MY VEHICLE TO GO OUT DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING. I INITIALLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR JAN 2008. THE PART WAS ORDERED BUT NEVER CAME IN. I TOOK IT AGAIN TO CHRYSLER JEEP DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME CONCERN AND HAVE LEARNED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS IS A NECESSARY PART FOR SAFE DRIVING AT NIGHT. HOW CAN IT BE ON BACK ORDER UNLESS IT WAS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH? *TR

LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I DO NOT OWN THIS VEHICLE BUY WAS FOLLOWING ONE LAST EVENING. IT WAS DARK, I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON RT 55 NEAR FRONT ROYAL, VA. A NEW (04 / 05) JEEP CHEROKEE STYLE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE PLAINLY VISABLE BUT I COMMENTED TO MYSELF THAT THE DRIVER SHOULD USE TURN SIGNALS WHEN MAKING THIS MANUVER, ESPECIALLY ON THE WELL TRAVELED ROAD. AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE STOPPED VEHICLE, TO MY SURPRISE, THE TURN SIGNALS WERE ON AND WORKING....PROBLEM IS ...FROM 100 FEET BEHIND, THE INTENSITY OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS OVER SHADOWED THE OPERATION OF THE TURN SIGAL AS THEY ARE BOTH RED AND OPERATE ON SEPERATE LIGHT FIXTURES. *AK