2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Steering Problems

The ignition I believe lost connection with the key fob. Multiple times while driving the vehicle will randomly just die. An when trying to start sometimes it does nothing unless you push key in a certain way.

WHEN DRIVING THE DASH LIGHTS WILL COME ON HEATER STOPS WORKING MAKING IT UNSAFE

I RECENTLY BOUGHT MY 2006 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED AND A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT OR PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THE JEEP COMPLETELY DIES. I HAVE HAD MY JEEP INSPECTED I RECENTLY BOUGHT MY 2006 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED AND A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT OR PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THE JEEP COMPLETELY DIES, NO STEERING OR BRAKES. WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL IT WILL RESTART AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD MY JEEP INSPECTED AND THERE ARE NO CODES OR ANYTHING TO FIND SPECIFICALLY. THE OTHER ISSUE I AM HAVING IS THAT WHEN I AM DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE DASH LIGHTS, AIR, AND RADIO GO OUT AND FLICKER. YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR SPEED AND THE GAUGES GO BIZERK. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND MANY TESTIMONIALS WHICH I HAVE ATTACHED TO THIS COMPLAINT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. ONE WOMEN WAS EVEN GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND HERS DIED AND SHE LOST STEERING AND ENDED UP GOING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT OK PEOPLE! WE NEED TO HOLD CHRYSLER/DODGE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BUILDING OF THE CAR. INSURANCE COMPANIES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. AND MOST.... A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NEEDS TO BE FILED IF THERE ALREADY HASN'T BEEN. YOU DON'T JUST MAKE VEHICLES AND WHEN IT HAS PROBLEMS TO THIS EXTENT CONTINUE ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLES WITH NO PINPOINT ISSUE AVAILABLE TO FIX. FAMILIES ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS REPLACING WHAT "COULD" BE WRONG AND STILL NOT FIXING THE ISSUE OR GETTING ANY HELP FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE ISSUE. EVERYWHERE I LOOK AND EVERYONE I CONTACT SAY THESE ISSUES COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS BUT YET CHRYSLER HAS FAILED TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT SPITS OUT CODES DIRECTLY POINTING OUT THE ISSUE IN TURN CREATING A GREATER SAFETY ISSUE ON THE ROADS. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THE NEXT JEEP THAT DIES WILL TAKE OUT SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

I GOT IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ON JULY 11 IN THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT . I WAS AT A RED LIGHT MAKING A LEFT AS SOON AS IT TURN GREEN I WENT INTO MOTION LOST CONTROL MAKING A WIDE LEFT TURN AND WENT INTO THE SIDE WALK. I HIT A CEMENT TRASH CAN AND A CEMENT WALL AS WELL NONE OF MY AIR BAGS CAME OUT . BOTH INSURANCE AND THE BODY SHOP WHERE THE JEEP IS NOW STATED THAT IT WAS ODD THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T COME OUT . THEY STATED THAT THE HIT WAS BIG AND THE BAGS SHOULD HAVE CAME OUT . I HIT FRONT ON MY WHOLE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED BUMPER, LIGHTS , GRILL .I HIT MY FACE IN THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING MY LIP TO BUST OPEN AND I HIT MY HEAD AS WELL IN THE TOP LEFT SIDE HANDLE. MY INSURANCE NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FRAME DAMAGE .I DIDN'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THE MAX CAPACITY SO I'VE BEEN TAKING OVER THE COUNTER PILLS FOR MY BACK , HEAD AND SHOULDER PAIN I ALSO BEEN SEEN A NATURALIST FOR MY MUSCLE SPASMS.

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ISSUE FOR YEARS NOW. AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AND IT WAS REPLACED AT THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER. THE ISSUE I HAVE IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE IN THE LINK ATTACHED. UP UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, I LIVED WITH IT. NOW THE ISSUE HAS TURNED DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT ALSO AFFECTS THE ABILITY TO BRAKE AND TURN. WHEN THE BRAKES SEEMED COMPROMISED, I TOOK THE JEEP IN FOR REPAIR BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. I PICKED IT UP LAST WEEK FROM THE REPAIR SHOP AND TODAY IT WAS THE POWER STEERING THAT WENT OUT ALONG WITH THE USUAL DASH PANEL FUNCTION GOING OUT. I REALIZE THAT THIS IS AN OLDER JEEP BUT IT SEEMS CHRYSLER SHOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VEHICLE SAFETY. HTTPS://WWW.MCALL.COM/NEWS/WATCHDOG/MC-JEEP-CHEROKEE-DASHBOARD-SHUTOFF-IGNITION-RECALL-WATCHDOG-20141213-COLUMN.HTML THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE EXACT ISSUES I HAVE SEEN REPEATEDLY. NOW THAT THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ASSIST HAVE BOTH HAPPENED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WHILE DRIVING (SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL), THIS JEEP IS TOO DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 GRAND CHEROKEE THE OTHER NIGHT IN THE RAIN AND I STARTED GOING DOWN A HILL AND I HIT A LITTLE BUMP AND MY BRAKES LIKE LOCKED UP IN THE FRONT AND I WENT TO TURN INTO A DRIVE WAY AFTER IT DID THAT AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME NOW TWICE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS!

TL-CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP CHEROKEE ---- SECOND OWNER OF VEHICLE ---- TRACTION CONTROL WENT OUT ON VEHICLE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN-- POWER STEERING ALSO WENT OUT A WEEK AGO -- JEEP STATED TO FIRST OWNER THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR A PERMANENT FIX ---- SECOND OWNER IS AT JEEP DEALERSHIP NOW FOR IGNITION RECALL --- JEEP STATED CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY A FEE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST FIRST---- NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 0 RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN.. CB

I BOUGHT MY VEHICAL USED IN JUNE. (2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 160,000 MILES) I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE BATTERY HAD ISSUES AND THEY "FIXED" THE PROBLEM. I'D BE DRIVING AND IF I CAME TO A STOP I WOULD LOSE ALL POWER AND MY ENGINE WOULD TURN OFF. AT A DRIVE THROUGH, IT WOULD DIE, AT A STOP LIGHT, DIE. IN OCTOBER MY ISSUES STARTED UP AGAIN. NOW THE SAME THINGS ARE HAPPENING BUT EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASH LIGHTS UP, FLASHES/FLUTTER/FLICKERS, HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF, RADIO SHUTS OFF, HVAC SYSTEM SHUTS OFF, BUT ENGINE WILL RUN FOR ABOUT 20MIN THEN I LOSE ALL POWER WHERE EVER I AM, I'LL BE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING 55MPH AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. PULLING INTO THE STORE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. ON MY WAY TO WORK ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. COASTED AS FAR AS I COULD TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO STOP. NOW IT WON'T START AGAIN.

RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE AND CONTACTED PORTERVILLE CHRYSLER. DESPITE THE RECALL NOTICE ABOUT INCREASED RISK OF OCCUPANT INJURY AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A COLLISION WITHOUT WARNING, THEY SAID THEY HAD NO PARTS TO REPLACE THE ONES CAUSING THE ISSUE, AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHEN THEY WOULD. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE HAD PARTS ON ORDER FOR OVER A YEAR BUT NONE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME OUT BY COMPLYING WITH THE RECALL NOTICE.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK DOWN AN INCLINE/HILL ON 9/2, THERE WAS TRAFFIC AHEAD, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE BREAKS LOCKED. I PULLED THE E-BREAK AND SWERVED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LUCKILY WITHOUT ANY CRASH. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT HAD A TOW TRUCK TOW IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO VERIFIED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BREAKS, AND NOTIFIED ME OF THE RECALL P41 ON THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF AND POWER STEERING AND BREAKS TO LOCK WHILE DRIVING. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TOLD ME NOT ONLY ARE THE PARTS NOT AVAILABLE BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE THIS AS THE PROBLEM WITHOUT REPLICATING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE SO IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME WHY THE ISSUE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLICATED. I HAVE A BABY AND DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR, AS RECOMMENDED BY JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP, AND RISK ACCIDENT TO MYSELF OR OTHERS UNTIL THE PART IS IN AND FIXED. I CAN'T BELIEVE JEEP WOULD ASK ME TO CONTINUE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE NOT ONLY KNOWING THERE IS A RISK BUT AN ACTUAL PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT JEEP PROVIDE ME WITH A SAFE ALTERNATIVE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE MEANTIME.

VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE IN DRIVE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, IN REVERSE OR IDLING AT A STOP. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER 2 YEARS - HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP; WAS NEVER TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH UNTIL I BROUGHT RECENTLY TO MIDAS FOR THE ABOVE ISSUES. THEY ADVISED THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH BEING FAULTY. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN OCCASIONS THAT THE ABS SEEMS TO ENGAGE WHILE IN DRIVE, TYPICALLY OCCURS WHEN TURNING. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT THE RECALLED PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 - IT IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

MY CAR IGNITION INADVERTENTLY TURNED OFF AND DISABLING POWER STEERING, BRAKE ETC. THIS RESULTED IN THE DRIVER NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE KEEP. THE JEEP ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND HIT THE CAR BEHIND AND DAMAGING BOTH THE CARS AND INJURING ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE CAR BEHIND.

2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STEERING AND TIE ROD ASSEMBLY ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON APRIL 13, 2015, THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND THE LEFT FRONT TIE ROD FAILED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE ALSO SIDE-SWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE, BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE CONSUMER STATED OTHER SUSPENSION COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I BOUGHT MY 06 JEEP IN MARCH OF 2015 AND HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT EVER SINCE. FIRST INCIDENT HAPPEND RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT CAR. PULLED IN TO MCDONALDS DRIVE THROUGH AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS LITE UP ALL OF THEM. SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME. SAME THINGS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 OTHER TIMES WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP AND TRUCK WOULD SHUT OFF. I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS LIT UP AND THEN TRUCK DIED. TRUCK WILL APPEAR TO BE RACING AT TIMES WHEN I BARLY HIT GAS.I HAD MY 5 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHT WITH ME AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING GOING ABOUT 45 MILES. I NEVER WAS SO SCARED IN MY LIFE. ALL I COULD IMAGE WAS ME AND MY PRECIOUS GRANDDAUGHTER DYING. I WAS SO SCARED, I COULD NOT DRIVE FOR A DAY OR TWO TO SETTLE MY NERVES. PLEASE HELP !!!!!. I THINK THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO PAY FOR RENTALS TILL ISSUE IS FIXED OR HAVE TRUCKS REPLACED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. !!!!!!!

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED AND ALL THE SENSOR LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH BOARD I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE - SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN. *JS

RANDOMLY, MY CAR WOULDN'T START AND I WOULD THINK THAT THE BATTERY WENT DEAD. THEN, ANOTHER JEEP OWNER TOLD ME TO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND JIGGLE THE SHIFTER, AND THAT IT SHOULD WORK. THIS WORKED AND AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF UTILIZING THIS WORK AROUND, THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING IN BETWEEN GEARS AS I WAS DRIVING. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS FISHTAILING, HOWEVER I WOULD SEE THE AUTO-STEERING AND ABS LIGHTS POP UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND IT FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS LOSING CONTROL. I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHOM WOULD CHECK THE STARTER, REALIGN, DO MORE RANDOM TESTING AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. AFTER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND HOURS SPENT TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUE, I EVENTUALLY RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS INDEED A MAJOR ISSUE, HOWEVER THE PART NEEDED TO CORRECT IT WAS UNAVAILABLE AND MORE NEEDED TO BE MANUFACTURED. IT ALSO STATED THAT I SHOULDN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT RENT A CAR UNTIL THE PART WAS AVAILABLE AND THAT THE COST WOULD BE REIMBURSED EVENTUALLY, ONCE A PART WAS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. I COULD NOT AFFORD TO RENT A CAR FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME... AND THE PART REMAINED UNAVAILABLE FOR THE DURATION OF THE TIME THAT I OWNED IT. I TOOL IT TO A MECHANIC AT ONE POINT, EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT THE RECALL WHICH THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH, AND THEY REPLACED MY STARTER, HOPING THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THE CAR "SAFER" UNTIL THE PART WAS AVAILABLE. IT DID HELP, HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY THE ISSUE. BY THE TIME THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE, I HAD ALREADY SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO FIX IT AND HAD TRADED IT IN TO A DEALERSHIP WHEN I TOOK ON A LEASE. NOW IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY I SPENT TRYING TO FIX THE ISSUE PRIOR TO THE PART BEING AVAILABLE AS THEY ARE ONLY WILLING TO REIMBURSE YOU FOR THE SPECIFIC RECALL ITSELF. MAYBE HAD I BEEN CALLING THEM FROM A HOSPITAL ROOM AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, THEY WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE TRACTION AND ESP WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 11/06/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ALL THE INDICATOR LIGHTS WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND CONTINUED TO GO AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BUT, AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP INTO GEAR. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRNDL BEZ WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. UPDATED 7/27/2015*JS THE CONSUMER STATED A YEAR LATER, SHE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AS BEFORE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SAME PART. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS AFTER THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED. POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER REPLACED A CONNECTOR. UPDATED 12/30/15*JB