2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee owner complaints

Had transfer case recall completed in october had no problem before now cannot put transfer case into neutral. Had car back to my dealer 7 different times twice they kept it for a few days when I get home it will not go into neutral also car was in a dealer in lansing mi. Once and it was in a henderson nv dealer it is now dec. 29 and it will not go into neutral had it in nevada 2 times. Jeep customer service in auburn mi.don't want to help. *tr

Vehicle shifts into lower2nd gear while driving at highway speeds according to owners manual this is called limp mode and needs to be stopped placed in park and turn ignition off and restarted to continue driving this has happened to me and others

Vehicle would not start. Completely dead. Vehicle was towed to dealer. Dealer said battery was bad. Replaced battery. Vehicle was ok for 3 days. Same problem occurred. This time dealer found vehicle was not getting proper voltage to transmission. Needed wiring harness replaced. Very expensive repair job. Lucky for me I have a "lifetime" warranty on power train. I am wondering if the transmission would stopped working if I was moving??? I talk to some with a 2007 model and the same thing happened. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Jeep grand cherokee. While the vehicle was in the park position with the keys out of the ignition, it began to independently roll backwards. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 13v175000 (electrical system, power train). The failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was unavailable.

My car is driving okay but it’s having some electrical issues and it shuts down.

Went in to the store came out put my key in and it does not start all the dash lights come had it towed home my son came over put key in and it started right up one week later the same thing happen it not reading my key all the time

I was driving the other day and all the sudden I hit a bump and the key fob falls out of the ignition cutting the engine completely off. So I was coasting with no engine or power. Luckily I put it in to neutral and it started back up. This could have been very dangerous. Also my key will not release when I am trying to turn the car off so I have to leave it on sometimes and it has killed my battery. Most of the time it will release after a clicking noise I can turn it to the off position and it will release. It has cost me two batteries and a new key

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated the key became stuck and failed to eject from the ignition. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the win module needed to be replaced. The failure was repaired but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximately failure mileage was 81,249. Updated 1/16/15*cn the vehicle was repaired at the owner's expense. Updated 4/26/2016 *js updated 9/8/2017*cn

Car in park, remains on after key has been turned off and removed. Key is new and replaced this year. Appears to be something in the ignition/electrical system.

The car will not start with ignition fob. This happens unpredictably. It has been doing this for a long time. We thought it was the battery but now, with a new battery it still often will not start. If we wait for some unknown period of time it eventually cranks and starts. We never know when and if we can leave or visa versa for returning home. When ever this happens the vehicle is stationary in legal parking place. However, it has cut off will driving.

When the red light turned green, I try to proceed across the intersection when the car just died. The radio continued to play but I had no power steering. I managed to pull over and turn on my flashers. Meanwhile the radio continued to play. I put the car in park and try to start the car again and it did indeed start. If I had been driving on i75 going 70mph and the car stalled I would be in huge trouble. The goodyear mechanic could not find the problem. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the check engine light constantly illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on four occasions and a new thermostat was installed. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer. The manufacturer was notified and a claim was filed. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 45,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Jeep cherokee. The contact stated that after having the electronic key fob replaced, the vehicle started to sporadically stall while driving at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 86,000 and the current mileage was 88,000.

Upper radiator hose elbow failed allowing immediate loss of all coolant fluid. The barb on the end of the plastic elbow broke off allowing the hose to slip off the elbow. This occurred while driving and resulted in immediate check engine light and overheating of engine. The driving was being done by a firestone technician that was test driving the vehicle after a front end alignment. Based on comments by other owners of the same vehicle this is a common occurrence ( http://www.cherokeesrt8.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50508).

Driver-side and passenger-side interior door handles both (at different times) just broke for no reason and started crumbling in pieces. It started about a year ago. I asked about it at our dealership. They informed me there were no recalls or anything. I looked it up online and saw that there have been many Jeep cherokees having this same issue and no one understands why there has been no recall on this common problem. My handles have gotten so bad that I am afraid of the safety issue for my family and I now. Of course the vehicle was stationary, as we were trying to get out of the vehicle when both of the handles did this.

Every time I fuel my car fuel backs up the the fuel filler neck and spills all over the ground this seem to be a problem not only in Jeep cherokees but in the wrangler too from what I understand this is a every fuel up ongoing problem

We were driving at approx 55 MPH (not braking or turning) when suddenly the vehicle lost all acceleration, the gas and MPH as well as directional and temperature gauges went dark/dropped to zero, then the car lost power steering. We were able to pull off the side of the road, place the car into park, removed the key, and then returned the key and restarted the car. The car then started normally. *tr

My vehicle has stopped 3 times this year without warning. Twice while I was driving and once while my daughter was driving. There is a click sound and the radio and everything on in the vehicle goes. The vehicle begins to slow down. Luckly when this happened there were no cars around so each time we are able to stop the vehicle wait a second and start the vehicle without an issue. This is a very dangerous issue and this needs to be fixed ASAP.

I was driving on the long island expressway and as I was trying to accelerate, the gas pedal stopped working and the car slowed down. I attempted to press down on the gas pedal again, to no avail. The car started to decelerate. I had to put my hazard lights on and get on the shoulder. I put my foot under the gas pedal to see if anything was stuck under it, but there were no foreign objects. Luckily, I was not hit and I was in the right hand lane. This was a very potentially dangerous situation. *tr

Vehicle equipped with high intensity discharge lamps,with automatic headlamp leveling system,the system has become in operative and head lights do not search out far enough to provide a safe viewing area on low beam. A potential safety issue with night driving.