2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ILLUMINATION OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERED AND FAILED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE SERVICE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED EACH TIME. ON TWO OF THOSE OCCASIONS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT MUSHY, BUT BEGAN OPERATING AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED SEVERAL TIMES. THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE LAST OCCASION WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE SERVICE DEALER THREE DIFFERENT TIMES FOR SERVICE, BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE.

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE IS A 6 CYLINDER WITH A NAG 1 TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW IN NOV, 2005. IT HAS AROUND 17600 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SHUDDERING AT VARIOUS TIMES, WAS INCONSISTENT. USUALLY AROUND 1500 RPMS. EAGLE AUTO MALL, LOCAL JEEP DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG. COMING HOME FROM STORE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO WHINE AND THEN STOPPED SHIFTING. PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY ENGINE COMPARTMENT STARTED TO SMOKE BADLY, ALMOST WENT ON FIRE . TURNED VEHICLE OFF. OBSERVED TRANNY FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND ALOT OF TRANNY FLUID ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE EAGLE DEALER, WHO AFTER A WEEK IN THE SHOP SAID THERE WAS WATER IN THE TRANNY FLUID AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE APART THE TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED CHRYSLER TOLD THEM THAT A VIN CHECK OF MY VEHICLE SHOWED THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL THEY HAD ISSUED FOR THIS MODEL, BUT THERE WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. *NM

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - 07/26/2005 - VEHICLE DID NOT START, DEALER REPLACED BATTERY. 06/10/2006 - STALLED WHILE AT LIGHT, DEALER ATTEMPTED REPAIR BY TIGHTENING CONNECTION IN JUNCTION BOX. 06/28/2006 - VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE NO REPAIRS ATTEMPTED. 07/07/2006 - VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ON INTERSTATE, DEALER REPLACED FORWARD CONTROL MODULE. 07/26/2006 - VEHICLE WOULD NOT START - DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE NO REPAIRS ATTEMPTED. 09/01/2006 - VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING - DEALER DUPLICATED PROBLEM - DEALER REPLACED BATTERY. 09/15/2006 - VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, HAS BEEN IN DEALER POSSESSION NOW FOR 7 DAYS - CANNOT DUPLICATE - NO REPAIRS ATTEMPTED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR SAME PROBLEM FOR A TOTAL OF 39 DAYS AND COUNTING. SITUATION IS A DANGER AS THE VEHICLE WILL JUST DIE WHILE MOVING AND DRIVER CANNOT GET IT OFF ROAD. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES AND HAS HAD PROBLEM SINCE 155 MILES. DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S RESPONSE IS UNACCEPTABLE - VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHEN IS ENOUGH - ENOUGH? LOSS OF LIFE? MAYBE THEN SOMEONE WILL REALIZE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL OF THESE 05 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES WITH SAME PROBLEM! CONTACT ME [email protected]. *NM

ON 9/1/06 WHILE ON VACATION DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAY, VEHICLE LOST BRAKES AND STEERING WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF FREEWAY. TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND TOOK TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP. THEY HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER AND FOUND 3 ERROR CODES THAT THEY DID NO RECOGNIZE. BECAUSE OF HOLIDAY WEEKEND NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT THE CAR UNTIL TUESDAY 9/5/06. THIS LEFT ME WITH EXTRA EXPENSE BECAUSE I HAD TO RENT A CAR FOR THE DURATION OF MY VACATION AND HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY FOR CAR. DEALERSHIP CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY INSTRUCTED THEM TO REPROGRAM COMPUTER AND DRIVE AND RE-TEST. NO ERROR CODES REAPPEARED AND GAVE ME MY CAR BACK. WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM CALIFORNIA ON 9/5/06 CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE AT STOP LIGHT. AGAIN HAD TO TURN OFF TO GET RESTARTED. TOOK INTO LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN HOMETOWN NEXT DAY AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AFTER HAVING CAR FOR A DAY. AGAIN ON 9/18/06 WHILE DRIVING OUT OF PARKING STRUCTURE, CAR ENGINE AGAIN SHUT OFF. LUCKILY, I DID NOT HIT ANYONE OR ANYTHING. TAKING BACK TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN. *JB

VEHICLE HAS TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND BEGAN AT 641 MILES AFTER PURCHASING BRAND NEW. TRANSMISSION HESITATION, VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO SHIFT PROPERLY AND HESITATED WHEN ACCELERATING OR PULLING IN TO TRAFFIC. HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WHEN TRYING TO PULL IN TO TRAFFIC, PASS ON THE INTERSTATE OR SAFELY GET OUT OF SOMEONE'S WAY. VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PARTS REPLACED NOT RELATION DIRECTLY TO THIS ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AND HAS TRIED TO LURCH FORWARD WITHOUT MY FOOT ON FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND FIRMLY APPLIED TO THE BRAKE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR THIS ISSUE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND MANUFACTURER CANNOT LOCATE ISSUE. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS SUPPOSED TO COME ON TO INDICATE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS DISABLED WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WEIGHT IN THE PASSENGER CHAIR. IT NOT ONLY DOES THIS, IT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGERS IN THE CHAIR. IT TRIGGERS THE DRIVERS INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT TO COME AND CHIME REPEATEDLY. THIS HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 4 TIMES NOW AND CANNOT SEEM TO BE RECTIFIED. I EXPECT MORE THAN THIS FROM A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND FEEL I HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED FAIRLY BY CHRYSLER WHEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *JB

VEHICLE HAS TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND BEGAN AT 641 MILES AFTER PURCHASING BRAND NEW. TRANSMISSION HESITATION, VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO SHIFT PROPERLY AND HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING OR PULLING IN TO TRAFFIC. HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WHEN TRYING TO PULL IN TO TRAFFIC, PASS ON THE INTERSTATE OR SAFELY GET OUT OF SOMEONE'S WAY. VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PARTS REPLACED NOT RELATION DIRECTLY TO THIS ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AND HAS TRIED TO LURCH FORWARD WITHOUT MY FOOT ON FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND FIRMLY APPLIED TO THE BRAKE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR THIS ISSUE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND MANUFACTURER CANNOT LOCATE ISSUE. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS SUPPOSED TO COME ON TO INDICATE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS DISABLED WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WEIGHT IN THE PASSENGER CHAIR. IT NOT ONLY DOES THIS, IT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGERS IN THE CHAIR. IT TRIGGERS THE DRIVERS INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT TO COME AND CHIME REPEATEDLY. THIS HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 4 TIMES NOW AND CANNOT SEEM TO BE RECTIFIED. I EXPECT MORE THAN THIS FROM A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND FEEL I HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED FAIRLY BY CHRYSLER WHEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY REVVED AND LURCHED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST DID NOT PRODUCE A FAILURE CODE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

***SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH 2005 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO 3.7*** JUST AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE IN FEB 2006 DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR CONDITIONER BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY WORK AT ONE SPEED. AFTER THAT THE TRANSFER CASE AND SHIFTER HAD TO BE REPLACED, NEXT THE WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO LEAK MOLDING THE CARPETS, NEXT THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN MAKING LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN MAKING DEEP TURNS, VEHICLE ALSO HAS SEVERE HESITATION WHEN GOING UP HILLS, NOW MY MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL UNDER THE VEHICLE. HAVE ALSO BUMPED MY KNEE AGAINST THE KEY RESULTING IN STALLING. WORST OF ALL ONLY GETTING 12-14 MPG!!!!!!HAVE OWNED JEEPS IN THE PAST, VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS ONE. *JB

I LEASED A 2005 JEEP CHEROKEE IN JUNE OF 05. WHILE TRAVELING ON I-69 TO INDIANAPOLIS IN AUGUST OF 05 MY JEEP SHUT OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM OF THE SITUATION. THEY TOLD ME IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO LET THEM KNOW. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL JUNE OF 06 WHEN WE WERE AGAIN TRAVEL ON I-69 AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE BUT COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WE GOT THE VEHICLE BACK AND THREE WEEKS LATER MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ALONE ON I-69 AND THE VEHICLE AGAIN SHUT OFF ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE DRIVING IT WITH AN AUTO-PILOT HOOKED UP TO IT, BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. SO I NOW HAVE A VEHICLE THAT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING WITH MY 16 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR FOR FEAR THAT IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.*JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CONTINUES TO FAIL AND DEALER REFUSES TO BUY BACK VEHICLE. *KB *JB

THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP'S ON MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ARE WEARING TERRIBLY! THERE ARE ONLY 6400 MILES ON THE SUV AND THE TIRES ARE FEATHERING SOMETHING AWFUL! THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE AND TIRE ROTATION JULY 31, 2006. I ALSO ASKED THE DEALER TO INSPECT THE TREAD WEAR ON THE TIRES. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY A SERVICE/PARTS REPRESENTATIVE AT A DIFFERENT LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE STATED THAT IN NO WAY WAS THE TIRE WEAR NORMAL. HE ADDED THAT THE WEAR ON MY TIRES RESEMBLES THAT OF A VEHICLE WITH NEARLY 20,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN MY EYES. *NM

MY WIFE HAD A FLAT TIRE THIS DATE AND WHEN THE TIRE SHOP SHE TOOK IT TO, PULLED THE TIRE FROM THE WHEEL AND NOTICED BUBBLES ON THE WALLS ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. THEY TOLD HER THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT SHE PROBABLY CAUSED THE DEFECT BY DRAINING IT 15 MINUTES WITH SLIGHTLY LOW TIRE PRESSURE. TIRE PRESSURES ARE MONITORED CLOSELY AND CHECKED AT LEAST MONTHLY WITH VERY LITTLE VARIATIONS EVER DETECTED. *JB

2005 GRAND CHEROKEE STEERING RACK LEAKED FLUID FROM BOOT. *TS THE DEALER DISCOVERED THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR WAS DRY.*JB

MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, PURCHASED MAY 12, HAS ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH POWER. THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING IN ANY CONDITION, AND HAS DONE SO AT LEAST 10 TIMES. MY CONCERN IS THAT SOMEBODY BEHIND ME WILL PLOW INTO ME WHEN MY CAR SHUTS OFF ON A HIGHWAY, WHICH ALMOST HAPPENED LAST WEEK. THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY FILE A COMPLAINT. *JB

RED AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY THEN STAYS ON. AIR PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON AND TIRES ARE AT NORMAL PSI. SOME DAYS BOTH LIGHTS COME ON TOGETHER. I HAVE TAKEN JEEP IN FOUR TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM IN 17 MONTHS AND ITS DOING IT AGAIN WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF LAST SERVICE. *JB

I TOOK POSSESSION OF A NEW JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON 29 JUNE 2005. THAT AFTERNOON, WHEN FIRST DRIVEN ABOVE 60 MPH, A FRONT-END VIBRATION (OSCILLATION) WAS IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT. ACTUALLY THE VIBRATION IS PRESENT AT ALL SPEEDS. I ARRANGED FOR A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT STEVE CHRISTY CHRYSLER JEEP HERE IN TUCSON. MY FIRST WARRANTY VISIT FOR THE VIBRATION PROBLEM WAS MADE ON 18 JULY 2005. THE DIAGNOSIS THERE WAS A BAD TIRE, WHICH I HAD REPLACED AT A GOODYEAR TIRE SHOP PER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THIS DEALERSHIP. IT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE VIBRATION. I HAVE SINCE BEEN IN TO JIM CLICK CHRYSLER JEEP IN TUCSON ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT FULL DAYS. THE VIBRATION PERSISTS. I WAS INFORMED THAT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO HAVE FURTHER REPAIR ATTEMPTS WITHOUT DIRECTION FROM CHRYSLER ENGINEERING. THE LATEST REPAIR ATTEMPT RESULTED IN A MODIFICATION TO THE DRIVE SHAFT BY ADDING SIX WEIGHTS AT POSITIONS ON THE DRIVE SHAFT. AFTER THIS ACTIVITY, WHICH DID NOT FIX THE VIBRATION, I WAS TOLD THAT THE REMAINING VIBRATION WAS " IN THE DESIGN". I HAD A LOCAL RESPECTED AUTOMOTIVE SHOP EVALUATE THE VIBRATION AND THEY CONCLUDED IT HAD A PROBLEM. I ASKED THREE FELLOW ENGINEERS TO EVALUATE THE VIBRATION AND ALL CONCLUDED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. (NOTE, ONE OF THE ENGINEERS HAS FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE DRIVING AND TESTING VEHICLES PROFESSIONALLY.) CHRYSLER STILL CLAIMS THE VIBRATION IS " IN THE DESIGN". THE VIBRATION IS BAD ENOUGH THAT I AM AFRAID TO TAKE THE VEHICLE ON A ROAD TRIP OR TOW A TRAILER. THE VIBRATION IS AT T

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE MODULE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE LOCKED IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO CAN NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM

WITHIN WEEKS OF THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE ON 1/06, PAINT ON BUMPER BEGAN TO HAVE SMALL CHIP MARKS. AS OF 7/06 I HAVE NOTICED MORE CHIP MARKS AND ALSO A RUB MARK WHERE THE PAINT HAS JUST RUBBED OFF EASILY, WITH NO STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. ALSO PAINT NUBS ( BUBBLING) AROUND DOOR HANDLES AND PAINT IS COMING OFF OF DRIVER DOOR HANDLE AT CREASES. IT SEEMS AS IF PAINT IS POORLY APPLIED. *NM

PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 7-31-06. UPON TEST DRIVE THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NT LOCK OR UNLOCK WHEN USING DOOR KEY (ANY DR IN THE CAR). THE REMOTE DID WORK. SALESMAN TOLD US 2 BRING IT IN IF IT CONT'D. TAKEN IN 5 TIMES SINCE THE 1ST TIME IN OCTOBER 05', DEALERSHIPS CANNOT DUPT THE ISSUE. LAST DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IF HE TOGGLED SWITCH ABOUT 10 TIMES IT HAPPENED, BUT THAT WAS JUST "OVERHEATING THE BUTTON & THAT IS NORMAL". PROBLEM IS I WORK IN A BUILDING W/A PRKG GARAGE & WORK ALL HRS. WHEN I GET INTO MY CAR, 4 SAFETY I LOCK THE DRS IMMED. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I CAN'T DO THAT & HAVE 2 WAIT 2 GET THE CAR MOVING OVER THE 15MI AN HOUR 2 LOCK THE DRS. NEXT ISSUE IS THE DELAYED ENGAGEMENT IN THE TRANSMISSION GOING 2 REV OR DRV. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN ON 3 OCCASIONS FOR THIS ITEM OF WHICH THE DEALERSHIP CLEARS CODES OR CANNOT DUPT THE ISSUE. THIS ISSUE BECAME A AN ISSUE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AT A RR TRACK NEAR OUR HOME. GATES WERE DOWN WHEN I DROVE UP & I WAS 3RD CAR BACK, THE GATES WENT UP, 2 CARS WENT THROUGH & I WAS ALMOST AT THE TRACKS WHEN THE RAILROAD ARMS STARTED COMING DOWN AGAIN. I PUT ON THE BRAKES & SHIFTED TO REVERSE 2 BACK UP & THE DELAY NEARLY CAUSED THE RR ARM 2 HIT THE CAR. I BACKED UP JUST ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE RR ARM BY LESS THAN 6 INCHES. THE LAST ITEM IS THE A/C. SINCE LATE MARCH OF 06' WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE A/C BLOWING COLD, THEN THE AIR TURNS 2 WARM OR HOT AIR BLOWING FROM 3 SEC 2 MINUTES OF BLOWING HUMID AIR BEFORE THE SYSTEM WILL KICK IN AGAIN WIT

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING EMITTED A GROWLING NOISE, AND BECAME DIFFICULT DURING LOW SPEED TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ALL THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED INTO THE STEERING BOOTS.

I HAVE A 2005 4X4 GRAND CHEROKEE (HEMI) WITH 26,000 MILES AND HAD TO HAVE NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS....1054.00 (MAJORITY OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY MILES). I HAVE HAD MY JEEP IN TO THE DEALERSHIP A FEW TIMES TO ALSO CHECK OUT A VERY LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR END OF THE JEEP ( HAPPENS 2-3 TIMES A DAY) USUALLY WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEEROKE LAREDO THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE. *JB

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMPED FROM 4TH TO FIRST AND BACK TO 4TH GEAR. THE CONSUMER SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED INTO A POLE. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH 3,000 MILES. I TOOK IT IN FOR A TRANSMISSION SEAL RECALL, E13. TWO DAYS AFTER IT WAS SERVICED, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION BURNED UP, LEAVING ME STRANDED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED 150 MILES TO DEALER WHO HANDLED RECALL. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP A MONTH. I AM HAVING TO PAY DAILY CAR RENTAL WHICH HAS NOW COST ME OVER $1,200 IN ADDITION TO HAVING TO MAKE A CAR PAYMENT FOR A CAR I DON'T HAVE. I KEEP GETTING DIFFERENT ANSWERS FROM DEALER, SAID TRANSMISSION ORDERED DAYS AGO FROM NEW JERSEY, NOW SAYS IT WAS ORDERED YESTERDAY, JULY 14, HE SAYS HE CAN'T TELL ME ANYTHING, WHEN, IF IT IS NEW OR REBUILT, OR HOW MUCH LONGER I HAVE TO WAIT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED SO RUDELY BY A DEALERSHIP, MANAGER, AND SERVICE MANAGER. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A VEHICLE FROM THAT DEALER AGAIN AND I AM INCLINED TO NEVER BUY ANOTHER JEEP PRODUCT. I AM AT THE POINT OF TURNING THE CAR BACK AND SEEKING LEGAL ACTION IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE ABOUT THIS OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION. *JB

CAR'S SIDE AIRBAG KEPT SWITCHING ON AND OFF ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING THE JEEP. *JB

AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK OF MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 5.7 LITER HEMI I ACCELERATED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND ALL THE INFORMATION LIGHTS CAME ON AND BEGAN TO FLICKER ON AND OFF AS WELL AS THE HEADLIGHTS. VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE NORMALLY WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON BUT NOT PULSATING. DEALER NEXT DAY COULD NOT LOOK AT IT AS I DID NOT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER SEVERAL STOPS AND TURNING ENGINE OFF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT. SEVERAL DAYS LATE THE INFORMATION GAUGE LIGHTS FLASHED AND RECEIVED A CODE MESSAGE TO SERVICE ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM. THEN THEY RECYCLED AND HAS BEEN CLEAR SINCE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE I HAVE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION WHILE BRAKING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. I HAVE OWNED AND DRIVEN JEEPS FOR MANY YEARS, TO INCLUDE 1996 GRAND CHEROKEE AND 2002 GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THERE IS INSUFFICIENT SPACE BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR AND THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WEAR A SIZE 12 SHOE AND I MUST MAKE A VERY CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO GET MY FOOT FURTHER TO THE LEFT THAT IS NORMAL. I ALSO HAVE DRIVEN MY 2004 DODGE RAM PICK UP OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES FROM JUNE 2004 TO OCT 2005 COMMERCIALLY AND NEVER HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE. MY WIFE NORMALLY DRIVES THE JEEP AND SHE HAS COMMENTED ON HAVING THE SAME EXPERIENCE. SHE ALMOST REAR ENDED A CAR AS A RESULT OF THESE PEDALS BEING TO CLOSE. WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE PEDALS UP AND DOWN AND GET THE SAME RESULTS. THE SAME DAY SHE MENTIONED HER EXPERIENCE I HAD A REPEAT PERFORMANCE MYSELF. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I INTEND TO TAKE THIS CAR INTO WACONIA DODGE /JEEP FOR INSPECTION. I WILL ALSO SEND A NOTE TO THE MANUFACTURER. JEEP DRIVERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS HAZARD AND CONFRONT THE MANUFACTURER TO GET A FIX -- I HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED THIS HAZARD IN THE JEEPS WITH ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. *JB

I BOUGHT NEW A 2005 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 2WD 4.7 AT APPROX. 3K MILES IT SEEMS TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR AND A SHUDDERING/ MISSING WHEN CRUISING AT ANY SPEED. SOMETIME WHEN YOU STOP THERE IS A THANK YOU CAN FEEL. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT AT DOESN'T WANT TO SERVICE IT BECAUSE I SUBMITTED A BAD SERVICE SURVEY TO CHRYSLER. A DEALERSHIP IN THE NEXT TOWN TOLD ME THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I WAITED ONE WEEK FOR PARTS TO COME IN THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHICH TOLD ME ALL IT NEED WAS A UPDATE TO THE COMPUTER WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THE SELLING DEALER. I TOOK IT TO THE NEXT BIGGEST DEALERSHIP WHICH HAS WORKED WITH ME ON THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVING IT IN THE SHOP A WEEK AT A TIME A LEAST TWICE. THEY REPLACE SEALS IN THE TRANSMISSION BUT IT HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THE MORE MILE I PUT ON IT THE WORSE IT GETS. NOW I SOMETIME HAVE A LOUD ROARING NOISE THE SOUNDS LIKE A BUSTED MUFFLER COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, ALL OF THE GAUGES WILL SUDDENLY TURN-OFF (INCLUDING GAS GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, TEMPERATURE, AND TACHOMETER.) WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE TURN SIGNALS ALSO STOP WORKING, AS WELL AS THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FIVE TIMES FOR THE ABOVE STATED PROBLEMS (CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SHOP). SUPPOSEDLY ON THE FOURTH VISIT, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE "CLUSTER PANEL." HOWEVER, THIS OBVIOUSLY DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AS WITHIN TWO HOURS AFTER PICKING UP THE PROBLEMS HAPPENED AGAIN. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE. THIS ISSUE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM A WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE ALL OF THE SYMBOLS ON THE PANEL STARTED TO BLINK.

LOCAL CARWASH EMPLOYEE ENTERED INTO A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHEN IGNITION WAS TURNED ON, THE VEHICLE REDLINED AND ACCELERATED OFF OF CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE HIT THE BREAK WITH NO RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND WENT THROUGH A TOWEL CABINET AND A BRICK WALL. FOUR EMPLOYEES AND MYSELF WERE NEARLY KILLED. I TOOK THE DRIVER OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND WHILE NO ONE WAS IN IT, IT WAS STILL TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WALL ON IT'S OWN. (NOTHING WAS TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR). *NM

I HAVE A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MY ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS REVVING AT FULL THROTTLE BUT I HAVE NO POWER. THE RPM DOES NOT REFLECT THIS. BOTH INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND THERE IS NO WARNING. FORTUNATELY I HAVE HAD ENOUGH POWER TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. I ESTIMATE MY SPEED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. I AM HOPING THAT IF YOU HAVE HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS THAT YOU CAN ADVISE ME WHAT WAS DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE JEEP TO THE SHOP ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BUT THEY ADVISE ME SINCE THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY CANNOT FIX IT. THANK YOU FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN GIVE ME. *JB

2005 GRAND CHEROKEE LTD, 4.7 LITRE ENGINE. WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE CHANGING THE GEAR FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE. THIS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE ENGINE MADE A ROARING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO PICK UP SPEED. THE DEALERSHIP REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION, HOWEVER NO OTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 6/27/2006 - THE VEHICLE BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD A CHARGE. THE HEADLINER HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS UNRAVELING.. THE SUNROOF MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ON 2-27-06 WITH ON 90000 MILES. THE MEMORY SEAT DID NOT MOVE BACK AT TIMES WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS BINDING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT FLUSH WITH THE WINDSHIELD. *NM

CAR IS PULLING TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKES DEPRESSED. STEERING WHEEL SHUDDERS WHEN BRAKES DEPRESSED. STARTED AT <15K MILES. CAR NOW AT 18.3K AND PROBLEM HAS BECOME SEVERE. GOING TO SHOP FOR BRAKE CHECK- POSSIBLY NEED NEW BRAKES- WITH <20K MILES! THIS AFTER MONTHS OF HASSLE & TOWING BILLS TO FINALLY REPAIR THE TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BEFORE THE FIRST TOWING INCIDENT. HAVE LOST COMPLETE FAITH IN CAR & IF WASN'T IN LEASE WOULD SELL IT IMMEDIATELY. WILL NEVER LEASE/PURCHASE JEEP AGAIN. *JB

JEEP 2005 GRAND CHEROKEE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE ONTO HIGHWAY FROM 40 MPH AND ENGINE JUST REVS, TACHS TO 5 OR 6 AND STILL ONLY GOING 40 MPH IN THE MEANTIME NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS TO GETTING HIT BY ONCOMING CARS AND TRUCKS ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE JEEP SIMPLY ISN'T MOVING FAST AND JUST REVVING. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR COMPLAINT AND REPAIR AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES AND DEALER STATES THEY CAN'T "DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM SO "THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX IT". I AM TOLD "NOTHING IS WRONG". I FEAR SOMEBODY WILL EVENTUALLY GET SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. STUCK IN A LEASE OF AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *JB

(1) APPLICATION OF BRAKES (2)VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP AND ENGINE REVS TO OVER 2000 RPMS RAN THROUGH RED LIGHT (3)TAKING TO DEALERSHIP ASAP THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY.*JB

I HAVE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME MONTHS NOW. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. MY ENGINE COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR DAYS AT A TIME. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THAN FOR LAST FEW MONTHS, WHILE I AM DRIVING ALL THE GEARS ON MY DASHBOARD LIGHT UP AND WONT ALLOW ME TO GIVE THE CAR ANY GAS, AND MAKES A SOUND LIKE THE ENGINE IS REVING UP. THIS CAN HAPPEN TWO TO FIVE TIMES A DAY. NOW, WHEN I PUT THE CAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE IT IS A MAKING A LONG BANGING NOISE AND JERKING THE CAR. *JB

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. ON MORE THAN 10 OCCASIONS SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE INADVERTENTLY SHUT OF THE ENGINE BY HITTING THE KEY WITH MY KNEE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION DIRECTLY ABOVE THE DRIVER'S KNEE. TO DATE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND GET IT RESTARTED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HOWEVER, WITHOUT POWER STEERING IF I HAD BEEN ON A CURVE I DOUBT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER VIA EMAIL IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION TO NO AVAIL. THIS MAY BE UNIQUE TO ME BUT I CONSIDER IT TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONDITION THAT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED. I HAVE ASKED THEM TO ALLOW ME TO TERMINATE MY LEASE WITHOUT SUCCESS. AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO ASK THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE INITIATED TO DETERMINE WHETHER MY CONCERN IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM OR A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. THANK YOU FOR YOU PROMPT ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *NM

ROTORS ARE WARPED AND PULL TO RIGHT. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH LESS THAN 15K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR IN NATURE TO 1999-2004 JEEPS. DEALER SAYS I CAN JUST PAY TO HAVE THEM TURN ROTORS! *NM

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE A SPONTANEOUS AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OCCURS WHILE IN MOTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 TIMES SINCE DECEMBER 2005 -- THE LAST OCCURRENCE ON A FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER TWO MONTHS OF PURCHASE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE WIPER MOTOR. LATER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 30-60 MPH. ONE DAY, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SWAYING, IT LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE GUARD RAIL. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED, THE ACCIDENT DAMAGED AN AXEL PART AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS NOT REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SWAY, VIBRATE AND PULL TO THE RIGHT. UPDATED 5/10/2006 - *NM

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TO GO PLAY GOLF WHEN I NOTICED AN ODD SOUND FROM THE REAR END OF MY 2005 GRAND LIMITED W/HEMI. ON THE WAY HOME I NOTICED THE SOUND WAS IN ALL GEARS AND ALL SPEEDS BUT MUCH MORE NOTABLE AT LOW SPEEDS. I DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND TOOK A MECHANIC FOR A RIDE AND HE THOUGHT THE NOISE WAS A BAD PINION BEARING. AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION THEY DETERMINED THE WHOLE REAR END OF THE CAR NEEDED TO BE REBUILD. 15,000 MILES AND I NEED A NEW REAR END? FOR A $42,000 SUV THIS SURE IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. SO NOW I AM OUT OF MY CAR FOR A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS WHILE THEY GET THE PARTS AND REBUILD. SO NOW I HAVE A NEW "REBUILT" SUV FOR THE SAME PAYMENTS...DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT AT 15,000 MILES. RKM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINED WHAT REMEDY TO USE. ALSO, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DIM AND BRIGHT. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE REPLACED TWICE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM . HOWEVER, HAD NO SUCCESS. UPDATED 05/30/06. *JB

WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 MPH, LIGHT LIT UP, I COULDN'T ACCELERATE, MY CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN, I BARELY MANAGED TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF ROAD WHILE DODGING TRAFFIC. IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT THE CAR OFF, TURNED CAR BACK ON, PUT INTO DRIVE, WOULDN'T BUDGE. MADE THE NOISE AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL WHILE PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, PULLED OUT THE MANUAL, READ I COULD EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER, NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR, REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO BE REPAIRED. I CALLED THE 24 TOWING NUMBER, HAD THE JEEP TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I RECEIVED CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 10, I WAS TOLD THIS ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL PROBLEM THAT I HAD REPAIRED IN FEBRUARY. AFTER FURTHER CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS GIVEN EXPLANATION THAT WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL IN FEBRUARY 2006, THERE WAS ALREADY DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE, THEY HAD TO FLUSH THE ENGINE. THE POWER OUTAGE I EXPERIENCED ON THE INTERSTATE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL, AND IN ADDITION, THEY HAD TO FLUSH MY ENGINE AGAIN AND REPLACE A VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I EXPRESSED THAT I WASN'T COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHICH SUCH SAFETY ISSUES, THE SERVICE MAN ALSO AGREED IT WAS A SAFETY FACTOR. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH CHRYSLER YESTERDAY, AND WAS TOLD THAT ONCE THIS PROBLEM OCCURS A 3RD TIME, I CAN THEN GO TO ARBITRATION, AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP, BUT THAT STEP WASN'T CLEAR. AFTER EXPRESSING MY DESIRE TO GET OUT OF MY LEASE BECAUSE

DURING STOP-AND-GO DRIVING AS WELL AS DRIVING THAT INCLUDES ACCELERATING AND SLOWING REPEATEDLY, MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE W/4.7L V8 STALLS OUT. THIS HAS RESULTED 2 INSTANCES OF ME ALMOST HITTING AN ELECTRICAL BOX IN FROM OF MY WORK WHILE TRYING TO PULL INTO THE DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE STALLS AND I LOSE POWER STEERING, AND 2 INSTANCES OF ALMOST BEING HIT FROM BEHIND AS A LARGE TRUCKS APPROACH FROM BEHIND AND I TRY TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE STALLS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LURCHED FORWARD WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ON 04/13/2006 THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP AT A RED LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE REVVED AND MADE A LOUD ROARING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT DID NOT DETECT ANY FAILURE CODES. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 4/11/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED. WHILE USING THE AIR CONDITIONER OR DEFROSTER WATER LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, #05V396000 CONCERNING THE POWER TRAIN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOWEVER THE RECALL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WHICH REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.

CAR SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. *JB