2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints

OK WHEN I WENT TO WORK THURSDAY @ 3:30 AM I HAD NO BRAKE ISSUES WHEN I LEFT WORK @ 3PM I BACK OUT OF PARKING SPOT & PROCEEDED TO STREET AS I APPROACHED THE STOP LIGHT I PRESS BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP & IT WAS UNUSUALLY HARD I PRESS HARDER & MY JEEP DIDN'T WANT TO STOP IT WAS A SLOW STOP I PROCEED TO THE NEXT STOP THE PEDAL WAS SOFT THEN I STOPPED IN A SHORTER DISTANCE AS I PROCEEDED HOME A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WORK I TRAVELED REAL SLOW WITH SHORT FOLLOWING DISTANCE THEN I NOTICED A AIR LEAK HISSING SOUND EVERY TIME I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I CALLED JACK PHEALEN DODGE TO SET UP A APPOINTMENT TO BRING IT I EXPAND TO THE SERVICE WRITER THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING HE TOLD ME SOUNDS LIKE IT'S YOUR BRAKE BOOSTER OR MASTER CYLINDER HE KNEW RIGHT AWAY I TOLD ME TO GET IT IN ALSO ADVISE ME THE BRAKES CAN FAIL & I WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP @ ANYTIME. SO FRIDAY AFTER WORK I GOT A TOW TRUCK TO IT THERE HE TOLD ME THEY WILL LOOK @ IT FIRST THING SAT. AM I CALLED SAT. AFTER NOON HE TOLD ME THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED @ IT YET IT WILL BE LOOKED @ BY THE END OF THE DAY I WILL CALL YOU. I GOT NO CALL BACK FROM HIM SAT I WENT ON LINE FOUND OUT PEOPLE WITH SAME VEHICLE & YR. HAVE SAME PROBLEM THE BRAKE BOOSTER I GET THE FEELING I AM GOING TO GET RAN AROUND BY JEEP LIKE THE OTHER 1000S OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET IT FIX& THE WAIT ALSO WILL BE A PROBLEM I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME GET THIS BRAKE SAFETY ISSUE RESOLVE FOR ME. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.

THE BRAKE BOOSTER ON THIS VEHICLE FAILED CAUSING THE BRAKES TO BE NEARLY NONFUNCTIONAL. THE VEHICLE COULD BE BROUGHT TO A STOP BUT ONLY WITH BOTH FEET ON THE PEDAL PUSHING AS HARD AS YOU CAN. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT USED TO COMMUTE ABOUT 40 MILES TO AND FROM WORK ON RURAL ROADS. SO VERY LITTLE BREAKING IS NEEDED. THE BRAKE BOOSTER WHICH FAILED WAS BACK ORDERED FOR 2 TO 3 MONTHS AND I WAS NUMBER 59 IN LINE FOR ONE. MY DEALER HAD TO USE A BOOSTER FROM A SALVAGE YARD TO GET ME BACK ON THE ROAD. THE MASTER CYLINDER ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF AN O RING FAILURE WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE AND IF THERE ARE SO MANY, WHY NOT A RECALL? THIS WAS PAID FOR OUT OF MY POCKET. I LOVE JEEP, BUT THIS IS A BIT MUCH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, I LOST TOTAL USE OF MY BRAKES. MY CAR VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. THE LOSS OF THE BRAKES WAS SUDDEN AND TOTALLY UNEXPECTED, LEAVING ME IN AN UNSAFE SITUATION. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE TO THE JEEP DEALER TO BE FIXED, I WAS INFORMED THERE WERE NO JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BRAKE BOOSTERS AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY SUPPLIERS IN THE UNITED STATES. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED, ALONG WITH THE LACK OF AVAILABLE PARTS AFTER THE FACT, MEANS THAT THIS ISSUE MAY BE OCCURRING FREQUENTLY AND IS PUTTING INDIVIDUALS IN DANGER. *TR

SOMETIMES THE FIRST START OF THE DAY THE ENGINE SPINS OVER BUT, IT WILL NOT START. WE FOUND THAT SOMETIMES WE CAN PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON ON AND OFF AND THEN TRY STARTING AGAIN AND THE ENGINE WILL START. WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE KEYLESS DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. IT APPEARS TO BE THE TIPM. AFTER READING ALL THE POST ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ISSUE IT WOULD APPEAR CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT, HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL YET. *TR

UPON EXITING FREEWAY ON 2/05/14 CAR STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER BECAUSE LOSS OF POWER AND BRAKES NOT FULLY FUNCTIONAL I ALMOST RAN INTO STREET DIVIDER, I WAS ABLE TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE DID START AND SEEMED FINE AFTERWARDS. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 4 DAYS LATER AGAIN WHILE EXITING FREEWAY OFF RAMP AGAIN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HOOKED IT UP TO A DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND NO CODES OTHER THEN A SOFTWARE UPDATE THEY DID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. I'VE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME TYPE OF STALLING WITHOUT WARNING ON OTHER JEEPS AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. I SUPPOSE NOT UNTIL SOMEONE DIES FROM THIS MALFUNCTION OF THESE JEEPS WILL CHRYSLER START TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND RECALL THE PART THAT IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS HARD CRANKING IN THE MORNING. VEHICLE WILL NOT START USING KEY FOB OR PUSH BUTTON START. VEHICLE CRANKS FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS AND THEN SHUTS DOWN. AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY (WHICH NOW I DID NOT NEED AND $245.00 LATER) , BEING STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND TAKING TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS. IF VEHICLE DIES ALL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES IS LOST AND IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. MY VEHICLE HAS 40K+ MILES. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND DETERMINED THAT THERE A HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF JEEP OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. SINCE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT IT IS ON ME TO PAY FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX. UNACCEPTABLE. WITH THIS BEING SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED AND CONSUMERS NOT BE FORCED TO PAY FOR A PART THAT IS CLEARLY FAILING NATIONWIDE. RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY. *TR

THE BRAKES ON MY 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STOPPED WORKING AFTER A FREEZE IN THE NORTHEAST. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP AND NOW THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. THERE APPEARS TO BE OVER 500 JEEPS JUST LIKE MINE AT THIS TIME OFF OF THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I'M AFRAID THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE PART AS IT LETS MOISTURE INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER ONCE IT GETS COLD RENDERING THE BRAKE BOOSTER USELESS WHEN THE DRIVER LOOKS TO STOP. THIS IS A SEVERE ISSUE AND I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE JEEP TO A DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY. *TR

THE PROBLEM WE HAD WAS GENERALLY WITH STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT OVER SEVERAL WEEKS, SEEMING TO BE MORE OF A PROBLEM IN COLDER WEATHER. THE ENGINE SPUN BUT WOULD NOT START. IN OTHER WORDS, THE ENGINE ATTEMPTED TO START, SOMETIMES CRANKING CONTINUOUSLY, UNTIL IT TIMED OUT WITHOUT STARTING. WITH TIME AND FREQUENCY, WE BECAME MORE CONCERNING THAT WE WOULD BE STRANDED IN AN UNDESIRABLE SITUATION. AFTER READING NUMEROUS POSTS ON THIS WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW.GOTACLASSACTION.COM/CHRYSLER-INVESTIGATED-OVER-DEFECTIVE-TOTALLY-INTEGRATED-POWER-MODULE-TIPM-IN-2011-2012-JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEES-AND-DODGE-DURANGOS/, WE WERE ALMOST CERTAIN WE HAD A DEFECTIVE TIPM. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY INDICATED IT HAD A FUEL RELAY SHORT INTERNALLY IN THE TIPM. THEY SUGGESTED A WIRING WORKAROUND, INSTALLING AN EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY AND BYPASSING THE DEFECTIVE TIPM. PERHAPS THIS IS BETTER THAN IMPROVISING, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW THE RISKS THIS CARRIES -- THE WIRING WORKAROUND AND THE STILL DEFECTIVE TIPM -- FOR GOING FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOPE THERE WOULD BE A RECALL OF THE TIPM AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE WIRING WORKAROUND IN OUR FUTURE. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE IN COLD WEATHER DUE TO DEFECTIVE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. *TR

I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HAD UNDER 65K MILES BUT WAS JUST 1 MONTH OVER THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE TEMPERATURE THE MORNING OF DEC 18, 2014 WAS COLD. I STARTED JEEP AND PROCEEDED TO REVERSE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND PRESSED BRAKE AND HEARD A HISSING SOUND FROM UNDER THE WHEEL DASH. AFTER DRIVING FOR MAYBE 15 MINUTES THE HISSING STOPPED. THUS, EVERY MORNING THE HISSING WOULD HAPPEN AT FIRST START OF JEEP. ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. I PULL OVER TO CHECK FLUIDS AND FOUND FLUIDS WERE NOT LEAKING AND AT CAPACITY. PUMP MY BRAKES AND I NOTICE I STILL HAVE FUNCTION. I TAKE VEHICLE A DAY LATER TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE BRAKES. ON JAN 20TH TOOK JEEP TO DEALER AND MECHANIC INDICATED ISSUE WAS POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IMMEDIATELY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND UNWILLING TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,225. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.

I WAS DRIVING ON 1/22/14 AND MY BRAKES WERE MAKING A LEAKING AIR SOUND WHEN ABRUPTLY IT STOPPED BRAKING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN BUT IT TOOK ALOT LONGER TO FULLY STOP. I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND ALMOST HIT A CAR BECAUSE I HAD NOT FULLY STOPPED BEFORE MY RED LIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE SLOWLY TO BAY STATE JEEP IN NEWTON, MA, WHICH THEY CALLED ME PRETTY QUICKLY TO TELL ME THAT THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS BROKEN AND IT WAS ON BACKORDER. ITS 7 DAYS PAST AND THEY ARE STILL TELLING ME CHRYSLER HAS A NEGATIVE QUANTITY OF 89 NATIONWIDE ON BACKORDER. *TR

NOTICED A HISSING SOUND COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AREA DURING THE RECENT COLD WEATHER. THEN THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE JGC WELL DURING HEAVY BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSION. MY MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS A BAD POWER BOOSTER AND SAID THEY WERE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AT ALL THE LOCAL DEALERS. SEEMS MANY JEEP AND DURANGO OWNERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT JEEP NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR

VEHICLE REFUSED TO TURN OVER, SERVICE 4X4 AND ENGINE LIGHT ON. BROUGHT TO DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. RETURNED TO ME WITH SERVICE 4X4 AND ENGINE LIGHT ON, SLID DOWN ON HILL NO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. RETURNED TO DEALER 4 WEEKS LATER TRANSFER CASE REPLACED CAR JUMP INTO 4 WHEEL LOW WHILE I WAS ON HIGHWAY ALMOST PUT ME THRU WINDSHIELD. BACK AT DEALER OVER 1 WEEK THE DO NOT KNOW THE PROBLEM AND STATED NO ONE ON THEIR COUNTRY WIDE DATABASE HAS THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT JEEP HEADQUARTERS WANTS ALL REPORTS SENT TO THEM TO ASSIST REPAIR. I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN OCTOBER AND HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT MORE THEN 1 WEEK. I HAVE A HUGE PAYMENT AND HUGE RENTAL BILLS I DID FILE A CASE WITH JEEP CUSTOMER BUT NO HELP. *TR

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TIPM. ENGINE WONT START. HAVE SEEN NOTHING BUT COMPLAINTS ONLINE.SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

I AM SECOND OWNER OF A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT AT THE TIME OF THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT HAD JUST UNDER 35K MILES BUT WAS 2 MONTHS OVER THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE TEMPERATURE THE MORNING OF JAN 4, 2014 WAS BETWEEN -2 & -4 F. I STARTED JEEP AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE TO END OF BLOCK. WHEN DEPRESSING AND/OR RELEASING BRAKE I HEARD AN AIR LEAK FROM UNDER THE DASH. I RETURNED HOME AND PARKED THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE HAD GONE ABOVE 5 DEGREES F. THE CAR NO LONGER MADE THE AIR LEAK SOUND. I DROPPED VEHICLE OFF EVENING OF JAN 6 TO LOCAL MECHANIC. TEMPERATURE ON JAN 7 DROPPED TO 5 F. MECHANIC INDICATED AIR LEAK CONDITION WAS NOTED AND INDICATED ISSUE WAS POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. THEY SUGGESTED I CONTACT JEEP TO SEE IF THEY WOULD MAKE REPAIRS. I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH CHRYSLER/JEEP AND JEEP DEALER ABOUT ISSUE. I DID NOT MENTION THAT I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. I ADVISED THEM THAT INDICATIONS WERE A BAD POWER BRAKE BOOSTER AND THAT I FELT THIS WAS A LATENT FAILURE THAT WOULD ONLY SHOW UP AT SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. CHRYSLER/JEEP INDICATED SINCE AUTO HAD 35K MILES BUT EXCEEDED 36 MONTHS, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND JEEP WOULD NOT DIAGNOSE OR COVER COST OF REPAIR WITHOUT ME PAYING. I HAD REPLACEMENT OF POWER BOOSTER DONE BY THE LOCAL MECHANIC ON JAN 15. THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS WATER IN THE BOOSTER. IT WAS THEIR DIAGNOSIS THAT THE BOOSTER HAD A LEAK THAT ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER. WHEN TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO THOSE NOTED, THE BOOSTER WOULD EXHIBIT AN AIR LEA

THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY WILL NOT START UNTIL SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF CRANKING ARE MADE. KEYLESS ENTER-N-GO WILL NOT WORK RANDOMLY. HORN WILL START HONKING RANDOMLY DURING STARTING PROBLEMS. *TR

THE GRAND CHEROKEE WAS SITTING AT A RECONDITIONING STAGE AT MY DEALERSHIP WHILE WORKERS BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. A SMALL FIRE HAD BEGUN AT THE FUSE BOX. IMMEDIATELY, THE WORKERS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY TERMINALS. SOME FUSES WERE MELTED AND THE CONNECTIONS UNDERNEATH THE FUSE BOX WERE MELTED. THE FUSE BOX IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND IT MAY NEED NEW HARNESSES. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CHRYSLER TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE AND THE NEXT STEP TO REPAIR. *TR

MY 2011 JEEP GC HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING STARTING ISSUES FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO SOME FORM OF FUEL DELIVERY ISSUE. AFTER PUTTING IN A HIGHER OCTANE GAS AND FUEL CLEANER I THOUGHT I HAD REMEDIED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, RECENTLY THE START UP ISSUE BECAME SO PREVALENT SO I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER INDICATED THE CAUSE WAS A DEFECTIVE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). AFTER PAYING FOR THE SERVICE TO REPLACE THE TIPM I WENT ONLINE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. IN DOING SO I DISCOVERED MULTIPLE OTHER JEEP OWNERS ARE EXPERINCING THE SAME ISSUE. BASED ON MY READING OF THE COMPLAINTS JEEP SHOULD BE HANDLING THE DEFECTIVE TIPM AS A RECALL ISSUE DUE TO INSTALLING THE FAULTY PRODUCT DURING THE PRODUCTION OF THE VEHICLES. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED SLOWED DOWNED TO EXIT HIGHWAY AND WHEN I WENT TO STOP TO PAY TOLL BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AS A ROCK AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I RELEASED PRESSURE FROM PEDAL AND TRIED TO PUMP BRAKES AND GOT CAR TO STOP, ABS SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED!!!!! WHEN I TOOK CAR TO SERVICE STATION I WAS INFORMED THE POWER BOOSTER FOR THE BRAKES HAD BLOWN. AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE SERVICE STATION THERE ARE -7 ON THE NORTH EASTERN REGION AND THE COLD WEATHER HAS CAUSED THIS PART TO BLOW OUT!!!!!! *TR

I HAVE A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK STALLING WHILE ON THE ROAD AND PROBLEMS WITH IT TURNING ON. AT TIMES I WOULD NOT HEAR MY FUEL PUMP TURN ON AND EVEN WHEN I WOULD HEAR IT RUN MY TRUCK WOULD STILL FAIL TO COMPLETELY TURN ON. MY VEHICLE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A YEAR OR SO. I HAD EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST WITH THE STALLING AND UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER SHIP I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THAT MY VEHICLE WAS FINE. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE BUT SINCE THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL I CONTINUED ON. NONE THE LESS A FEW DAYS AGO I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM AT WORK WHERE MY TRUCK DID NOT TURN ON. LUCKILY AFTER 4 HOURS OF ATTEMPTING TO TURN IT ON IT FINALLY DID I DROVE IT HOME THE NEXT DAY IN THE MORNING IT DID NOT START UP AGAIN. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE TIPM AND IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I HAD PURCHASED BUT I WOULD STILL HAVE TO PAY $100 FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE WARRANTY. I AM BEYOND LIVID AND UPSET WITH THESE NEW FINDINGS THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE. MY WIFE AND MYSELF HAVE MATCHING 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S AND NOW I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN TO HER! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!! WHEN WILL THERE BE A RECALL!!! *TR

DUE TO A FAULTY TIPM THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY NOT START/STALL STRANDING THE DRIVER. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE WITH NO RESOLUTION. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE SHUTTERS AT STOP. SET APPOINTMENT FOR DEALER. DEALER TESTED SYSTEM. REPORT STATES MULTIPLE IN MULTIPLE MODULES , LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY FAILED TEST, MUST BE REPLACED. DEALER CHARGED FOR NEW BATTERY, AND MULTIPLE MODULE UPDATES. REPROGRAMMED PCM, TIPM, POWER LIFT GATE, WIRELESS CONTROL MODULE, AND FINAL DRIVE CONTROLLER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SHOP LESS THAN A WEEK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON MUST BE TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR AGAIN. *TR

2011 JEEP CHEROKEE GRAND. I HAVE 50,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS STALLED AND IS NOT CONSISTENTLY STARTING UP. TIPM HAS GONE BAD. *TR

PURCHASED A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4 FROM MOORE AUTO SALES IN MOORE, OKLAHOMA ON NOV. 16, 2013 AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE THE 17TH. THE JEEP WAS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING AND IF IT DID START, THE FUEL PUMP WOULD RUN AFTER WE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE FUSE TO THE FUEL PUMP TO TURN IT OFF, NOW AFTER A MONTH OF DEALING WITH THIS IS WILL NOT START AT ALL, IT WILL JUST TURN OVER. JEEP SAYS IT IS MOST LIKELY A FAULTY TIPM CORE, BUT THEY ARE BACK ORDERED TO WHO KNOWS WHEN! VERY FRUSTRATED! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIPM HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

HEADLINER CAUGHT FIRE, ORIGIN APPEARS TO BE NEAR PASSENGER VANITY MIRROR BASE. *TR.. UPDATED 08-20-14 *BF UPDATED 08/25/2014 *JS

I HAVE OWNED A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR. THIS PAST WEEK MY WIFE BEGAN HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THE JEEP STARTED. YESTERDAY MORNING, IT TOOK HER 45 MINUTES TO GET THE JEEP STARTED. SHE LEFT WORK AROUND NOON TO RUN AN ERRAND AND ENDED UP STUCK IN A PARKING LOT IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR OVER AN HOUR TRYING TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED. ONLY AFTER I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR A TOW TRUCK, DID THE VEHICLE FINALLY START. SHE DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A FAULTY TIPM. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT IT WOULD BE A $1500 REPAIR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERING THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR I CALL JEEP COSTUMER SERVICE YESTERDAY AND AGAIN TODAY AND RECEIVED THE SAME ANSWER. THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

VEHICLE FAILS TO START MULTIPLE TIMES. TURNED OFF WHILE BACKING UP MULTIPLE TIMES. IT IS CURRENTLY ON A JEEP SERVICE DEALER, THEY INDICATED FAILURE ON THE "TIPM" MODULE. THE REPLACEMENT IS ON BACKORDER, WITH NO SPECIFIC DATE FOR ARRIVAL AND INSTALLATION. *TR

HAD INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH THE KEY. THE KEY WASN'T BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE VEHICLE. STILL OCCURS ONCE IN A WHILE. I HAVE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE CASE AND SLIDE IT BACK IN. IT USUALLY WORKS AFTER THAT. RECENTLY WHEN STARTING THE JEEP. AFTER PUSHING THE START BUTTON THE ENGINE WILL CRANK REPEATEDLY BUT NOT TURN OVER. ALL MY GAUGES WORK. THE VEHICLE WILL STILL LOCK AND UNLOCK. THE LIGHTS WORK IN ACCESSORIES. THE JEEP WILL TURN OVER SOMETIMES. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *TR

2011 JEEP CHEROKEE, PROBLEMS WITH CRANKING AND FUEL PUMP NOT SHUTTING OFF SOMETIMES WHEN VEHICLE IS OFF. VEHICLE IS NOT STARTING PROPERLY BUT WILL START AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. THEN THE FUEL PUMP WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OFF. DEALERSHIP STATED IT IS A FAULTY RELAY SWITCH BUILT INTO THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) SO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TIPM AT THE COST OF 1,000 FOR THE PART. AND, THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT, ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. HUNDREDS OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. FUEL PUMP COULD JUST CUT OFF AT ANY MOMENT BECAUSE OF A $10 RELAY SWITCH THAT IS BUILT INTO THE TIPM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM DUE TO FAULTY SWITCH INSIDE THE TIPM THAT IS LEAVING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STRANDED WITHOUT A VEHICLE WHILE THEY WAIT ON A SINGLE PART FOR WEEKS! *TR

VEHICLE FAILS TO START MULTIPLE TIMES. CAME CLOSE TO STALLING A FEW TIMES. SAME SYMPTOMS AS MENTIONED BY MANY WITH THE TIPM MODULE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. NO WARNING AS TO WHEN AND WHERE THE PROBLEMS CAN ARISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, THE STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS BELOW HALF FULL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE STARTER AND THE AUXILIARY STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

VEHICLE: 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4, PURCHASED NEW IN OCTOBER 2010. I EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTLY IN STARTING VEHICLE, PROBLEM PERSISTED AND BECAME WORSE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED BAD FUEL PUMP, REPLACED AT A COST OF $1,000.00 +. STARTING PROBLEM PERSISTED AND AGAIN BACK TOO DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSIS THIS TIME WAS BAD STARTER MODULE (TIPM UNIT) COST $1,000.00 + AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE PART WAS ON "EXTREME" BACK ORDER AND THEY COULD NOT EVEN GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE ON THE ARRIVAL DATE . I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE BAD TIPM HAD CREATED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT HAD LED TO THE INITIAL FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP. PRESENT: EIGHT (8) WEEKS HAVE PASSED AND NO PART AVAILABLE AND A VEHICLE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY GATHERING THE LEAVES OF THE CHANGE OF THE SEASON. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL JEEP OWNER FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS WITH AT LEAST SEVEN (7) VEHICLES. THIS ONE IS THE MOST PROBLEM PLAGUED VEHICLE OF THEM ALL, WITH MAJOR ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER PROBLEMS. I DID NOT LIST ALL THE PROBLEMS (ELECTRICAL AND OTHER WISE ) THAT OCCURRED IN THE FIRST 36,000 MILES FOR THANKFULLY THEY WERE COVER BY WARRANTY. I MUST SAY I WILL HARD PRESSED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CHRYSLER (JEEP) PRODUCT IN THE FUTURE. THIS ONE HAS TO BE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED (NEW TIPM) BEFORE I CAN DRIVE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND HOPE FOR A GOOD TRADE IN!!! *TR

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. INABILITY TO START VEHICLE OR JUMP VEHICLE TO START. REQUIRED TOW TO DEALERSHIP. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM NOT CORRECTLY DIAGNOSED, STARTING FAILURE ATTRIBUTED TO BATTERY. SAME ISSUE AFTER REPLACEMENT OF BATTERY. REQUIRED SECOND TOW TO DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM NOW DIAGNOSED AS (TIPM) TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. $1400 (ESTIMATE) TO REPLACE TIPM, HOWEVER DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS TIPM IS A NATIONSWIDE PROBLEM AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN PART MAY BE AVAILABLE. AWAITING DECISION BY DEALERSHIP TO PROVIDE ME WITH RENTAL VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,893. MAILED OUT 12/17/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE BRAKE BOOTS AND PEDAL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SUDDENLY FAILED TO START RELIABLY. ESPECIALLY AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, IT WOULD TAKE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START. INITIALLY, THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. EVENTUALLY AFTER DEALING WITH THIS "FAIL TO START" SITUATION FOR A MONTH, THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM BEGAN JUST DAYS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. REPLACEMENT PART NEEDED TO BE PAID FOR UP-FRONT ($932.40) THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP. 33 DAYS LATER, THE PART STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED AND VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BE UNRELIABLE. *TR

VEHICLE DOESN'T START UNTIL SEVERAL ATTEMPTS .............. REMOTE KEY DOESN'T UNLOCK UNTIL SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. *TR

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE PRE-OWNED WITH 28,000 MI ON IT AND A YEAR OLD, AFTER A MONTH OF HAVING IT, THE CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING. BROUGHT TO DEALER THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE. BY THE 3RD TIME THEY REPLACED STARTER. CAR STILL HAD PROBLEMS. NOW A YEAR LATER AND OUT OF WARRANTY IT IS STILL OCCURRING (ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD).. BROUGHT BACK TO JEEP AND THEY NOW SAY IT IS THE TIPM AND WILL BE $1000 TO FIX. EVENTHOUGH THIS WAS THERE 3X UNDER WARRANTY THEY WILL NOT COVER COST. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE SINCE PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR APPROX 2 MONTHS AND THERE ARE 100S AND 100S OF POSTS ABOUT THIS. *TR

THE FIRST 3 WEEKS I HAD THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. I RETURNED TO THE LITHIA DEALERSHIP IN SANTA FE 3 TIMES TO HAVE IT CORRECTED. THEY ACCUSED ME OF FUELING THE CAR WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. I DO NOT FUEL MY CARS WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 4,000K MILES BECAUSE THE ROBOT AT THE FACTORY DID NOT SEAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FILTER PROPERLY AND METAL FLAKES WERE FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION OIL PAN AS A RESULT WHICH DAMAGED THE VALVE BOX. THE VEHICLE STILL ACTS ODD AT TIMES ' JERKING SLIGHTLY WHEN CHANGING GEARS. AT 45 MPH WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD CHANGE GEARS BY ITSELF INTO FIRST GEAR. A YOUNG TECH HAD BEEN READING A SERVICE UPDATE BULLETIN AND KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT REQUIRED A PATCH'FOR THE COMPUTER AND A DOWNLOAD TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT DURING THIS TIME. I HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE JEEP NOT RECOGNIZING THE KEY FOB UPON ENTRY AND OR TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE. FORGET THE EMERGENCY KEY THAT IS INSIDE THE KEY FOB IT WAS NEVER PROPERLY KEYED SO YOU COULD USE IT IN AN EMERGENCY. AT 15,000K MILES THE FRONT SWAY BAR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN OFF-ROAD AND FOR THE SWAY BAR TO BREAK DOWN LIKE THAT IS INEXCUSABLE. SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO POWER ON WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). THE TIPM REMAINED ACTIVATED AND ALLOWED THE FUEL PUMP TO REMAIN OPERATING WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

ON 10/18/13 I WAS TRAVELING 40 MPH ON A MAIN ROAD AND AN F-250 PULLED OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM BEING STOPPED ON A SIDE ROAD AND WE COLLIDED. BOTH OUR VEHICLES HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. I HIT HIS DRIVER SIDE AREA AND MY WHOLE FRONT END WAS SMASHED, BUMPER TORN OFF, FLUID LEAKING FROM THE CAR. IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I HAD MY BABY IN THE CAR SEAT IN THE BACK BUT HE WAS FINE. I WAS FINE TOO ASIDE FROM BEING SORE FOR 3 WEEKS AND GETTING WHIPLASH BUT THE MAIN ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG NEVER WENT OFF. IT SEEMS TO ME IT SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF AND I'M WONDERING IF SOMETHING IS FAULTY. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT WHILE IT WAS IN THE SHOP, DIDN'T DO THAT, NOW THEY WANT US TO BRING TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CODE READ AND IN THE MEANTIME I'M STILL DRIVING AROUND IN A POTENTIALLY UNSAFE VEHICLE. AND SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE MIGHT BE AS WELL....... *TR

JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM A USED DEALERSHIP, CAR WON'T START OR IT SHAKES WHEN IS TRYING TO START, DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE, THERE'S SEEMS TO BE TOO MANY INCIDENTS ON THIS SUV MODELS, WE SHOULD HAVE A NATIONAL RECALL ON THIS MATTER, THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE THE TIPM, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER TO HAVE CHECK OUT. I AM EXTREMELY WORRY THAT MY CAR WILL DIE WHILE I'M DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED AND END UP IN A BAD CAR CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, PLEASE! PLEASE!! LOOK IT TO THIS MATTER. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO POWER ON WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO POWER ON THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT FINALLY STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH MY JEEP TAKING MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO IGNITE. THE ENGINE WOULD REPEATEDLY TURN BUT IT WOULD NOT START. I TOOK MY JEEP TO THE ALLEN SAMUEL JEEP DEALERSHIP TWICE IN ONE WEEK, 3 WEEKS AGO, AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM THOUGH I INFORMED THEM OF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I HAD FOUND ONLINE REGARDING THE TIPM. I BROUGHT MY JEEP TO THE RON CARTER JEEP DEALERSHIP ON NOVEMBER 8, 2013 AND ON NOVEMBER 12, 2013 I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIPM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT COVER THE COST AND JEEP/CHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED THE TIPM AT THIS TIME. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDELY KNOWN AND THERE IS A 2-3 MONTH BACK ORDER FOR THE TIPM. I WAS LUCKY IN THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD ONE ON HAND AND WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY REPLACE IT. JEEP NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND FORCED TO RECALL THIS PRODUCT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY DECELERATED WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

JEEP IS UNRELIABLE TURNING ON. WILL CRANK AND CRANK AND CRANK, BUT NEVER TURN OVER. AFTER 10 OR SO TRIES, WILL SOMETIMES START. OTHER TIMES, I HAVE TO LEAVE IT AND TRY AGAIN LATER. DEALER SAYS IT IS RELATED TO THE TIPM. WHICH IS BACKORDERED, WITH NO ESTIMATED SHIP DATE IN SIGHT. THIS PART IS ALSO LINKED TO MY AUTOMATIC BRAKES, AIRBAGS, ELECTRICAL, ETC. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO GRANT ME A COURTESY OR RENTAL CAR UNTIL THE PART COMES IN. THEY SUGGESTED I KEEP MY UNRELIABLE CAR FOR THE TIME BEING. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE CAR IT WILL JUST CRANK WITHOUT FIRING UP. *TR