2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Electrical System Problems

Sai... Vehicle opened up when put in gear while brake was engaged... Crashed into fence...

Housing for driverside rear lights has melted and the brake and tail lights do not work.

CRANKED 2000 JEEP DROVE 1.5 MILE CAR JUST STOPS RUNNING DOING 40 MPH. INSERT KEY JEEP WILL NOT START . RANDOMLY STOPS DURING OPERATION. INDICATING KEY NOT RECOGNIZED. MILEAGE 122000. JEEP WILL NOT RUN. CAR RUNS FINE WHEN IN OPERATION BUT THEN WHAM IT JUST STOPS. CAN'T CONTROL THE JEEP STEERING LOCKS UP. HAPPENED 6 TIMES ALREADY. REPAIRS SHOP TRIED OF TOWING IT. NO KNOW FIX! GOING TO GET KILLED JEEP SHUTS DOWN AT ANY TIME. NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO REPAIR. MANUFACTURERS DEFECT.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE. AFTER INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND A MESSAGE INDICATING THE KEY WAS NOT RECOGNIZED WAS DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. LINDSEY CHRYSLER (8100 CENTREVILLE RD, MANASSAS, VA) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND ALARMS SIMULTANEOUSLY BLINK ON AND OFF. SEEMS TO BE A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE WIRING. GAS TANK LEVELS OFF AT "EMPTY", AND THE FUEL GAUGE SPINS 180 DEGREES SO THAT IT IS CAUGHT UNDER THE "RESTING STICK" AT 0, THEREFORE, NO LONGER READING THE GAUGE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE PARKED.

After sending my Jeep Grand Cherokee to Pugh’s Service Center in Greenville, NC, in December 2018, because it would turnover, but not start. They replaced the ECM, but had to be taken to the local Jeep dealership for an OE ECM replacement and a crankshaft sensor, in order to get it to crank. Upon getting my Jeep back in March 2019, it ran fine for a few days. Then I went to start it, and it started, but after a few seconds, all of the GAUGES stopped working and all of the WARNING LIGHTS came on. I contacted both Pugh’s and the Jeep dealership, telling me I should just bring it in, to run more diagnostics. The Jeep only has 94,000 miles, and I spent about what the vehicle was worth upon getting it back in March 2019; so I’ve been hesitant on taking it back. There are many other people who have similar issues with the instrument panel gauges and warning lights, from the information I’ve researched online; with no indications of the problem being resolved.

I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP AND TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET THE MUFFLER FIXED UPON GETTING IT TO THE SHOP THE SECURITY KEY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE JEEP WONT START ALSO THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE EGNITION WHEN IN THE ON POSITION . THE KEY CAN FALL OUT WHILE DRIVING ... THE RECALL WAS NEVER FIXED AND THE KEY WONT WORK WITH THE JEEP NOW AND IM TOLD ITS A $1,800 FIX .

CAR'S INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT WILD W HEN I STARTED THE CAR.EVERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. GAUGES WORKED IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE CAR, BUT SLOWLY LOST POWER TO KEEP THEM ON, AND THEY WENT TO THE "KEY OFF" POSITION. NOTHING ON THE DRIVERS ARMREST WORKED, NO SEAT AUTO POSITIONER, NO WINDOW OPEN, SHUT, OR LOCK. INFORMATION PANEL OVERHEAD WENT DEAD (BLANK).

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, USUALLY AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS LARGE PROBLEM AND AFFECTS MANY CHRYSLER MODELS. FORUMS HAVE PAGE AFTER PAGE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THE PCM. CONNECTORS BECOME LOOSE AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL RANDOMLY. IT IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE! IS SOMEONE GOING TO HAVE TO DIE TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. I HAVE PUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS VEHICLE AND NO RESOLUTION!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING WAS INOPERABLE AND ALL THE DOORS INADVERTENTLY LOCKED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED LANDMARK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM AT (770) 968-4900 (6850 MT ZION BLVD, MORROW, GA 30260) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300,000.

IM NOT SURE. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE FEW MONTHS AGO, WITHIN THE TIME HAD THE VEHICLE I THEN PURCHASED ALL NEW PARTS AND STILL GET THE SAME RESULT... PLEASE HELP

ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. ALL GAUGES INCLUDING SPEED, RPM'S, TEMP, FUEL, ETC. ALL STAY FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER STALLING AND THEN ALL DROP OFF. THE JEEP GC USED TO START UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND WAS ONCE IN A WHILE AT FIRST WITH THIS ISSUE. THEN IT BECAME MORE OFTEN THAT HE JEEP WOULD STALL, THE SAME THING WITH THE DASH FOR A FEW SECONDS THE SPEED, RPM'S, ETC. WOULD BE AT WHERE IT WAS BEFORE STALLING WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES WHILE MOVING. VERY HARD TO STEER ON CURVES WHEN THE JEEP STALLS. PUT IN A PCM, CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, & CAMSHAFT SENSOR. ASE MECHANIC STUMPED ON ISSUE. VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING AND REMINDS ME OF THE GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. AND I HAVE SEEN FORUMS ON THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON MY YEAR THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT.

VEHICLE STALLS AFTER REACHING OPERATING TEMPERATURE WHILE NEGOTIATING TRAFFIC OR DRIVING, REGARDLESS OF CONDITIONS OR DRIVING HABITS, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR IN A PARKING LOT. HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AT WORST POSSIBLE TIMES. NO CODES. NO WARNING: IN TRAFFIC. AT STOP LIGHTS. PULLING INTO GAS STATIONS. ETC... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!!! DATE SUBMITTED IS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES JUST THIS YEAR. LOOKED ON MANY JEEP FORUMS AND SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM!!! (SEE FOR YOURSELF). PLEASE HELP!!!!

THE RIGHT PASSENGER AND BACK RIGHT DOOR WON'T UNLOCK AFTER PRESSING THE UNLOCK SWITCH ON THE DOOR PANELS. NEEDS TO BE UNLOCKED MANUALLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HEATER FAILED TO BLOW HOT AIR ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND 6 MONTHS LATER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE VENTS FAILED TO DISTRIBUTE HEAT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS POORLY DESIGNED AND METAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED INSTEAD OF PLASTIC FOR THE VENTS. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED FROM A PRIVATE OWNER IN MARCH OF 15, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON WAS TOLD IT WAS ON BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE GAS CAP ON IT IN JUNE OF 15 I WAS AT A STORE PARKED WENT INTO THE STORE CAME BACK OUT TRUCK WOULDN'T START NO LIGHTS NOTHING JUMPING DIDN'T DO ANYTHING HAD TO TOW IT HOME, THEN TOW IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE STARTER AND WE PLACED THAT ( $394.93) TRUCK RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS SAME THING, GOING TO TOW IT THE REPAIR SHOP AGAIN NEXT WEEK

ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENT YET, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM FCA ABOUT THE "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN" (BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE GAS TANK HANGS UNDER THE REAR BUMPER, YEAR 2000 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE "RECALL" TRAILER HITCH DEAL). I BOUGHT IT NEW AND AM STILL LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE GC IS THAT THE BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS OFTEN STOP WORKING. THE SOCKET GETS SCORCHED AND YOU HAVE TO GO TAKE IT APART, PRY THE CONTACTS UP JUST RIGHT AND PUT ALUMINUM FOIL UNDER THEM (GOOGLE GRAND CHEROKEE BRAKE LIGHTS). THAT WORKS FOR A WHILE, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. I'VE BEEN STOPPED TWICE IN 6 MONTHS FOR IT. SOMETIMES THE TAILLIGHT WORKS BUT ACTUALLY GOES OUT WHEN YOU STEP ON THE BRAKE. IN ANY CASE, HAVING A GAS TANK PRONE TO EXPLODING WHEN REAR ENDED ALONG WITH BRAKE LIGHT ISSUES IS NOT A GOOD THING. THE DOOR LOCKS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO CANNOT BE UNLOCKED EXCEPT FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, WHILE THE DRIVERS SIDE HAVE TO BE LOCKED MANUALLY (AGAIN, IT'S ALL OVER GOOGLE. IT'S CALLED THE ANGRY DUCK FOR THE NOISE THE LOCKS MAKE. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR NHTSA TO MAKE A OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THIS - THE NEWS WAS THEY WERE GOING TO IN A WEEK OR SO, BUT THAT WAS 3 WEEKS AGO. THANKS [XXX] [XXX]@GMAIL.COM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:15V115000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS UNCERTAIN WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED MULTIPLE TIMES OF THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNCERTAIN WHEN HE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD SUDDENLY TURN ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE SENSORS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.