2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Engine Problems

THE SUV RANDOMLY SHUTS DOWN LIKE SOMEONE UNPLUGGED IT AND WILL NOT START. SOMETIMES IT WILL START AFTER 10-15 MINUTES AND SHUT DOWN AGAIN. I REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR, THE CRANK SENSOR, IDLE CONTROL SENSOR, AND THE CAR COMPUTER. *TR

THE JEEP WILL SUDDENLY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FAMILY SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY. I REPLACED ( CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, CAMSHAFT SENSOR, AIR IDLE CONTROL VALVE, & PCM) . STILL SHUTS DOWN. TOOK IT TO SEVERAL SHOPS AND KNOW ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM WHY? I'VE BEEN DOING ALOT OF RESEARCH, AND NOTICED ALOT OF JEEP OWERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, A LOUD TICKING NOISE EMERGED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000.

TAKATA RECALL I OWN A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE INLINE 6 AND SINCE I GOT IT IT HAS HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD AND BLOWING THE GASKETS I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS AND THERE WASN'T ANY. THE LADY THAT WAS WORKING ASKED ME WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I TOLD HER AND SHE SAID THAT MY YEAR JEEP SHOULD'VE HAD A RECALL FOR IT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH MY JEEP AND EVERYONE I TALK TO THAT HAS A JEEP LIKE MINE AND THE SAME YEAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND HEAD GASKETS IN 4 YEARS I WILL BE PUTTING ON NEW HEAD GASKETS. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW HEAD FOR IT AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE HEADS WERE BAD ON MY YEAR OF JEEP. IT ALSO CAME WITH DEXRON ANTIFREEZE THAT AFTER A WHILE GOOKS UP IN THE RADIATOR AND LOOKS LIKE MUD

BOUGHT THIS 2000 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED AND WHILE DRIVING IT AT 55 MPH, IT LOST POWER FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN REGAINED POWER. THE NEXT DAY IT STALLED AT A STOP SIGN BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. WAS DRIVING A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR ANOTHER STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC. TODAY THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN TODAY APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE MEDIAN OUT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER READING POST ONLINES, THIS SEEMS LIKE A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE WITH THE JEEPS WITH STALLING WHICH OCCURS AT BOTH LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS IF IT STALLS AND NO STEERING OR BRAKING ABILITIES. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE SINCE JEEP DEALERSHIP CAN'T ANSWER TO THE TRUE ISSUE. REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WITH NO SUCCESS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE WITH THE CONTACT'S TRAILER TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000. UPDATED 05/02/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE COMPUTER, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, EVAP PURGE, FUEL FILTER, AND THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR WERE ALL REPLACED. UPDATED 10/12/2017*JS

CRACK CYLINDER HEAD .WHEN DRIVING START TO OVERHEAT.WHEN CHECK ON IT I FOUND THE PROBLEM AND I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CYLINDER HEAD FOR JEEP YEARS 2000,2001,2002.THEY SAY THOSE YEARS THE IRON ORE WAS VERY EXPENSIVE ON THE WORLD MARKET.

THE V8 ENGINE QUITS RUNNING AT BOTH FULL SPEED AND AT IDLE WITHOUT WARNING. ALL ENGINE FUNCTION IS LOST IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR HAS PAST. THE VEHICLE THEN OPERATES NORMALLY UNTIL THE NEXT, UNEXPECTED ENGINE FAILURE. ATTEMPT TO FIND THE ISSUE HAVE INCLUDED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR, REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL RELAY FOR THE FULL PUMP, REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL FILTER.

UPON WARMING UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF OF OUR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. IT HAS 81,000 VERY WELL CARED FOR MILES ON IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT ALMOST EVERY CONCEIVABLE SPEED (0-5MPH, 10-25MPH, 40-50MPH, 55-80MPH) AND, AT THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIMES, IE; PULLING INTO A GAS STATION, MERGING WITH TRAFFIC, ENTERING AN INTERSECTION, COMING TO OR LEAVING A STOP LIGHT, DRIVING AT STEADY ROADWAY OR HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY WIFE WAS NEARLY KILLED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE SUDDEN AND UTTER LOSS OF ALL POWER. THIS CAN AND DOES HAPPEN ON EVERY TYPE OF ROAD OR STREET OR HIGHWAY AND IN EVERY TYPE OF WEATHER. THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS ALTHOUGH THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE CAN GO A WEEK WITH NO EPISODES. UPON A LITTLE INVESTIGATION, I HAVE COME ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES AND FORUMS WHERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY SCRATCH THEIR HEADS AND SAY THE PROBLEM CAN'T BE DUPLICATED. OTHERS HAVE SPENT MUCH MONEY ON MECHANICS AND PARTS ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM PERSIST. OTHERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEMSELVES WITH ONLY MARGINAL RESULTS AT BEST. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS IN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PRODUCTION YEARS AND ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF JEEP MODELS WITH THE V8 AND STRAIGHT 6, ALTHOUGH OTHER ENGINES HAVE HAD SIMILAR EPISODES. IN THE FIELD BELOW, I AM USING YESTERDAY'S DATE AS THE LAST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 40 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR.

VEHICLE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY QUITS WHILE DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS FORM URBAN TO HIGHWAY. ALMOST ENCOUNTERED A COLLISION ON THE HIGHWAY AND AT AN URBAN INTERSECTION DUE TO ENGINE SHUTOFF.THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND SO FAR CHRYSLER DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

I LOVE MY JEEP. HOWEVER, I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM MANY OWNERS OF THE 2000 CHEROKEE WITH THE 4.0 HAVE. I HAVE A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. NO OIL IN COOLANT, OR VICE VERSA, BUIT JEEP IS PARKED AND WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL IT IS EITHER SOLD OR SCRAPPED. BODY IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND EVERYTHING WORKS ON THE JEEP. I HAVE ROD KNOCK ON START UP, AND AS THE ENGINE WARMS, OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO ZERO. REVVING ENGINE TO 2000 RPM RAISES OIL PRESSURE. THE JEEP HAS 181,000 MILES. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKING IS VERY COMMON IN JEEPS FOR 2 MODEL YEARS, YET JEEP HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH A RECALL SOMEHOW. I AM NOT HAPPY. I BOUGHT THE JEEP USED AND ONLY DROVE IT A MONTH BEFORE THE KNOCKING STARTED. THE LADY I BOUGHT IT FROM DID OIL CHANGES EVERY 2 MONTHS, AND TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE WHEN EVER SOMETHING WENT WRONG

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY RESTART IF IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,100.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE CONTACT WAITED UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ NORMAL AND THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIELD INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE SHIELD EXHAUST MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,889.

WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT,WAS ON A FAIRLY STRAIGHT SECTION OF ROAD. ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WITH NO WARNING, LIGHTS DIMMED. A COUPLE SECONDS LATER ENGINE RESTARTED, AND SHE CAME ON HOME. HAVE NOT TRIED TO DRIVE IT SINCE, BEEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE. WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW, LEASED AT FIRST, THEN BOUGHT IT. CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, HAVING HEARD OF ENGINES SHUTTING OFF IN OTHER VEHICLES CAUSING CRASHES AND DEATH OR INJURY. WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE CHECKED YET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE CRANKING SENSOR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

HAVE BEEN NOTICING VIBRATION OF THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN WHEN A/C TURNED ON. WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVE, HEARD POP NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PULLED INTO DRIVE, OPENED HOOD AND FOUND THAT RADIATOR FAN HAD DISINTEGRATED, PIERCING RADIATOR SHROUD AND RADIATOR. HOLES IN RADIATOR (RADIATOR NOW LEAKING) AND SHROUD. CALLED CHRYSLER RECALL CENTER AND TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL 06V199000. AM REPLACING ALL AFFECTED PARTS AND PERFORMING SERVICE MYSELF. BASED ON ONLINE RESEARCH THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED UNDER ABOVE MENTIONED RECALL. *TR

TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWED INCREASE PAST NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND INTO RED-MARKED RANGE. AFTER LETTING ENGINE COOL AND SHUTTING IT OFF, COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. REFILLED COOLANT AND DROVE UNTIL IT BEGAN OVERHEATING AGAIN, AND COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS AGAIN EMPTY. NO SIGNS OF COOLANT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE, NONE LEAKING OUT BELOW. SUSPECT CRACKED HEAD AND COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. *TR