What 1,637 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Srt

ALTERNATOR FAILED DUE TO RECALL. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS UNTIL AFTER HAVING FAILED AND NEEDING TO BE TOWED AFTER BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. ALL THE CARS FUNCTIONS HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO BE MOVED TO A SAFE PLACE, DOORS WERE LOCKED, LEAVING MY DOGS LOCKED AND GATED INTO THE CARGO AREA UNTIL LOWING ASSISTANCE ARRIVED. SINCE THE ALTERNATOR WAS FIXED I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPLACEMENT OF BATTERY, JEEP FAILING TWO MORE TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, NEEDING ADDITIONAL TOWING ASSISTANCE. MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS CONTINUE TO OCCUR, INCLUDING: FORWARD COLLISION WARNING, "BRAKE WARNING FLASHING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAT FAILED NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. ALL OF THE SEAT HEATERS WITHIN THE VEHICLE HAVE FAILED NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. MOST RECENTLY THE DRIVERS SEAT MOVE FORWARD FUNCTION HAS STOPPED WORKING, MAKE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT IS NOT AT THE APPROPRIATE DRIVE DISTANCE. CONTACT TO DEALER TO DISCUSS FIXING ISSUES AS THEY ARE ELECTRICAL AND MOST LIKELY DUE TO RECALL OF THE ALTERNATOR. JEEP DEALER DECLINED THAT IT WAS A RELATED ISSUE AND THAT JEEPS ARE KNOWN FOR THESE ISSUES. CAR IS FELT TO BE UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT WITH THE UNKNOWN REASONS AND CAUSES FOR THE RECURRENT MALFUNCTIONS.

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SAFETY RECALL WAS DONE INCORRECTLY, LEADING TO BRAKES FREEZING UP. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ACCURATELY. ACCORDING TO RECALL T59/NHTSA 17V-572 A VACUUM TEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. IF THE BOOSTER DID NOT PASS TESTING, THE BRAKE BOOSTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS NOT REPLACED, ALLOWING MOISTURE TO ENTER AND FREEZING UP. IMAGES OF THE CORRECT INSTALLATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN ORDER TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECALL. THE JEEP WAS IN A SHOPPING PLAZA, MOVING FROM PARKING LOT TO ANOTHER WHEN THE BRAKES FROZE UP. UNABLE TO GET CALL BACK FROM DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER. *DT CONSUMER STATED RUST BUILT UP INSIDE, BECAUSE MOISTURE WAS GETTING IN. *JB *DT*JB

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CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND RISE IN RPMS AND MISSING GEAR GOING INTO NUETRAL AND CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN TRAFFIC RUNS AT 2 RPMS IN IDEAL STANDPOINT NOW CAR IS LEAKING FLUIDS AND SERVICE 4WHEEL DRIVE LIGHTS ON I READ THAT THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE IN OTHER KEEPS BUT NOT FOR MY VIN NUMBER AND THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM

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ENGINE RECALL FOR TIPM

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ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, I WAS GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY SLOWING DOWN FROM A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND MY ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. I D ID NOT EVEN KNOW THE ENGINE WAS OFF UNTIL I TRIED TO TURN AND HAD NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ALL THE LIGHTS AND RADIO WAS STILL ON. I HAD TO PUT MY JEEP IN PARK THEN START IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE WEEK. I AM TERRIFIED WHILE DRIVING NOW THAT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

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I PURCHASED MY JEEP GR CHEROKEE SUMMIT OCT 23RD 2018 AND IT HAS HAD SUSPENSION PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT IT. IT MAKE A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WHEN I EITHER TURN ON OR SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND IT LASTS FOR A FEW SECONDS. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SERVICE SUSPENSION IMMEDIATELY FLASHED ON MY DASHBOARD AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE PARKWAY DOING 75 MILES AN HOURS MY CAR DECIDED TO START MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON THE WAKE UP STRIP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND MY LITTLE IDIOT LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS FLASHING THE LITTLE JEEP ICON AND IT WAS TRYING TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT AT THAT RATE OF SPEED. FOR AN OVER $60,000. DOLLAR TRUCK, I EXPECT MORE FROM IT THEN TO START TO FAIL AFTER PICKING IT UP FROM THE DEALER BRAND NEW. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME THAT SOME KIND OF TUBE FOR THE SUSPENSION WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED BACKWARDS, FIXED THE PROBLEM AND SENT ME ON MY MERRY WAY, ONLY TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN A FEW HOURS LATER. I AM BEYOND PISSED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MY TRUCK WITH LESS THAN THREE THOUSAND MILES ON IT. I COULDN'T SELL THIS TRUCK TO SOMEONE IN THE STATE THAT IT IS IN!!!! CHRYSLER/DODGE STEP UP AND FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!

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WHILE IN TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION STARTS TO KICK AS IF TRYING TO GET INTO GEAR.. ONLY HAPPENS WHILE IN SLOW TRAFFIC OF ABOUT 10-20 MPH.. AT NORMAL RUNNING SPEEDS ALL IS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY KNOWN TRANSMISSION RECALLS EXIST FOR MY VEHICLE

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I WAS ADVISED DURING AN OIL CHANGE THAT POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING FLUID. THE NHTSA DATABASE IS FILLED WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECTIVE PART. WITH 10 RECALLS ALREADY ON THIS VEHICLE, PLEASE INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A RECALL IS WARRANTED FOR THIS ISSUE AS WELL. THANK YOU.

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HELLO, MY DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO WARP AND I'M CONCERNED THIS IS CAUSING IMPAIRMENT OF MY DEFROST AND POSSIBLY MY AIRBAG. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH JEEP ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS THREADS ON JEEP FORUMS. ALSO, A NEWS STORY IS PROVIDED HERE: HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/LE_4RVABOOK

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STARTING ISSUES, STARTS UP AND QUICKLY CUTS OFF. ALL LIGHTS AND POWER ARE ON. PLENTY OF FUEL IN TANK BUT NOT OVERFILLED. I THINK IT IS THE FUEL INJECTION AREA. I WORRY IT WILL JUST CUT OFF DUE TO THAT WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS, IT IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT.

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WHEN THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE GOES BELOW 20 DEGREES F , I GET A MESSAGE THAT THE AIR SUSPENSION NEEDS SERVICED. THE SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT. IT MAKES IT UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. WHEN THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WARMS UP INTO THE UPPER 20 DEGREES IT STARTS WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2012.

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VEHICLE HAS SAID SERVICE AIR SUSPENSION NUMEROUS TIMES. TOOK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE MECHANIC CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG OR REPLICATE THE ISSUE. NOW CAR IS STUCK WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM AND THE BACK IS STUCK IN A HIGHER POSITION. HEAR AIR COMPRESSIONS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, AIR SUSPENSION IS TRYING TO ACTIVATE BUT WONT MOVE. IS ABLE TO DRIVE AT VARIOUS SPEED. ATTEMPTED TO RAISE AND LOWER AT PARK, NEUTRAL AND MOVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS FROM 5-60MPH. WAS WARNED TO NOT DRIVE UNLESS NEEDED TO BECAUSE VEHICLE COULD LOSE CONTROL EASILY. *CAR IS UP TO DATE ON RECALLS AND SERVICE REPORTS. SEEMS LIKE A BIG SAFETY ISSUE

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WE WERE DRIVING IN THE EXPRESS HIGHWAY PR 30, AT A SPEED OF 45 TO 50 MPH, IN THE DIRECTION OF HUMACAO TOWARDS CAGUAS, WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AT THE BACK PART OF THE VEHICLE (SOUND IT AS AN IMPACT). THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE. WE WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND PARK IN THE AREA OF STOPS FOR EMERGENCIES. WHEN WE INSPECT THE VEHICLE WE NOTICED THAT ALL THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE ESCAPE (MUFFLE). THE TWO STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR SUSPENSION WERE BROKEN. WE CALLED A CRANE AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE FLAT BED WE COULD SEE THAT THE CHASSIS HAD SPLIT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF THE CROSSMEMBER IN THE CHASSIS WERE BROKEN. THE FORCE WAS SO GREAT THAT THE CROSSMEMBER BROKE THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE MUFFLER. ONCE WE GET OFF THE CRANE, WE SEE THE DAMAGE, THE STRUCTURAL 2 BASE IN THE CHASSIS ARE BROKEN AND THE CROSSMEMBER IS OVER THE DIFFERENTIAL AND MUFFLER. THE 2 BASE FOR THE CROSSMEMBER, ON THE CHASSIS, COLLAPSE AND THE CROSSMEMBER BROKE THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE MUFFLER. THE CROSSMEMBER BUSHING IN THE BACK IS BLEND TOO.

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TAKATA RECALL THE AIRBAG DOES NOT WORK GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND AIRBAG DID NOT POP OUT. THE LIGHT FOR THE AIRBAG COMES ON AND OFF.

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RED INDICATOR LIGHT LOOKING LIKE A BATTERY CAME ON ABOUT 3 MILES FROM DESTINATION. WITHIN ANOTHER MILE, OTHER WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN TO COME ON. WIPERS CAME ON (YES, THEY CAME ON, NOT OFF). THEN NAVIGATION SCREEN WENT BLANK. NEXT CAR LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING. SUDDENLY LOST STEERING, BRAKES, ETC. EVEN EMERGENCY FLASHERS WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. NEARBY REPAIR SHOP STATED THE ALTERNATOR HAD BURNED-UP AND KILLED THE BATTERY. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY, BUT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WITH SMELL OF SOMETHING ONCE AGAIN BURNING WITHIN 2 MILES OF REPAIR SHOP. RETURNED VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP, BUT THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF FIXING SOME TYPE OF COMPUTER MODULE. THIS VEHICLE HAD A SAFETY RECALL (NUMBER T36). I RECEIVED AT LEAST 2 NOTICES FROM JEEP (FCA), BUT IN EACH CASE WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO RESOLVE THIS SAFETY RECALL (ALTERNATOR DIODE THERMAL FATIGUE) [T36/NHTSA 17V-435]. I ALSO BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO JEFF WYLER JEEP CHRYSLER (SOUTHGATE, KY) WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY SAID PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOTIFY ME WHEN PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE, BUT NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION. NOW, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT, ON THE HIGHWAY, SOMEONE COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN SUMMARY, WHEN VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, WITHOUT POWER, IT WAS ON A CITY STREET, AND I WAS MAKING A TURN ONTO A SMALLER STREET WITH THE HOPE OF GETTING OUT OF TRAFFIC.

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TRANSMISSION COOLER/AC CONDENSER LEAK AT TUBE JOINTS

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ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS STARTED IN NOVEMBER 2018 AND HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES SINCE. HAVE TAKEN IT TO 3 DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS AND STILL NO RESOLUTION. THERE WAS A RECALL BACK IN 2015 #15V-115 TO FIX THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WHICH COULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. SERVICE WAS DONE PER THE RECALL. HAVE AN ACTIVE CASE WITH JEEP (FIAT) BUT THEY HAVE BEEN NO HELP AND KEEP SENDING US THE JEEP DEALER. DIAGNOSTICS HAVE BEEN DONE 3 TIMES TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE DIES WHILE DRIVING AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION GOING ABOUT 40MPH. HAS HAPPENED WHILE GOING STRAIGHT AND WHILE TURNING. THE RADIO STAYS ON AND NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD FAULTY BRAKES. ON OCCASION, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE BRAKE PEDAL COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED AT ALL. POMOCO CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF NEWPORT NEWS (12629 JEFFERSON AVE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23602, (757) 369-3565) REPAIRED THE WATER SHIELD ABOVE THE BRAKE BOOSTER PER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. HOWEVER, WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AND CAME TO A ROLLING STOP, A MINOR FENDER BENDER OCCURRED WITH THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER CABLE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA WHERE THE BRAKE BOOSTER CABLE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW PART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE FAULTY PART WAS SENT TO THEM FOR ANALYSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

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TAKATA RECALL WHILE I'M DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL SHUT OFF. I WILL PUT IT IN PARK AND IT STARTS BACK UP. THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE I CAN BE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC OR BE IN AN INTERSECTION AND IT JUST SHUTS OFF. I'VE TAKEN IT TO HAVE A MECHANIC LOOK FOR ANY READINGS AND NOTHING IS COMING UP. IT ALSO SHUTS OFF WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE UP FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, AGAIN NOTHING COMING UP WHEN TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

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HAD TO HAVE ALTERNATOR AND BATTER REPLACED AT 54,000 MILES. TWO WEEKS AFTER COMPLETING THIS REPAIR, THE BATTER LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. AFTER TURNING OFF ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP. UPON INSPECTION BY THE MECHANIC, THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS NO LONGER WORKING. THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. IN ADDITION, 3 DAYS LATER, THE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. IN COLD WEATHER, THE ENGINE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY START. NAPLETON'S ARLINGTON HEIGHTS JEEP (1155 W. DUNDEE RD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V115000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) IN WHICH THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, ONCE THE TEMPERATURES BECAME COLDER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. *TT *JB

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UNKNOWN CAUSE OF OVERHEATING. AUTHORIZED SERVICE PERFORMED BY DEALER. UPON INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF VEHICLE NO CODE WAS PUT OUT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ACTIVE OVERHEAT MODE. MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS PERFORMED BY SERVICE TECHS WERE PERFORMED.

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VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPED. LOSE ABILITY TO STEER. HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE.

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CAR'S TIPM HAS BEEN MESSING UP. THEY SAY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON MY MODEL FOR THAT AND ANOTHER SAYS IT HAS BEEN FIXED. MY CAR WON'T START AT TIMES, MY HORN HONKS AT RANDOM TIMES AND JUST TODAY MY CAR STALLED WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. I KNOW THE TIPM HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES BUT I CANT GET ANY HELP WITH MINE WITHOUT PAYING OUT OF POCKET. I'VE ABOUT HAD IT WITH MY JEEP.

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THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS LEAKING AT 75,000 MILES. AFTER BEING QOUTED 2600 DOLLARS FOR THE FIX, I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MOST OTHER JEEP OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM IN LOW MILEAGE JEEPS ALSO. CONTACTED JEEP WITH NO RESPONSE. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN NOTED TO CAUSE THE JEEPS TO BECOME UNRESPONSIVE AND DANGEROUS AS STEERING BECOMES USELESS.

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