NHTSA Complaint #11324113 — 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

WHILE DRIVING ALL INSTRUMENTATION, GAUGES, AND WARNING LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF AS IF YOU ARE STARTING THE VEHICLE UP. DURING THIS ELECTRICAL 'FIT' THE HEATER FAN STOPS, ALL BELLS AND WHISTLES ALSO CLICK AND CHIME. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED THE VEHICLE STALLED SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING DRIVEWAY, I ROLLED TO THE CURB, PUT IT IN PARK AND SHUT OFF KEY THEN RESTARTED. NO ISSUES FOR WEEKS UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME UNDER POWER AT SPEED ON HIGHWAY LOST ALL LIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. SOMETIMES THE ELECTRICAL FIT SELF-CORRECTS, OTHER TIMES YOU MUST SHUT OFF AND RESTART TO CLEAR ISSUE. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES BUT ON EACH OCCASION THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE ISSUE. ON ONE TRIP THEY BLAMED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND REPLACED IT AS PART OF RECALL, BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. NEXT VISIT THEY BLAMED THE AFTERMARKET REMOTE STARTER WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE VEHICLE SINCE BOUGHT. BUT TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY, I BYPASSED THE REMOTE STARTER FOR MONTHS AND ISSUE STILL HAPPENED. HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY SO I SEARCHED ON-LINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR ISSUES REPORTED. ONE REPORT POINTED ME HERE TO FIND MANY SIMILAR OFFICIAL REPORTS SO ADDING MINE HERE. DANGEROUS WHEN ON HIGHWAY AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT LEAVE YOU WITHOUT POWER. FRUSTRATING TO SEE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE SAME/SIMILAR ISSUE AND JEEP/CHRYSLER DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR