NHTSA Complaint #11386023 — 2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11386023
Vehicle 2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
Component FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 78,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State PR

Consumer Description

RECALLS 19V-913 AND 15V-115 AROUND THE 28TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020, I WAS IN PUBLIC STREET ON MY WAY TO MY MOTHER'S HOME AT NIGHT IN MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I BEGAN TO PUSH THE ENGINE PEDAL AND IT DIDN'T REACTED. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PUSH THE BREAK. I WAS NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE COMMUNITY GATE AND, BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY, I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR ON NEUTRO AND MANAGED TO ENTER THE COMMUNITY AND LEFT THE CAR INSIDE THE GATE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR BY THE SUDDEN SLOWING OF CAR VELOCITY AND WHILE TURNING LEFT TO THE COMMUNITY GATE IN NEUTRO. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER TO INFORM THEM THAT THE SAME STALLING SITUATION THAT OCCURRED THE SEVERAL TIMES THEY INSPECTED MY CAR FOR PREVIOUSLY, HAPPENED AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SOONEST APPOINTMENT THEY CAN GIVE ME IS IN THE 18TH OF JANUARY OF 2021. THE CAR IS STATIONED WAITING TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS WOULD BE AT LEAST THE 6TH TIME THE CAR HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND THE THIRD THAT I HAVE TO TOW IT. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WAS TOWED WAS IN APRIL OF 2018; THAT TIME THEY REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP/MODULE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, THE EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS REPLACED. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AGAIN IN MARCH AND NOVEMBER OF 2019 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THEY ALLEGED NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE LAST TIME WAS IN THE 11TH OF AUGUST OF 2020, WHEN THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT STALLED AND COULD NOT BE TURN ON; THE FUEL PUMP RELAY CONTROL CIRCUIT OVERLAY HARNESS WAS REPLACED, (ACCORDING TO WORK ORDER). JUST AFTER FOUR MONTHS, THE CAR STALLED WHILE MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRANSITED PUBLIC STREET AT NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE CAR MANAGE TO RECOVER QUICKLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS WHY I BEGAN TO DRIVE SLOWLY. MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND STILL THE SAFETY ISSUE PERSISTS. (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

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