2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Visibility Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE WINDOWS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD UNLOCK WITH THE KEY AND ALL OTHER DOORS WOULD UNLOCK MANUALLY ONCE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLEND DOOR AND THE RECIRCULATION BLOWER DOOR WERE BOTH DEFECTIVE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 142,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2000 JEEP WJ GRAND CHEROKEE- HEATER/DEFROSTER PROBLEMS DUE TO BLENDER DOOR BREAKAGE.- REPAIR REQUIRES COMPLETE REMOVAL OF DASH TO ACCESS BROKEN UNIT. COSTLY $1500.00 REPAIR FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL PART - 2 DAYS LABOR (AVERAGE)- SAFETY CONCERN NOT BEING ABLE TO DEFROST ON COLD MORNINGS FOR VISIBILITY. *TR

VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER BROKEN. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOESN'T BLOW WARM AIR IT BLOW COLD AIR AND DON'T DEFOG MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHEN IM DRIVING. I LIVE IN PENNSYLVAINA ITS COLD UP HERE AND IT SNOWS. I AM A SINGLE MOM AND HATE TO HAVE TO DRIVE MY DAUGHTER AROUND IN A COLD JEEP ALSO AN UNSAFE ONE WHEN MY HEATER DON'T DEFROST THIS SIDE OF MY JEEP THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED TO BE FIXED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE HEAT BLENDER DOORS WERE BROKEN AND WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY NOR WERE THERE ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 90,000 MILES HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH DEFROSTING AND HEATING FOR THE PAST YEAR. WHEN IT IS COLD OR RAINY THE WINDSHIELD WILL NOT CLEAR NOT MATTER WHAT SETTINGS I USE. I GET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATING ON MY FOGGY WINDSHIELD AND I AM FORCED TO PULL OVER IN DANGERS CONDITIONS AND SCRAP MY WINDOWS. RECENTLY MY HEAT HAS STOPPED WORKING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND I LOOKED FOR INFORMATION ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS FORUMS WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED FOR YEARS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER ONLY TO BE TOLD IT WAS A COMFORT ISSUE NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS S SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET HURT OR WORSE. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE WILLING...

THE HVAC SYSTEM ON OUR 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAS BROKEN AND IS UNABLE TO DIRECT AIR AT THE PROPER TEMPERATURE TO THE PROPER PLACES. THE DEFECT APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED DAMPERS IN THE DUCTWORK THAT HAVE FAILED. THIS PREVENTS OUR DEFROSTER FROM WORKING AS EFFECTIVELY AS IT SHOULD AND IS ALSO AN IRRITANT TO THE DRIVER WHEN IT'S 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE IN THE TEXAS HEAT. GOOGLING THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIES IT AS A COMMON BREAKAGE AND IS RELATED TO THE USE OF CHEAP PLASTIC MATERIALS IN THE DAMPER MECHANISM. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED AS PART OF A MANUFACTURERS RECALL CAMPAIGN. *TR

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM: WINDSHIELD: BLOWER. *TR

THERE IS NO HEAT BLOWING ON DRIVER SIDE BUT HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

THE DRIVER'S BLEND DOOR, AND THE PASSENGER'S BLEND DOOR ARE NOT WORKING, CAUSING ONLY COLD AIR TO COME IN ON PASSENGER AND ON DRIVER SIDE CAUSING FOG BUILD UP ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WHICH PREVENTS DRIVERS VISION AND COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. A KNOWN PROBLEM BY JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER BUT NEVER HAD A RECALL TO FIX THE HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, PASSANGER SIDE HEAT DOES NOT WORK - BLOWS COLD AIR - AGAIN (10/09)! FIXED THIS ONCE BEFORE IN 2006 (ISH) FOR APPROX $800. *TR

HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING COMPONENTS FAIL DUE TO FAULTY COMPONENTS (BLEND DOORS, A COMPONENT KNOWN TO FAIL FREQUENTLY) CAUSING WINDSHIELD FOGGING, POOR VISIBILITY, LACK OF HEAT CONTROL. *TR

HEATER AND DEFROSTER FAILED TO WORK AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT DEFROST. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE A BLEND DOOR FAILURE WITH FAILURE CODES 38,51,54 AND 56. *TR

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2000 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE. *TR

I OWN A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 151,400 MILES. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF THE VENTILATION SYSTEM WERE (1) RAPID FOGGING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD,(2) FOGGING OF FRONT PASSENGER WINDOWS,(3) FAILURE OF PASSENGER HEAT WHILE STILL MAINTAINING DRIVER HEAT FUNCTION, AND (4) ONLY COLD AIR RELEASE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF JEEP. CONSEQUENTLY,(1) THE WINDSHIELD AND FRONT WINDOWS DO NOT DEFOG, AND (2) NO HEAT WHATSOEVER COMES FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AND DASHBOARD VENTILATION SYSTEM. TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, A "BLEND AIR DOOR" IS NECESSARY AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1,200 INCLUSIVE OF 7 HOURS OF LABOR. ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFIED SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND ONLINE FORUMS, THIS HAS BECOME A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2000-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITEDS WITH DUEL ZONE VENTILATION SYSTEMS. *TR

WHEN HEATER IS ON WE ONLY GET HEAT OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE ONLY. COLD AIR BLOWS OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THEN NO HEAT FROM ANY SIDE OF UNIT. *TR

I OWN A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE HEATING WORKS FINE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT ONLY COLD AIR BLOWS FROM THE VENTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. MY INTERNET REVIEW SUGGESTS THAT IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE I LOSE HEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES ... AND CHRYSLER KNOWS IT. THE FIX IS VERY EXPENSIVE ... BLEND AIR DOOR ACTUATOR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS WILL BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN I AM UNABLE TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL AND FIX! *TR

MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS OPERATING PERFECTLY, AND APPARENTLY THE "BLEND DOOR" OR SOMETHING IN THE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM IS MESSED UP. IT STARTS BLOWING COLD AIR FOR NO REASON SOME TIMES, EVEN TO THE POINT OF FOGGING THE WINDSHIELD IN COLD WEATHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE HEAT/DEFROST FUNCTION FAILED IN THE VEHICLE. DURING THE WINTER, THE CONTACT MUST REMAIN COLD IN THE VEHICLE AND THE WINDOWS BECOME FOGGY INSTEAD OF DEFROSTING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS POSSIBLY A CONDENSER LEAK IN THE HEATER, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTROL LEVER FOR THE HEATING UNIT TO DETERIORATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. HE HAS FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS FAILURE WITH THE SAME MODEL; THEREFORE, HE BELIEVES THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. A RELAY SHORTED OUT DUE TO A FAILURE WITH THE HEATING MECHANISM AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE FILLED WITH SMOKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

DOOR ACTUATOR, OVERHEATING, TRANSMISSIONS SLIPPAGE (OR NOT WANTING TO SHIFT AT TIMES), TAIL LIGHTS, COOLING, HEATING (OR LACK OF). *TR

I STARTED HEARING CREAKING NOISES INSIDE THE DASH SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THIS WOULD NORMALLY OCCUR WHEN I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, OR TURNED THE HEAT OR A/C OFF. A WEEK AGO THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS STARTING BLOWING COLD AIR ONLY, REGARDLESS OF TEMPERATURE SETTINGS. I WAS TOLD AT MY MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN BLEND DOOR ISSUE WITH 1999 TO 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1000 TO REPAIR. *TR

CLIMATE CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING. NO WARNING JUST ONE DAY STARTED BLOWING WARM AIR OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE AND COLD AIR OUT OF DRIVER SIDE. THE WINTER SEASON IS UPON US NOW AND SOMEHOW I NEED TO FIND $1400.00 SO I DON'T FREEZE WHILE COMMUTING BACK AND FOURTH FROM MY JOB. ITS A BLEND DOOR THAT STOPPED WORKING? AFTER SEARCHING AROUND FOR AN ANSWER, I FIND THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS. *TR

VENTILATION SYSTEM, I HAVE A NOISE IN THE DASHBOARD AND MY VENTS ARE BLOWING COLD AIR, AND IT IS A DUAL HEATING SYSTEM. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME 800.00 TO FIX. I HEAR THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE AND HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR HAS MELTED! (FIRE HAZARD) NOW WE ONLY HAVE COLD AIR BLOWING FROM OUR VENTS. NO HEAT. SOMEONE SAID IT IS THE BLEND DOORS. APPARENTLY LOTS OF PPL HAVE THIS PROBLEM! (IT IS SOON TO BE WINTER TIME) ALSO, CREAKING/MOTOR SOUNDS COME FROM THE DASH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OFF?!?! *TR

FAILURE OF BLEND DOORS IN HEATER/DEFOGGER OF VEHICLE. JEEP HAS KNOWN ABOUT THESE CHEAP PARTS FOR SOME TIME. THE REPAIR COSTS OVER $1000 BECAUSE IT IS LABOR INTENSIVE, THE COMPLETE DASH PANEL HAS TO BE REMOVED TO ACCESS WHERE THE BLEND DOORS ARE LOCATED. THE PART COSTS ARE ONLY ABOUT $150 AT MOST! WITH THE FAILURE COMES NO WARM/HOT AIR FROM THE HEATER, CONSEQUENTLY NO DEFROSTING OF THE WINDSHIELD.........A SEVERE VISIBILITY PROBLEM!! JEEP/CHRYSLER SHOULD BE PICKING UP ALL, OR AT LEAST MOST OF THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. THE ORIGINAL PARTS WERE CHEAPLY MADE AND ARE SUBJECT TO WEAR OUT WITHIN ONLY A FEW YEARS. I RECENTLY HAD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR MYSELF. I COULD NOT DO WITHOUT THE DEFROSTER DURING WINTER MONTHS. I HAD TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JEEP/CHRYSLER REFUND SOME OF THAT COST TO ME, IT WOULD...

VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER I HAVE A 2000 JEEP THAT THE DEFOGGER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME AND HAS FAILED TO ACT ON THE PROBLEM AS FAR AS A RECALL! THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH MOST JEEPS. THIS FAILURE OCCURS EVERYDAY DUE TO THE FACT THE BLEND DOORS ARE BROKEN AS PART OF FAULTY MANUFACTURING. I CAN'T EVEN DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T MIND FIXING THE PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I LEARN THAT CHRYSLER KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM LONG AGO, I THINK THEY NEED TO BEAR SOME OF THE BURDEN. THANK YOU. *TR

THE HEAT/AC UNIT ON MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STOPPED WORKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, NOW THE DRIVER SIDE HAS NO HEAT. IT APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH ALL JEEPS 1999 AND NEWER, AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN A SUBJECT OF A RECALL. *TR

AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM ACTS ERRATICALLY. REGARDLESS OF WHAT SETTINGS ARE USED, HOT AIR WILL BLOW OUT ONE SIDE WHILE COLD BLOWS OUT THE OTHER. SOMETIMES WHICH SIDE IS COLD OR HOT WILL SWITCH. I AM FILING THIS WITH THE NHTSA BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. BECAUSE MY AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK CORRECTLY, I HAVE NO WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER. WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF RAIN LATELY AND THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN DROPPING. MY WINDSHIELD KEEPS GETTING FOGGY AND I CAN'T CLEAR IT. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WIPE IT OFF WITH A TOWEL JUST TO HAVE IT FOG UP AGAIN A FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE I'M TRYING TO DRIVE. IN THE WINTER, THE WINDSHIELD WILL FREEZE OVER AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR VISIBILITY. I CAN DEAL WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT NO DEFROSTER IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO...

2000 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL, IT STARTED WITH NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE IS BLOWING COLD AIR ALSO (NO HEAT). DEALER KNOWS ITS A ISSUE AND ITS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.. (TEMP. CONTROL DOORS MADE OF PLASTIC) THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR DEFECTED PARTS AND DESIGN.... *TR

DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER , HVAC SYSTEM FAILURES REPEATEDLY. DEALERSHIP CHARGES $800 TO $1500 PER INCIDENT. FIRST TIME EVAPORATOR CORE GOES BAD, SECOND TIME BLEND DOORS GO BAD, THIRD TIME FAN MOTOR GOES, FORTH TIME FAN MOTOR AND THERMOSTATIC RESISTOR THAT CONTROLS FAN GOES BAD, FIFTH TIME BLEND DOORS GO AGAIN, SIXTH TIME THERMOSTATIC RESISTOR AND ITS WIRING HARNESS BURN UP, SEVENTH TIME, RECIRCULATE/FRESH AIR DOOR BREAKS OFF INSIDE UNIT. 2000 GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH DUAL ZONE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM. *TR

ONLY COLD AIR BLOWS FROM THE RIGHT SIDE VENTS ON MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THIS BEGAN THE END OF THIS PAST WINTER. THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS THE HEAT VENTS AND THE DEFROST VENT, THEREFORE CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD, AS THE RIGHT SIDE WINDSHIELD ICES UP. FROM MY SEARCHES, THIS APPEARS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM, EFFECTING MANY JEEP OWNERS. MY MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP, SAID IT WOULD BE ABOUT A GRAND TO FIX. HE ALSO DID NOT EVEN ASK ME IF I WANTED TO GET IT FIX, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS TOO TIME CONSUMING AND DID NOT WANT ME TO GET IT FIXED. SO, THEREFORE I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET. *TR