2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac System Problems

THE IN-DASH HEATER/AC BLEND DOOR IS MALFUNCTIONING CAUSING AIR FLOW NOT TO BE PROPERLY DIVERTED BETWEEN LOWER DASH VENTS, DASHBOARD VENTS AND DEFROSTER VENTS. THIS IS CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHEREBY THE WINDSHIELD WILL NOT CLEAR IN RAINSTORMS AND WILL NOT STAY DEFROSTED IN WINTER DRIVING. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND ALONG WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH A LOCAL DEALER WORKING WITH JEEPS FOR MANY YEARS HAS LED ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A LONG-KNOWN AND VERY COMMON DEFECT WITH JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. PRICES TO REPLACE THIS BLEND DOOR HAVE RANGED FROM $1000 TO $1500 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE REPLACEMENT. I CONTACT CHRYSLER ASSISTANCE AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT YOU TO IDENTIFY THIS SAFETY CONCERN SO THAT PERHAPS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) COULD BE ISSUED AND CHRYSLER WOULD ADDRESS THE DEFECTIVE BLEND DOOR FOR CONSUMERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *JS

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, BLEND DOORS, AND DRIVERS SEAT. *TR

NO DEFROST OR HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, CANNOT SEE THRU PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHEILD WHEN ICED OR FOGGGED UP. *TR

LITTLE TO NO HEAT. MAINLY I AM GETTING VERY LITTLE HEAT FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE (NOT BLOWING LIKE DRIVERS SIDE AND DRIVERS SIDE AS WELL AS PASSENGER SIDE NOT HEATING AS IT SHOULD. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS NO HEAT, DUE TO THE BLEND DOOR MALFUNCTIONING. *TR

THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL HAS BEEN NOT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR IS STOCK ON VENT. THIS HAS CAUSED ME GREAT DISCOMFORT AND SEVERE SAFETY ISSUES BECAUSE I CAN NOT CIRCULATE ANY WARM AIR IN MY CAR OR DEFROST. I SINCERELY HOPE JEEP DOES A RECALL, NOT ONLY TO KEEP VALUED CUSTOMERS, BUT TO PREVENT ANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEFROST IS COMPLETELY DISFUNCTIONAL. *TR

RECIRC DOOR, THE DRIVER'S BLEND DOOR, AND THE PASSENGER'S BLEND DOOR ALL HAVE TOO MUCH TRAVEL, CAUSING ONLY COLD AIR TO COME IN ON PASSENGER OR 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 LIMITED BLEND DOORS. *TR

WE OWN A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT JUST STARTED BLOWING COLD AIR ONLY OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE VENTS AND HOT AIR OUT OF THE PASSENGERS SIDE VENTS. WE UNDERSTAND IT IS A BLEND DOOR MALFUNCTION WHICH IS WIDESPREAD AMONG 1998-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS. WE CALLED OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND THEY ESTIMATED IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $800 AND $2000 TO FIX AS THEY WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE ENTIRE DASH OUT OF THE CAR. THIS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR AN OWNER TO HAVE TO PAY ALL OF THIS MONEY TO REPAIR A MANUFACTURING DEFICIT IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. ABOUT EVERY JEEP OWNER WE KNOW HAS FACED THIS PROBLEM. WE FEEL YOU SHOULD DEMAND THAT JEEP RECALLS ALL OF THE JEEPS AND FIX THEM AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR

THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IN MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. IT WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT IT AND THEN STOPPED. NOW IT JUST BLOWS OUT COLD AIR EVEN WHEN I HAVE THE HEAT ON. I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED AND I CAN'T FIX IT MY SELF. IT IS A CONSTANT NUISANCE. I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE IT IS FREEZING AND I HAVE TO DRIVE TO WORK IN A FREEZING CAR. MY DEFROSTER DOESN'T EVEN WORK! HALF THE TIME, I AM RIDING AROUND WITH A FOGGED UP WINDSHIELD WHICH ISN'T SAFE AT ALL. *TR

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HEATER QUIT WORKING AND MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT KEEP WINDOWS DEFROSTED. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. PASSENGER SIDE VENTS BLOW EXTREMELY COLD AIR, EVEN WITH THE HEAT TURNED ON. WITH NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES THIS PAST WEEK, THIS MAKES DRIVING THE VEHICLE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT IS A KNOWN VEHICLE FLAW AND EXTREMELY COSTLY TO FIX. THIS ISN'T ABOUT COMFORT, BUT ABOUT SAFETY IN WINTER WEATHER!!! *TR

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - DUAL CONTROL HEATER BLEND DOOR MALFUNCTIONS. NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

BLEND DOOR GONE BAD PER DEALER. *TR

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BLENDER DOOR, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE HEATER/ AIR CONDITIONER BOX. UPON LOOKING UP THIS PROBLEM, AND ASKING OTHER JEEP OWNERS, THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND LARGE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS COSTLY ($800- $1200) TO REPAIR. HOW COULD THERE NOT POSSIBLY BE A RECALL ON SOMETHING AS EXPENSIVE AS THIS TO FIX. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THESE VEHICLES IN THE YEARS BETWEEN 1999-2004? THE ELECTRONIC DUAL AIR CONTROL WAS DEVELOPED WITH PARTS NOT BUILT TO WITH STAND THE JOB IT IS REQUIRED TO DO. *TR

MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS REGARDLESS OF THE TEMPERATURE SETTING. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT IT WILL EVER BE CORRECTED. *TR

FAILURE OF CLIMATE CONTROL "BLEND DOORS" WHICH RESULTS IN LACK OF CONTROL OVER HEAT OR A/C ENTERING PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, 2000 MODEL, HAVE A COMMON FAILURE WITH THE BLEND DOORS IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. THIS IS A WELL KNOW ERROR ON THESE CARS, AND HAPPENS WITH EVERY ONE OF THEM. I HAVE A DUAL VENTILATION SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS EACH SIDE OF THE CAR. *TR

MY BLEND DOOR THAT CONTROLS MY HEAT AND A/C ON MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS BROKEN. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE ALOT OF JEEP OWNERS WITH THE SAME/SIMILAR PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD TOTALLY BE A RECALL AND SHOULD BE FIXED BY JEEP/CHRYSLER. *TR

I OWN A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. 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 $1,400. 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 LIMITED'S WITH DUAL ZONE VENTILATION SYSTEMS. GIVEN THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF 110,000, I THOUGHT IT A REASONABLE FAILURE. LATER I FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON...

I HAVE A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I HAVE NO HEAT AND CAN'T DEFROST THE WINDOWS. I TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE BENDER BOARDS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,200/. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH JEEP. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY CHRYSLER AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. *TR

WHEN HEATER IS ON, MY VEHICLE HEATER BLOWS ONLY OUT OF THE DRIVER SIDE VENTS. COLD AIR BLOWS OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE ALSO BLOWS NO A/C ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED AND THE WINDOWS FROSTED. THE CONTACT HAD NO VISIBILITY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BLENDING DOOR HEAT ACTUATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,500.

THE BLEND AIR DOOR IN NOT WORKING PROPERLY, CAUSING THE HEATER NOT TO WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT I PURCHASED IN 2003 WITH ONLY 27K ON IT AND A FACTORY WARRANTY I ALSO PURCHASED A EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY FROM THE JEEP DEALER WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 75K THE VEHICLE LOST ALL HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT THEY TOLD ME IT COULD OF BEEN ONE OF TWO THINGS EITHER THE HEATER CONTROL UNIT OR THE BLEND DOORS BUT ALMOST ALWAYS IT IS THE BLEND DOORS, THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED DUE TO THE WARRANTY EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME OVER $1000 DOLLARS TO FIX I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE ALL THIS TIME WITH NO HEAT BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX IT AND IT IS...

HVAC BLEND DOOR IN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FAILED. *JB

THE BLOWER MOTOR ON MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED FAILED DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH DOORS IN THE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM. THE REPAIR WILL COST $ 900 - 1,200.00 TO REPAIR. THERE WAS HEAT. THERE WAS COOLING. THERE WAS NO BLOWING TO SEND THAT AIR INTO THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT. DEFROSTING OF WINDOWS WAS SLOW.THE CONDENSATION EVAPORATED ONLY AFTER THE AIR MOVED ITSELF. I CAN ONLY SWITCH TO "DEFROST", A MINIMAL ASSIST IN THE PROCESS. MY HUSBANDWAS UNWILLING TO DRIVE OR BE A PASSENGER IN THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE DANGER CAUSED BY THE DEFROSTING PROBLEM (WE HAVE A HOME IN MN AND I WILL BE MOVING THERE SOON) OR DURING THE EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE DURING WINTER AND SUMMER. THERE WAS A WEBSITE WITH A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CLAIM. *AK

I OWN A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED WITH 116,000 MILES. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF THE VENTILATION SYSTEM WERE (1) RAPID FOGGING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD, (2) NO DEFROST ON PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD, (3) FOGGING OF FRONT PASSENGER WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD,(4) FAILURE OF PASSENGER HEAT WHILE STILL MAINTAINING DRIVER HEAT FUNCTION, AND (5) ONLY COLD AIR RELEASE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF JEEP. CONSEQUENTLY THE WINDSHEILD AND FRONT WINDOWS DO NOT DEFOG, AND NO HEAT IS PROVIDED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AND DASHBOARD VENTILATION SYSTEM. TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, A BLEND DOOR ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1,350 INCLUSIVE OF 8 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 1999-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES.

HEATER OR CAR RADIO OVERHEATED AND MELTED TAPE IN RADIO. THIS WAS THE FOURTH OCCURRENCE AND NOW RADIO WILL NO LONGER PLAY TAPES OR CAN BE USED FOR XM RADIO. TALKED TO SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *NM

DEFROSTER ON 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. ICE BUILDS UP ON WINDSHIELD REDUCING VISIBILITY. *NM

BLOWER BLEND DOOR FAILURE. *NM

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

HEATER BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NO MATTER THE TEMPERATURE SETTING. *NM

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, THIS IS THE THIRD OCCURANCE THAT MY HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM HAS FAILED SINCE I PURCHASED MY JEEP IN AUGUST OF 1999. THE LATEST PROBLEM IS THE BLEND DOORS AND RECIRCULATION DOORS. THE DEALER COST TO FIX WAS ABOUT $900.00. AFTER SEVEN YEARS I WOULD THINK THAT CHRYSLER COULD MAKE A HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM THAT WOULD NOT BREAK EVERY 2.5YEARS. *NM

1) NO SIGN OF FAILURE, JUST HAPPENED OUT OF NO WHERE 2)NO HEAT FROM PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE AT ALL, NO FLOOR HEAT, NO FRONT VENT HEAT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NO WINDSHIELD DEFROST HEAT, CAUSING A LOT OF FOG AND POOR VISIBILITY DURING THESE COLD MONTHS... 3)HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FIX ISSUE, COST OF REPLACEMENT PARTS AND LABOR IS $2000, DOWN TIME OF VEHICLE IS 2 DAYS TO FIX...A LOT OF WORK FOR A NOVICE LIKE MYSELF. *JB

HEATER DOES NOT WORK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, COST TO FIX IS RIDICULOUS AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING THIS EXPENSIVE HAPPENS SO OFTEN ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE READ DOZENS OF ACCOUNTS FROM OTHER WJ JEEP OWNERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM! *NM

THE BLEND DOORS HAVE FAILED 2X. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I NO LONGER HAVE DEFROST ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THIS COSTS OVER $1000 TO FIX. THE BLEND DOORS HAVE FLAPS TO CONTROL THE HOT AND COLD AIR FOR THE HVAC. MINE WAS STUCK ON COLD, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO DEFROST MY CAR. I CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER $1000. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VENTILATION WOULD NOT OPERATE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DISALLOWING THE DEFROSTER, HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE HEATER BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE VENTILATION ISSUE.

DEFROST BLEND DOOR PASSENGER SIDE INOP ICE ON WINDSHIELD.UNABLE TO SEE THRU PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD

I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION AND ANGER REGARDING MY 2000 GRAND CHEROKEE. SINCE THIS PAST OCTOBER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A MYRIAD OF PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. A BROKEN VENTILATION DEFLECTOR WHICH PREVENTS ANY AIR FROM COMING THROUGH THE VENTILATION. I SPENT NEARLY $100.00 TO FIND OUT THAT IT IS A $37.00 PART WITH $500.00 IN LABOR JUST TO INSTALL IT. I HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CAR, AND THE SUMMER HEAT OF 100+ DEGREES IS IN MY MIND, DANGEROUS. 2. ALL OF THE PASSENGER DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED EITHER MANUALLY OR REMOTELY FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. I RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE LOCK ACTUATORS AT A STAGGERING COST OF $500.00 PER LOCK! THE DOORS CANT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR FROM THE INSIDE WITHOUT SYSTEMATICALLY UNLOCKING THE DOORS WITH THE REMOTE, THEN REACHING IN FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT TO MANUALLY UNLOCK THEM FROM THE...

VENTILATION SYSTEM BECAGN TO ACT IRREGULAR AND THEN DID NOT WORK AT ALL. DEFROST AS WELL AS OTHER VENT USES WERE OF NO USE TO THE DRIVER DURING THE WINTER/COLD WEATHER HERE. THE DEALER TECH TOLD ME IT WAS A RESISTOR THEAT MELTED THE HARNESS. TECH SAID HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THEY NEEDED TO ORDER THE PARTS TO FIX, MEANWHILE I AM WAITING TO SPEAK WITH THE SALESPERSON WHO SOLD MY FAMILY THIS VEHICLE.*AK

VENTILATION SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. I WAS TOLD RESISTOR OVERHEATS CAUSING HARNESS AND MOTOR TO MELT. REPAIR IS $500.00+ SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID IT "HAPPENS ALOT". SEEMS TO ME RESISTOR NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.*AK