2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Visibility Problems

I HAVE NO HEAT IN THIS VEHICLE. I REPLACE A PART AND DETACHED THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT PERMANENTLY SO THAT I CAN TURN A KNOB TO GET HEAT, AT LEAST, ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THERE IS ZERO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, BUT I ENGAGE THE "C" BUTTON AND THE PASSENGER SIDE GETS RECIRCULATED AIR ON THAT SIDE, (NOT WARM, BUT AT LEAST NOT FREEZING COLD). SOMETIMES TURNING THE KNOB ENGAGES THE HEAT, SOMETIMES NOT. I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING FOR 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED VEHICLES, ALONG WITH PRIOR YEARS. HOWEVER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE PRE-OWNED, WITH 80K MILES ON IT. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING, WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR IT. IT SEEMS THAT THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD ABSORB THE COST OF THIS REPAIR AND NOT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND BOTH REAR WINDOWS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTORS FAILED IN ALL THREE WINDOWS AND THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 2003 DEFECT IN BLEND DOOR DESIGN, BROKEN, NO HEAT, NO DEFROST, IS A SAFETY ISSUE, UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE SAFELY IN COLD WEATHER BECAUSE NO HEAT TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD. *TR

TOTAL LOSS OF HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS NO HEAT EITHER. I LIVE IN CANADA AND WE NEED THE HEAT TO WORK OR THE VEHICLE IS TOTALLY USELESS IF YOU CAN'T SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD! JEEP DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WON'T FIX IT BY RECALL. THEY EXPECT YOU TO PAY ANYWHERE FROM 800-1500 FOR THEM TO FIX IT AND A LOSS OF YOUR JEEP FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS. THIS IS NUTS! *TR

BLEND DOOR ON HEATER BROKEN, UNABLE TO TURN HEAT ON OR DEFROST. THIS MAKES THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER. I CAN NOT DRIVE VEHICLE IN WINTER TIME. NO ASSISTANCE FROM DEALER IN REPAIRING THIS DEFECTIVE BLEND DOOR. *TR

BLEND DOOR FAILURE IN THE HVAC SYSTEM LEADING TO INADEQUATE DEFROSTING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD IMPAIRING VISION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE PRIOR TO FAILURE AS THIS IS A COMMON MALFUNCTION. REPAIR WORK WAS NOT COVERED UNDER PREMIUM WARRANTY PLAN. *TR

PROBLEM WITH VISIBILITY, DEFROSTER, BOTH BLEND DOORS ARE BROKEN, DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART, THERE IS NO HEAT OR DEFROSTING ON THIS VEHICLE. 2003 GRAND CHEROKEE, I CAN NOT DRIVE IN COLD TEMPS WITH NO HEAT, OR DEFROST ON WINDSHIELD THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD NO HELP FROM JEEP, COST TO DETERMINE WHAT REPAIR NEEDED $100 & THEN REPAIR IS OVER $1000 AND INVOLVES REMOVING ENTIRE DASH TO REPLACE THESE PARTS. PLEASE ASSIST JEEP OWNERS WITH THIS VERY COMMON DEFECT. *TR

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD AND I TURN THE HEATER IT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH ATLANTA THIS PAST TUESDAY I NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE WINDOWS WERE FOGGED UP. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE WINDOWS FROM FOGGING UP UNLESS YOU OPEN THE WINDOWS (NOT SMART WITH 35 DEGREES OUTSIDE) OR YOU TURN THE VENT, WHICH IS THE SAME AS OPENING THE WINDOWS. *TR

HVAC SYSTEM COMPONENTS FAILURE. 1) BLEND DOORS PLASTIC MOTOR STOP BROKE RENDERING THEM USELESS. NO HEAT IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. 2) RECIRC DOOR BROKE FALLING ON TOP OF THE FAN RENDERING THE DEFROSTER USELESS. UNABLE TO RUN DEFROSTER CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WINDOW REGULATOR ON DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW HAS BROKEN TWICE! BOTH TIMES NO WARRANTY COVERED IT, ALTHOUGH THE PARTS REPAIRED WERE JEEP PARTS, BRAND NEW. *TR

2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WINDOW REGULATORS FAIL WITHOUT WARNING AND WINDOW FALLS INTO DOOR. *TR

VENTILATION SYSTEM IN YOUR GRAND CHEROKEE MAKING NOISE, BLOWING COLD AIR, OR JUST NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY? DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE BEND DOOR DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SIDE TO HOT AND DOES NOT COOL VISIBILITY: DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER. *TR

THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING LAST FALL. IT WILL NOT BLOW WARM AIR AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IN COLD/RAINY WEATHER SINCE I AM UNABLE TO SEE TO DRIVE. *TR

THE REGULATOR ON 3 OF THE 4 WINDOWS HAVE GONE OUT, HAVE THEM REPAIRED AT $400 PER WINDOW. THE ENGINE FAN WILL NOT TURN OFF AFTER STOPPING, UNLESS I PULL OUT THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD, HAVE HAD THIS REPAIRED 2 TIMES AT AN EXPENSE OF $400 EACH TIME. CAR HAS 75,000 MILES AND IS A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEAT STOPPED WORKING. IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND DESIGN FLAW IN THE BLEND DOOR OF JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S. *TR

I WAS ROLLING DOWN MY AUTOMATIC WINDOW IN MY 03 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND IT MADE A LOUD SOUND AND WILL NOT ROLL BACK UP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. FROM RESEARCH ONLINE THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS OF THE SAME MAKE/MODEL. *TR

1. NOTHING I DID BESIDES DRIVING THIS JEEP. 2. EVERYDAY 24/7 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD IT. 2003 JEEP BLEND DOOR ISSUE, LIVE IN OREGON AND WITH NO DEFROST AND ONLY VEHICLE I CAN DRIVE AT THE MOMENT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT GET REALLY COLD HERE AND SNOWS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. DANGEROUS AND FREEZING COLD... *TR

VENTILATION SYSTEM IN MY GRAND CHEROKEE IS MAKING NOISE AND BLOWING COLD AIR. *TR

THE HEATER IN MY 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND HAS FAILED DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE TEMPERATURE BLENDER DOOR THAT PREVENTS HEAT FROM GETTING REDIRECTED ONTO THE WINDSHIELD TO DEFROST THE GLASS. CHRYSLER HAS TO MY KNOWLEDGE NOT ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE IN MONTANA WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN WINTER WEATHER. I WAS NEARLY IN AN ACCIDENT THIS MORNING WITH MY 6-YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR DUE TO THE WINDSHIELD FREEZING UP AND MY NOT BEING ABLE CLEAR THE GLASS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL NOTICE TO FORCE CHRYSLER TO FIX THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS WHO HAVE FILED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE SEAT-HEATER RECALL FOR THE SAME MODEL. THANK YOU. BILL HAYNES *TR

2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HEAT GOES OUT DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING BLENDER DOORS INSIDE DASH. NO DEFROST SO IT IMPAIRS VISION IN MORNINGS. DEALER WANTS $1800 TO REPAIR. GO TO WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE/TSERAT48371ICOB68/P6 TO SEE LIST OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER JEEP OWNERS. THIS WILL CAUSE A DEATH SOON. PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE FIXED EVEN ONCE MUCH LESS EVERY WINTER AT THE TUNE OF $1800! PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU. *TR

COLD AIR COMES OUT OF THE HEATER SYSTEM ON ANY TEMP AND/OR ZONE SETTING. FIRST STARTED WITH PASSENGER SIDE, NOW BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE BLOW ONLY COLD AIR...CAUSING VISIBILITY ISSUES (FOG/FROST ON THE WINDSHIELD), PARTICULARLY DURING HIGH HUMIDITY OR INCLEMENT WEATHER. *TR

BROKEN MODE BLEND DOORS ON 2003 GRAND CHEROKEE WITH DUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS. *TR

RE: 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND SUDDENLY THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AND DURING RAINY/SNOWY WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD FAILS TO DEFROST PROPERLY, CAUSING AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. HAPPENING SINCE 2005. REPAIRED (JEEP ADMITS TO AN IMPROPERLY DESIGNED ORIGINAL PART) AT MY EXPENSE IN 2006, MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN SINCE 2007, NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. *TR

THE HVAC SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD FOR DEFROSTING OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE BLEND DOORS FOR THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL OF A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAVE FAILED CAUSING THE HEATING SYSTEM TO NOT OPERATE AT ALL AND THE A/C SYSTEM TO OPERATE POORLY. *TR

APRIL OF 2006 I PURCHASED MY 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND. ABOUT 2WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT THE HEATER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE BLEND DOORS WHERE BROKEN OR NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1000 TO FIX AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED. I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT UNTIL THEY FINALLY AGREED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. JUST OVER 1 YEAR LATER IN AUGUST OF 2007, I NOTICED THAT THE ABILITY TO DIRECT AIR TO SPECIFIC VENTS, STOPPED WORKING, NOW THE AIR JUST BLOWS INTO THE DASH. I HAVE GONE BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE RECIRCULATE DOOR, WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO BE CHANGED WHEN THE BLEND DOORS WHERE REPLACED, ACCORDING TO THEIR "TECHNICAL...

THE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR. THIS IS A PROBLEM EXPERIENCED BY 1999 - 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. THE CLIMATE CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND DOES NOT PROVIDE PROPER WARM AIR TO THE DEFROSTER CAUSING WINDOW FOGGING. *TR

HEATER DEFECT ON 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, IN COLD CONDITIONS, I FOUND THAT THE AC/HEATER OUTPUT WAS INSUFFICIENT TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTED AND DEFOGGED, RESULTING IN EXTREMELY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE FAN WORKS, BUT NO AIR COMES OUT. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT IS DUE TO A BLEND-DOOR DEFECT, COMMON TO THAT MODEL/YEAR JEEP. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 72,000 MILES ON IT. I CAN'T SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN COLD CONDITIONS UNTIL THIS IS FIXED. THIS REPAIR IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN $900 -$1200. IF THIS IS SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL BY DEIMLER-CHRYSLER TO REPAIR THIS. HOW MANY DEATHS WILL IT TAKE BEFORE THIS GETS THE TRUE ATTENTION IT DESERVES? *TR

BLEND DOOR BROKEN. COST TO FIX $1700.*TR

BLEND DOOR WENT OUT ON PASSENGER SIDE APPROX 5 MONTHS AGO THEN TODAY THE DRIVERS SIDE WENT. UNABLE TO DEFROST WINDOW. NO HEAT/ NO AC. TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT KEPT GOING OFF. UNTIL THE CENTER TOP DISPLAY WENT OUT, ENGINE LIGHT WONT SHUT OFF. *TR

THE AIR CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS FAULTY AND FAILS. THEY ALREADY HAVE A FIX FOR THIS KNOWN FAULTY SYSTEM BUT THE REPAIR DOES NOT FIX THE SOLUTION, IT ONLY DELAYS IT TILL IT BREAKS AGAIN. SOME AFTERMARKET COMPANIES ARE MAKING LOTS OF MONEY OFF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM PERMANENTLY. THE COMPANY SHOULD MAKE THE PERMANENT REPAIR A RECALL AS THE SYSTEM CAN FAIL AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME AND CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS WHEN THE WINDSHIELD CAN FOG UP AND THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK. THE SYSTEM CAN ALSO FAIL SUCH THAT THE PARTS CAN FALL INTO THE FAN MOTOR AND CAUSE IT TO OVERHEAT POSSIBLY CAUSING A FIRE. THESE VEHICLES ARE FREQUENTLY USED BY FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE AND STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL. *TR

THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM HAS BEEN MAKING IRREGULAR NOISES. THEN TODAY IT GOT STUCK AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS ONLY BLOWING HOT AND THE DRIVER WAS STILL ADJUSTABLE.*TR

FAILURE OF BLEND AIR DOOR SYSTEM IN HVAC, FIRST FAILURE 2006, SINCE FAILED AGAIN, NOT YET REPAIRED. *TR

TURNED ON MY HEATER IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ONLY COLD AIR BLEW OUT. DID SOME RESEARCH AND SEEM TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH ALL JEEP CHEROKEES 1998 - 2003. *TR

AC/HEAT FAN STOPPED WORKING. SOMEONE MENTIONED THE BLEND DOOR ASSYM. A $1200 REPAIR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS WAS REPAIRED. VEHICLE IS A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. *TR

MY 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DEFROSTER, THE HEATER, AND AIR CONDITIONER. IT HAS DRIVER AND PASSENGER CLIMATE CONTROLS. INITIALLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. EVENTUALLY, THE DRIVER SIDE HEAT AND AIR STOPPED WORKING. THE DEFROSTER IS BARELY WORKING AND ONLY ON THE FAN CONTROL. *TR

HEATER OR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK RIGHT BECAUSE OF A BLEND DOOR FAILURE AND IS VERY UNSAFE. UPON CHECKING AROUND HOW TO FIX I RAN ACROSS THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM AND COSTING THEM $1200-$1900 TO GET FIXED AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL TO GET REPAIRED. IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT AND VERY UNSAFE! *TR