2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Structurebodydoor Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DOORS FAILED TO OPEN FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

INSIDE DOOR HANDLE ON FRONT DOOR AND BACK DOOR IS BROKEN THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS OTHER THEN IT BEING CHEAP. I DO NOT UNDER STAND WHY NHTSA HAS LEFT THIS VERY BAD SAFETY PROBLEM GO FOR SO LONG . IT MAY LOOK AS THOUGH THEY ARE IN JEEPS POCKETS ITS OK FOR JEEP TO CHARGE 500 FOR A NEW PANEL RIGHT THE CONSUMER IS GETTING THE SHORT END OF IT HERE OR THERE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PANIC AND HAVE A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE I CAN'T GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BUT I'M JUST SAYING AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS BEEN GOING ON WELL BEFORE THE 2006 JEEP I HAVE AND OOOOOOOOOOOOO STILL NO HELP *TR

BROKEN CAR DOOR HANDLE/PANEL ON BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS. DRIVER SIDE IS GETTING SO BAD, I AM CONCERNED AND NERVOUS THAT ANY DAY NOW, I WON'T BE ABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. BROUGHT IT TO A LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AGO WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THIS AND WAS INFORMED THIS ISSUE IS NOT COVERED UNDER "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND COST WOULD BE OVER $1000 TO REPLACE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL AND THAT'S JUST FOR ONE DOOR. EXCEPT FOR THIS ISSUE WHICH IS BEYOND MY CONTROL, I KEEP MY VEHICLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IT HAS VERY LOW MILES, BUT THE UNSIGHTLY DOOR HANDLE/PANELS JUST MAKES THE APPEARANCE OF MY JEEP LOOK LIKE TRASH BESIDES THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOW BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THREE OF FOUR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN, FIRST TWO BEING RARELY USED DOORS. THIS IS A FLAW AND SAFETY HAZARD. COST TO REPAIR EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FROM MANUFACTURER. *TR

THE HOUSING SURROUNDING THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS CRACKED AND BROKEN AWAY RESULTING IN COMPROMISED EXIT FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AMONG 2005-2010 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BUY CHRYSLER. THE 5-6-2014 DATE IS WHEN THE PASSENGER DOOR OCCURRED WHICH RESULTED IN ME INSPECTING MY DRIVER SIDE SHOWING THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN COMPLETELY DUE TO THE COLLAPSE OF STRESS CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC. THE FRACTURE CAUSED A MINOR LACERATION ON MY RIGHT HAND. THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED A FEW DAYS LATER TO THE RIGHT REAR DOOR AND I NOTICED THAT THE REMAINING DOORS HAVE MAJOR STRESS CRACKS IN THE SAME PLACE AND ARE NOT SAFE TO OPERATE. WE MUST OPEN THE WINDOW TO OPERATE THE OUTSIDE HANDLES TO EXIT THE AUTOMOBILE. IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS ALL PASSENGERS ,ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND THOSE UNABLE TO REACH THE OUTSIDE HANDLES QUICKLY, WOULD BE AT SERIOUS RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH. I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND TO A CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE SAFETY PROBLEM AND DID NOT OFFER ANY HELPFUL SOLUTION OTHER THAN TO REPLACE THE FOUR DOOR PANELS AT MY EXPENSE. I WILL HAVE TO DO THE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF...

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKED AND STARTING TO BREAK. CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY INDICATED THAT IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS A WEAK COMPONENT AND THAT IN SOME INSTANCES HAS BEEN REPLACED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF MY CAR, THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT AS A WARRANTY ITEM. I EMPHASIZED ON THE SAFETY ASPECT OF PASSENGERS BEING TRAPPED INSIDE MY CAR BUT THEY JUST INDICATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. *TR

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING AND NOT STURDY. SOME DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE AS THE HANDLES ARE NOT RELIABLE AND EVEN SOME CAUSE MINOR INJURIES DUE TO SHARP EDGES. *TR

THE REAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. THE OTHER 3 HANDLES HAVE CRACKS IN THE CHEAP PLASTIC. PASSENGERS CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SOMEONE OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND I FEAR THAT IN AN EMERGENCY, THIS EASY FIX COULD COST SOMEONE'S LIFE. JEEP DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PROBLEM AND DOES NOT OFFER A RECALL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

MY PASSENGER WAS GETTING OUT OF CAR, OPENED THE AND ALL THE PLASTIC AROUND THE DOORHANDLE CRACK, WHICH NOW IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE CANT USE THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, INCASE OF AN ACCIDENT PASSENGER IS UNABLE TO EXIT, I AM SINGLE WITH NO CHILDREN SO THE OTHER DOORS AREN'T HARDLY USED, THERE IS NO REASON IT SHOULD BE WEAK, SO I CALLED THE CHRYSLER GROUP TO INQUIRE ABOUT ANOTHER RECALL I RECEIVED, AND MENTIONED THIS TO THEM, THEY TOLD MY JEEP WASN'T IN THE RECALL, BUT HAVE THE DEALER CHECK THE DOOR, WHEN I TAKE IT IN FOR THE OTHER ISSUE, AND HAVE THEM DIAGNOSIS IT, TO SEE IF ITS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT...WHICH I ASKED IF IT IS WILL IT BE PAID FOR, THEY COULDN'T ANSWER, THEY KEPT SAYING, MAYBE THEY COULD COST ASSIST ME...I DON'T UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE, PLUS ITS...

BOTH REAR (LEFT AND RIGHT) DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN CLEAN OFF. THE FRONT TWO DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN AND CHIPPED, BUT ARE STILL INTACT. NO ONE IN MY BACK SEAT CAN GET OUT WITHOUT SOMEONE HAVING TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND LET THEM OUT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THESE HAVE NOT HAD EXCESSIVE PRESSURE OR PULLING ON THEM, THEY HAVE JUST RESULTED IN 3 OUT OF 4 DOOR HANDLES BEING BROKEN DUE TO NORMAL USE AND FORCE FOR EXITING THE VEHICLE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS PART AS I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHERS JEEP CHEROKEES. MY CAR IS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WITH A HEMI, LIMITED EDITION. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THE DOOR HANDLE CRACKED THE DOOR PANEL AND RELEASED THE DOOR HANDLE FROM THE DOOR LEAVING IT UNUSABLE AND THE DOOR UNABLE TO BE EXITED. WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLEA VEHICLE AND WAS TRAPPED INSIDE DUE TO WEAK PLASTIC FAILING IN THE DOOR HANDLE. IN THE EVENT THERE WAS A FIRE OR EVEN TOXIC GAS IN THE CAR CABIN, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY. EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

THE REAR DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE. IT CRACKED AND THE PROBLEM NOW IS YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS $530 OR YOU CAN GET A KIT FOR $150. THE INSTALLATION IS $102. WHY WOULD THERE BE A KIT BEING PRODUCED IF THERE WASN'T A MAJOR PROBLEM? I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS ISSUE ON THE 2005 AND 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM FIELDS IN SANFORD THE DEALER THE MANUFACTURER SOLD INFERIOR PARTS. RIGHT NOW ONLY ONE DOOR IS BROKEN BUT I EXPECT IT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OTHER 3. THAT PARTICULAR DOOR IS RARELY USED SO IT WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *TR

ALL FOUR INSIDE DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKED/BROKEN, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HANDLE IS DANGLING MAKING IT HARD TO OPEN AND THE PASSENGER FRONT HANDLE SEEMS TO BE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THE TWO REAR HANDLE CASINGS ARE CRACKED AND HOPEFULLY WILL LAST BEING THE REAR SEATS ARE HARDLY USED. THIS COULD BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS EVEN LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IF IT BECOMES TOTALLY BROKEN OFF AND UNABLE TO OPEN IT IN AN EMERGENCY. SUPPOSEDLY CHRYSLER/JEEP CLAIMS THAT UNTIL MY CALL A FEW MONTHS AGO "THEY KNEW NOTHING OF THIS MATTER, NO ONE HAS REPORTED THIS PROBLEM". I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ME AND AT $500 A DOOR PANEL IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THERE HAS TO BE A RECALL TO THIS DOOR CASING CRACKING/BREAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP! *TR

INTERIOR REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE IS BROKEN. CANNOT EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THAT DOOR. *TR

JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BREAKING. THE FRONT 2 ARE BOTH CRACKED AND PIECES FALLING OUT LEADING TO THE DOOR HANDLES FAILING IF EMERGENCY EXIT REQUIRED. *TR

AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT THREE OF FOUR OF THE DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO HAVE BROKEN OFF AND ARE UNUSABLE. THE PLASTIC HANDLES AND THE SUPPORTING DOOR FRAMES ARE ALL CRACKING IN THE SAME LOCATION AND THE HANDLES THEN FALL OFF. THE DEALER JUST TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY MAY NOT COVERED BECAUSE THE ?PROBLEM START AFTER 50,000 MILES?, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO EVEN DISCUSS THE ISSUE, THEY DIDN'T ANSWER PHONE CALLS, EVEN VOICEMAILS, NOTHING AT ALL! FOR ME IT?S MORE THAN OBVIOUS, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT TAKES MORE TIME TO EGRESS THE VEHICLE IN AN ACCIDENT. JUST THINK ABOUT THIS HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION; YOU'RE WITH THE FAMILY, (WIFE, DAUGHTERS, GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER), ALL WINDOWS UP, THEN APPEARS SOMEBODY AND HITS YOU, INSIDE THREE OF FOUR HANDLES DIDN'T OPERATES. *TR

I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FOR OVER $14,000. WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH BEFORE I HAVE EVEN MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT 3 OF THE 4 INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN UP WITH THE MANUFACTURER. AFTER COMING HOME AND DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I HAVE SEEN ENDLESS COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING, BUT YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY HAZARD BY CHRYSLER. IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT YOUR IN AN ACCIDENT AND ARE UNABLE TO OPEN YOUR CAR DOOR TO FREE YOURSELF, OR EVEN WORSE YOUR CHILD. I CANNOT IMAGINE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF. FOR ALL THREE HANDLES TO BREAK AT ONCE IS UNBEIVABLE AND FOR CHRYSLER TO FEEL THEY DO NOT OWE THE CONSUMER A RECALL TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION...

ALL DOOR HANDLES INSIDE VEHICLE ARE BROKE. YOU CANNOT OPEN THE VEHICLE UNLESS YOU ROLL WINDOW DOWN AND OPEN DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IF THERE IS NO POWER TO VEHICLE TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN, YOU WILL BE STUCK IN THE VEHICLE. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT VEHICLE. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM 2003-2008 FILED ABOUT SAME ISSUE FROM MULTIPLE MODELS. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED. *TR

DOOR HANDLES ON BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES HAVE CRACKED AND IF THESE BREAK, HAVE NO WAY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND JEEP WILL NOT HONOR IT. *TR

ALL 4 INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN. ONE CAN NO LONGER BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THE OTHER 3 ARE DANGLING AND ARE ABOUT TO BREAK. *TR

INTERIOR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF - WITHIN ONE WEEK'S TIME - NOTICED ALL REMAINING DOORHANDLES WERE CRACKING AND WILL BREAK OFF SHORTLY. NO EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR HAS CAUSED THIS - SHOWS DEFECTIVE PARTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL HAVE BECOME CRACKED/BROKEN AT THE SAME TIME. TWO OF THE DOOR HANDLES GET VERY LITTLE USE, SO IT IS NOT DUE TO EXCESSIVE OR ABUSIVE USE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD - IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, MY SON WOULD BE UNABLE TO EXIT THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO BROKEN HANDLES!!!! *TR

DRIVER'S DOOR INTERIOR HANDLE HOUSING BROKEN RENDERING DOOR HANDLE INOPERATIVE. CANNOT OPEN DOOR IN NORMAL OPERATION AND IS A HAZARD IN AN EMERGENCY. JEEP IS UNWILLING TO FIX DEFECTIVE PARTS AND STATES THAT THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OVER $700/EA., BUT THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. DOING A QUICK SEARCH BRINGS UP NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO CLEAR SOLUTION. I AM NOW CONCERNED THAT THE OTHER DOORS WILL FAIL SOON. *TR

PASSENGER REAR DOOR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN. THERE WAS NO ABUSE, THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE WAS OPENED BY AN ADULT AND THEN WHILE OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE, THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE DUE TO JUST OPENING THE DOOR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON MANY BLOGS AND MANY OTHER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE AREA IS TOO WEAK TO HANDLE THE STRESS OF CASUAL OPENINGS. *TR

INSIDE DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING MAKING EXITING THE JEEP HARD. *TR

ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES BROKE. WHEN YOU TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR THE HANDLE CRASHED AND YOU ENDED WITH THE DOOR HANDLE IN YOUR HAND. *TR

THE PLASTIC COMPONENT THAT HOUSES THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS CRACKED, WITH PIECES FALLING OUT. NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE REAR DOOR THE HANDLE HAS FALLEN OUT BECAUSE THE PLASTIC HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. THE OTHER THREE PLASTIC PIECES ARE ALSO ALL CRACKING WITH HANDLES ALREADY GETTING LOOSE. IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO EXIT VEHICLE VIA THE REAR DOOR. I AM AFRAID THAT IN DUE TIME THE OTHER HANDLES WILL FALL OUT. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS JEEP IN DEC OF LAST YEAR. SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE PLASTIC COMPONENT THAT HOUSES THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS CRACKED, WITH PIECES FALLING OUT. NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE REAR DOOR THE HANDLE HAS FALLEN OUT BECAUSE THE PLASTIC HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. THE OTHER THREE PLASTIC PIECES ARE ALSO ALL CRACKING WITH HANDLES ALREADY GETTING LOOSE. IF THERE WERE AN EMEGENCY SITUATION, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO EXIT VEHICLE VIA THE REAR DOOR. I AM AFRAID THAT IN DUE TIME THE OTHER HANDLES WILL FALL OUT. *TR

THE INTERIOR DOOR PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE DOOR HANDLE HAS CRACKED AND BROKEN CAUSING THE PARTS TO FALL, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BE ONLY OPENED FROM THE OUT SITE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. A PERSON ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR UNLESS YOU ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND OPEN FROM THE OUT SIDE. IT APPEARS THIS HAS HAPPENING WITH THIS VEHICLE ON A LARGE SCALE. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON 3 OF THE 4 DOORS. THE DEALERS WANT 600 TO 700 DOLLARS TO REPAIR EACH DOOR. LOOKS LIKE THE PLASTIC TO MAKE THE PANELS WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE OR EVEN HEARD OF IT UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING ON LINE. THE FIRST AUTO I OWNED WAS IN 1966, I HAVE RETAINED MOST OF THE AUTO I'VE OWNED AT LEAST 8 TO 10 YEARS FROM TIME OF PURCHASE AND NEVER HAVE...

INTERIOR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE IS CRACKED/BROKEN. CHRYSLER CORP. DEALER STATES THAT IT WILL COST $600. THERE HAS BEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR SAME DEFECTIVE/CHEAP DOOR HANDLES AND THEIR BREAKAGE, MADE ON INTERNET. THIS IS AN UNSAFE ISSUE. PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES! *TR

ALL 4 OF THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN WITH NO MISUSE WHATSOEVER, AS A MATTER OF FACT EACH DOOR WAS "BROKEN" BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE BY SIMPLY TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR. I AM WORRIED THAT IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT MY PASSENGERS OR MYSELF COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE TRUCK. *TR

2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES DISINTEGRATE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN DOORS FROM INSIDE. OBVIOUSLY A TREMENDOUS SAFETY CONCERN IN CASE OF MISHAP AS ALL FOUR DISINTEGRATE AT THE SAME RATE. WE HAD 2 TOTALLY FAIL RENDERING DOOR INOPERATIVE AND OCCUPANT UNABLE TO EXIT. *TR

THE AREA BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS IMPLODED, THE PLASTIC IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES, ALLOWING THE INTERIOR HANDLE TO HANG LOOSELY. THE AREA WOULD BE BEST DESCRIBED AS THE WELL BEHIND THE HANDLE. THAT DOOR SAW ALMOST NO USE. IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR NORMAL EXIT OF THE VEHICLE, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I AM NOT SURE HOW, BUT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR PANEL CRACKED AND DOOR HANDLE FELL OFF LEAVING BACK SEAT PASSENGERS VULNERABLE (A CHILD RIDES BACK THERE). IN ADDITION, THERE IS A LARGE CRACK IN THE PANEL OF THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AS WELL. I HAVE 70,500 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WITH A SERVICE CONTRACT OF 7 YEARS/85,000 MILES MAXIMUM CARE STILL IN EFFECT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP (HALL CHRYSLER JEEP IN VIRGINIA BEACH) AND WAS QUOTED $475 FOR A BACK ORDERED DOOR PANEL (WHICH TO REPLACE BOTH DOORS COMES TO $950...UNACCEPTABLE!) I REFUSED TO ORDER THE UNIT SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY MY SERVICE CONTRACT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC AND WAS TOLD THAT "HANDLES AND PLASTIC PARTS ARE NOT COVERED"...THE HANDLE ISN'T BROKEN, THE PANEL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. I FEEL THIS...

I HAVE A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO WITH ONLY 60,234K MILES AND THE DOOR PANELS ON 3 OF THE 4 DOORS SO FAR HAVE BROKEN OUT JUST WITH THE NORMAL USE, INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE CRACK, PLASTIC BREAKS,HANDLES GO LIMP AND HANDLES FALL OFF. THE PLASTIC PANEL COMPONENTS ARE FRAGILE AND CHEAP. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME ESPECIALLY WITH TWO CHILDREN OF 1 AND 12 YEARS OLDS BECAUSE IN AN EVENT OF FIRE OR AND ACCIDENT THE BOYS CAN NOT GET OUT FROM INSIDE THE CAR DUE THE BROKEN DOOR HANDLES. CANT FIND PART TO REPLACE THE DOOR HANDLES BECAUSE THE COMPLETE DOOR PANEL HAS TO BE REPLACED AND THE COST FOR EACH OF ONE ARE MORE THAN 500.00 DOLLARS AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE LABOR COST. I HAVE CALL CHRYSLER JEEP AND THEY OFFER NO RECALL OR SOLUTION FOR THIS SERIOUS MATTER. *TR

PARKED IN DRIVEWAY GRAND DAUGHTER PULLED ON DOOR HANDLE AND IT BROKE INTO PIECES. CALLED JEEP DEALER TO GET REPLACEMENT (NOT WARRANTED)DOOR HANDLE,HAVE TO REPLACE HOLE DOOR PANEL. *TR

2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKING, THREE OUT OF FOUR ARE CRACKED AND NOW ONE IS INOPERABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE DOOR CAN'T BE OPENED FROM INSIDE. THE PLASTIC HAS BECOME BRITTLE AND CRACKS, THEN BREAKS OUT. IT IS NOT A SEPARATE PART AND IS PART OF THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL. *TR

INSIDE DOOR HANDLES ARE ALL BROKEN AND FALLING OFF . ONE BACK DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE. THE AREA BEHIND THE DOOR HANDLE IS BROKEN PLASTIC THAT COULD VERY LIKELY CAUSE A BAD CUT ON A PERSONS HAND. I HAVE PHOTOS I CAN E-MAIL TO YOU. VEHICLE IS A 2006 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH AROUND ONLY 20K MILES. UPDATED IVOQ 12/29/10 *TR

3 OF 4 DOOR PANELS WITH DOOR HANDLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE HAS BROKEN IN SAME PLACE. DRIVER HAS TO GET OUT OF CAR TO OPEN THE 3 DOORS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE NO ONE CAN GET OUT OF THE CAR EXECPT THE DRIVER. THIS IS CAUSED MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE THIN PLASTIC HOLDING THE DOOR MECHANISM. ALSO IF COMPANY (JEEP) DID NOT USE UV PROTECTED PLASTIC THE SUN AND HI TEMPERATURES IN TEXAS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENGINEERING FLAW. THE PLASTIC PIECE HOLDS THE ENTIRE HANDLE IN THE DOOR AND SHOULD HAVE USED A STIFNER TO SUPPROT IT PROPERLY. AS IS IF ACCIDENT WAS TO HAPPEN PASSENGERS WOULD BE STUCK IN VEHICLE. *TR

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTERIOR DOOR PANELS. *TR

1. NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. NORMAL USE ....AND WAY LESS USE THAN NORMAL ON SOME INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES. 2. INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES CRACK, PLASTIC BREAKS, HANDLES GO LIMP, HANDLES FALL OFF. 3. CALLED CHRYSLER. LOOKED FOR RECALL NOTICES FIGURING THIS IS MAJOR IF PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT OF A VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. CAN'T FIND PARTS TO REPLACE MISSING AND BROKEN HANDLES. CHRYSLER WANTS AROUND 500 DOLLARS PER EACH DOOR HANDLE!!!!!!! WITH 12,000 MILE GUARANTEE ONLY (3 MONTHS). *TR