2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY

ON SEPTEMBER 9 I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM MY GRAND DAUGHTER SCHOOL AND AS I WAS PULLING ON MY STREET, THE JEEP SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON OR ANY TYPE OF WARNINGS. I HAD TO COAST INTO MY DRIVEWAY. IT DOESN'T START AT ALL. IT HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND FLUIDS IN JEEP. IT DID IT WITHOUT WARNING

WHEN VEHICLE GOES OVER A SMALL OR LARGE BUMP, A DASHBOARD LIGHT CLUSTER INDICATES TO SERVICE 4WD SYSTEM AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND ESP BAS WARNING LIGHTS. ABS IS NOTICEABLY DISABLED WHEN THIS LIGHT CLUSTER APPEARS. THE INDICATIONS USUALLY LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE GOING AWAY. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 18,000 MILES. WHEN BROUGHT UP AT THE DEALERSHIP DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, I AM TOLD THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ON THIS LAST OCCASION, I LOST FULL BRAKING AUTHORITY AND WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO GRADUALLY SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER TO THE FREEWAY SHOULDER WHILE APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON THE INDICATIONS WENT AWAY AND BRAKING WAS RESTORED. OBVIOUSLY, THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO START AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING OR THE ENGINE IS AT A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE. CAR CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AFTER ENGINE REACHES CERTAIN TEMPERATURE.

VEHICLE DISPLAYS ESP (ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM), BAS (BRAKE ASSIST SYSTEM), ABS (ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM) LIGHTS IN CLUSTER, AS WELL AS SERVICE 4WD SYSTEM. WHILE THESE LIGHTS ARE ACTIVE, VEHICLE BECOMES UNSAFE AND BRAKES WHILE CORNERING UNDER ACCELERATION (WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES!) AND HAS RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL. ISSUE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REPORTED TO DEALERSHIPS AND MANUFACTURER (10 VISITS FOR THIS ISSUE SPREAD ACROSS 2 DEALERSHIPS, AND 4 CASES HAVE BEEN OPENED WITH JEEP DIRECTLY). ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, AND SWITCH IS REPLACED. NEW SWITCH WORKS FOR 3-6 WEEKS BEFORE FAILING AGAIN, RENDERING VEHICLE UNSAFE. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE LOOSING TRACTION OCCURED IN NOVEMBER 2015 WHILE GOING ON A CIRCULAR HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP WITH THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. HALF WAY THRU THE TURN, WHILE GENTLY ACCELERATING, THE REAR BRAKES COMPLETELY LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID ONTO...

ESP BAS LIGHT CAME ON & DEALER INFORMED ME IT IS A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING.

DROVE FROM CA TO AZ. TURNED JEEP ENGINE OFF !!! VISIT WITH SON & LEAVE TRAILER I HAD BEEN TOWING. I TURN IGNITION ON PUT IN DRIVE NEVER TOUCHED ACCELERATOR. JEEP SPEED OUT QUICKLY (SUDDEN ACCELERATION) OUT OF DRIVEWAY TOWARDS HOME ACROSS STREET - TWO CARS IN DRIVEWAY. GRABBED STEERING WHEEL VEERING JEEP AWAY FROM HOME & TWO PARKED VEHICLES. WENT DOWN EMBANKMENT AND DID 360. I FLIPPED JEEP AND IT STOPPED ENDED UP ON PASSENGER SIDE. NEIGHBORS & SON SAW ENTIRE CRASH. COULD NOT BREATHE DUE TO SEAT BELT CRUSHING CHEST & ME BEING UPSIDE DOWN. SON PULLED SEAT BELT FROM CRUSHING ME. AMBULANCE TO ER AND NO NEURO ON DUTY TOLD COULD TAKE ME VEGAS 2 TO 3 HOURS AWAY. FINALLY WENT TO NEURO TOLD POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME. AFTER LITTLE HELP, WENT TO BOULDER CO NEURO CENTER AND TOLD POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME, PTSD AND VESTIBULAR PROBLEMS WAS IN...

ELECTRICAL POWER INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED RECALL (P41/NHTSA 14V-438) AND I IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO DEALER, NEWPORT CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 310 W MAIN RD, MIDDLETOWN, RI 02842, BUT CONTINUES TO TELL ME THAT THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER AND CANNOT FIX. I'VE CALLED DEALER FOR UPDATES MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE JULY 2014 BUT DEALER WILL NOT GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION REGARDING PART AVAILABILITY, HAS NOT FIXED THE ISSUE OR REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE ASSIST OR ADVISE. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE AND BACKED OUT OF GARAGE. DROVE DOWN STREET APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WHEN ALL LIGHTS (DOME LIGHTS, INSTRUMENT LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS) FLICKERED MOMENTARILY. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE IN THE COURSE OF 400-500 FEET. STEERING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE SEEMED UNCHANGED AS I TURNED AROUND AND DROVE BACK HOME. THE ONLY WARNING LIGHTS THAT REMAINED ON WERE THE ESP BAS AND THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM (ESP)/TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS) INDICATOR LIGHT. SERVICE SHOP COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE FAULT, THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE IGNITION, AND RECOMMENDED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP ALSO COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE FAULT. *TR

NUMEROUS TIMES I'VE BEEN DRIVING AND MY CAR HAS LOST POWER AND I'VE HAD TO RESTART THE ENGINE. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR MY CAR TO START ON THE FIRST TURN OF THE KEY. THE START GETS DRAGGED ON. SOMETIMES ALL MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON WITH EVERY OTHER LIGHTS AS WELL. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE TO WAIT THEN START THE CAR AND IT WILL TURN ON. BESIDES THE CAR COMPLETELY TURNING OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING, NOW MY CAR WON'T TURN ON AT ALL. THE BATTERY IS FINE. RADIO AND EVERYTHING TURNS ON. BUT THE IGNITION WON'T CLICK OVER AND START MY CAR. SO, NOW I AM WITH NO CAR FOR WORK. I CALLED CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS FOR MY CALLS RECALL BACK IN SEPTEMBER AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE OUT OF THE PART THEY NEED. MY CAR WORKED THEN, JUST VERY SKETCHY, SO I WAS OK WAITING, JUST EXTREMELY...

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

UNINTENDED CHANGE IN IGNITION SWITCH POSITION WHILE DRIVING. *TR

HAD MY LOW MILEAGE/ PERFECTLY MAINTAINED JEEP IN FOR SERVICE. THEY PERFORMED THE N23 RECALL BECAUSE OF A FAULTY CHIP THAT CAUSES THE TRANSFER CASE TO GO INTO NEUTRAL AND ROLL AWAY. A WEEK OR SO AFTER HAVING THIS PERFORMED I WENT TO LOCK MY JEEP INTO 4WD LOW AND MY "SERVICE 4WD" MESSAGE APPEARS. IS READING THE SAME CODE EVERYONE ELSE WITH THIS PROBLEM IS HAVING AFTER HAVING THE N23 RECALL PERFORMED. 4WD LOW WORKED FLAWLESSLY WHEN I USED IT THE WEEK BEFORE TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER. WHATS FUNNY IS THE SERVICE WRITER SAID "THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CASES THE 4WD LOW STOPS WORKING, BUT THOSE CARS HAD HIGH MILEAGE" WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT THE RECALL WAS AND IF ANYTHING BAD HAD COME FROM IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ESC AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

JEEP PERFORMED AN N23 RECALL ON 10/5/13 ON MY VEHICLE AS A RESPONSE TO A FORMER CONSUMER COMPLAINT ABOUT JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLES SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL WHILE PARKED. AFTER COMPLETING THE RECALL, WHICH REPROGRAMMED THE FINAL DRIVE CONTROLLER MODULE, I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THAT MY VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER ENTER 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW AND RECEIVES A SERVICE 4WD SYSTEM LIGHT. I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY OTHER OWNERS THAT THIS RECALL HAD A SIMILAR EFFECT ON THEIR JEEPS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY KNEW OF NO AVAILABLE FIX. THE SERVICE TECH MANAGER STATED THAT 1 IN 3 VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE N23 RECALL RESULT IN THE SAME PROBLEM. HE SAYS IT IS LIKELY THAT 1 IN 3 IS THE SAME PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ATTEMPT TO USE THEIR 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW. ON APPROXIMATELY DEC 6, 2013, DURING AN ICE STORM, MY VEHICLE...

STARTED WITH TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHING, THEN IT SLOWED VEHICLE FELT LIKE BRAKES WERE ON, GAVE IT MORE GAS AND GOT NO SPEED INCREASE, PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AND THEN IT SEEMED TO SURGE AND SPEED UP ON ITS OWN. THIS WAS UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION &COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL. AFTER THIS! IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL DRIVING. NEXT DAY TOOK A 110 MILE TRIP TRAVELING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY NO ISSUES UNTIL I ARRIVED AT DESTINATION PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND PUT IN PARK AND SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON ABS, ESP, BAS, &TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHING & SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE... I HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL I STOPPED... WHEN I STARTED UP TO RETURN HOME ALL THE ABOVE LIGHTS STAYED ON BACKED UP OUT OF DRIVEWAY , WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND GAVE IT GAS IT STARTED TO MAKE A BAD GRINDING SOUND LIKE METAL ON METAL A CLUNKING...

WHILE DRIVING, THE PRNDL HAD LIT BOXES AROUND ALL THE LETTERS, AND DASH INDICATORS ALL LIT UP, AND JEEP LOST POWER AS IF STALLING. IT THEN "WENT" BACK INTO DRIVE ON ITS OWN. THIS HAPPENED OVER ELEVEN TIMES, WITH MILEAGE STARTING AT 1,186, AND MOST RECENTLY AT 52,536. DATES OF REPAIR INCIDENTS ARE : 2/12/07, 12/31/07, 1/10/08, 9/22/08, 1/5/09, 6/9/09, 6/18/12, 10/19/12, 12/26/12, 3/8/13, 3/22/13. MY JEEP IS A 2007, AVERAGING 8,756 MILES PER YEAR. I BOUGHT IT NEW AND I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF ALL MAINTENANCE RIGHT AWAY - OIL CHANGES, FILTERS, TIRE ROTATION, ETC.! EACH TIME IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER FOR "REPAIR" , THEY EITHER COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, OR REPLACED : SHIFTER MODULE (TWICE), TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS (THREE TIMES) AND SUGGESTED A NEW BATTERY (WE REPLACED THAT ALSO), AND TRANSMISSION PLUG AND SEAL. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS "SOFTWARE AND ANTI-THEFT UPDATES. IN ADDITION TO...

TODAY WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH MY VEHICLE STALLED. I HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WAS AWAITING A TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGE. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED AND I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND JERK AND THE ESP/BAS LIGHT, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (CHECK ENGINE) AND A MESSAGE STATING TRANSMISSION OVER TEMP CAME ON. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND IMMEDIATELY PUT ON MY FLASHERS. THE DRIVER BEHIND REALIZED THAT I WAS IN TROUBLE AND PUT ON HIS AS WELL. AFTER I WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO THE SHOULDER, I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY 5MINS, I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY TO MY OFFICE SINCE I WAS JUST 2 BLOCKS FROM WORK. THIS EXPERIENCE SCARED ME BECAUSE HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT THE 60-65 MPH RATE ON THIS VERY BUSY...