2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Problem Areas
Complaints Over Time
Recent Complaints
"TAKATA RECALL" I WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT AUTO ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS NEVER INFLATED AND I WAS INJURED. I WAS DRIVING AS A MOTORIST WENT THRU A STOP SIGN AND PUSH THE JEEP INTO THE OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC, I WAS GOING STRAIGHT ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. SEE ALSO ODI 10875419. *DSY ..UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF UPDATED 06/15/18*JB
WHILE DRIVING 7 MPH DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET GOING STRAIGHT AND HAVING THE RIGHT OF WAY ANOTHER DRIVER IGNORED STOP SIGN AND DROVE INTO MY JEEP WITH A FORCE AND SENT THE JEEP TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. AIR BAGS NEVER INFLATED, AND DOOR LOCK WOULD NOT LOCK WITH REMOTE ANY LONGER AND CAR LOOSES LIGHT, AND ENTIRE DASH BOARD, AC AND HEAT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. NATION WIDE INSURANCE IS ACTUALLY REFUSES TO PAY AND TELL ME ITS NOT CRASH RELATED, JUST PAYING FOR OBVIOUS CRASH DAMAGE. SEE ALSO ODI 10875399. *DSY ..UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF UPDATED 06/15/18*JB
I GOT IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ON JULY 11 IN THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT . I WAS AT A RED LIGHT MAKING A LEFT AS SOON AS IT TURN GREEN I WENT INTO MOTION LOST CONTROL MAKING A WIDE LEFT TURN AND WENT INTO THE SIDE WALK. I HIT A CEMENT TRASH CAN AND A CEMENT WALL AS WELL NONE OF MY AIR BAGS CAME OUT . BOTH INSURANCE AND THE BODY SHOP WHERE THE JEEP IS NOW STATED THAT IT WAS ODD THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T COME OUT . THEY STATED THAT THE HIT WAS BIG AND THE BAGS SHOULD HAVE CAME OUT . I HIT FRONT ON MY WHOLE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED BUMPER, LIGHTS , GRILL .I HIT MY FACE IN THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING MY LIP TO BUST OPEN AND I HIT MY HEAD AS WELL IN THE TOP LEFT SIDE HANDLE. MY INSURANCE NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FRAME DAMAGE .I DIDN'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THE MAX CAPACITY SO I'VE BEEN TAKING OVER THE COUNTER PILLS FOR MY BACK , HEAD AND SHOULDER PAIN I ALSO BEEN SEEN A NATURALIST FOR MY MUSCLE SPASMS.
TAMARA RECALL I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIGH IMPACT CRASH ON MAY 5,2018 AND OUR AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN CRASH . IMPACT ON FRONT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE ALSO ROLLED ON SIDE AND RIGHT WHEEL AND BODY ASSEMBLE BROKE OFF CAR. CAR WAS ON FREEWAY AT 55MPH AT START OF ACCIDENT. BATTERY BROKE FREE OF MOUNT EVEN THOUGH AREA AROUND TRAY WAS NOT DAMAGED
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
I WAS TRAVELING TO MY DAUGHTERS WHEN THE JEEP SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT. CROSSED CENTER LINE, HIT GUARD RAIL AND ROLLED THREE TIMES DOWN THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY NO CARS WERE COMING. MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FIRE WAS WEDGED IN THE GUARD RAIL. I WAS UPSIDE DOWN AND MANAGED TO UNDO MY SEAT BELT AND CRAWL OUT BACK BROKEN WINDOW. THE MAN BEHIND ME WROTE A LETTER TELLING ME HOW HE WAS JUST FOLLOWING ME AND I JUST LOST CONTROL, HE'S THE ONE WHO CALLED 911 AND SAID HE WAS CHECKING FOR "SURVIVORS". THIS WAS A SUNNY JUNE MORNING, NOTHING ON THE ROAD. ITS LIKE THE JEEP HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN. AFTER SURGERY ON MY SHOULDER AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO WORK, I WAS FORCED TO GO ON DISABILITY. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS RECALL YEARS AGO. MY LIFE HAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF IT. THE JEEP WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF COURSE.THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF IRON RIVER, MI ON US-2. THIS WHOLE THING HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.
TAKATA RECALL. MY CAR WAS IN A WRECK THIS PASS SEPTEMBER 17 AND THE AIR BAGS GOT DEPLOYED.MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS INJURED IN HER HEAD AND IT LOOK LIKE THE BAGS THROUGH SOME SORT OF METAL WITH WHITE POWDER.I HAVE NO CLUE IF THIS WAS NORMAL .BUT MY CAR SMELLED LIKE BURNED ..I HAS GONE TO GEEP IN 2015 TO GET ENGINE TUNE UP.AND I ASKED ABOUT TAKATA RECALL AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE WORKING ON IT .AND THE WOULD CALL ME BACK .WELL THEY NEVER DID. NOW THAT MY CAR SUFFERED THIS HORRIBLE ACCIDENT I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY NEVER DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN AT AN INTERSECTION MY CAR WAS TURNING ON A GREEN LIGHT AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RUNED OVER A RED LIGHT AND HIT US. MY AIR BAGS DIPLOID AND THAT'S WEN I SAW THIS WEIRD SMELL AND STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOMETHING IN EYES. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO AFTER THIS AND WHAT STEPS TO TAKE .
TAKATA RECALL: I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 2006 GRAND CHEROKEE. THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE POWERING DOWN WHILE IN DRIVE, OR IN USE. INJURIES WERE SUFFERED DUE TO THE AIRBAG'S NONE DEPLOYMENT. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND ATTEMPTING TO HAVE TWO RECALLS REPLACED, I WAS TOLD THERE PRESENTLY WAS NO AVAILABLE FIX, OR REPLACEMENT FOR RECALL P41. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN 2015 AT FITZPATRICK'S CHRYSLER JEEP (430 E MAIN STREET, ANSONIA, CT 06401 (203) 734-3318) FOR RECALLS P41(IGNITION SWITCH) & N23(POWERTRAIN TRANSFER CASE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). IN JANUARY OF 2012 WITH 37K ON THE VEHICLE THERE WAS THE FIRST OF TWO ACCIDENTS THAT RELATE TO RECALL P41. THIS ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO UNRESPONSIVE BRAKING AND STEERING, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH MOVING FROM THE ON POSITION TO THE OFF POSITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE, OR IN USE. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE (RTE. 80 EAST HAVEN, CT) I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. I USED BOTH FEET AND HANDS TO APPLY THE BREAKS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY WRAPPING BOTH HANDS AROUND THE LOWER HALF OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND PULLING UPWARD WITH MY BICEPS TO APPLY ADDITIONAL DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TO THE BREAK PEDAL, BUT STILL I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND OUT POCKET COSTS FOR THIS ACCIDENT TOTAL OVER $7000 DOLLARS. THE SECOND ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN 2016. NOT REALIZING THE VEHICLE WAS OFF WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A FULL STOP ON THE HIGHWAY (RTE.15 NO HAVEN, CT.), I HAD A COLLISION. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT SLAMMED MY FACE INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS DAZED AND CONFUSED, WONDERING, WHY HADN'T THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT I'VE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. AND, IN BOTH ACCIDENTS AIRBAGS WERE NEVER DEPLOYED. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
TAKATA RECALL - AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE JEEP HAD A HEAD TO TAIL COLLISION.
CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY HIGHWAY IN A 40 MPH ZONE. COLLISION OCCURRED AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. JEEP REAR-ENDED A STOPPED VEHICLE AND NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER OF JEEP SUFFERED HEAD CONTUSION AND MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES IN HAND.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A POLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SHOULDER AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD AND COLLAR BONE BRUISES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE CRASH SCENE AND WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,151.
MY CAR IGNITION INADVERTENTLY TURNED OFF AND DISABLING POWER STEERING, BRAKE ETC. THIS RESULTED IN THE DRIVER NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE KEEP. THE JEEP ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND HIT THE CAR BEHIND AND DAMAGING BOTH THE CARS AND INJURING ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE CAR BEHIND.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY, NECK INJURY, AND KNEE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT TURN AND CRASHED HEAD ON TO THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE THE REPAIR DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE GEAR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT INJURED HIS BACK AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR DIAGNOSED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 20,000.
2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AFTER STARTING AND PUTTING INTO TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE REVVED AND TOOK OFF WITH OUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, WITH THE LAST INCIDENT LEADING TO A SEVERE CRASH AND INJURY. AFTER THE CRASH AND THE CAR STOPPING THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVVING. THE INCIDENT WAS WITNESSED TWICE BY THE SAME PERSON ASIDE FROM THE DRIVER. *TR
UPDATE: THE BRAKING SYSTEM, PRIMARY AND EMERGENCY, FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 AM 5/13/2008. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL TRAVELING DOWN AN UNPAVED HILL AND HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A BOULDER. WE HAVE CALLED THE ATTORNEY AND WE ARE AWAITING A CALL BCK AT THIS TIME. CHRYSLER AND SCHEID ARE GOING TO WISH THEY NEVER HEARD OF ME NOW. THEY CAN SHOVE THEIR BS "REPURCHASE" OFFERS UP THEIR'!@#$%. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED EIGHT STITCHES TO HER LIP. ONE TOOTH WAS KNOCKED OUT AND FIVE OTHERS WERE DAMAGED. SHE ALSO HAS BACK AND NECK INJURIES AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE CARE OF A DENTIST AND DOCTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V295000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE). A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,000. UPDATED 04-09-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HER SEAT BLET DID NOT RESTRAIN HER.
