2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints

THE VEHICLE WILL START ON IT'S OWN. YOU TURN IT OFF AND IT WILL RESTART WHETHER YOU ARE IN THE VEHICLE OR NOT. THE VEHICLE WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN OR OUT OF THE CAR. THE FOB WILL NOT OPEN THE LOCKS OR THEY JUMP BETWEEN LOCKED AND UNLOCKED BY THEMSELVES. THE WINDOWS WILL OPEN ON THEIR OWN ESPECIALLY THE LIFT WINDOW IN THE BACK WHEN DRIVING OR SITTING STILL. THE PANIC ALARM GOES OFF WITHOUT A REASON.IT WILL START ON IT'S OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR IN A PARKING LOT. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER I AM THERE OR NOT .DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CAN NOT GET IT TO DO THESE THINGS.IT BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JUNE AND IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THEN.

HELLO, MY NAME IS [XXX] AND I OWN A 2010 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 5.7L HEMI HERE IN KUWAIT. I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN KUWAIT SUPPORTING THE WARFIGHTER SINCE 2007. I PURCHASED MY NICE WELL MAINTAINED JEEP IN FEBRUARY 2018. I JUST REACHED 82,000 MILES AND ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 2019 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 60-70MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A VERY SUBTLE NOISE AND I LOOKED AT MY DASH TO SEE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ANOTHER LIGHT. AT THAT POINT I HAD NO POWER AND I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. I TRIED RESTARTING AND COULD HEAR THE STARTER TURNING OVER BUT IT DIDN'T START BACK UP. ONCE I GOT TO A SAFE PLACE I TRIED AGAIN AND STILL NOTHING. IT WAS TURNING OVER WITH NO BAD SOUNDS AND SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TURNING OVER EASILY. I HAD THE JEEP TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY FOUND 4 CYLINDERS HAD NO COMPRESSION. THEY REMOVED THE HEADS TO FIND SOME VALVES WERE VISIBLY BENT. WHEN THEY TRIED TURNING THE CRANK BY HAND THEY FOUND THE CAM WAS NOT MOVING. UPON OPENING THE FRONT COVER THE TIMI...

I REMOVED THE KEY FOBIK BEFORE JEEP WAS PUT IN PARK AND ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. DISCOVERED AT SLOW SPEED IN PARKING LOT. THERE WAS A RECALL BY CHRYSLER/FCA SAFETY RECALL K08 ' WIRELESS IGNITION NODE RECEIVER BUT FCA CLAIMS MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. HOWEVER THIS IS THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT THIS JEEP IS EXPERIENCING. RECALL STATES "THE FREQUENCY OPERATED BUTTON INTEGRATED KEY (FOBIK) MAY BE REMOVED PRIOR TO PLACING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER IN THE 'PARK' POSITION. THIS COULD RESULT IN UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING." FCA ALSO SAYS "RECALLS ARE VIN RELATED, WHERE MANUFACTURED AND WHEN MANUFACTURED. RECALL K08 DOES NOT INVOLVE YOUR VEHICLE" THIS VEHICLE CAN BE IN GEAR WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE KEY REMOVED RESULTING IN UNATTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT. VERY UNSAFE

JULY 8, 2019 I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN JEEP STARTED LOSING SPEED AS IF IT HAD SWITCHED ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL. I WAS IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I MANAGED TO GET JEEP OUT OF THE WAY OF HEAVY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES THEN TURNED THE WIN KEY ON AND JEEP STARTED UP AND I DROVE LESS THAN A MILE JEEP STARTED LOSING SPEED AGAIN BARELY MOVING. MANAGED TO COAST OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. WAITED AGAIN FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TURN KEY ON JEEP STARTED UP AGAIN. DROVE ABOUT TWO MILES SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. LET JEEP SIT FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES AT WHICH TIME I WAS THINKING THIS JEEP IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN. STARTED JEEP UP AGAIN AND THIS TIME I MANAGED TO GET HOME WITHOUT ANY MORE LOSS OF SPEED AS IF JEEP WAS IN NEUTRAL MODE. I AM NOW VERY UNEASY EACH TIME I DRIVE MY JEEP WORRYING IF IT WILL DO THIS AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN.

ON 4/30/19 12.49 PM I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON ALTON PARKWAY GOING NORTH, SUDDENLY THE CAR ACCELERATED WENT OUT OF CONTROL, HIT THE CURVE , CRASHED AGAINST THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLE, ON EAST YALE LOOP, IN THE CITY OF IRVINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS SEVERELY INJURED WITH BROKEN RIBS AND STERNUM. PARAMEDICS TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT. I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR FOUR DAYS AND TOOK SIX WEEKS TO RECOVER PARTLY WITH THE HELP OF HOME CARE SERVICES.I WAS THE SOLE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, NONE ELSE WAS INJURED. POLICE IMPOUNDED THE VEHICLE FOR INVESTIGATION, REMOVED BLACK BOX. I HAVE THE POLICE REPORT. *DT 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB