2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Equipment Problems

“Our 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7l limited has now on two occasions when stopped and in gear with brake on , rapidly accelerated. Once in reverse, and once in forward. The first time was on jan 14th when I was behind the wheel waiting for my wife to get in after just backing out of the garage and resting my foot on the brake pedal. Fortunately, just before she stepped into the open door the car accelerated rapidly backward at full throttle until I could hit the breaks hard. The car went approximately 40 feet. …”

“Since I purchased the car in january I have had about a dozen incidents where upon fully depressing the brake the gas pedal was also pressed accelerating the car. The most frieghtening time was on the 12th. Where the car shot out into traffic and I had to swerve to avoid an accident. It is more likely to happen when wearing more bulky shoes. It is obvious that the brake and gas pedal are improperly located with respect to each other. I have driven many cars over my lifetime and this is the only car that has presented this problem. …”

“***several problems with 2005 Jeep cherokee laredo 3.7*** just after purchasing this vehicle in feb 2006 dealer had to replace the air conditioner because it would only work at one speed. After that the transfer case and shifter had to be replaced, next the windshield began to leak molding the carpets, next the steering wheel began making loud clicking noise when making deep turns, vehicle also has severe hesitation when going up hills, now my mechanic says there is transmission fluid all under the vehicle. Have also bumped my knee against the key resulting in stalling. …”

“My 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee needed a flat changed. The jack in the car was not able to jack the car high enough to get the flat wheel dismounted easily nor could the new wheel be mounted from the trunk. The dealer sent a shop mechanic who also could not get the jack high enough. I had to call aaa. I also know of 3 more jeeps (2-2005 and 1-2006) with the same potential problem. Oddly, one of them, which is owned by a lady friend, had the oddest problem. My brother-in-law was driving it one day. Turns out there was a wheel shimmy going on. He stopped the vehicle on the side of the highway. …”

“In reference to 05v396000: everything stated in the recall applies to my vehicle also even though I have a hemi and its associated transmission. Chrysler customer service has neglected to assist me in assessing the implications of four months of shudder effect on the transmission, engine and frame of the vehicle. Customer service continually hangs up on me while I am explaining the situation. After four months of dealing with the shudder I finally was able to convince the dealers service department that I had a serious problem while driving. They replaced the torque converter. …”