2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Tires Problems

“I currently drive a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo, and I have been having trouble with the TPMS tire valve stem spontaneously breaking causing rapid deflation. So far two have broken, but fortunately the car was not moving on both occasions. It appears the valves broke due to corrosion. My concern is that this may occur at a high rate of speed, causing a loss of control.”

“While driving on interstate 81, our low tire pressure light came on. About 10 seconds later our rear passenger tire exploded causing our vehicle to jerk to the right and weave back and forth. We were able to pull off of the road and when inspecting the tire, black smoke was rolling from the tire and the tire was in shreds. The wall of the tire completely exploded. The tires were puchased about 1 year ago. They are hankook dynapro a7-m p245/65r17 tires. They are not on the recall list, but should be. We are now scared to drive the car for fear one of the three other hankook tires will explode. …”

“I have had to replace 3 of 4 my valve stems because the threading around were you put the cap on twisted off while I was putting air in my tire. While removing the cap the stem had snapped right at the thread. The first time this happened was 180 miles away from my residence. Another time I was three states away. Having this happen while not near you home is very frustrating and was very frustrating. On the second time I was foolish enough to have a tire person talk me out of not getting it replaced, three days later out of state it snapped on me. What a freaking headache. …”

“Manufacturer defect. All four door handles not operable. Plastic hinges and pins all fractured. Faulty plastic components. Safety issue. Unable to exit car from inside. Failures started at 98,000 miles. Cost to repair exceeds $2000.00. Jeep will not cover. Jeep issued no recall yet component failure is a known catastrophic failure across the model.”

“Red air bag light on dash comes on intermittently then stays on. Air pressure light comes on and tires are at normal PSI. Some days both lights come on together. I have taken Jeep in four times for same problem in 17 months and its doing it again within 3 months of last service.”