1. Jeep Grand Cherokee
  2. Problems
  3. 2005
  4. Electrical System

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Electrical System Problems

846
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 846 stored complaint records:

  • 15 indicate a crash
  • 8 indicate injury
  • 4 indicate fire

What owners report

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi146
100–150k mi120
30–60k mi62
150–400k mi51
1–30k mi45

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • August 25, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10789622

  • August 25, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10744979

  • August 25, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10717836

  • August 22, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10711909

  • August 18, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled on two occasions. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign id number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 09/18/15*lj

    ODI 10746550

  • August 18, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 8/21/15*cn

    ODI 10724579

  • August 15, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep cherokee. The contact received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the recall part was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10781793

  • August 15, 2014 · 100,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle did restart but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000…

    ODI 10692232

  • August 14, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10693788

  • August 12, 2014 · 140,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact experienced a failure when attempting to start the vehicle.…

    ODI 10734342

  • August 11, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10668865

  • August 6, 2014 · 100,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that it took numerous attempts to start the vehicle. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue.…

    ODI 10717017

  • August 5, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 grand cherokee. The contact received a notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part needed to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The vehicle exhibited the failure listed in the recall several times. The vin and failure mileage were…

    ODI 10702686

  • August 5, 2014

    Electrical System

    Recall p41/nhtsa 14v-438 has not been remedied by my dealer in a reasonable time. *tr

    ODI 10690017

  • August 5, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). However, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experience a failure.

    ODI 10654008

  • August 5, 2014 · 110,000 miles

    Electrical System · Switch

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the key failed to turn into the on position preventing the vehicle from starting on several occasions. Also, the vehicle stalled intermittently as the lights and gauges flickered. In addition, the vehicle decelerated each time the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to three repair shops. The technicians were not able to replicate or…

    ODI 10652693

  • August 4, 2014 · 62,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the instrument panel failed to operate. The contact received recall notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The…

    ODI 10690550

  • August 4, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10660077

  • August 4, 2014 · 96,816 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the entire instrument panel failed to operate. The lights went out and the gauges dropped to zero. When the panel resumed normal operation the brake light continued to illuminate and the brake pedal was very loose. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for a diagnostic testing. The technician reset…

    ODI 10637063

  • August 2, 2014 · 250,000 miles

    Electrical System · Ignition

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact indicated that while traveling approximately 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact indicated that the passenger was able to turn the ignition on by hand without having the key in the ignition. The authorized dealer was notified of the failure and was not able to neither replicate nor diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of…

    ODI 10644827

  • August 1, 2014 · 49,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and all warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the…

    ODI 10680852

  • August 1, 2014 · 96,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 mph, unknown warning lights illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart but was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure recurred twice. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the parts needed for repair were unavailable. The approximate…

    ODI 10679511

  • August 1, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The contact stated that the part needed to remedy the vehicle was unavailable. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 3/31/15*cn

    ODI 10676780

  • August 1, 2014 · 118,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. When driving various speeds, there was a sudden loss of engine power. The contact also stated that the vehicle failed to start on several occasions. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall…

    ODI 10663292

  • August 1, 2014 · 87,300 miles

    Electrical System · Engine

    I was pulling out of my driveway onto the road. I came to a complete stop, then when i went to accelerate the engine died. I was in drive and everything just shut down. I then had to put the vehicle back into park and turn it on again. This is the second time it has died when i have been pulling out of my driveway from a stop. *tr

    ODI 10618850

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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