1. Jeep Grand Cherokee
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  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.

  • March 15, 2015 · 70,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. While driving approximately 15 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred on several occasions. 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…

    ODI 10715757

  • March 14, 2015 · 165,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Vehicle shuts off by itself while moving at low speed? Received several recall notices but the dealer hasn't contacted me back with an appointment. Only told me to keep the ignition key separate until they could get the program update?

    ODI 10822757

  • March 13, 2015 · 70,000 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 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 manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the…

    ODI 10694128

  • March 11, 2015 · 136,191 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start until after several attempts. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the starter, battery, and water pump failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system)…

    ODI 10695030

  • March 11, 2015 · 112,937 miles

    Electrical System · Service Brakes · Steering

    While getting on the freeway about to merge on the middle left lane my vehicle all the sudden flick on all the dashboards lights - did not loose any power, but got my very concerned. 3 days later 3/14/2015 while i was putting to a parking space about to make another left turn the steering lock and lost all power. Lights were on, but i had no breaks and no steering. When tried to start the vehicle the engine had a…

    ODI 10694509

  • March 11, 2015

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v348000 (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 not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10693472

  • March 10, 2015

    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 repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10693388

  • March 10, 2015 · 162,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle would stall without warning. The failure recurred on several occasions until the vehicle would no longer start. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part needed to do the repair was…

    ODI 10693286

  • March 9, 2015 · 204,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that there was a sudden loss of engine power without warning. When the failure occurred, the fuel gauge level decreased. 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 manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the…

    ODI 10762209

  • March 9, 2015

    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 repair the vehicle. The dealer was unable to inform when the part would become available. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 4/20/15*cn

    ODI 10692936

  • March 6, 2015

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v436000 (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 vin was unavailable. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10692568

  • March 6, 2015

    Electrical System

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

    ODI 10692502

  • March 4, 2015

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart after numerous attempts. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable timeframe to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part…

    ODI 10761343

  • March 4, 2015 · 55,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The contact referenced nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

    ODI 10702120

  • March 3, 2015

    Electrical System

    Re; ignition switch recall what good is a recall if they never get the parts? How long do we wait for them to get replacement parts? *tr

    ODI 10692012

  • March 3, 2015

    Electrical System

    T*the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign id number: 14v047000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to repair the vehicle. The dealer was unable to inform when the part would become available. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10691912

  • March 2, 2015

    Electrical System

    2005 jeep grand cherokee. Consumer writes in regards to recall notice 14v-438. *smd the consumer stated it is taking too long, to get the vehicle fixed. *jb

    ODI 10701594

  • March 2, 2015

    Electrical System

    Jeep grand cherokee. Consumer writes in regards to ignition switch recall notice issues. *smd the consumer experienced loss of engine power when crossing intersections on several occasions due to the defect chrysler described in the recall. However, the parts were not available. The consumer referenced recall # 14v438000. *jb

    ODI 10693525

  • March 2, 2015

    Electrical System

    2005 jeep grand cherokee. Consumer writes in regards to experiencing ignition problems. *smd the consumer was informed, the part was not available to fix the ignition problem. Recall 3 14v438000. *jb

    ODI 10692458

  • March 2, 2015

    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 not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced the failure. Updated 4/15/15*cn…

    ODI 10691404

  • March 2, 2015

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    2005 jeep grand cherokee. Consumer writes in regards to airbag light being on. *smd the consumer was informed the part was not available. The consumer referenced recall # 14v438000, *jb

    ODI 10682276

  • February 27, 2015

    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 repair the vehicle. The dealer was unable to inform when the part would become available. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10691025

  • February 24, 2015

    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 had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10690307

  • February 23, 2015 · 89,387 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting

    I was driving and turned on the left turn signal, it was flashing extremely fast and after i made the turn we noticed that some of the interior dash lights were out. Later that night after stopping and restarting the ignition a couple times things seemed back to normal but then it happened again. This has been intermittent since then, but now i have also been informed that i have no brake lights. I checked the brake…

    ODI 10691256

  • February 20, 2015

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) around january of 2015. The dealer stated that the remedy was not available for the recall. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the…

    ODI 10725579

Catalog parts for this system

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

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