2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Exterior Lighting Problems
- 47
- 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 47 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- instrument panel · 8 records
- failure mileage · 6 records
- dashboard lights · 4 records
- dash lights · 4 records
- headlights interior · 4 records
- lights flickered · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 17 |
| 30–60k mi | 12 |
| 100–150k mi | 8 |
| 150–400k mi | 7 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting
At random times while driving, while in park, and just after startup, all dashboard gauges, lights, and power goes out, headlights turn off, but the engine still runs. I cannot see what is in front of me at night, i cannot tell my speed, i cannot see my fuel level, etc. The outage lasts from 2-30 seconds before every single warning light will illuminate for a few seconds, or flicker on and off, and then return to…
ODI 11270987
Exterior Lighting
The headlights and dashboard lights have started to flicker on and off. Numerous times the headlights and dashboard lights have completely turned off while driving or even while parked/
ODI 11258591
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
While driving all the instrument / gage lights came on then went off several times, while this was going on the vehicle speedometer and tachometer went to zero stayed for a few seconds , long enough for me to pull to the side of the road, then resumed operating. Not sure if direction lighting was responding on exterior of vehicle at the time. Or head lights, as it was daytime. I had difficulty getting people to…
ODI 11194463
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
A lot of owners of the jeep grand cherokee are experiencing the same problem with the dim head lights and trouble starting the car . The car simply won't start you have to crank it about 20 times . The car will sometimes turn off while driving in the road
ODI 11058397
Exterior Lighting · Power Train
I stop the transmission start like slide and then 3 to four minutes a lot of smoke on my hood i stop open the hood it was oil everyware i was scare i think my charokee got flames so run to a house
ODI 11040675
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
The front headlights and all interior electronics including lights, gauges, radio, etc. Shut off. This happens on initial startup at home and in city parking lots, also acted while the engine has been running in motion. The vehicle has to be turned off and back on repeatedly until lights and electronics begin functioning again.
ODI 10959474
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Power Train
2005 jeep grand cherokee. Seems to be there's electrical issue all the dash lights would turn on turn off happened while i was driving on the freeway and had to come to a stop it stalled out it happened when i started up the car and i turned it off and took it to the shop two different times pretty much the same problem first time it has 68 codes reading off of it so they replace my battery the second time the…
ODI 10960066
Body · Exterior Lighting
Issue 1 - all the internal door handled have broken. This limits passenger egress in the even of an accident. Issue 2 - this past weekend all the lights on the car flickered and briefly turned off while driving at night on the highway. This includes the headlights, parking lights, fog lights, and all interior lights. It appears there is a known problem with the light switch mechanism in the multi function turn…
ODI 10938734
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
While driving, the instrument panel will flicker on and off, the heater/cooler blower shuts down, cuts out. The speedometer and tachometer quit working as well.
ODI 10850704
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Exterior headlights and interior dash lights flicker on and off speratically. This happens while driving, stopped and even when parked. I have to toggle the light switch on and off to try and stop the flicker or even to get the lights to come back on because sometimes the lights stay off even when the switch is in the on position. This is extremely scary when driving at night and i'm sure it irritates the heck out…
ODI 10818550
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Exterior headlights and interior dash lights flicker on and off speratically. This happens while driving, stopped and even when parked. I have to flick the light switch on and off to try to get lights to stay on. This is scary when driving at night and i'm sure it irritates the heck out of anyone who see's my lights flickering.
ODI 10825740
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
Takata recall. Headlights randomly flicker or shut off while driving on highway
ODI 10816333
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 mph, the headlights turned on and off. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 106,000. The vin was not available. Updated 1/20/16 ln the consumer stated the dealer could not duplicate the failure, but advised it could be…
ODI 10782057
Air Bags · Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
My vehicle was driving fine, then all of the sudden i lost all lights, all ignition, a/c everything except the engine. I lost speedometer airbags. The car acted like it was shut off but the engine was still going. My ignition has had problems since august 2014 and i have been calling my dealer every week to find out about parts. The parts have taken longer than a reasonable time to become available. My car now…
ODI 10780108
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
While driving on the freeway at night my headlights started blinking on and off at a very fast pace. I could not get them to stop blinking. I was able to put my bright lights on and it stopped. This has happed many times over the past month. The cars in front of me think i am trying to make them pull over and let me by. This week my headlights came on during the daytime and they were in the off position. I never had…
ODI 10761839
Electrical System · Engine · Exterior Lighting
My jeep has been experiencing loss of power and restarting while driving down rt 80. Almost got myself and my pregnant girlfriend killed when it just off and restarted, i called the dealer right away and they couldn't do anything due to lack of part, we only have one car and they would not grant me a loaner, this is very unsafe, the lights on the dash all flickered then car shut down and restarted instantly and i'm…
ODI 10761904
Body · Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
I was pulling into my driveway and the vehicle shut off and the brakes would not stop and my car ran into my pump house. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10705800
Exterior Lighting
While driving on a remote state road at night, the headlights of the jeep grand cherokee went suddenly out. This put me in the situation of driving 65mph completely in the dark. I was able to stop the car without hitting something just by pure luck. After stopping the light came back on and kept flickering the rest of the way. A short investigation on the internet showed that this seems to be not an unusual problem…
ODI 10701422
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
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. While driving approximately 50 mph, the instrument panel lights suddenly began to flicker off and on and the instrument panel gauges decreased to zero. The contact shut the engine off and restarted the vehicle. Moments later, the failure recurred and the exterior lighting shut off while driving. The contact indicated that the failure occurred on multiple occasions.…
ODI 10808345
Electrical System · Engine · Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at night, the exterior headlights, the instrument panel, and the tail lights became inoperable. Also, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that there was a power interruption. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred several times. The…
ODI 10785972
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
The first incident 01/13/2015 occurred while driving at 15 mph, all lights flickered, hvac system shut off, radio turned off, every light on dash flickered on and off. On 01/14/2015 when vehicle was started, the radio turned off and on continuously, each time the blower on heater stopped. Later in the day, vehicle was running while parked. All lights flickered off and on, radio turned off and on, and fuel monitor…
ODI 10672610
Engine · Exterior Lighting · Steering
The first incident took place approximately on the above date. As my daughter, friends and i were pulling onto the road, i bumped the key with my knee and the vehicle shut off completely. Everything went dead. I put it in neutral, turned the key, started it, and continued on. It has happened 3 times since then, twice with my daughter driving. We followed the recall posted by chrysler and removed everything from the…
ODI 10743617
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes
My 2005 grand cherokee has on several occasions turned itself off while driving down the road. The last time this happened was at night and raining and the windshield wipers, headlights and everything shut off for several seconds while driving down the road. Because of this a tractor trailer pulled out in front of me with my children in the car and we were nearly killed. I had no lights, windshield wipers, the…
ODI 10745942
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Flickering on dash board. Lights go off. No power. Dealer, normandin chrysler jeep dodge ram, refuses to do p41 safety recall due to unknown reason. I'm willing to pay what ever it costs.
ODI 10726987
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