2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Body Problems
- 130
- 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 130 stored complaint records:
- 5 indicate a crash
- 3 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- Door · 3 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 42 |
| 100–150k mi | 25 |
| 30–60k mi | 24 |
| 150–400k mi | 7 |
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body
2005 jeep grand cherokee has all 4 interior door handles cracked and broken and are unusable. These door handles are prone to failure. A simple search shares thousands of complaints of consumers experiencing the same issues with this 05-09 model vehicle. In the event of fire, crash, water intrusion, etc. Of the vehicle, inside occupants are unable to exit the vehicle safely, if at all. I am looking for support in…
ODI 11191995
Body
'takata recall' my door handles have completely cracked in my front seats to the point they are very loose and have to be pulled all the way out just to open the door. My backseat handles are completely off. I was parked at home when the back right came off. At the gas station when my son pulled the handles in the back left came off.
ODI 11255643
Body · Unknown Or Other
Rear passenger side door handle no longer opens the door from the inside. Door handle is loosely flopping around. The door must be opened from the outside. This was first found when the stopped and my son couldn't get the door open.
ODI 11084243
Body
My 38k mile driver jeep door handle panel shattered and injured my hand.
1 injury
ODI 11075984
Body · Unknown Or Other
REAR SUPPORT BEAMS SPLITTING WELDS
ODI 11071719
Body
Nhtsa! 'interior door opening handles breaking/failing: 1drivers door totally inoperable. ***this is a dangerous safety issue ' if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death!*** manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive: in my case, the cost of eight (8) monthly car payments!…
ODI 11055872
Body
All 4 interior door handles have broken off the car after regular use. Makes it impossible to leave the vehicle without someone opening it from the outside. Extremely dangerous. The plastic that makes up the door handle breaks apart because it was poorly made. This would be extremely deadly if it happened to someone during a fire in the car.
ODI 11044561
Body
Interior door opening handles breaking/failing: 1 rear door totally inoperable. ***this is a dangerous safety issue ' if handles break or are inoperable in certain emergency situations, passengers may not be able to exit the vehicle, causing serious injury or death!*** manufacturer charge to replace/repair handles is prohibitively expensive and is reporting to just re-break soon afterwords, several complaints with…
ODI 11013034
Body
Interior door handles .cracked plastic causes door handles to not work.normal operation of handle causes breaks in plastic .hazard only able to open door from outside ,if accident or fire can only open door from outside.
ODI 11014931
Body
Interior door handles cracking and breaking not able to open the doors from inside they have been replaced but still break. Chrysler refuses to do anything about it
ODI 10981362
Body
All four interior door handles have cracked and crumbled apart. This is a huge safety risk for myself and my family. The cost of replacing the door panels is quite large as the jeep/chrysler company does not provide nor make door handles alone. As the car is a 2005 there is no warranty and at this point i do not locate a recall on this obviously defective part. Due to the fact that jeep made this with a cheap…
ODI 10994233
Body
Drivers side rear interior door handle broke away from plastic door panel, so we are now unable to open the door from inside the car.
ODI 11060912
Body
Door handles broken driver side and rear passenger door handle also broken. Plastic broken that hold handle in place.
ODI 11099147
Body
The door panels in the front row have cracked and broken to the point where the door handle is just hanging. You can not get out of the car using the door handles from the inside. You must either reach out the window our have someone open it from the outside. The same thing happened in 2015 to the rear door panels/handles. This is not normal wear or tear. The dealership agreed. This is a major safety issue as one…
ODI 10957192
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
Body
The interior door handles broke on all 4 doors .three out of 4 doors no longer open.i have to put down my window to open the door from the outside or i have someone open it for me from the outside.i feel this is a safety issue because i can't get out of my vehicle quickly if there is ever an emergency.
ODI 10937391
Body
The interior door handles are breaking. My driver's side door handle has completely broken off which makes an escape in case of an emergency. This affects all interior handles. And is affecting several thousand owners of jeeps gc and the cost of the repair is prohibitive. This is a safety issue that should be addressed by the company who chose to use frail plastic that breaks easily.
ODI 10995041
Body
Broken rear door handel's rear doors won't open from inside. My children and other passengers are trapped inside until i get out and unlock doors then open the doors from the outside for them. Could be a safety hazard, if wreck or something happened to front doors and was trapped inside i could not exit except thru rear doors but.they do not open from.inside potentially making it impossible to get out. This is a…
ODI 10966008
Body
All four interior door handles have cracked and broken from regular wear. Rear passenger door will now only open from the outside. I have spoken to several other jeep cherokee 2005-2006 owners who have had the same exact thing happen.
ODI 10920565
Body
All of our interior door handles have cracked and the drivers side no longer works. Each is cracking in the same way leading me to believe it is an engineering problem not just a regular use problem. We can no longer get in or out of the vehicle from the drivers positiion.
ODI 10934178
Body
Interior door handle assembly has cracked on all 4 doors (handle has completely fallen off on right rear passenger door) and handles are now inoperable. This is a huge safety hazaard. Driver and passengers are unable to open doors from the inside. If in an accident there would be no way for the occupants of this vehicle to easily exit. Jeep/chrysler does not acknowledge that this is a known problem on this vehicle.…
ODI 10881859
Body
The plastic surrounding the interior door handles on 3 of the doors has broken away. One of those doors now cannot be opened from inside the vehicle. This issue could be very dangerous if there is a wreck and/or fire that the occupant needs to exit the vehicle quickly. A quick search on the internet reveals that this is a huge problems in models 2005-2010
ODI 10904623
Body
The interior door handles are connected by piece of cheap plastic and the plastic breaks easily; rendering the interior handles useless. It's happening on 3 of my 4 handles. It's a safety issue because it makes the indoor handles un-useable. If involved in an accident, it may make it difficult, if not impossible to exit the vehicle. There are many,many complaints. I believe it's involves most grand cherokees from…
ODI 11149650
Body
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the front driver's side interior door handle completely fractured with numerous cracks. The contact lowered the window glass to access the exterior door handle in order to exit the vehicle. The front passenger's side interior door handle and both rear interior door handles exhibited excessive cracks. The vehicle was not repaired. The…
ODI 10862488
Body
When opening up the right rear passenger door, the door latch broke off in my daughters hand. No force able opening had been done, this was in a parked position stopped in a parking lot stall. I do not allow any passengers on this side for fear of not being able to get out in case of an emergency.
ODI 10852851