2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Power Train Problems
- 134
- 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 134 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- transfer case · 23 records
- electrical system · 22 records
- failure mileage · 21 records
- independent mechanic · 14 records
- failure recurred · 14 records
- check engine · 13 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 49 |
| 100–150k mi | 41 |
| 30–60k mi | 18 |
| 150–400k mi | 10 |
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Power Train · Steering
When driving and you hit a bump dash light flash,car shuts down sometimes i've taken all keys,rings ect.off but that don't help key still moves when driving, in june 2015 took it to have 2 recall orders fix which was flash final drive module and the final drive controller module every sense then car is worst off now,now transmission problems pop up that never poped up before this was done at ray laethem. Had to buy…
ODI 10745125
Power Train
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. While turning on the vehicle, it failed to start. All of the lights on the instrumental panel were illuminated. The contact stated that after 3 attempts, the vehicle finally started. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the transmission and the rear end differential were serviced prior to the failure. The contact stated that the failure was related to the previous…
ODI 10342776
Power Train
2006 jeep grand cherokee after starting and putting into to drive the vehicle revved and took off with out the gas pedal being depressed. This has happened three times, with the last incident leading to a severe crash and injury. After the crash and the car stopping the engine was still revving. The incident was witnessed twice by the same person aside from the driver. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10329803
Power Train
As driving the vehicle would switch into neutral on its own. I have seen there is a recall for this issue, but it does not include our particular vehicle (for whatever reason) but it should. The recall needs to be extended further. *tr
ODI 10514007
Electrical System · Power Train · Service Brakes
I have a jeep grand cherokee (2006). Over the past 5 years, it has intermittently had problems. Sometimes while driving and after startup. These problems have always been loss of gauges, flashing lights in dash, what appears to be the traction control or brakes kicking in and the loss of power steering? When this first started happening i thought maybe the computer had been vibrated or jostled and had a glitch. Over…
ODI 10608311
Power Train
While driving on the highway, my 2006 jeep grand cherokee laredo, jerked violently out of gear (almost into neutral?) and the engine light came on. The gear lights lit up and i had to manually shift it back into automatic. The dealership scanned the code & determined that it was a bad shifter control module. They said i could continue to drive it for a while but it would eventually need replaced. Estimated cost for…
ODI 10386234
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Power Train
Driving on the highway and the entire dash board lit up, blank a few times, and then went dark. Nothing on the dash board was working (no mph, gas gauge, etc.). After a few minutes of blinking and going dark, everything begins to work again, but the check engine light comes on. This exact scenario has happened multiple times. Usually the light will stay on from anywhere between 1-5 days and then go away. I have been…
ODI 10555101
Power Train
Some type of metal rubbing together noise coming from rear of vehicle at slow take off from complete stop. Stops after you reach just a few mph. *nm
ODI 10171562
Power Train
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle made a loud noise and shifted into low gear independently as the perform service indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician was unable to diagnose or repair the failure. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vin was included in nhtsa campaign…
ODI 10678926