1. Jeep Grand Cherokee
  2. Problems
  3. 2007
  4. Vehicle Speed Control

2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Vehicle Speed Control Problems

60
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 60 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • accelerator pedal · 10 records
  • failure mileage · 8 records
  • without warning · 7 records
  • warning lights · 7 records
  • diagnosed repaired · 6 records
  • shut down · 6 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi20
100–150k mi15
1–30k mi11
30–60k mi10

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • June 4, 2010 · 38,000 miles

    Electrical · Electrical System · Power Train · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control

    Car will decelerate, and will not respond to depressing of the accelerator pedal. Occurs at various speeds and traffic conditions. Contacted dealership, began to describe issue, without describing the make and model, and the repair-shop was able to then tell me the make and model of my vehicle without me previously disclosing. (already had gear shift module replaced once before, and since the issue occurred 14…

    ODI 10364249

  • June 1, 2010 · 63,600 miles

    Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control

    This problem has occurred almost every day for two months. I will describe one incident, which occurred this evening around 11pm. I was driving on the highway in my 2007 jeep grand cherokee when my accelerator stopped having any effect on my car. All of the gauges died (so the fuel reported empty, the speedometer said i was not moving, etc) - all of this while traveling at 65mph. I had to pull over, turn the car off…

    ODI 10334191

  • September 1, 2009

    Electrical System · Traction Control System · Vehicle Speed Control

    I cannot remember the exact dates 1- vehicle would not start intermittently - throttle control modular replaced 2- vehicle would not start starter replaced 3- all dash warning lights keep going on and off vehicle lost power - engine light stayed on wiring and wiring harness replaced. 4- all warning lights kept going on and off lost power - engine light finally stayed on dealer just reset the computer. 5-all warning…

    ODI 10559510

  • June 1, 2009 · 29,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control

    While pulling out of a gas station into heavy traffic, i began accelerating to the speed limit of 45 mph. I was accelerating rapidly as traffic was coming quickly from behind. The jeep stopped accelerating and the instrument panel showed all of the drive letters with boxes around them. The jeep would not accelerate for over 20 seconds, causing me to rapidly pull off of the road to avoid traffic behind me. The dealer…

    ODI 10449530

  • January 15, 2009 · 42,000 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    2007 jeep grand cherokee, throttle problems. ( at low speeds 5mph -25mph) vehicle hesitates sometime when you take off, sometimes it jumps off the line, some days you go around a corner and push the throttle and it don't do anything, then it takes off real quickly. When going up and down hills it hesitates or surges and changes gears abruptly. I took to dealer and they said it was common and did a computer re-flash…

    ODI 10308569

  • October 1, 2008 · 20,000 miles

    Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle speed decreased without warning. The contact continued to depress the accelerator pedal and the vehicles speed eventually increased. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000…

    ODI 10762564

  • February 7, 2008 · 3,000 miles

    Electrical System · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control

    I had made a left turn, begin to accelerate, and all of a sudden, car begun to shut down, car slowed down, until it came to a stop. Took car to dealer, problem was not fixed, continued to have same problem over next several years. I was unaware, and never received a notice of recall for transmission problem. I turned the power off, wait about 1 minute, started vehicle and it ran fine. During the ride, electrical…

    ODI 10576734

  • August 11, 2007 · 3,088 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control

    Check engine light continues to come on at random. When it does, problems accelerating. Car will not accelerate past 20 or sometimes car "sputters" jerking a lot. Sometimes at red lights, rail road crossings, anything really where the car is stopped, car will not resume driving and car sounds like it is in neutral and i am reving it up. Electronic dash puts a bracket over each gear, p r n d, all at once. When engine…

    ODI 10427798

  • February 12, 2007 · 1,186 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control

    While driving, the prndl had lit boxes around all the letters, and dash indicators all lit up, and jeep lost power as if stalling. It then "went" back into drive on its own. This happened over eleven times, with mileage starting at 1,186, and most recently at 52,536. Dates of repair incidents are : 2/12/07, 12/31/07, 1/10/08, 9/22/08, 1/5/09, 6/9/09, 6/18/12, 10/19/12, 12/26/12, 3/8/13, 3/22/13. My jeep is a 2007,…

    ODI 10504196

  • December 10, 2006 · 600 miles

    Pedals And Linkages · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tl*the contact owns a 2007 grand cherokee. While driving 5 mph, the traction control system activated when he hit a bump. As a result, the vehicle would not accelerate. The traction control would deactivate after approximately two seconds and the vehicle would accelerate. The contact stated that his foot would stick when he attempted to depress the brake pedal. He felt that an electrical box caused the failure. The…

    ODI 10210863