2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Engine Problems
- 156
- 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 156 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 5 indicate fire
What owners report
- failure mileage · 23 records
- electrical system · 16 records
- side road · 14 records
- without warning · 14 records
- ignition switch · 12 records
- various speeds · 10 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 53 |
| 100–150k mi | 40 |
| 30–60k mi | 30 |
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
| 150–400k mi | 8 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Car will stay at 40 mph as if locked into that speed. I press down on the gas pedal but the car will not go any faster. I have to pull over and turn the car off, when restarted it works fine for a while. Then randomly it will happen again. This has occurred roughly once a month for the past year. On line there are thousands of jeep owners reporting the same issue. I called jeep but they said car was out of warranty…
ODI 11256700
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Engine stalls no matter what speed i'm going. Happens more often when coming to a stop. It's as if i just turn the key off. When it stalls, i stop and put it in park, turn the key off and start it right back up and take off. It's becoming a dangerous safety concern.
ODI 11279082
Engine · Steering · Unknown Or Other
The engine died going 70mph on the hwy with out any notice. I was barely able to get to the side of road as steering locked up, once on side of road, i put it into 'park' and 'restarted the engine'. It worked just fine from then on, till about 3 months later, it happened again. This time i was approaching a stop light and turning right, i barely was able to get thru the light and to the side of the road, as the…
ODI 11208603
Body · Electrical System · Engine
Shortly after my husband got home we heard someone honking their horn outside of our apartment, so we looked and our vehicle was on fire. It was parked and not running when it happened.
Fire reported
ODI 11164085
Engine
Engine shuts off randomly while driving. Has been happening since 2005
ODI 11145204
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to galeana chrysler dodge jeep ram (14375 s tamiami trl, fort myers, fl 33912, [redacted]) to be diagnosed, but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to nhtsa. The…
ODI 11172514
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle shook and the engine sputtered. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and, shortly after, it caught on fire. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. Police and fire reports were not filed. The contact stated that the vehicle…
Fire reported
ODI 11097228
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000. The vin was not available.
ODI 11091507
Air Bags · Engine · Steering
The vehicle has a safety issued at this point it is unsafe to drive. The clockspring is bad due to manufacturers errors. When the vehicle is driven, the vehicle is losing power due to engine mechanical problems. The clockspring has a code stated as c2205 on the computer module. The steering wheel shakes going over 60mph at this point i do not know why.
ODI 11081799
Engine
This vehicle has a 5.7 liter hemi v-8. It currently has an exhaust manifold leak because jeep uses cheap screws to mount the manifold to the engine block. As such, the screws snap causing a leak. This is a well know problem for this engine but chrysler refuses to acknowledge it and the repairs will be a minimum of $500. Never buy a jeep!
ODI 11084337
Engine
Catastrophic engine failure at about 124,000 miles. Luckily in the driveway where i had parked the car after running normal errands. The car would not start up again and had to be towed since the battery was new and the starter seemed frozen. I took excellent care of this car at the dealership and at a top local garage since we bought it. I was stunned that the engine failed without any notice, no warning lights, no…
ODI 11047497
Engine
After driving approximately 30 miles on the interstate i stopped and went into a store. When i came back out in 5-10 minutes and attempted to started it, the engine felt as though it were "jumping". Had it towed to the dealer. They said it had dropped a valve seat. Chrysler determined that it happened because it had been overheated. However there were absolutely no overheat codes in the computer. The gauges have…
ODI 11093943
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
This is the third time i receive a letter on the mail from jeep named as "important safety recall information" stating that my car has been recalled due to a defect relating to motor vehicle safety, more specifically: unintended change in ignition switch position that implies a safety risk. I went on the safecar.gov site to confirm the status of my recall and it says that there is a recall in effect on my car model…
ODI 10983707
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
My 2007 jeep g.cherokee can be on the highway traveling 55 mph and then decided to die. It will shut off and cannot increase speed. I have a one year old in the back seat and this has happened to many times while having my son the back seat and trying to get over to the break down lane before it completely dies. Also doesn't start some days some will. Defiantly have electrical proven like in the recall. Their is a…
ODI 11153009
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal but the vehicle would not accelerate and the engine stalled without any warning. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road after few minutes when restarted, the vehicle then operated as normal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or…
ODI 10957199
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at 20 mph, an unknown warning light illuminated and suddenly the vehicle accelerated independently. The vehicle was shifted to the neutral position but the vehicle continued to rev and the accelerator pedal was stuck. The vehicle was turned off and in while in park, the accelerator pedal remained stuck. The vehicle was able to…
ODI 10937742
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle would independently start, an abnormal anti-freeze odor was present inside the vehicle, and the shifter was difficult to operate. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 141,000.
ODI 10944064
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the vehicle inadvertently lost all power. All the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. When the vehicle was restarted, it operated normally. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the main computer and throttle body needed replacement. The vehicle was repaired, but the issue persisted. The vehicle…
ODI 10933953
Engine
Dropped a valve seat and destroyed the engine. Head and piston damage. Normal every day driving. This is the second jeep engine in this car that blew up at 70k miles.
ODI 10914363
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Soon after the p41 ignition switch recall, while driving 1 mile, the instrument cluster gauges stopped working-speedo, gas, etc , all warning lights illuminated . Information messages in the ic noted "service required : and transmission -over the temperature allowed u1403,u1411,u110e, u110f and others all implausible signals to ic. While driving transmission an road speed decreased immediately while at speed and…
ODI 10898926
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v4380000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle stalled and all of the warning indicators flashed on the instrument panel. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the median. The vehicle was able to restart after various attempts. The…
ODI 10904490
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep grand cherokee. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) months ago. The dealer (brown's jeep chrysler dodge ram, 483 ny-112, east patchogue, ny 11772, [redacted]) was unable to determine when the remedy and part would become available. The dealer stated that they placed the contact on a waiting list for the part, but did not specify…
ODI 11074554
Engine · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle has had the ignition recall done. In the hot weather, you can't run the air conditioning as the car will indiscriminately stall when you come to either a stop light or a yield. Car has to be put in park and restarted. Last week, when merging onto a highway, rpms went all the way down. Had to floor the car to get going and it knocked very hard. Had jeep dealer look at this several times and they keep saying…
ODI 10875838
Engine
Took in jan '15 for recalls - they only fixed 1 of the 3 (i had made an appt for all) in dec '15 it kept leaving me stranded as the recalls had not been fixed. They finally fiixed the other 2 (service [redacted] and ignition switch. I called 3 weeks ago as it kept saying "service [redacted]" and several times shifted itself into 4 wheel low. Now it won't start and is stuck again. Less than 60,000 miles and it is…
ODI 10871284
Engine · Power Train · Service Brakes
I was driving on county road about 45 mph battery light came on then abs light then message service anti lock brake system, engine and brake light they stayed on till i got home there was also a very low humming noise when i turned off car it would not start again. In morning it started i turned it off and it will not start again. Battery and engine light on. 11/19/15 recalls for ignition switch,and reprogram final…
ODI 10862539