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1. The Bluetooth is horrible; connectivity to my wife’s i-phone is inconsistent. She gets in the car, if she gets or makes a call, the call always starts out on the headset and then in a minute or so switches over to the car. Once connected, the noise/sound quality is a joke. I can barely understand her when I am on the phone with her.
2. The “EZ exit” seat feature stopped working for almost two months (we checked to make sure feature was activated). Then randomly it started working again and has been fine since.
3. The radio pre sets for “memory 2” will randomly get wiped out
So for the above, as they were minor problems, we have not returned to the dealer. Then this week, while my wife is driving the rear glass hatch (not the lift gate) will randomly release. She then has to pull over and close it. This happened 12 times between Monday and Tuesday. We have an appointment scheduled for Friday, but my guess is that they wont be able to replicate any of these issues as they are “random”
Has anyone else experienced any of these issues or have any solutions?
Thanks!!
I was driving the jeep earlier, but 20 minutes later, it starts up for a milli~second, then shut down. I've checked the battery cables & clamps, there completely in tact & tightened.
Any suggestions? Other than, get rid of it & get a new car
!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
No on to what happen last night. My wife started up the GC, all the lights were on and blinking including the blind spot warning in the mirrors. She puts the car in drive, gauges dont work, car feels underpowered. She tried to drive, but didn't feel safe doing so. She returned to our in-laws, 20 miles away. I went to pick her up. The only light that stayed on was the check engine light. I drove it home with no problems. This AM, the engine light went off and everything was fine.
Has anyone heard of this? Or have any idea what it is?
I have appointment tomorrow to get it looked at and am hoping that it threw an error code they can see. Although I am preparing myself for the usual "cant replicate customers issue". Im sure it wont happen again until I have my family 15 miles out on the beach this summer.
Any input or feedback would be great.
COULD IT BE A BAD COIL OR AN ELECTRICAL SHORT?
SOMEONE SAID IT COULD BE THE REGULATOR.
ANY OPINIONS OR OTHER SUGGESTIONS?
ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I have a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 liter/6 cylinder that has 164 K miles. I've kept it in pretty good shape with tons of new parts over the past 3 years or so, and don't want to part with it. However, lately it's been getting horrible gas mileage (about 10 MPG highway), has been running roughly, and smells bad.
Finally took it to the dealer after several attempts by my local, independent shop. Dealer said that the car has been dripping oil down onto the ECU wiring harness for so long that the oil corroded the wires and harness plugs/sockets to the point that they are un-repairable. He said this harness is no longer made, and even if I could find one in a junk yard, it would be "pure luck" to be able to use it and have it work.
His solution? Buy a new car, mine wasn't worth fixing. Would cost several thousand dollars, more than the car is worth.
Actually, the guy sounded sincere, like he really was trying to save me a ton of money and hassle on a difficult problem that did not have much chance of success.
But what do YOU think? Can motor oil really corrode wires and sockets, or just gum them up? Can't this thing just be cleaned really good with an electronics degreaser spray?
Any tips appreciated...
When driving, my overhead monitor chimes, illuminates the interior lights and says "Left Rear Door Open". Of course it is not, but it keeps coming on and going off.
Also, now my alarm keeps going off intermittently (and ohh to often). Haven't had a good night's sleep in a while.
I've taken it to the dealer, who said I needed a new rear left door latch, but would no guarantee that would fix the problem. Latch replaced, problem persist.
I'm at a loss for what to do next. Does anyone know what the cause could be, or a solution?
HOPE THIS HELPS.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Update:::
The alarm hasn't been going off, but console still reads "Left Rear Door Open" and the interior lights stay on when I drive.
This is driving me crazy. Still haven't found a mechanic who knows what the problem is.
I had this electrical problem (power windows, interior lights, heater/a/c reversed) with my WJ and followed your advise. You Sir, are a genius. One broken thick black wire. I replaced it and my WJ is fully functioning again. Thanks for the money saved replacing things.
It only happens on occasion when either stopped at a light or when I first turn it on and the a/c goes on, but all the lights on the dashboard light up, and the car stops. The first couple of times it happened, I shut off the a/c, and it was OK. Took it to the shop and while they replaced a transmission module, they didn't find the cause of the problem. It was OK for a few days, and then it started, again. This time, I put my foot on the gas, and it stopped...but then it happened twice more. Never happens when it's going for awhile.
The service guy at the dealer (where it's been since yesterday & they haven't been able to duplicate it) says it's his gut that it's the ignition switch, but I don't know what to do. Suggestions? I know this has been a common problem.
I really would like now to just sell it, but how do you do that when you've filed a complaint with the government, and you can't get it to work right?
I am new to this board so if this has been discussed before, I apologize. My stepson has a 2008 GC. He went out one morning and it wouldn't start. He did all of the normal stuff to eliminate a dead battery or a fault in the electrical circuit with no result. A little later he tried again and it did start. That was the last time it did so. My question, however, is this; he had it towed to the dealer and they diagnosed it as the CWX on-board computer. Here's the kicker, they said that this part is not only back-ordered, the parts center indicated that there were 80 people ahead of him and it could take MONTHS before they received one for his vehicle. The service advisor advised him that they themselves had a customer who had been waiting since April. Has anyone heard of this situation? It seems surreal to me that it could be true.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
We got the ignition switch replaced and haven't had problems with it since.
And...since then I've logged over 100k miles without any problem. Now at 139k and running well.
Note: look at my earlier posts from way back
Just got a problem, I can't shift it to Low Low for Hi AWD. I am fully aware of how to do it. and haven't done it for quite a few years. Now I can't do it at all.
Anyone out there have the same problem and what steps did you require to repair it.
I also had a "service 4WD switch" alert on my computor panel. I replaced the switch and have still have a few alerts.
Anyone have similar events??
Patulip
My Antenna won't go up or down automatically so I do it manually,
I cannot shift to LO and don't know why, so I have some problems too but not as frequent and erratic as yourse seem to be. Good luck.
Ron
I hope your still one here I realise it's an old post. I have exactly the same problem. All fuses and bulbs are ok.
What was the fix in the end ?
I have a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4x4 5.7 Hemi) and until yesterday I had no problems.
I went to leave and when I put in the key to turn the Jeep on, all (or at least most) of the warning lights came on and several 'service system' messages were displayed.
The Jeep would not start, but the radios, head lights, interior lights, AC/Heat, Fan/blower, horn, wipers, etc. all work.
When I turn the key it makes the same grinding sound that would be made if the car was already on and you tried to continue turning the key.
Does anyone know why this happened?
Does anyone know what I can try to fix this?
If it won't run I'll have to get it towed and that could take some time and would just cost more money.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Have them replace the ignition switch.
When you push on the start button, it will turn over but not start the you have to hit the button again to try and stop this, the work around for a day or two was remote start the car.
After taking the car in for service, they said it needed TIPM but it is on back order for 3 weeks! the dealer said it was safe to drive....not so...the car stalled in traffic, now my wife is afraid to drive the car, she how wants to trade it in but not for a jeep!
we are shopping now.
remove rad reservoir, three screws (simple)
remove PCM shield (simple)
disconnect three links to wiring harness (carefully)
see two chrome screws, back off two turns (simple)
reconnect wiring harness (carefully)
start vehicle (test)
90% of time will correct problem (simple)
if correct, replace installed 1/2" screws w/ 1/4" or stand off w/washer (simple)
replace wiring harness plugs (carefully)
replace PCM shield (simple)
problem corrected!
I haven't been able to get it fixed yet but for a month almost I have had this problem as well..started out with the radio going off and coming back on and the abs warning light coming on and right back off when I would hit bumps or drive down an extremely bumpy road but while trying to find out where the short was it died in the middle of the road. It turns out it is the ground wire. I don't know what the fix is yet because haven't been able to get it looked at but I do know it is the cause so yea you should get that checked out. Found the problem when a friend wiggle the ground wire and the power was restored
And then same thing happened again and this morning too so I barely touched the ground wire and got power back