2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Latches & Locks Problems

THE PLASTIC TRIM PANELS ON THE TWO PASSENGER DOORS BEGAN TO CRACK MAINLY AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE BUT IN OTHER PLACES ALSO. THEY CRACKED SO BADLY THAT THE DOOR HANDLE HAD NOTHING TO HOLD ON TO AND JUST FELL OFF. THE PASSENGERS CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR FROM THE INSIDE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I DID CONTACT JEEP SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY ARE CLAIMING THIS IS NOT A DEFECT. PERHAPS ONE HANDLE FALLING OFF IS NOT A DEFECT BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS ON MULTIPLE HANDLES IN THE SAME CAR ANT TO MULTIPLE OWNERS, IT SURE SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT TO ME. BASED ON INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET, THIS PROBLEM IS FAR REACHING WITH THE DOOR TRIM PANELS ON JEEPS. UPDATED 04/12/2017*JS

THE POWER LOCKS ARE SHAPED IN A WAY THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR ARM RESTING ON IT, IT WILL PULL YOUR ARM SKIN IN AND LEAVE A WELT AND A BRUISE. I WAS RESTING MY ARM AND IT AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED, PINCHING MY ARM SO HARD THAT I HAD A WELT AND BRUISE....THIS ALSO HAS HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER, REAR DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES WERE CRACKED AND THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO MY 7 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE JEEP AND DOOR HANDLE WAS PLASTIC WAS CRACKED AND JUST HANGING. THIS PAST WEEK END WHEN WE HAD THE GRANDCHILDREN AGAIN MY HUSBAND MENTIONED THE DOOR HANDLE WAS BROKEN AND COULD NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THAT DOOR. WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT ALL THE DOOR HANDLES ARE ALL CRACKED AND BROKEN. I DECIDED TO RESEARCH ONLINE AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON AND NEGLECTED FOR YEARS. IF AN EMERGENCY OCCURRED WE WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS VERY UPSET. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BECAUSE HAD ONE OWNER. WHY WAS THIS NOT RECALLED, THE PLASTIC IS TOO THIN TO SUPPORT THE HANDLE!! *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR PANELS AND HANDLES WERE FRACTURED ON ALL FOUR DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE DOOR PANELS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR HANDLE STARTED TO DEVELOP CRACKS, MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR PANELS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC AROUND ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES FELL INSIDE THE DOOR, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THEY WOULD COVER HALF OF THE COST TO REPAIR THE DOOR. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER STATES ALL FOUR INTERIOR DOOR OPENING HANDLES ARE FAILING OR HAVE FAILED *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST NEARLY $2,000 TO REPLACE THE DOOR PANELS. *JB

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE DEFECTIVE. THE PLASTIC CRACKS EASILY WHICH A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK, PREVENTING PASSENGERS FROM EXITING THE VEHICLE USING THE INTERIOR HANDLES. *JS

THE PLASTIC DOORS, WHICH ENCLOSES THE DOOR HANDLES FOR THE PASSENGERS, HAVE CRACKED AND BROKEN OFF, RENDERING THE DOOR HANDLES INOPERABLE, THIS INHIBIT THE EXIT OF OCCUPANTS FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR EXISTING THE VEHICLE IS TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN OR HAVE SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE OPEN THE DOOR. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN A PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO EXIT FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE DOOR HANDLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED ON BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DOOR PANELS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC SURROUNDING THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES WAS CRACKING AND FRACTURING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

ALL FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKING AND BREAKING. THEY HAVE HOLES IN THEM AND THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE IS FALLING OFF AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR HANDLE IS ALSO FALLING OFF. THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGANCY SMALL CHILDREN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN THE REAR DOORS. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PARKED, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE DOOR PANEL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING OFF AS A RESULT OF WEAK MATERIAL, THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD FOR JEEP OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE US, AND ABROAD, THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF A CRASH, OR EVEN WORSE A FIRE OR A WATER EVACUATION AS IT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF AN OPERATIONAL DOOR HANDLE.. THERE IS MOST CERTAINLY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, THE EDMUNDS FORUM HAS AN EXTENSIVE COMPLAINT LIST FOR THIS ISSUE, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE 05 MODELS.. THE DEALERSHIPS ARE OFFERING A FIX FOR $700 PER DOOR, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED AS A RESULT IF NO HAS DIED ALREADY. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO 05-08 MODELS OF THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSIDE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT DOOR HANDLES WERE BREAKING WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO OPEN THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSIDE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. WHEN THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE HANDLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THE WINDOWS MUST BE OPENED TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 09/21/11*LJ UPDATED 09/23/11

ALL 4 DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN APART FROM THE DOOR PANEL, AND AFTER A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND LOOKING AT NHTSA WEBSITE, IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. WOULD BE INCREDIBLY UNSAFE IF YOU NEEDED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN A HURRY. *TT

ALL INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED ARE BROKEN OR CRACKED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN CASE OF A FIRE THE BACKSEAT OCCUPANTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHEROKEE OWNERS VOICING THIS SAME COMPLAINT ON YOUTUBE. JEEP SAYS ITS REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR AND CHARGES CLOSE TO $600.00 PER DOOR FOR A NEW PANEL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! *TR

DOOR PANEL JUST BEHIND FRONT DOOR LATCHES CRACKS AND OBSTRUCTS LATCH MOVEMENT, THEREBY IMPEDING DOOR OPERATION. EVEN AFTER PLASTIC FULLY CRACKS, LATCH SOMETIMES "CATCHES" ON PIECES. COULD BE HAZARDOUS IF IMMEDIATE EXIT OF VEHICLE WAS NECESSARY. *TR

BROKEN DOOR LATCHES. SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

DOOR HANDLES BROKE AND YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF THE CAR NOT ONLY DID ONE HANDLE BREAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT THE TWO BACK DOORS ALSO BROKE ON THE CAR IN THE SAME WEEK. *TT

ALL FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE PANELS/ATTACH POINTS HAVE CRAKED AND CRUMMBLED. REAR DOOR HANDLES ARE TOTALY OFF AND INOPERATEBLE. FRONT ARE VERY LOOSE AND FALLING OFF. UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSIDE AND MUST USE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES TO OPEN THE DOORS. *TT

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - ALL FOUR INTERIOR DOOR LATCHES ARE CRACKED AND ONE IS INOPERABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BECAUSE THE DOOR HANDLE WAS FRACTURED. IN ORDER FOR THE CONTACT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND OPEN THE DOOR BY USING THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

THE DOOR PANELS ON MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED ARE BREAKING, AND BEGINNING TO FALL APART. I'M AFRAID IF MYSELF AND FAMILY WAS HIT IN THE DOOR IN AN ACCIDENT, PIECES FROM THE DOOR COULD HURT ONE OF US. I HAVE TALKED WITH CHRYLER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY TURNED US DOWN. SAID THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE MORE INFO FROM MORE PEOPLE. CHRYSLER JUST DOESNT WANT TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT. I HAVE A CASE #[XXX] CASE MANAGER IS NAMED [XXX] XT 66071. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

I HAVE A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. I JUST HIT 50,000 MILES, AND IT IS SPORADIC AT BEST THAT I HAVE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR. I HAVE KEPT MY VEHICLE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. HOWEVER, BOTH OF MY REAR DOOR HANDLES ARE COMPLETELY BROKEN. I HAVE TO OPEN THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE. MY FRONT TWO DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKED WITH PIECES MISSING BUT STILL OPERATIONAL FOR THE MOMENT, BUT I'M SURE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS MY REAR PASSENGERS HAVE NO WAY OF EXITING THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF FIRE OR OTHER EVENT WOULD REQUIRE A QUICK EXIT. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,200.

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH IS LOOSE BECAUSE OF THE PLASTIC PART IS BROKE OFF, AND IT CAN COME OFF ANYTIME. OTHER TWO DOORS HAVE CRACKS AROUND THE LATCHES, STARTING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS NOT THING CAN BE DONE EXCEPT REPLACE THE PARTS WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THIS IS THE DEFECTIVE ISSUE WITH THE PLASTIC THAT SURROUNDED THE DOOR LATCHES. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2 OUT OF 4 INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAVE BROKEN & ARE SUBSEQUENTLY RENDERED USELESS. THIS IS A HAZARD IF THERE WERE TO BE A CRASH & INDIVIDUALS INSIDE NEEDED TO GET OUT. THERE IS ALSO CRACKING IN THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHICH COULD LEAD TO A MORE SEVERE CASE OF BEING TRAPPED. AT THIS POINT & THROUGH MY SEARCHES ONLINE IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A GREATLY OCCURRING ISSUE & NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH ON THE MANUFACTURER LEVEL. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE AS OF YET TO REPLACE THE PARTS AS I FEEL IT IS A MALFUNCTION OF THE VEHICLE & NOT NORMAL WEAR & TEAR. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE EACH DOOR PANEL WITH A SIMILARLY CHEAP QUALITY PRODUCT IS $800. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES OF CREATING A LARGE LIST OF OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES SO THAT CHRYSLER/JEEP TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SHODDY PRODUCT & OFFICIATES A RECALL. *TR

1. NORMAL USE OF INTERIOR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH. 2. CASING AROUND INTERIOR DOOR LATCH HANDLE BROKEN 3. ENTIRE DOOR PANEL MUST BE REPLACED. DOOR PANEL FOR THIS MODEL ON BACKORDER. EXISTING BROKEN PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR

ALL INTERIOR DOOR PANELS ON THE 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAVE CRACKED AND, IN SOME CASES, BROKE APART AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE. I HAVE HAD THREE REPAIRED AT A DEALERSHIP AT PERSONAL COST AND ONE IS PENDING. I BELIEVE IT IS A DEFECT IN THE PLASTIC RESIN MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR THE EARLY 2005 GRAND CHEROKEES BECAUSE ALL FOUR DOOR PANELS HAVE CRACKED IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND DENIES THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF THE DOOR HANDLE BREAKS LOOSE, YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSIDE. THIS EXACT ISSUE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED SEVERAL TIMES BY OTHER GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE HAD SIMILAR RESULTS WITH CHRYSLER'S DENIAL OF AN ISSUE. *TR

ONE OF THE DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED HAS BROKEN OFF AND IS UNUSABLE. THE OTHER THREE ARE CRACKING AND I AM FEARFUL THAT THEY WILL BE BREAKING OFF SOON. THE HANDLES AND THE SUPPORTING DOOR FRAMES ARE ALL CRACKING IN THE SAME LOCATION AND THE HANDLES THEN FALL OFF. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO EVEN DISCUSS THE ISSUE. THE DEALER STATES IT IS $680 PER DOOR TO FIX. PARTS TO FIX THE DOOR HANDLES ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR SALE OUTSIDE THE DEALERSHIPS. DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUE OF BEING UNABLE TO EXIT THE BACK SEAT AREA FROM THE INSIDE, I AM FEARFULL TO ALLOW ANYONE TO RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT AT THIS TIME. IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, THEY COULD BE UNABLE TO EXIT THE CAR FROM THE INSIDE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS POSTED AS WELL AS A WEBSITE WHERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE STATING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THEIR 2005 JEEP. THERE WAS NOT ANY OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSED THIS DEFECT. THE DEALER STATES IT IS 'NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR'. THIS IS A CROCK, 99% OF THE TIME I AM THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS VEHICLE AND MY HANDLE HAS NOT BROKEN 'YET'. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SAFETY HAZARD. I HOPE YOU WILL ADDRESS AS A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR HANDLES BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY SERVICE SINCE THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

BAD PLASTIC RESIN COMPOUND WAS USED TO MANUFACTURE 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN SEVERAL BATCHES OF DOOR PANELS, USED TO HOLD DOOR HANDLES. THE PLASTIC CRACKS, CRUMBLES, AND DISINTEGRATES AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE AFTER ONLY A FEW (3-5) YEARS OF USE. MANY DOOR HANDLES ARE NO LONGER USABLE. THIS CREATES A FIRE SAFETY ISSUE AND A CRASH SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS CANNOT USE THE DOOR HANDLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DOOR HANDLE MAY HAVE BEEN INTACT BEFORE A CRASH, BUT DUE TO THE WEAK PLASTIC BE INOPERABLE AFTER A CRASH BY FURTHER CRACKING AND CRUMBLING. NUMEROUS VIDEO'S AND PICTURES HAVE SURFACED IN THE PUBLIC SHOWING THIS PROBLEM, AND CHRYSLER/JEEP IS NOT OWNING UP TO THEIR PROBLEM, AND THEIR SUPPLIER'S PROBLEM. CONSUMERS ARE FACED WITH A $2,400.00 REPAIR BILL OR DESIGNING THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS (AT THE PERIL OF THE PUBLIC)!!! HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLE VIDEOS AND COMMENTS ON DEALING WITH JEEP DEALERS AND CORPORATE ON THIS ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=QSFRZ7CIBKY AND HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=U3ZGRQRRMCA AND HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=BYCJ4PNDKKO AND HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=J4FIOFRFXGG I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 07/18/2010 AND COULD NOT OPEN MY DOOR BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW, AND REACH OUTSIDE AND USE THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, BECAUSE THE INTERIOR HANDLE WAS DISCONNECTED AND WOULD NOT WORK. CHRYSLER JEEP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS VEHICLE SAFETY DEFECT DESPITE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. ONLY WHEN THREATENED WITH LEGAL ACTION OR A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT DO THEY RESPOND. THE NHTSA MUST STEP IN TO ADDRESS THIS AS A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

I OWN TWO 2005 JEEP GRAND CHERROKE LIMITED, THE INTERIOR DOOR PANELS WHERE THE DOOR HANDLES ATTACHED ARE FALLING APART. THE PLATSIC WHICH THE HANDLE ATTACHES TO IS CRACKED AND CAUSED THE DOOR HANDLE TO BE NONE USABLE. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES FOR ALL THE DOORS IN THE VEHICLE HAVE BROKEN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO COVER ALL COSTS OF REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. DS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BECAME FRACTURED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. HE HAD TO WIND THE WINDOWS DOWN IN ORDER TO OPEN THE DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST HIM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

JEEP 2005 GRAND CHEROKEE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKEN AND CRACKED. THREE OF THE FOUR DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN IN OUR JEEP DUE TO WEAK DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

I OWN A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. THE HANDLE ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR BROKE FROM THE DOOR PANEL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE A PERSON SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT COULD NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE. I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE THE DOOR PANEL BECAUSE OF THIS SAFETY CONCERN. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR PANELS ARE NOW CRACKED AROUND THE HANDLES AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY BREAK COMPLETELY. I WILL THEN BE FORCED TO REPLACE THOSE DOOR PANELS AS WELL. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE DOOR PANELS BECAUSE CHRYSLER DESIGNED THEM POORLY. OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS SAME VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE CONSIDERED A RECALL AND CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE!!!!!! *TR

TWO OF MY INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE JUST BREAKING OFF . *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PARKED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE. THE DOOR COULD ONLY BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

I OWN A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT THREE OF THE INTERIOR DOOR PANELS HAVE CRACKED AT THE DOOR HANDLE. IF THEY CONTINUE TO FALL APART THE VEHICLE OCCUPANT WILL BE TRAPPED WITHIN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO FIX OR HELP WITH THE $1,644 BILL FOR JUST THE THREE DOOR PANELS. I HAVE EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THE VEHICLE JUST TURNED 50,000 MILES. IF THE BATTERY WERE TO DIE YOU WOULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE, OR IF YOU WERE FORCED OFF OF THE ROAD AND ENDED UP IN A LAKE YOU COULD NOT GET OUT. I EXPLAINED THIS TO CHRYSLER AND THEY DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS A CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. I EXPLAINED THAT I WOULD SEND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE TO SHOW IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND GARAGE KEPT (NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE), ADULT DRIVEN. WHY DID THE OTHER TWO PANELS CRACK, THEY HAVE NO ANSWER. *TR

INTERIOR DOOR PANEL CRACKING AROUND HANDLE. MAKES EXITING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT. WHEN THE PANEL SHATTERS FURTHER IT WILL MAKE EXITING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES WERE FRACTURED AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PASSENGERS AND THE DRIVER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM TO REPLACE ALL FOUR DOORS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE INABILITY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE DOOR HANDLES INSIDE THE VEHICLE WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COSMETIC AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I OWN A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE INSIDE REAR DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN INSIDE THE DOOR PANEL. THIS REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE DOOR PANEL. NOW YOU CAN NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT FIX THIS NOR WILL CHRYSLER. THE DEALER SAID IT WILL COST $700+ TO REPAIR. THE PANEL WHICH IS NOT EVEN AVAILABLE FROM CHRYSLER! CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THE VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE INSIDE PANELS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WHEN THE DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED FROM THE DOOR PANEL. IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, SHE HAD TO EXIT THROUGH ANOTHER DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON EACH DOOR HANDLE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AND REAR DOOR PANELS WERE CHIPPING AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE AREA, CAUSING THE DOOR HANDLES TO DETACH FROM THE PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT A FACTORY DEFECT AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE DEALERS STATEMENT AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

N/A MATERIAL USED INSIDE VEHICLE FAULTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE WAS MADE OF DEFECTED PLASTIC. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE DEFECT. THE DOOR HANDLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 72,000.

FRONT DOOR HAS POOR QUALITY PLASTIC WHICH CAUSES DOOR TO BECOME INOPERABLE IN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 2005 MODELS. PLEASE INSPECT QUALITY, DEALER REFUSES TO HELP, AND WHILE RESEARCHING TO REPLACE PANEL, DUE TO HUGE SAFETY CONCERNS WE CAME ACROSS MANY OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *TR

3 OF 4 DOOR HANDLES BROKEN. STRESS FROM HANDLE CABLE OPERATIONS CREATES A CRACK. WHEN THE CRACK BECOME A BREAK THE DOOR BECOMES INOPERABLE, AND CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS IN EDMUNDS CAR SPACE ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE NOVEMBER 2007. THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THE DOORS CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE INCASE OF AN EMERGENCY. *TR

INSIDE DOOR HANDLES TO OPEN THE DOORS FROM THE INSIDE BROKE OFF. THERE IS ONLY ONE DOOR HANDLE LEFT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I HAVE ALREADY REPORTED THIS TO CHRYSLER BUT THEY SAID I BOUGHT A USED CAR 2005 JEEP CHEROKEE, AS IS. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE OCTOBER 2008. THE VEHICLE LOOKED NEW, IT ONLY HAD 29,000 MILES. THE DOOR HANDLES BROKE ALONG WITH THE CASING WITH NO FORCE WHAT SO EVER. I TOLD CHYSLER THAT I HAVE YOUNG GRAND CHILDREN, THAT IF AN ACCIDENT IS TO OCCUR THERE IS NO WAY THE CHILDREN CAN GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I LIVE IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS WHERE THE WEATHER GETS VERY HOT IN THE SUMMER. IF EVER ONE OF MY CHILD GETS IN THE VEHICLE AND LOCKS HIM/HER SELF IN, THERE IS NO WAY THE CHILD CAN GET OUT. THE TEMPERATURES IN THE SUMMER SOMETIMES REACH 100 DEGREES. RIGHT NOW, THE DRIVER HAS TO GET OUT FIRST AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR EVERYONE ELSE. MY WIFE, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, LOWERS THE WINDOW FIRST AND OPENS THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. EVEN MY WIFE, IF BY CHANCE I TURN OFF THE MOTOR GET OFF THE VEHICLE AND WALK AWAY, THERE IS NO WAY MY WIFE CAN GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. SHE CAN NOT REACH THE DRIVERS HANDLE OR CROSSOVER THE SHIFT GEAR TO GET ACCROSS TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE RUNNING IN ORDER FOR THE WINDOW'S MOTOR TO WORK TO LOWERE THE WINDOW. I AM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC AT AN AUTO DEALER CHEVOLET THAT HE SAW A JEEP JUST LIKE MINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THE HANDLES BROKEN. I WILL BE REPORTING THIS TO MY INSURANCE ALLSATE, FOR SAFETY REASONS IN CASE AN ACCIDENT EVER OCCURS. I READ THE ARTICLE ON THE TOYOTA RECALL, CONCERNING FARMERS INSURANCE WHERE THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. THE DOOR HANDLES DISPLAYED SMALL CRACKS AND EVENTUALLY BEGAN TO BREAK OFF IN PIECES. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND REQUEST THAT THEY TAKE PICTURES OF THE HANDLE AND SEND THEM TO HEADQUARTERS. SHE WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT WHEN THE PHOTOS ARE RECEIVED SOMEONE FROM HEADQUARTERS WOULD CONTACT HER. NO ONE HAS NOTIFIED THE CONTACT WITHIN THREE WEEKS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE CASINGS DISINTEGRATED AND NO LONGER OPERABLE, CANNOT EXIT VEHICLE FROM EITHER REAR DOOR, AND DRIVER DOOR ALSO CRACKED AND NEARING COMPLETE FAILURE. DEFECTS APPEARED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MANUFACTURER NOT RESPONSIVE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE AND APPARENT MANUFACTURING DEFECT. MANUFACTURER QUOTED PRICE IS ABOUT $2,000 TO MAKE 3 DOORS OPERABLE. *TR

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LETTER FORWARDED FROM FTC - FROM CONGRESSWOMAN GINNY BROWN-WAITE ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATION. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE CASINGS BEHIND THE INSIDE DOOR LATCHES BEGAN TO DETERIORATE UNTIL ALL FOUR DOORS CASINGS CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN DIFFICULTY EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED IT WAS APPARENT THE MATERIALS USED FOR THE CASINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. A CASE IN POINT, THE TWO BACK DOOR CASINGS DISINTEGRATED IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THOSE DOORS WERE SELDOM USED. *JB