2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Fuel System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE VAPORS FROM THE FUEL TANK WOULD NOT ALLOW FUEL TO FLOW EVENLY INTO THE FUEL TANK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WHITTEN BROTHERS OF ASHLAND (11409 WASHINGTON HWY, ASHLAND, VA 23005, (804) 798-6071) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VENT VALVE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

REAR CORNERS OF THE FUEL TANK CORRODE DUE TO DESIGN OF TANK AND TANK MOUNT, TANK PROTECTION ARMOUR. DIRT, MOISTURE, MUD, ROAD SALT, ETC GET TRAPPED IN BETWEEN STEEL TANK AND STEEL CRADLE AND TANK CORRODES. THIS CAUSES PIN HOLES IN THE TANK, AND EVENTUALLY LARGER HOLES, OR LARGER AREAS OF WEAK CORRODED METAL.

DESIGN TRAPS CRUD BETWEEN THE SKID PLATE AND FUEL TANK. OVER TIME, REMOVES THE PAINT AND CAUSES CORROSION. HOLE IN FUEL TANK CAUSES LOSS OF FUEL. JEEP IS SELLING $1,650 REPLACEMENT TANKS AT A RATE OF 5 PER WEEK. OTHERS ARE TRYING TO REPAIR THE TANK. SEE JEEP FORUM: HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F67/RUSTED-OUT-CRD-TANK-3106977/

THE BEGINNING OF JULY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT THE CHECK GAS CAP CAME ON. I BOUGHT AN AFTER MARKET CAP FROM AUTOZONE. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T GO AWAY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PURGE SOLENOID AND ESIM MODULE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF WHEN WE PICKED UP THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT WAS STARTED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND GAS CAP LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE GAS CAP. WE WERE TOLD TO GIVE IT A FEW DAYS FOR THE SYSTEM ON THE CAR TO RESET ITSELF. IT DIDN'T. SO TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THEY FOUND A SMALL LEAK AT THE ESIM MODULE THAT WAS REPLACED? TOLD US THEY WERE ORDERING A NEW GAS TANK AND WE COULD DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED. NOW I HEAR AIR ESCAPING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK FROM THE GAS CAP AND IT WILL NOT ACCEPT FUEL WITHOUT BEING FORCED INTO THE GAS TANK.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SAN JOSE, CA AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND A FLASHING RED ELECTRIC LIGHT ALSO. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER IN THE VEHICLES ENGINE AND WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE JEEP DIDN'T RESPOND AT ALL. WHEN GOING UP A HILL THE JEEP LOSES POWER AND I HAVE TO DOWNSHIFT IN TO LOWER GEARS JUST TO CLIMB THE SMALLEST HILLS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE PARTS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE SAID THAT MY SWILL VALUES ARE BAD. I FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE ENGINES IN THIS 3.0L TURBO DIESEL HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN EUROPE DUE TO THIS DESIGN DEFECT. THE REPAIRS ARE $5500-$6000 AND THEIR ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WHY HAS THIS ISSUE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED HERE IN THE USA? I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT WITH VERY LITTLE EXTRA INCOME. BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS A SMOG TEST. BASICALLY I HAVE A JEEP THAT IN A FEW MONTHS WILL BE NON OPERATIONAL WITH A $500 AN MONTH PAYMENT.

RED "BOLT" IDIOT LIGHT APPEARED, MOTOR COULD NOT GO ABOVE 45MPH, NO MORE THAN 16MPG. PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND TRIED TO FIND A DEALER OR SERVICE FACILITY. VEHICLE COULD MAKE IT THE 5 MILES BACK TO APARTMENT. SEARCHING THE WEB, THE JEEP/MBENZ "SWIRL MOTOR" APPARENTLY HAS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE OIL VENTS BACK INTO THE AIR, WHICH CAUSES SLUDGE AND TAR, WHICH THEN CLOSES THE SWIRL MOTOR VENTS CAUSING IT TO STOP. WITH ONLY 66K MILES, HERE ARE THE SPECTRUM OF COMPLAINTS IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE UK. IF THIS IS CERTAINLY A DESIGN FAULT, THIS MAY CAUSE OTHER MOTORISTS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY OR CAUSE AN UNSAFE OR PANIC SITUATION FOR A DRIVER WITH SMALL KIDS STRANDED WHEN THIS BREAKS. PLEASE LOOK INTO FORCING THE JEEP OR BENZ MOTOR MAKER TO HELP OUT OWNER WITH A FIX OR AT LEAST FREE SLUDGE CLEANING OF THE SWIRL MOTOR OF TAR/OIL. HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F67/SWIRL-MOTOR-RESISTOR-MOD-1397852/INDEX2.HTML HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F67/CALLING-ALL-2007-WK-DIESEL-CRD-OWNERS-527742/INDEX3.HTML HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F67/ELEPHANT-HOSE-INSTALLATION-STEP-STEP-3-0L-CRD-1228978/INDEX4.HTML

HAVE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION (SEVERAL MONTHS BACK) THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL TANK. IMPACT EXPLOSION RISK. EVERY TIME WE CALL THE LOCAL DEALERS--WE HAVE TRIED SEVERAL--NONE OF THEM HAVE A RESOLUTION, OR THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED? *TR

I HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, IT HAS BEEN OVER 8 MONTHS AND THE DEALERS ARE NO CLOSER TO HAVING A SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAN WHEN I WAS FIRST NOTIFIED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEALERS ARE AS MUCH IN THE DARK OVER THIS RECALL AS THE CUSTOMERS. WHAT CAN I DO AS A CUSTOMER TO SPEED UP THIS PROCESS. *JS

MY ONLY COMPLAINT IS THAT AFTER I RECEIVED A NOTICE MONTHS AGO THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON MY VEHICLE REFERENCE THE FUEL TANK COULD EXPERIENCE A FUEL LEAK DURING A COLLISION, I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAPITAL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN AT 200 WATERFIELD RIDGE PLACE, GARNER, NC 27592. PHONE NUMBER IS 919-582-0202. I'VE CALLED THEM TWICE AND I WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE NOT IN AND I FELT LIKE THERE WAS AMPLE TIME FOR THE PARTS TO ARRIVE. *TR

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 PANEL BEGAN TO FLASH, EVERYTHING WAS TURNING ON AND OFF. GAS GAUGE, AND EVERY OTHER GAUGE ON THE PANEL WENT UP AND DOWN. EVERY LIGHT ON THE PANEL FLASHED ON AND OFF. THIS HAS HAPPEN MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS AS WELL. I RECENTLY TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP IN NOVEMBER 2013, WHO TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FINE ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE HAD THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, MARCH 2014. WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR, HOW CAN I GET IS FIXED? WHAT DO I DO IF I HAVE A RECALLED VEHICLE? *TR

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED POWER WHILE DRIVING IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC. IT WAS NECESSARY TO MOVE TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND EXIT THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE. SEVERAL EMISSIONS SYSTEMS PARTS WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. IT IS UNSAFE WHEN THE CONDITION OCCURS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS A 3.0 LITRE DIESEL MOTOR MANUFACTURED BY MERCEDES BENZ. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS YOU GIVE IT. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF EVERY FEW DAYS. ALL THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED. *TR

FUEL SUPPLY LINE RUPTURED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE RESULT WAS FUEL UNDER PRESSURE SPRAYING ON THE ENGINE. THE RUPTURE WAS NOT A COMPLETE LOSS OF SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE SO THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WHILE FUEL SPRAYED SOAKING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN FUEL. THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE LINE MUST HAVE BEEN MOVED AND WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THE PART THAT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OWNED BY MY COMPANY SINCE NEW AND THE AREA IN QUESTION HAD NEVER BEEN DISLODGED SINCE NEW. *TR