2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Lights Problems
11 owner-reported lights complaints from NHTSA data
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Owner Complaints (11)
Right front blinker burns out plus the socket burnt also, I replaced both parts around 10/25/2024 and the same thing happened..
I was driving and the battery light came on with a chime, within seconds the car smelled hot, the air conditioning went out, road hazard lights on dash indicating flat tire came on, windshield wipers were going on and off at different speeds and windows were opening and closing and then did not work at all. I got the car into the driveway as I was en route to our home. As I got car to the driveway I lost all power. I had the same thing happen in 2019 - Report # 11255268. I do not know where to go to get the vehicle repaired or it the old recall will apply to this problem once again. Should I have the car towed to a dealer? I have my own private mechanic that addressed the problem in 2019. Please contact me asap. I don't know what the plan of action should be. Can I bring it to my own mechanic or does it need to go to a dealer. Please call or send me an e mail as soon as possible as I am without a vehicle. My number is [XXX] or e mail me at [XXX]. OR [XXX]. or use both e mails. Thank you! INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
WHEN TURNING ON THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS COME ON INSTEAD OF THE TURN SIGNAL. FOG LIGHTS DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. WIND SHIELD WIPERS COME ON RANDOMLY WHETHER IT IS RAINING OR NOT. THESE ALL HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL TURN OFF RIGHT AFTER STARTING. I HAVE TO RE-START.
BI XENON HID HEADLAMPS JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ISSUES WITH DESIGN AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR AFTER 6 YEARS AS OWNER OF THIS TYPE OF TRUCK. SOMETHING AS SUCH AN CARS/TRUCKS, BULBS OR HEADLAMP HOUSING DESIGN SHOULDN'T BE SUCH A ISSUES ON ONLY 6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. BLUB WHICH COST OVER $99.99OEM AND $300 AT THE DEALERSHIP JUST FOR BLUB PART PLUS LABOR. IT'S SUCH A SAFELY ISSUES READING MANY MESSAGE BOARDS ON OTHER OWNERS HAVING CONCERNS DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH ONE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT UNTIL THE REPAIR IS MADE OR ISSUES ARE FIXED WITH THIS PROBLEM. WHICH I FEEL IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN CAUSE OF ALL I HAVE READ ABOUT. ONLINE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS MATTER TO ATTENTION FOR THE MANY DISAPPOINTED CONSUMERS DEALING WITH SUCH ISSUES THAT IS RELATED TO THE SAFETY OF TRAVELING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. CHRYSLER SHOULD BEWARE OF THIS ISSUES IN THEIR TRUCKS AND OFFER RECALLS IF KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE DESIGN OR WIRING. JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE A NEWER TYPE OF TRUCK ONLY 6 YEAR OLD HAVING SUCH A TYPE OF ISSUES IN DEALING WITH REPLACEMENT OF HEADLAMP BULB WHICH WHEN NEW DOESN'T WORK. NEW YORK N.Y.
LOW BEAM RUNNING LIGHT GOES OUT. HAD IT FIX THREE TIMES AND LIGHT STILL STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING. ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT.
WIRING TO BALLAST IN PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP MELTED AND MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING ENTIRE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR $1400.
AUTOMATIC LIGHT SENSOR WILL TURN OFF HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING
RIGHT FRONT HEADLAMP MELTED INTERNALLY DUE TO OVERHEATING DAMAGING THE WIRING AND THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY, AND NOW THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK. TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US THAT IN ORDER TO FIX IT, THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY NEED TO BE REPLACED . THEY ESTIMATED IT IN $1200 AND TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY WONT COVER IT. THE CAR JUST HAVE 16749 MILES.
MY VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP WHEN IT STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY.AT THE TIME THEIR WERE FOUR (4) RECALLS. AFTER TWO MONTHS AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARTLY REPAIRED INCLUDING P36/NHTSA 14V-391.APPROXIMATELY 75 DAYS LATER(11-10-15) MY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE LOCATED IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE. MY VEHICLE WHILE TURNED OFF AND SITTING FOR SOME 15 PLUS MINUTES CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR VANITY LAMP. I WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE THEN NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP WHO SENT WRECKER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO THEIR DEALERSHIP.
ONE OF THE FRONT END DRIVING LIGHTS NO LONGER WORKED. I CONTACTED JEEP, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM. SINCE THEN, I HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS SAME YEAR/ MODEL JEEPS ALL WITH A NON-WORKING FRONT DRIVING HEADLAMP. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS COINCIDENCE, RATHER I AM OF THE OPINION THAT THIS IS AN INHERENT FLAW IN THE VEHICLE. *TR
THE FOLLOWING DANGEROUS CONDITION IN THE 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS BEEN RAISED BY MANY DRIVERS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND JEEP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. NAMELY, THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM IS TILTED DOWN SO VISIBILITY DISTANCE IS VERY LOW. THERE IS ABOUT 25 TO 30 FEET OF VISIBILITY THEN THERE IS A BLACK WALL OF DARKNESS IN FRONT OF THE CAR. YOU CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR SAFELY AT NIGHT ON UNLIT ROADS. JEEP REFUSES TO ADMIT THEY KNOW OF ANY PROBLEM DESPITE THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET THAT CLAIM THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE VISITED THEIR DEALERS. EVERY OWNER OF THIS CAR IS TOLD THAT JEEP KNOWS NOTHING OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THE CAR IS TO SPEC. *TR