| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005047542 | Incident Date: Nov, 16 2005 |
| Consumer's City: BRANDON | Consumer's State: MS |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: LAREDO | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:tail lights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4G248S4YC | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 22 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 07 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: When my headlights are on and i press the brakes, both tail lights go out and the top center light is the only light working when i am braking. when my headlights are not on and i press the brakes, tail/brake lights work normally. another driver was kind enough to pull along side of me & let me know that none of my lights in the back were working when i put on my brakes. the next morning i got on the internet to see if there might have been a recall relating to this problem because i just purchased this vehicle in february 2005 , but it is a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. in my search, i came across a website that had appx. 60 comments of this same problem from other individuals across the country that owned the same make & model vehicle & after reading through most of those comments, i learned that the diagnosis was that both of the tail light assemblies must be replaced because the circuits were shorted (cost $500 installed). the website that revealed to me that i was not the only person having this problem is www.carsurvey.org/viewcomments_review_33943.html i included this website so that you can see just exactly how many of us are out here with the same make/model vehicle experiencing the exact same problems & have been told by jeep that there are not any recalls or bulletins regarding a tail light problem. now that it is dark when i leave the office in the afternoons headed home, this has really had me afraid someone was going to accidentally rear-end me on the interstate and also how i would be at fault because of my equipment not working properly. i don't know if there is anything that you can do about this, but i felt the sincere need to report it because of the number of folks i encountered having this exact same problem as well as the great expense it is costing to have this problem corrected. any help that you can offer will be greatly appreciated. i do not know how long my vehicle has been doing this or if it was that way when i purchased it. *jb |
