Consumer Complaint Detail
JEEP / GRAND CHEROKEE / 2005
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006080080 | Incident Date: Sep, 15 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MANORVILLE | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: GRAND CHEROKEE | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4GR48K45C | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 24 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 25 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2005 jeep grand cherokee. the vehicle is a 6 cylinder with a nag 1 transmission. the vehicle was bought new in nov, 2005. it has around 17600 miles on it. the vehicle had been shuddering at various times, was inconsistent. usually around 1500 rpms. eagle auto mall, local jeep dealer stated nothing was wrong. coming home from store transmission started to whine and then stopped shifting. pulling into my driveway engine compartment started to smoke badly, almost went on fire . turned vehicle off. observed tranny fluid all over the engine and alot of tranny fluid on the ground. vehicle was towed to the eagle dealer, who after a week in the shop said there was water in the tranny fluid and that they were going to have to take apart the transmission. contacted chrysler told them that a vin check of my vehicle showed that it was not under the recall they had issued for this model, but there was a safety problem and that a new transmission should be placed in the vehicle. *nm |