Driver-side wiring was fixed in October of 2012. If the lights are not turned off, then all interior lights remain on causing a hazard at night as well. Turning off the interior lights prevents the speedometer/odometer/gauges/etc from illuminating at night. The interior lights also stay on as if a door was open. This is especially concerning in the event of a rear end collision where the gas tank may catch on fire (current recall). If a pet was in the back of the SUV that had a 'pet fence', there would be no way to get the pet out of the vehicle (or luggage/cargo). The back hatch will either remain in locked or unlocked mode depending on when the wiring fails (this model Jeep does not include a manual way to use a key to unlock/lock the back hatch). Thank you.ĭefect in electrical wiring in driver-side door prevents windows from rolling down (a safety hazard) and doors from locking/unlocking. Overall I do not feel safe with this vehicle for the intended purpose it was made for and this needs to be investigated before someone gets killed.
This has also caused me to not be able to sell this car for any reasonable price, and the price for repair is over a quarter of the blue book of the car. Not only do I not believe this is my fault as a user of the vehicle but I believe that this has caused an unsafe operating condition and I could have been seriously injured if this had happened on another road such as, a dirt road, mountain road, winding road, in icy or rainy conditions, or on the highway. This has to be a problem that is inherent with the Jeep itself and a manufacture defect.
This is unacceptable to me as I cannot spend this type of money with the hope that whatever other problem there might be will be more affordable or easier to diagnose. At this point I have my Jeep at the dealer in modesto CA for a diagnostic and they have told me that I need to replace the computer and the wiring harness for 1400 dollars and then they will see if that fixes the problem.
Luckily I had a driveway to pull into and I coasted into it. At this point about ten minutes down the road in the middle of traffic and while cruising along a busy road it shut off, I had power and the ability to steer but no power steering. It fired up and I thought it was fine so I kept driving it. I towed it back to my house and could not get any codes. This happened first on a sunny morning driving in town. When it has shut off it will still turn over and I have power to everything I need but it will not fire up. It doesn't matter if it is while stopped or driving it will shut off and not turn back on until about 10 minutes later. Without warning my Jeeps engine will shut off.
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