DOOR LOCK FAILS AND SCREECHES. DRIVERS SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY MANUALLY RELEASING THE LOCK FROM THE INSIDE. IF WE WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT THE PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT COULD NOT BE RESCUED. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM - I HAVE RESEARCH THIS ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. I BELIEVE JEEP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THESE DEFECTIVE LOCKS. *TR
2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
I BOUGHT MY 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN APRIL 2010 SO I HAVE HAD IT FOR 5 MONTHS. IN THAT 5 MONTHS THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR HANDLE HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND FALLEN INTO THE DOOR, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR HAS CRACKED AND WILL BE COMPLETELY BROKEN SOON, THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR HANDLE IS JUST BEGINNING TO CRACK SO THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY WORKS 100% IS THE DRIVER DOOR HANDLE. I HAVE AN EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY THAT WE PURCHASED AND WERE TOLD THE ONLY THING IT DIDN'T COVER WAS THE DVD PLAYER...WELL THEY LIED! ABOUT A MONTH AFTER WE BOUGHT THE JEEP WHILE DRIVING THE AC WOULD SHUT OFF AND EVERYTHING ON THE DASH WOULD START TO BLINK ON AND OFF AND THEN SUDDENLY STOP, I TOOK IT IN AND ALL THEY SAID WAS WE COULD NOT GET IT TO DO IT AGAIN. WE RECENTLY HAD THE REAR DIFFERENTIALS REPAIRED DUE TO THEM GOING OUT, THEY ACTUALLY COVERED THAT UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE ONLY OTHER ISSUE IS SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT AND IDLE THE JEEP WILL SEEM LIKE IT WANTS TO DIE BUT NEVER DOES. I ONLY HAVE 56000 MILES ON MY CAR AND HAVE OWNED IT 5 SHORT MONTHS AND HAVE HAD ALL OF THESE ISSUES, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE DOOR HANDLES BECAUSE NOT ONLY CAN MY 3 KIDS NOT GET OUT IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, BUT WHERE THE PLASTIC HAS CRACKED IT HAS SHARP EDGES AND THEY COULD EASILY CUT THEIR HANDS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS! WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, AN INJURED CHILD????? *TR
