10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 3
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 11 miles
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Sunroof shattered
- Farmingdale, NY, USA
My partner, and I bought a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee L together. It was our celebration purchase to mark the start of our ability to finally blend our families and move our future forward. We bought the car because it-??s a 6 seater, we have four kids and the two of us. Less than two weeks into the purchase She was driving down the highway when she heard a massive explosion from above and thought that she-??d been shot. She could hear the glass rain down on her so she called the police and pulled over. She then called me panicked and upset. I knew the moment that she started to explain what had happened that the sunroof had popped / shattered not being able to withstand torsion within the normal flex of a large suv roof. I-??d heard about this before as I had been cautious about purchasing a larger vehicle with a panoramic sunroof. I had researched it before buying my truck. But never experienced a sunroof explosion nor knew anyone that had had it happen. Immediately after consulting with state police and DOT (the searched for debris to cause the shatter and found none) we drove the vehicle immediately back to the dealership where we-??d purchased the car a week or so before. Everyone at the dealership was extremely accommodating and immediately without question got us into a rental vehicle without worry of cost. Unfortunately the rental is only a five seater. That was mid August. Now in mid October we-??re being told by Jeep that it wasn-??t their fault and that we should pay for this, but that they-??re doing us a favor by covering it under warranty. We-??ve asked Jeep to get us into a new vehicle or refund us as they-??re telling us it will take another 6-8 weeks for the part to get to the dealer. We-??ve made 2 payments to a car that we don-??t have and about to make another. Yet Jeep won-??t reimburse us for the inconvenience. Truthfully she or I won-??t ever be comfortable driving that vehicle again as we were extremely fortunate no one was hurt by shattered glass
- Dover, NH, USA
Purchase vehicle brand new from dealer; a whistling noise is audible from the front driver window. A rattling noise is audible from the sunroof. An error msg is visible on the infotainment screen requiring service. The front collision warning engaged driving on a sharp curve with no vehicle in view causing an unnecessary and dangerous break event. All issues, excluding the last reported to fca due to the amount of times new vehicle has been out of commission (30+ days) when purchased brand new.
- Owings Mills, MD, USA
I stopped on a slight forward facing hill, put the car into P for park so it was stationary, and turned it off. I got out, and walked around the car to open the back passenger side door to let my son out. Then after about 1 minute of being parked correctly, the car started rolling forward down the hill on its own (note that the wheels were turning so the car was not sliding). Luckily I got my son out, and then the car stopped on its own after about 30 yards (unclear if it stopped as the brakes engaged again or the hill was sot enough that it stopped on its own). This has happened twice now. Once seemed like an aberration, but twice is very scary. And the second time happened in front of a camera so we have the video available at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/S/clqgwlm6vc9jeg2/Jeep%20roll%201.11.21%201130pm%20mst.MP4?dl=0
- Steamboat Springs, CO, USA
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA