I was getting leaving lubbock headed home to plainview. I was driving on university approaching the stop light on 66th st in lubbock TX, as slowing down from approximately 35 mph, I heard an overwhelming loud bang come from the front of the Jeep, it shook the entire vehicle it felt like I had hit someones car. The following day I checked the SUV, the engine area, hood, front windshield had completely burned, there is no hood area, the hood is in the windshield, and everything else forward chard and melted, to the yellow pieces, I was able to take photos, and a video.Īll problems of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Called a ride to take me and my 3yr old home. Once SUV cooled to half I attempted to start and it started in the same putter fashion as before, yet appearing to catch as if it was start normal, all the while smoking out the back a slight pop could be heard coming from underneath the front of the vehicle, yet as it appeared to start I would give it gas with hopes that it would catch and then it just shut off and started smoking and there was a noticeably different odor that my 3 yr old and I smelled, from there I got out of the truck to see if the smoke was coming from the radiator, since the temp gauge was just on hot, I notice there was a fire burning in the lower back of the engine region, I immediately lowered the hood due to not having anything to prop it open with, I immediately got my 3 yr old son out of the vehicle to safety, I return to get his car seat and anything to hopefully salvage, I then return to the SUV to put out the fire out as best I could, I appeared to out on both sides and just smoking badly. Each time it would putter, or sound as if it was out of gas. Once parked, my temp gauge was on hot panned hard right, the SUV would not start, I allowed it to cool down to halfway, during that time I made 4 attempts to start the SUV. After it shut off it would nt start for approx 4 mins, it did not fully crank yet cranked, in a putting pattern, I was able to pull it out of traffic into an office park located at 3525 piedmont rd ne atl, GA 30308 in front of building 7 entering from piedmont rd. In route to open gym for my 3yr old, after exiting exprsway in traffic approx 5-7mins, SUV shuts off. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened case number 59702313. The repair was completed, however, the dealer informed the contact that the vehicle should not be driven. The dealer diagnosed that the diesel exhaust system failed and needed to be cleaned. The contact drove the vehicle to the dealership (franklin Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram located at 1124m murfreesboro rd, franklin, TN 37064 phone number: 61) in limp mode. The failure occurred three more times, most recently, while driving approximately 70 mph the warning light indicating the diesel power was reducing illuminated reducing the speed to 20 mph. The head gasket, engine, radiator, cooling chord, along with other parts were all replaced under the power trade warranty. The contact took the vehicle to the dealership (100 percent full and about a minute limp blown hall Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram virginia beach located at 3152 virginia beach blvd, virginia beach, va 23452 phone number 87) who diagnosed the head gasket had blown and caused many other failures. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph when the vehicle went into limp mode despite the power diesel indicator showing at 100%. Tl- the contact owns a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee echo diesel. I believe Jeep should recall these radiators and pay for the cost of replacing mine. In fact it has been enough of a problem that they are keeping extra radiators in stock. Both mechanics at the dealership and the autobody shop said they had replaced several of these recently. I think this is more common than it should be for a new vehicle with low mileage. I brought it to a second mechanic at a local auto body shop and he confirmed that it was a manufacturer's defect and the radiator needed replacing. That the radiator was leaking at the seams and needed to be replaced. I asked the mechanic if this was common? was there any indication of getting hit by a rock etc? I was told that it was a manufacturers' defect. The car was bought new by me and has 45000 miles on it. I brought my 2 year old 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee to the dealership and was told I did indeed need a new radiator. Also that I may need a new radiator and should have the dealership check it out. He could smell it and saw fluid around the radiator. When getting my oil changed the mechanic told me that I had an antifreeze leak.
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