2003 JEEP LAREDO

64 complaints filed with NHTSA.

64
Complaints
5
Crashes
1
Fires
6
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
AIR BAGS8
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE5
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS5
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC4
SUSPENSION3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR2
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)2
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT2
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR2
EQUIPMENT2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2
SEATS2
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER1

Recent Complaints

20160603CrashAIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 JEEP LAREDO. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

20120605AIR BAGS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY AIRBAGS EXPLODED FOR NO REASON. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE ROAD, NOR DID A VEHICLE MAKE IMPACT. IT SEEMS THE PASSENGER SIDE WENT OFF A SPLIT SECOND FIRST BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT OR BOMB GOING OFF, OBVIOUSLY SCARING ME AND PUTTING ME INTO SHOCK. LUCKILY I'M A GOOD DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY. THE CHEMICALS FROM THE AIRBAGS FILLED MY LUNGS AND MADE IT HARD TO BREATHE AS WELL AS BURNING MY ARM AND HAND. I DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE WIT

Mileage: 128,000

20100421FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

Mileage: 105,000

20071210SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP LAREDO. THE HEATED SEATS OVERHEATED AND BURNED THE CONTACT. WHEN THE SEATS BECOME VERY HEATED, HE CAN SMELL THEM BURNING. THE SEATS HEAT SO SEVERELY THAT THEY DO NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE SEATS HAVE NOT CAUGHT FIRE AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A REFERENCE NUMBER, BUT HAVE NOT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MODERATE BURNS TO HIS BUTTOCKS. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 06V197000 (SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER). THE D

Mileage: 50,500

20071210WHEELS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP LAREDO. THE HEATED SEATS OVERHEATED AND BURNED THE CONTACT. WHEN THE SEATS BECOME VERY HEATED, HE CAN SMELL THEM BURNING. THE SEATS HEAT SO SEVERELY THAT THEY DO NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE SEATS HAVE NOT CAUGHT FIRE AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A REFERENCE NUMBER, BUT HAVE NOT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MODERATE BURNS TO HIS BUTTOCKS. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 06V197000 (SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER). THE D

Mileage: 50,500

20071127CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. UPON EXIT OF CARWASH, VEHICLE WAS STARTED WHILE IN NEUTRAL. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE, IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL AND CONTINUED RAPIDLY FORWARD, CRASHING INTO VEHICLE AHEAD, CONTINUED UNTIL IT WAS PLACE IN PARK WHILE STILL IN MOTION. JEEP WAS DECLARED TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

20040813CrashSTRUCTURE

INCIDENT OF ROLLOVER INVOLVING JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 2003. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAD GONE 2-3 INCHES AWAY FROM THE MAIN ROAD. WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY TURNING THE WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL OVER LANDING ON THE RIGHT EMBANKMENT FACING EASTWARD ON THE WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SC *JB

20030724CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. SHE PUSHED THE PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE STILL DID NOT STOP, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. AFTER HITTING THE OTHER VEHICLE SHE STILL COULD NOT GET BACK WHEELS TO STOP SPINNING, BUT WHEN SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF THE WHEELS STOPPED SPINNING. *AK

20030402CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH 2003 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. LEASED JEEP 12/30/03 FROM CLASSIC CHRYSLER DODGE & JEEP IN HASTINGS MI. ON 03/04/03 I CAME HOME FROM WORK AND WENT TO PARK JEEP IN BARN/GARAGE. PUT JEEP IN PARK, OPENED DOOR OF GARAGE/BARN. GOT BACK IN JEEP, PLACED FOOT ON BRAKE, PUT JEEP IN DRIVE, HEARD A WHINE, THE JEEP SHOT FORWARD THROUGH THE BARN, OVER AN ICE FISHING SHANTY, BOAT, CHAIN SAW, OTHER DEBRIS AND OUT THE BACK WALL OF THE BARN. HAD JEEP TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AS IT HAD A LITTLE OV

Mileage: 1,001