r/GrandCherokee

Hey Guys

Quick question. I have a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 thats at about 130k miles. Over the past few weeks, i have noticed my temperature gauge sitting higher than normal. It gets as high as about 12 o'clock, maybe a few ticks below.

Never over.

But still higher than normal. Think normal about 11 oclock?

Nothing has really changed. I do notice a small coolant leak near the Thermostat. Im thinking about gettin a new Jet 180 thermostat. (Last one was put in 2018) Last year, had a new radiator put in along with some new hoses.

You guys think a new T180 and housing will help with the temp? Fans seems to work as they should... and very small leak from around the hose area. (See pic) Months back i slapped some zip ties on it and seems to fix the leak 100 percent. Nothing really changed, but do see that there is small leak at times now.

Any other thoughts?

Air in the system? Not sure how it can magically appear over time?

Was going to check the bleeder valve when replacing the Tstat to stop the leak...

My '25 averages 17mpg over the last 7k miles.

Does this seem average or does my wife have a heavy foot?

Hey all, 2020 Altitude here.

So, I finally connected the wireless android auto dongle that I bought like a year ago lol, and it's amazing, works exactly as it should!

But... I have it connected to USB 1 (the two ports below the uconnect in the cubby hole). I noticed that the light on it never goes out, it's always green (connected) or blue (looking for connection).

The way I figured it out is that when I'm getting into the car, my phone connects to the wireless dongle before I even push the start button, then I started looking and sure enough, that USB port appears to be giving power at all times.

Is this for real? Like it's always on no matter what?

What is my solution here, is there a dongle that will allow this powered and data connection but maybe with a switch in the middle so I can turn it off for the night?

Any insight would be great, thanks!

I *think* it’s a Mopar plan offered by the dealership, will confirm tomorrow because I’m fuzzy on the specifics below:

I think he said 6 years and 100k miles. I know he said it would *end* at 100k total miles. Does that mean it ends when the vehicle is 6 total years old, or 6 years from now?

Not sure on the deductible but total cost including taxes is ~$4,100. I probably drive just under 10k miles per year.

Would you do it?

Hi all,

I have a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that the transmission went out in yesterday. We bought it new and are out of the powertrain warranty period because of mileage. We’ve had a few small issues like spark plugs, coils and cylinders that have needed replaced a couple of times and we just replaced our radiator and components as well as put new tires and Bosch windshield wipers on. We are at 129,400 and the transmission went out with no warning yesterday while I was driving. My only logical choices are to spend $6,982 to let the dealership replace the transmission and components and warranty it for 3 years/100k miles or to trade it in and no dealership so far has offered us more than $1k in trade in because of the transmission. We owe $5k on the jeep. I’ve read all of the complaints on the NHTSA site and I’m weary about putting $7k into it and then something else breakdown in it quickly like the electrical system or any of the other knuckle and wheel issues that I’ve seen listed. I work once weekly in Atlanta which is 2 hours and 40 min away and then at least 20 minutes in each direction of where I live for my normal job. Is it worth fixing for the warranty and to keep it or should we just trade it in and cut our losses?

I’m considering selling my 2015 Grand Cherokee, and getting a new one. 125k, rocker arms done, and right now, not a thing wrong with it. But, it’s now 11 years old, and I live in the rust belt of New Hampshire.
I was just looking at the ‘26, and discovered that it’s only available with a turbo’ed 4 cylinder.!! WFT???
I don’t think I can do it! I might have to go Ford Explorer.

Recently my phone sent me a me a link to a YouTube video about recalls for 2019 to 2023 Grand Cherokees. They don't say much in the video except that there's power transfer problems and could lead to bigger issues. Anyone on here have their Jeep looked at for these issues or know if it's real? I had a new transmission put in last year at 63,000 miles and got so lucky that I still had warranty but pretty worried if it's real that it could cause more stress on the new one. And I know "take it to a dealership" but I don't really trust them especially after I told many of them that I thought my transmission was going out and they all laughed at me til it actually went out.

Just picked up a new 2025 GC Laredo 2 weeks ago. Loving it overall. But the Auto Engine Start/Stop has never worked. It always says the system is unavailable in the cluster.

Now, no major complaints with this system not working but slightly worried it might mean something is wrong with the auxiliary battery. Is it possible the dealer is just disabling this feature altogether?