Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

Bill,

Makes sense, but even when the heat is running, you can feel cold air
creeping in just by touching the bottom of the glove compartment area.
There's no wind noise or anything, you just feel the draft. On a side
note, my '96 GC didn't do this. The truck is still under warranty, so
I don't want to start pulling it apart, and I'd rather have the dealer
fix it. I just have to rant a bit here, because it seems to me that
people can go out and spend $30K on a truck, have this problem with it,
and noone will touch it to see what's going on until "x" amount of
people complain to Chrysler. And that's not right.

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

Bill,

Makes sense, but even when the heat is running, you can feel cold air
creeping in just by touching the bottom of the glove compartment area.
There's no wind noise or anything, you just feel the draft. On a side
note, my '96 GC didn't do this. The truck is still under warranty, so
I don't want to start pulling it apart, and I'd rather have the dealer
fix it. I just have to rant a bit here, because it seems to me that
people can go out and spend $30K on a truck, have this problem with it,
and noone will touch it to see what's going on until "x" amount of
people complain to Chrysler. And that's not right.

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

Bill,

Makes sense, but even when the heat is running, you can feel cold air
creeping in just by touching the bottom of the glove compartment area.
There's no wind noise or anything, you just feel the draft. On a side
note, my '96 GC didn't do this. The truck is still under warranty, so
I don't want to start pulling it apart, and I'd rather have the dealer
fix it. I just have to rant a bit here, because it seems to me that
people can go out and spend $30K on a truck, have this problem with it,
and noone will touch it to see what's going on until "x" amount of
people complain to Chrysler. And that's not right.

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

Hi Marc,
Remember, every car since at least my '78 Bronco must have that
fresh air pumped into the cab, meaning that blower is always working,
with the ignition in the on position, though at a very low speed, which
makes trouble shooting a short, real fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Marc wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Makes sense, but even when the heat is running, you can feel cold air
> creeping in just by touching the bottom of the glove compartment area.
> There's no wind noise or anything, you just feel the draft. On a side
> note, my '96 GC didn't do this. The truck is still under warranty, so
> I don't want to start pulling it apart, and I'd rather have the dealer
> fix it. I just have to rant a bit here, because it seems to me that
> people can go out and spend $30K on a truck, have this problem with it,
> and noone will touch it to see what's going on until "x" amount of
> people complain to Chrysler. And that's not right.

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

Hi Marc,
Remember, every car since at least my '78 Bronco must have that
fresh air pumped into the cab, meaning that blower is always working,
with the ignition in the on position, though at a very low speed, which
makes trouble shooting a short, real fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Marc wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Makes sense, but even when the heat is running, you can feel cold air
> creeping in just by touching the bottom of the glove compartment area.
> There's no wind noise or anything, you just feel the draft. On a side
> note, my '96 GC didn't do this. The truck is still under warranty, so
> I don't want to start pulling it apart, and I'd rather have the dealer
> fix it. I just have to rant a bit here, because it seems to me that
> people can go out and spend $30K on a truck, have this problem with it,
> and noone will touch it to see what's going on until "x" amount of
> people complain to Chrysler. And that's not right.

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

Hi Marc,
Remember, every car since at least my '78 Bronco must have that
fresh air pumped into the cab, meaning that blower is always working,
with the ignition in the on position, though at a very low speed, which
makes trouble shooting a short, real fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Marc wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Makes sense, but even when the heat is running, you can feel cold air
> creeping in just by touching the bottom of the glove compartment area.
> There's no wind noise or anything, you just feel the draft. On a side
> note, my '96 GC didn't do this. The truck is still under warranty, so
> I don't want to start pulling it apart, and I'd rather have the dealer
> fix it. I just have to rant a bit here, because it seems to me that
> people can go out and spend $30K on a truck, have this problem with it,
> and noone will touch it to see what's going on until "x" amount of
> people complain to Chrysler. And that's not right.

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

see if the foam pad is missing from the inner fender well and a grommet is
missiing
maybe air is passing thru the door seal onto the floor there .any water
leaks???

Marc wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a 2004 Grand Cherokee Freedom Edition. It's a great vehicle,
> but there seems to be a draft on the front passenger side. The draft
> comes through beneath the dashboard, near the floor. I live in Upstate
> NY, so in the winter it becomes very noticeable (especially when people
> are seated there, they can really feel it).
>
> I've contacted the Jeep dealer where I purchased the vehicle, and even
> had the owner of the dealership confirm that there is definitely a
> draft coming through there. He even confirmed he can feel it on his
> own 04 Grand Cherokee. However, there were no service bulletins or the
> like issued about this, so there wasn't anything they could do.
>
> I also contacted Chrysler, and got the same response.
>
> My question is does anyone have any ideas on how I can insulate that
> side better or get rid of the draft? Anyone else have this problem?

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

see if the foam pad is missing from the inner fender well and a grommet is
missiing
maybe air is passing thru the door seal onto the floor there .any water
leaks???

Marc wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a 2004 Grand Cherokee Freedom Edition. It's a great vehicle,
> but there seems to be a draft on the front passenger side. The draft
> comes through beneath the dashboard, near the floor. I live in Upstate
> NY, so in the winter it becomes very noticeable (especially when people
> are seated there, they can really feel it).
>
> I've contacted the Jeep dealer where I purchased the vehicle, and even
> had the owner of the dealership confirm that there is definitely a
> draft coming through there. He even confirmed he can feel it on his
> own 04 Grand Cherokee. However, there were no service bulletins or the
> like issued about this, so there wasn't anything they could do.
>
> I also contacted Chrysler, and got the same response.
>
> My question is does anyone have any ideas on how I can insulate that
> side better or get rid of the draft? Anyone else have this problem?

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

see if the foam pad is missing from the inner fender well and a grommet is
missiing
maybe air is passing thru the door seal onto the floor there .any water
leaks???

Marc wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a 2004 Grand Cherokee Freedom Edition. It's a great vehicle,
> but there seems to be a draft on the front passenger side. The draft
> comes through beneath the dashboard, near the floor. I live in Upstate
> NY, so in the winter it becomes very noticeable (especially when people
> are seated there, they can really feel it).
>
> I've contacted the Jeep dealer where I purchased the vehicle, and even
> had the owner of the dealership confirm that there is definitely a
> draft coming through there. He even confirmed he can feel it on his
> own 04 Grand Cherokee. However, there were no service bulletins or the
> like issued about this, so there wasn't anything they could do.
>
> I also contacted Chrysler, and got the same response.
>
> My question is does anyone have any ideas on how I can insulate that
> side better or get rid of the draft? Anyone else have this problem?

Re: Passenger Side Draft in '04 Grand Cherokee
 

No water leaks... I'm dropping it off at the dealer again, got them to
take another look at it. We'll see what happens this time around.