SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN TRIPS ARE OVER 45 MINUTES. WHILE SERVICE ENGINE IS LIT UP, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER TURNING ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON, CAR WILL THEN ACCELERATE. THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND CODE WAS P1DA9. DEALER CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THIS CODE AT THE MOMENT. CODE WAS CLEARED AND AFTER ANOTHER TRIP, THE SAME CODE CAME UP.
2014 Jeep Cherokee complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2014 record →
WHEN SHIFTING FROM A PARKED POSITION, ROLLING STOP, OR JUST AT A STOP SIGN, IT WILL NOT SHIFT RIGHT AWAY AND THEN IT WILL LUNGE INTO GEAR AND LUNGE YOU FORWARD AS WELL. IT HAS GONE FROM A NEUTRAL POSITION TO DRIVE AND IT WOULDN'T STOP LUNGING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED SERVICED. I HAD TO PUT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE CAR, AND THEN WAIT. ONCE I STARTED IT BACK UP AND WASN'T LUNGING CONSTANTLY BUT STILL DID WHEN SHIFTING. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY JEEP. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTS INTO FIRST GEAR WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. IT IS A VERY HARD DOWN SHIFT ACCOMPANIED BY GETTING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET.
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE TOO MANY TIMES. HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND TO JEEP HEADQUARTERS. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEP AND THEY FAIL TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IF YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE FROM A INCOMPLETE STOP (SUCH AS SLOWING DOWN ON A RAMP AND THEN SPEEDING UP) THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AND YOU ARE LEFT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF DANGEROUS TRAFFIC. EVENTUALLY IT WILL SHIFT AND BUCK AND THROW THE CAR INTO HIGH SPEED AS THE TRANSMISSION TRIES TO CATCH UP TO THE FUEL THAT WAS DUMPED INTO THE ENGINE AS A RESULT OF THE CAR NOT CHANGING GEARS AND GOING FORWARD WHEN THE GAS WAS FIRST APPLIED. HAVE NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING BLIND SIDED IN INTERSECTIONS ALMOST DAILY!!! SO SICK OF JEEP NOT FIXING IT, AND KNOWING ABOUT THE ISSUE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. IT IS A DEATH MACHINE JUST WAITING FOR THE NEXT KILL. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS YEAR (2014) AND (2015) WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD INTO THE SHOP REPEATEDLY SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE NEW AND STILL NO RESOLUTION FROM JEEP. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU DIE IN THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR A SLOW ROLL. THIS REPORT WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT THE CAR. I WOULD HAVE REPORTED IT DAILY IF I HAD KNOWN THIS FORM EXISTED BEFORE TODAY.
ALMOST DIED LAST WEEK!! WE PURCHASED THE JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK NEW IN 2014 WITH THE FULL INTENT OF TOWING IT 4 WHEELS DOWN BEHIND OUR MOTOR HOME. THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR TOWING IS VERY CLEAR AND WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS AS PROVIDED AND AS INSTRUCTED BY THE JEEP DEALERSHIP. LAST THURSDAY NIGHT (MAY 30TH 2019) ON HWY 24 IN KENTUCKY WE HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND THE JEEP WENT INTO A DEATH WOBBLE THAT BROUGHT THE ENTIRE RV COACH FROM 65 MPH TO A DEAD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IN THE DARK OF NIGHT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC!!! BY GOD'S GRACE ONLY ARE WE NOT DEAD!! NO DRIVER EXPECTS AN RV TO BE PARKED ON THE HIGHWAY (EMERGENCY FLASHERS OR NOT). WE HAVE BEEN SCARED BEFORE WITH THIS AT A LOWER SPEED OF 30 TO 40 MPH, BUT NEVER AT FULL HIGHWAY SPEED! WE ARE TERRIFIED TO TOW THIS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WAS CLEARLY SOLD AS TOW-ABLE. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS, I FIND OUT IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEP 2014 / 2015 MODELS AND THAT A ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS IS NOW REQUIRED TO TOW THE VEHICLE SAFELY - HOWEVER - JEEP WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR THIS PART AND INSTALL!!! THIS IS PURE EVIL ON JEEPS PART. THEY KNOW OF THE ISSUE AND ARE PUSHING THE REPAIR OFF ON THE OWNER, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CLEARLY ADVERTISED AND SOLD AS TOW-ABLE WITH NO NEED FOR ANY ADAPTATIONS. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN GETTING THESE VEHICLES REPAIRED. I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY JEEP THAT MY LIFE IS IN DANGER. THEY HAVE MADE NO EFFORT IN RE
MY OIL SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AND LIGHT STAYED ON RESULTING IN OIL AROUND IT AND IT HAVING TO BE CHANGED OUT. . WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED??
WE HAVE HAD THIS JEEP FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES FROM DAY 1 WITH HEAVY SHIFTING, LUNGING IN PARK AND TRANSITIONS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT ALSO HEAVY SHIFTS WHEN GOING ON A SIGNIFICANT DOWNHILL GRADE. INITIAL DEALER TOLD US IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE. UPDATED SOFTWARE DID NOT FIX SECOND DEALER TOLD US A RING WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. SECOND DEALER TOLD US NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. THIRD DEALER TOLD US IT WAS NOT BAD ENOUGH TO REQUIRE REPAIR. BACK TO SECOND DEALER. WHO REPLACED TRANSMISSION PAN. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. BACK TO SECOND DEALER: WAITING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. IT LUNGES AT RANDOM TIMES. IT DOES NOT MOVE SMOOTHLY BETWEEN GEARS. DEALERS HAVE SAID THAT THERE WERE MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE 2014 TRANSMISSION. NOW WE HAVE VEHICLE THAT WE FEEL IS UNSAFE, HAS DEVALUED AND I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS TAKING FOR "WARRANTIED" REPAIRS THAT DO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.
WHILE DRIVING MY GEAR SHIFT SUDDENLY HAS ALL LIGHTS ENGAGED (PARK, DRIVE, REVERSE, AND NEUTRAL) SIMULTANEOUSLY. HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES ON BOTH CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND ONLY RESOLVES BY TURNING ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON. UNKNOWN CAUSE.
I FIRST BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST YEAR LATE JUNE, FIRST CAR EVER. MY FIRST CONCERN WITH IT WAS THAT THE BREAKS WERE A BIT OFF EVERY TIME I TRIED TO BREAK IT WOULD ACCELERATE A LITTLE BIT THEN IT WOULD STOP. THEN I TOOK IT TO SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION SO I HAD TO TAKE IT TO AN ACTUAL JEEP STORE TO GET IT SERVICE I DIDN'T TAKE IT RIGHT AWAY CAUSE I WAS BUSY BUT THEN ONE DAY AFTER GETTING GAS MY CAR STARTED ACTING WEIRD AND IT TURNED OFF ON ME WHILE STILL BEING AT THE GAS STATION SO WHEN I TURNED IT OFF AND TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON IT WAS KICKING A LOT AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME MOVE IT UNLESS I PUT IT ON 'PARK'. EVERY TIME I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT IT TOLD ME TO PUT IN ON PARK AND PUT IT BACK ON DRIVE ONCE I WAS READY. I TOOK IT IN RIGHT AWAY THEY SAID THEY 'FIXED' IT AND SAID IT SHOULD BE OKAY AND IF IT WASN'T MY CAR MIGHT BE A 'LEMON' CAR. SO THAT WAS ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND THERE WOULD BE SOME TIMES THAT THE I THINK ENGINE WOULD START GOING FAST OR IT SOUNDED LIKE MY CAR WAS MOVIE WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST PARKED. BUT THIS SATURDAY AFTER GETTING GAS I WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF ON ME NOT ONCE BUT TWICE THE FIRST TIME I WAS AT THE SHOPPING CENTER SO CARS WERE GOING SLOW AND I HAD ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE IT TO THE SIDE BUT THEN I TURNED IT BACK ON AND TOOK IT HOME AND BEFORE I COULD PARK IT TURNED OFF ON ME OKAY GOOD THINGS IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY OR A STREET THAT WAS BUSY. SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP T
STARTED CAR AND WAS IN DRIVING MODE ON A SIDE/BACK STREET IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHEN BEEPING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, AND MESSAGE SERVICE TRANSMISSION APPEARED. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, AND I COASTED DOWN HILL ON SIDE STREET, UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER AND STOP CAR. WHEN I RE ENTERED VEHICLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND MESSAGE WERE STILL SHOWING, BUT VEHICLE DROVE PROPERLY.
WHILE DRIVING ALL LIGHTS LIT UP ON GEAR SHIFTER. PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF THEN RESTARTED AND LIGHTS WENT OFF. I HAD THE SHIFTER REPLACED LAST YEAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CHRYSLER WORLD (2612 COUNTY ROAD EE, ABRAMS, WI 54101) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL COOLER HOUSING FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION, CHECK ENGINE, AND PARK BRAKE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OF AND RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BROWN FORD (888-799-6294, LOCATED AT 483 NY-112, PATCHOGUE, NY 11772) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE SOFTWARE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,786.
LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY THE E-BRAKE ACTIVATED AND I COULD NOT DEACTIVATE THE UNIT. CALLED AAA TO HAVE THE JEEP TOWED TO CONTEMPORARY AUTOMOTIVE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD A DIFFICULT TIME PUTTING THE JEEP ON THE RAMP TRUCK. I AM FORTUNATE I WAS NOT GOING 50MPH. THE SERVICE ADVISER SAID THE PROBLEM WITH THE E-BRAKE WAS THAT A SUNROOF DRAIN HOSE WAS KINKED AND WATER CAUSE THE E-BRAKE FAIL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO PARK, THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO OTHER GEARS INSTEAD OF PARK. AFTER THE GEAR FINALLY ENGAGED IN PARK, THE VEHICLE MOVED IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT HAD TO GET BACK INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SHIFT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL CHIMING NOISE AND "PLACE IN PARK" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO M AND L MOTORS CHRYSLER JEEP AND DODGE (406 PIEDMONT DR, LEXINGTON, NC 27295, (336) 295-1329), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND TRANSFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE NHTSA HOTLINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.
WHILE MOVING THE CAR SUDDENLY ACTS AS IF IN NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH INDICATOR SHOWS IN DRIVE. THE ENGINE RUNS BUT THE CAR NO LONGER HAS POWER. CAR MUST BE STOPPED AND PLACED IN PARK BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WILL AGAIN ENGAGE. "CHECK TRANSMISSION" ERRORS ARE DISPLAYED. THIS HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS AT LOW SPEEDS. I WORRY ABT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE 25 K MILES I HAVE PUT ON THE CAR. TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER RESULTS IN THEM TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR - THE TRANSMISSION JUST LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE AND TRANSMISSION. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER ERRORS AND THE CAR RUNS NORMALLY. MY BROTHER HAS SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH HIS JEEP AND WAS TOLD HE NEEDED TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGES. I DO NOT KNOW EXACT DATES THIS HAS HAPPENED BUT CAN OBTAIN FROM LOCAL DODGE DEALER. THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHEN SLOWING FOR A TURN OR STOPPING AT STOP LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS.
TRANSMISSION JUMPING, JERKING, SLIPPING, NOT SHIFTING SMOOTHLY. IT IS BACK IN SHOP FOR THE 6TH TIME SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. JEEP DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CANNOT FIX IT. IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD. *ALSO ROLLS BACK ON HILLS OR EVEN A MODERATE INCLINE. *JS
MAY 17, 2019 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 1200 NEW JERSEY AVENUE SE WEST BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20590 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT EXISTS CONCERNING MY 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE AND MANY OTHERS, SOME OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK: HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/JEEP/CHEROKEE/2014/AUTOMATIC-TRANSMISSION-CONTROL-MODULE-PROBLEMS.PHP MY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONED ON NOV. 13, 2018. MY VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A FAIRLY SLOW SPEED AND SLIGHTLY UPHILL ABOUT A BLOCK FROM MY HOME. I MANAGED TO START IT AGAIN AND DRIVE TO MY HOME BUT IT RAN VERY BADLY AND I WASN'T SURE THAT I WOULD MAKE IT. THE WORDS: 'SERVICE TRANSMISSION' APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT DISPLAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER'S REPAIR INVOICE (ATTACHED) LISTS, ' FOUND CODE P1DDD-). NEEDS TCM AND PCM UPDATE PER SB 21-025-18'. ON MAY 14, 2019, JUST 5 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT THE SAME MALFUNCTION HAPPENED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. IT WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND DRIVEN WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY A FEW BLOCKS TO BE OUT OF HARMS WAY UNTIL A TOW TRUCK COULD AGAIN DELIVER IT TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FOR $968.35. (REPAIR INVOICE ATTACHED). HOW LONG WILL THIS ONE LAST? WE WON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE TRADING THIS VEHICLE IN. WE DO NOT TRUST IT TO DRIVE IT ANY LONGER. HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE? SEE THE LINK. THIS IS A VERY DA
TRANSMISSION IS NOT GOING INTO GEAR. I BELIEVE THE COMPUTER IS MESSED UP L, BECAUSE THERE ARE 16 CODES COMING UP AND THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE BEFOTE
DECELERATING ON I-75 OFF RAMP TO CITY STREET, TURNED OFF CRUSE CONTROL, JEEP STUTTERED TO A STOP WHEN LIGHTLY PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. ACCELERATING CAUTIOUSLY, STRUGGLED TO ACCELERATE, RMP NEEDLE REVVING HIGH, SLUGGISH ACCELERATION, JOLTED/STUTTERED TO ACCELERATE TO 35-MPH THEN ACCELERATED NORMAL. 4 MILES DOWN CITY STREET WENT TO DECELERATE SLOWLY FOR STOP LIGHT, "SERVICE ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM." MESSAGE CAME ON SCREEN, BRAKE PEDAL BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF. BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT PRESS DOWN AS NORMAL. HAD TO STRUGGLE JUST TO GET JEEP TO STOP AT BUSY INTERSECTION ALMOST REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN-FRONT OF ME... PLACED JEEP IN PARK, TURNED OFF & RESTARTED JEEP, AS PAST ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN 2017 HAVE HAPPENED WITH DECELERATION/ACCELERATION (IN 2017 TURNING OFF/ON JEEP HELPED(PAST IN 2017 BAD BATTERY CELL DEALERSHIP MISSED HAD TO TAKE SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR CORRECT DIAGNOSE/REPLACED BATTERY)). LIGHT TURNED GREEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH INTERSECTION TO PARK IN PARKING LOT, JEEP BARELY ACCELERATED TO 10-15 MPH "SERVICE ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM" MESSAGE CAME BACK ON AFTER 10 MPH WAS REACHED. HAD TO JAM DOWN FOOT TO BARELY MOVE BRAKE PEDAL 2 CM TO COME TO A STOP IN THE PARKING LOT (ALMOST HIT BUILDING). WENT TO PUT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOWN BEFORE TURNING OFF JEEP & DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULDN'T GO DOWN. NOW SAFETY ISSUE MIGHT NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY /DEALERSHIP 70,774 MILEAGE. THESE SAFETY ISSUES SHOULD ALWAYS BE COVERED FOR FULL LIFE OF WARRANTY NOT JUST TO 60,000 MILES!!!!!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT WHILE RUNNING A TEST, A CODE CAME UP INDICATING THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT CALLED BREEDEN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (5900 US-71 BUS, FORT SMITH, AR 72908 (479) 646-473) AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,444.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE SHIFT SELECTOR WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION HOWEVER, A MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY STATED TO SHIFT TO DESIRED GEAR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BROOKLYN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM LOCATED AT 2286 FLATBUSH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11234, (718) 713-3000, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. IF YOU SLOW DOWN FOR A LIGHT WHICH THEN TURNS GREEN, WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE HESITATES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. ALSO DOES IT WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR REAR END COLLISIONS BECAUSE OF THIS. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN MISSOURI AND TAKEN TO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND EACH TIME THE EITHER SAID THEY FOUND NO ISSUE OR THEY FLASHED THE COMPUTER. WE ARE LIVING IN UTAH NOW AND THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO THE POINT MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT. THIS IS A DAILY ISSUE WHEN I GO TO WORK I HAVE TO ENTER A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE.
I HAVE NOTICED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT MY JEEP WILL STALL AND WILL NOT START BACK UP AGAIN. I TRY AND IT WANTS TO BUT DOESN'T. THEN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER IT WILL START AND ALL IS GOOD. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE GAS BUT I HAVE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT TANKS AND DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND IT CONTINUES TO DO THIS. USUALLY FIRST THING IN THE AM. I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS IT WILL START TO GO BUT STALLS. WHAT IS WRONG WOTH THIS VEHICLE.?
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND IDLING AFTER FILLING UP. DEALER SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF OVERFILLING THE TANK, EVEN THOUGH I EXPLAINED I WAS TOLD NOT TO DO THIS THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE AND HAVEN'T SINCE (OVER 1 YEAR). DEALER SAYS ITS THE FUEL PUMP AND EVAP CANISTER AND WILL BE $1,800 TO REPLACE. JUNE MARKS 3 YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE AND THIS HAS HAPPENED 10+ TIMES, AND HAS HAD TO TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE. *DT*JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, THE BRAKES LOST POWER, AND THE ANTI-SKID AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FROM WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO REGAL NISSAN (770-998-8686, LOCATED AT 1090 HOLCOMB BRIDGE RD, ROSWELL, GA 30076) AND WAS INFORMED TO CALL A JEEP DEALER. THE CONTACT CALLED ROBERT LOEHR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM SRT AND FIAT AT 770-382-5885 (LOCATED AT 567 E MAIN ST, CARTERSVILLE, GA 30121) AND WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE NISSAN DEALER FROM WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,600.
1. THE CAR SHIFTS REALLY HARD INTO GEAR AS I AM DRIVING. NEXT ISSUE THE DOOR ELECTRICALLY JUST STOPPED WORKING
EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I GET GAS, MY CAR BUCKLES UP AND THEN STALLS AND SHUTS OFF. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS NOW. THIS HAS BECOME A HIGH,Y DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE FACT THAT THE CAR STALLS AND SHUTS OFF WHEN IT SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO AFTER GETTING A BRAND NEW TANK OF GAS. I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE, WHEN THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM TO ALL JEEP OWNERS. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BECAUSE THEIR CAR STALLED FOR SOMEONE TO STEP UP AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?! I HAVE BEEN READING AND ONCE I REALIZED THAT I WASN'T ALONE AND THIS WAS HAPPENING TO MAJORITY OF JEEP OWNERS IT HAS MADE ME SO ANGRY THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND IT BUCKLES REALLY BAD AND THEN STALLS AND SHUTS OFF. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED UP AND DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WHEN I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN A COMPLIANT. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T29898_DS631498 READ HERE ALL THE ISSUES PEOPLE ARE HAVING. DO SOMETHING.*DT VIN NOT AVAILABLE. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NAPLETON'S RIVER OAKS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 17225 TORRENCE AVE, LANSING, IL 60438, (708) 782-4768) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW KEY WAS NEEDED. THE KEY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER HAD A LOOSE WIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,325.
I PARKED MY CAR ON MAIN STREET IN TOWN TO PICK UP MY MAIL. WHEN I GOT READY TO LEAVE MY EMERGENCY PARKING BREAK WAS ON. ( I NEVER PUT E BRAKE ON,BIT DID IT BY ITSELF) I TRIED TO DISENGAGE BUT IT WOULD NOT. I HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED AND IT COST ME $611.28 IN REPAIRS. WE WERE TOLD WATER AND CORROSION WAS FOUND IN ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE MODULE AND CONNECTOR. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS AND HAVE FOUND THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS. WE CALLED JEEP WHO TOLD US THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE E BRAKE BUT MY VIN NUMBER DIDN'T MATCH. OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD. VERY FRUSTRATED WITH JEEP AT THIS POINT. WATER SHOULD NOT BE GETTING INTO THE MODULE. THAT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFFECT AND SHOULD BE COVERED AS SUCH AND RECALLED.
WHILE ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN TO PARK. MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT SLOW DOWN TO A ROLL. I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE BECAME IDLE.
PURCHASED USED NOVEMBER OF 2017. HAS A LITTLE OVER 55,000 MILES ON IT. HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO TAKE LONGER THAN IT SHOULD TO SHIFT AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T SHIFT UP AT ALL OR WILL SHIFT DOWN OR EVEN TO NEUTRAL SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ALSO WILL LOSE POWER AND THEN SOMETIMES USE A LOT OF POWER WHEN NOT NEEDED, CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK OR ACCELERATE OUT OF NOWHERE. HAPPENS VERY OFTEN AND HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY GETTING WORSE SINCE I'VE PURCHASED IT. BUT SEVERELY NOTICED IT ON MY LAST ROAD TRIP ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO.
APRIL 2016: TWO YEAR OLD 2014 CHEROKEE STEERING CLUSTER DISPLAY WHEN DARK. REMOVING AND REPLACING THE FUSES INITIALLY RESTORED THE DISPLAY. DEALER COULD NOT ANALYZE AS THE DISPLAY WAS WORKING WHEN THEY HAD THE VEHICLE. SOON THEREAFTER THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHILE THE DISPLAY WAS DARK. THEY RECOVERED SEVERAL GENERAL CODES, DID SOME SOFTWARE REBOOTING AND THE DISPLAY RESTORED. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER THE ISSUE RECURRED, THE DEALER DID SEVERAL SOFTWARE REBOOTS ON SEVERAL TRIPS BUT THE ISSUE REMAINED. FINALLY THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CLUSTER WAS BAD AND IT WAS REPLACED. FCA REIMBURSED APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE CLUSTER AND INSTALLATION COST. THE PROBLEM RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, EACH TIME INVOLVING A TRIP TO THE DEALER. FINALLY THEY HAD IT FOR THREE WEEKS, DETERMINED THAT ALL WAS GOOD, AND RETURNED IT TO ME. TWO DAYS LATER THE CLUSTER DISPLAY DIED. I WAS REFERRED TO AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE CENTER WITH ELECTRONICS EXPERTISE WHO ANALYZED THE ISSUE FOR TWO WEEKS, INCLUDING DEPROGRAMMING AND REPROGRAMMING THE COMPLETE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WENT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR REPROGRAMMING AND WHEN RETURNED TO THE INDEPENDENT SERVICE CENTER THE BLANK CLUSTER DISPLAY REMAINED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE. THE SECOND DEALER SUGGESTED THE CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE INDEPENDENT FOLKS SUGGESTED THE CLUSTER IS GOOD, THERE IS A SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE SYSTEM OR WIRING, OR A DIFFERENT MODULE. THIS AFFECTS THE SP
EVERY OIL CHANGE I MUST PAY FOR A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. I HAVE WENT THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES IN THE YEAR OF 2018. REAR ALIGNMENT GOES OUT OF ALIGNMENT ALL OF THE TIME. DEALER THAT I GET MY CAR OIL CHANGED AT SAYS THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ANY CAR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE TURNING LEFT FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE CONTROL ARM FRACTURED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL TURNED COMPLETELY TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO ELK GROVE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (LOCATED 8575 LAGUNA GROVE DR, ELK GROVE, CA 95757, (916) 405-2600). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
SINCE WE BOUGHT OUR CAR IT HAS HAD SEVERAL RECALLS AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER BASED, AND POWER TRAIN ISSUES. NONE OF WHICH WERE EXPLAINABLE. WE WERE SINPLY TOLD TO TAKE IT TO JEEP, PUT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN TO FIX IT AND GET IT BACK. WE'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ABUT 4 YEARS. YESTERDAY, WITHIN A MONTH OF THE LAST OCCURENCE, OUR CAR HAS FROZEN ON US AND WILL NOT START. JEEP HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. WE'VE KNOWN SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE ARE NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO A CAR THAT SHOULD LAST US LONGER, OR TO SINPLY JUST TRADE IT IN SINCE WE STILL OWE 10K ON THE CAR. THIS HAS ALSO PUT OUR KIDS SAFETY AT JEOPARDY, HAS CAUSED US LOSS OF WORK DAYS ON TOP OF PUTTING US IN A MORE FINANCIAL BURDEN. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS. IT IS UNFAIR THAT WE SOENT SO MUCH MONEY ON A CAR THAT HAS MALFUNCTIONED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO BEING BUILT SO POORLY.
WE HAVE A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING AFTER EACH GAS FILL UP. THE CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 8-12 MONTHS, BUT LAST FRIDAY AFTER A FILL UP IT NOT ONLY STALLED BUT JOLTED AND THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE D AND R SIGNS BEGAN TO FLASH ON THE DASH AND GEAR SHIFT. I HAVE HEARD FROM A DEALERSHIP THAT THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS TO NOT FILL THE TANK UP ALL THE WAY (WHO WANTS TO DO THAT!! ) OR REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK. FROM MY RESEARCH, THE PROBLEM IS THE VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. JEEP NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM. IT IS DANGEROUS AND COULD EASILY STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED!!!*DT VIN UNAVAILABLE.*JB
AROUND 4:30 PM, AFTER JUST A FEW SECONDS OF LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, A MESSAGE CAME ON THAT STATED I NEEDED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE I COULD SHIFT GEARS AND THEN MY BATTERY LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER, PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK & THEN SHUT IT OFF. RESTARTED IT, BUT STRUGGLED TO START.. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART A THIRD TIME BUT WAS DEAD. TURNED THE KEY TO RUN TO SEE WHAT LIGHTS STAYED ON THE DASHBOARD THE BATTERY WAS STILL ON WHILE THE ENGINE LIGHT DISAPPEARED. AFTER WAITING ABOUT A HALF HOUR, MY FATHER IN LAW WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME A JUMP. CAR STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE GET THE BATTERY REPLACED. HOWEVER I READ LAST NIGHT SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, WITH THE BATTERY NOT BEING THE ISSUE SO MY HUSBAND WILL BE GETTING THE PREVIOUS BATTERY WE HAD, TESTED THIS WEEKEND.
THE CAR WILL BEGIN TO HESITATE AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO INTO A NEUTRAL STATE, BUT THE LIGHTS WILL NOT SHOW THAT IT IS IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR WILL ROLL FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. YOU CANNOT SHIFT, WHEN YOU DO TRY TO SHIFT, THE CAR WILL JOLT LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON, SEVERAL TIMES, WHILE WAITING EACH TIME CLEARS THE PROBLEM. JEEP CAN NOT REPRODUCE THIS IT SO THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. WILL GET A MESSAGE ON DASH STATING TO SERVICE TRASMISSION AND PARKING BREAK. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES THAT I HAVE DOCUMENTED BY PICTURES AND VIDEO ON MY PHONE HOWEVER, HAS HAPPENED A LOT MORE. SPECIFIC DATES DOCUMENTED ARE 11/19/17, 11/21/17, 11/29/17, 12/13/18, 4/2/19.
VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING WITH AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYING "PARK TO SHIFT GEAR". HAD BATTERY REPLACED AS THAT IS WHAT LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP STATED ISSUE WAS. PROBLEM ACTUALLY WORSENED AFTER THIS. *TR
THIS CAR CONTINUES TO TURN OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING! TODAY IT TURNED OFF ON ME ON AN INTERSECTION! THE CAR JERKED, STARTED TO SHAKE & THEN MANY LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE BATTERY LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT, MANY MORE (PLEASE SEE PICTURE ATTACHED) I BOUGHT THE CAR AT CARMAX. HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, GOT THE CAR SERVICED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW, 4 MONTHS LATER THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED. IN NOVEMBER, THEY INFORMED ME THE ISSUE WAS THE CAR FUEL INJECTOR & A BAD SENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION. TODAY'S ISSUES IS STILL UNKNOWN, AS THE CAR HAS TO BE SENT OFF FOR EVALUATION. BUT TODAY WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION FOR ME! I WOULD HATE THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED, LOST POWER, AND SHUT DOWN. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE SHIFTER INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO CLASSIC CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF DENTON (940-230-2351, LOCATED AT 4984 S INTERSTATE 35, DENTON, TX 76210) WHERE THE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000.
THE CAR WILL BEGIN TO HESITATE AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO INTO A NEUTRAL STATE, BUT THE LIGHTS WILL NOT SHOW THAT IT IS IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR WILL ROLL FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. YOU CANNOT SHIFT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON, SEVERAL TIMES, WHILE WAITING EACH TIME CLEARS THE PROBLEM. JEEP CAN NOT REPRODUCE THIS IT SO THEY WILL NOT FIX IT.
WE HAVE FLAT TOWED OUR JEEP ACCORDING TO MANUAL SINCE WE PURCHASED IN 2014. ON A FEW OCCASIONS WE HAD INTERMITTENT WOBBLING OF THE MOTORHOME WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS DUE TO WATER IN THE MOTORHOME'S HOLDING TANKS. ON RECENT TRIP WE HAD TRAVELED LESS THAN TEN MILES ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN OUR JEEP TOW CAR BEGAN TO SWERVE VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WE WERE DRIVING STRAIGHT BETWEEN 55-60 MPH WITH NO ON-BOARD WATER. A DRIVER BEHIND US STOPPED AND SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR JEEP SINCE IT WAS SWERVING VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, NOT THE MOTORHOME. WE INSPECTED EVERYTHING AND THERE WERE NO FLAT TIRES AND CONTINUED SLOWLY. THE EVENT OCCURRED REPEATEDLY AFTER WE CROSSED A BRIDGE OR PATCH OF ROUGH HIGHWAY. WE EVENTUALLY UNHITCHED THE JEEP AND MY WIFE FOLLOWED BEHIND THE MOTORHOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. MY WIFE LATER LEARNED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MOPAR ISSUED A WIRING HARNESS TO REPAIR THE LACK OF POWER TO THE STEERING SYSTEM WHEN THE JEEP IS FLAT TOWED. WE WERE NEVER WARNED OF THIS ISSUE BY MOPAR AND COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF WE WERE TOWING WITH A SMALLER MOTORHOME. WE CALLED MOPAR AND THEY CONFIRMED A REPAIR KIT WAS AVAILABLE BUT THAT IT MAY VOID OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY. WE PURCHASED THE WIRING HARNESS BUT HAVE NOT SCHEDULED THE REPAIR. ALSO, WE WERE TOLD WE MUST PAY OUR $100 DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ALL JEEP OWNERS THAT ARE UNKNOWINGLY TOWING A JEEP THAT COULD GO OUT-OF-CONTROL AT ANY MOMENT. PLEASE RESPOND ON ACTIONS BEING TAKEN TO WARN OT
THE CAR HAS JERKED SINCE I BOUGHT IT TWO YEARS AGO AND FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW IT HAS BEEN PRESENTING A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE CAR STARTS TO FLASH WITH 'SERVICE TRANSMISSION ' AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON - AFTER THAT THE CAR STARTS TO GET STIFF AND AS SOON AS I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR TURNS OFF THE CAR TURNED OFF THIS HAPPEND TWICE AND I TOOK IT INTO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME ON ME AT STOP LIGHTS BOTH TIMES - I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS AND CONTINUE DRIVING THAT IT WAS NOT A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND FIXED THE RECALLS AND I WAS ON MY WAY - THEN THE CAR STARTED TO DO THIS AGAIN IT STOPPED ON MY THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK ALONE SAYING SERVICE TRANSMISSION.
WE PURCHASED THIS FROM A DEALER AND A FEW DAYA AGYER TAKING IT. IT STARTED SHIFTING VERY VERY HARD. ALSO WHEN YOU PIT INTO GEAR SOMETIMES IT THROWS ITSELF INTO PARK.
JEEP STARTED SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS WHEN IT SHOULDNT AND SHIFTS REALLY HARD SOMETIMES. I HAD TO HAVE OT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, IT WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER SHUTTING DOWN WHEN I WAS DRIVIVG
WHILE FILLING THE FUEL TANK THE PUMP AT THE STATION KEPT SHUTTING OFF. I CHANGED PUMPS AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PLACE MORE THAN 3 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE CAR OVER 10 MINUTES. I CHANGED GAS STATIONS AND HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE ISSUE. THE CAR CANNOT BE FILLED. IT HAS BEEN TO 3 DEALERS AND IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. THE FUEL IN THE FILLER TUBE IS BACKING UP AND NOT ALLOWING GAS TO GET SMOOTHLY INTO THE TANK. CURRENTLY THEY CANNOT FIX THE ISSUE ALTHOUGH IT IS A REGISTERED KNOWN ISSUE AND DOES NOT AFFECT ALL CARS OF THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS AND JEEP IS NOT FIXING THE CARS WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE TO MOST OWNERS.
VEHICLES NINE SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO TO FIRST GEAR UPON MAKING A COMPLETE STOP. THE TRANSMISSION GOES AUTOMATICALLY TO THIRD GEAR OR SECOND GEAR. THIS RESULTS IN THE TRANSMISSION STARTING FROM A STOP FROM THIRD GEAR (UNLESS MANUALLY DOWNSHIFTED) REDUCING POWER AND CAN RESULT IN A SLOW TAKE-OFF, INCREASING RISK OF A COLLISION OR THE VEHICLE ROLLING BACK INTO VEHICLES BEHIND THE CAR. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS BECAUSE OF THIS. NINTH GEAR NEVER ENGAGES, THIS HAS TO RESULT IN LOWERED FUEL ECONOMY AND REDUCED ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION LIFE AS DOES STARTING FROM THIRD GEAR. I BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION TO BE DEFECTIVE AND HAVE READ OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS OF THESE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAS RECEIVED RE-PROGRAMMING ON ALL RECALLS AND NOW JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE STATES THIS IS "NORMAL" AND "NO DEFECT" THUS, NO REPAIR NECESSARY AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. VEHICLE WAS ADVERTISED AND SOLD TO ME AS A "NINE SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION" IN EFFECT, JEEP DECEIVED CUSTOMERS SELLING THEM AN EIGHT SPEED SEMI-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. EMAIL CHAIN ATTACHED.
I WAS DRIVING AROUND 9:30PM ON WEDNESDAY FROM CLASS BACK HOME (12-15 MIN DRIVE) ON A BUSY HIGHWAY (GA 400). I HEAR A DING AND LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE FROM 65 MPH, I WAS UNABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR STAYED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE SERVICED AND THAT THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE WITH THE PARK SHIFT. THE D LIGHT ON THE GEAR SHIFT ALSO BEGAN TO BLINK; THE VEHICLEE CASE TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE HIGHWAY, I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE TO COME AND BLOCK THE HIGHWAY AND HAVE SOMEONE MOVE THE VEHICLE. WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AGAIN IT BEGAN TO MOVE BACKWARDS THIS TIME. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT IN WHICH MY JEEP BEGAN TO DECELERATE, THE FIRST TIME WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO LAST YEAR (OCT/NOV), THE CAR DID THE SAME THING ON A BUSY ROAD WHERE IT BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND WOULDN'T PICK UP ANY SPEED WHATSOEVER WHEN GASSED. ONCE I TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON AND DRIVE THE VECHICLE IT BEGAN TO MOVE BACKWARDS IN DRIVE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO KEEP AND THEY SAID THE ISSUE WAS BATTERY RELATED AND 'FIXED' IT, I PICKED IT UP A FEW DAYS LATER AND THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE THE SAME DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED BACK TO JEEP; I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS NO ISSUE AND IT SEEMED THAT THEY MISSED A STEP UPON FIXING THE BATTERY. I INQUIRED WHETHER THIS IS PART OF THE ISSUES PEOPLE FACED WHEN IT WAS RECALLED IN 2014/2015 AND WAS TOLD NO. I ASKED IF THEY'RE SURE IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE AND
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