2015 Jeep Cherokee complaints

THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN STOPPED AND HAS STARTED THE CAR HAS PHYSICALLY STARTED JUMPING FORWARD WHILE AND SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE CHANGING FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT. I HAD THE CAR IN WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED IT AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. IT HAS DONE THIS OFF AND ON SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR.

THE VEHICLE POWERTRAIN / 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATES GOING FORWARD. THIS RESULTS IN A "PEEL OUT" AND IS VERY UNSAFE. WHEN PULLING OUT OF INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO GO FORWARD, ALMOST AS THOUGH IT'S IN NEUTRAL, THEN SHIFTS AGGRESSIVE AND LURCHES FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIME! MERGING ON TO HIGHWAYS, TURNING ON TO BUSY ROADS, OR SIMPLY PULLING OUT FROM AN INTERSECTION INTO TRAFFIC DOES NOT HAVE PROPER RESPONSE (OR NONE AT ALL) IN ACCELERATION. THIS COULD RESULT IN A DEADLY COLLISION. AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE VEHICLE, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TRANSMISSION BEING UNSAFE. WHEN I TOOK THE NEWLY PURCHASED VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR CHECK UP AND OIL CHANGE, I MENTIONED IT TO THEM BUT THERE WAS NO FIX. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX ISSUE. PLEASE TELL ME THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL IS BEING ADDRESSED! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR RESPONSE AND ACTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO CHANGE GEARS PROPERLY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A DELAY WITH THE GEARS PROPERLY CHANGING OVER. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

LIFTGATE WILL NOT STAY UP WHEN OPENED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND THE IGNITION WAS OFF. I OPENED THE LIFTGATE TO GET ITEMS OUT OF BACK OF VEHICLE, AND IT CLOSED, HITTING ME IN THE BACK. TRIED TO OPEN ONCE MORE, AND IT CLOSED AGAIN.

WHEN THE OIL IS LOW, AND YOU ARE ON A SLIGHT INCLINE OR HILL THE VEHICLE WILL SIMPLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHT, NO WARNING MESSAGE. ONCE THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF IT DOESN'T RESTART, UNTIL ITS ON A FLAT AREA. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, THE LAST TIME I WAS STOPPED ON A HILL WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN I STARTED TO GO THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD EASILY GET PEOPLE KILLED. THE 3YR OLD ENGINE IS APPARENTLY BURNING OIL, SINCE THERE IS NO LEAK AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES ARE DONE.

AFTER DRIVING CAR LESS THAN 5 MILES ON LOCAL ROADS AT A SLOW SPEED, SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM THE HOOD. I PARKED THE CAR AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMED BY FLAMES AND AN EXPLOSION HAPPENED. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE AND A WITNESS TO THE EXPLOSION. *DT*JB

CAR LUNDGES WHILE GOING IN REVERSE OR FORWARD AT LOWER SPEEDS (IE. BACKING UP OR STUCK IN TRAFFIC). THE ACCELERATION FROM STOP CAN BE VERY VERY DELAYED SO YOU NEVER WANT TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT A VERY LARGE OPENING OR YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. IT ALSO CAN SHIFT INAPPROPRIATELY AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND CAUSE THE CAR TO LUNDGE. IT'S ALSO LUNDGED PRETTY DRASTICALLY AT START UP WHILE IN PARK.

THE POWER LIFTGATE FREQUENTLY DOES NOT CLOSE, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT OPEN. WHEN IT FAILS, THE TAILGATE CAN COME OPEN WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THEY TOLD US TO PULL THE FUSE THAT OPERATES THE LIFTGATE AND THAT WILL RESET IT. THE JEEP WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND NOW THE CAR HAS 60000 MILES.

TRANSMISSION JERKS AND HESITATES ALSO POPPING SOUND WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR AND SHIFTS VERY HARD.

LEAKING FRONT STRUT. I'VE BEEN TO 2 DEALERS AND CANNOT GET THE STRUTS. I'M TOLD THAT THEY'RE ON BACK ORDER FOR 6 MONTHS. IF THEY CAN'T KEEP THE STRUTS IN STOCK ANYWHERE, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STRUTS. OUR JEEP ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES.

WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS. IT HAS MADE ME NOT BE ABLE TO PULL OUT INTO ONGOING TRAFFIC SAFELY. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IT WILL SHIFT GEARS AT THE WRONG TIMES AND NOT WHEN I NEED IT TOO. IT WILL SOMETIMES CAUSE ME TO SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP UNEXPECTEDLY. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES. ACCELERATING FROM SCRATCH, THE TRANS WILL NOT ALWAYS GRAB AND ACCELERATE. I'VE HAD 3 SOFTWARE UPDATES APPLIED, AND IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS I'VE RECEIVED I'VE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE I RECEIVED THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION", "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE", AND "4WD DRIVE SYSTEM UNAVAILABLE" ERRORS... ONCE AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, AND THE SECOND TIME WHILE I WAS STARTING THE CAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON OVERNIGHT THE FIRST TIME BEFORE DISAPPEARING AND IS CURRENTLY BEING DISPLAYED AFTER THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 44K MILES ON IT. SO VERY DISAPPOINTING.

WHEN ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION JERKS, PULLS, HESITATES, SOMETIMES DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN. DOES NOT DO THIS WHILE MANUALLY DOING IT, BUT WOULD RATHER DRIVE IN AUTOMATIC SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO MANUALLY DO IT. SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE I'M BEING REAR ENDED.

WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE THE DASH ELECTRONICS FLASH TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE REQUIRED, BRAKE MAINTENANCE REQUIRED. THE STEERING WHEEL GETS HARD TO TURN. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO TURN OVER THE ENGINE THE CAR STUTTERS AS IF THERE IS NO BATTERY POWER. IT TURNS OVER ONCE, STARTS, THEN SHUTS OFF. THE CAR WILL START ONCE THEN YOU WILL NEED TO STEP ON THE GAS WHILE STILL IN PARK FOR THE CAR TO STAY ON. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

TRANSMISSION LAGS UPON ACCELERATION, HESITATING FOR UP TO SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN LURCHING FORWARD AS IT ENGAGES INTO GEAR. THIS OCCURS MOST TIMES AND WHEN MOVING AHEAD AFTER A BRIEF STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT.

DRIVING UP GRADE COMING TO A STOP, THEN STARTING AGAIN, THE TRANSMISSION SPINS THEN BANGS INTO GEAR, A VIOLENT MOVEMENT. AND NOW MY CAR IS JUST STALLING. USUALLY WHEN STARTING OUT DOWN A GRADE AFTER TAKING MY FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, CAR STALLES

CONSTANT TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT APPARENTLY ARE A KNOWN PROBLEM. CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS HAS EVEN HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS.IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED ENTIRELY AND WHEN THE CAR IS AT A LOW SPEED.

I HAVE HARD SHIFTING AND NOICE FROM TRANSMISSION ,,IM UNDER WARANTEE BUT FCA DON'T WANT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

MY FIANCEE PURCHASED A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE SUV 4X4 (CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED W/ ADDITIONAL, EXTENDED WARRANTY) ONE (1) MONTH AGO ALMOST TO THE DAY OF THIS INCIDENT REPORT. WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING (APPROXIMATELY 5-5:30AM), THE CAR BECAME NON-FUNCTIONAL AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLICKERED WITH WARNING LIGHTS APPEARING. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS OCCURRED WITH NO OUTSIDE FORCES OR FACTORS TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND THE CAR STALLED IMMEDIATELY, WHILE STILL MOVING. THE ELECTRICAL WAS ON AND DISPLAY WORKED, HOWEVER; THE CAR WOULD NOT GO AT ALL. THE CAR BEHIND HER HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HAD IT BEEN ANY LATER IN THE DAY OR ON A BUSY, MAJOR HIGHWAY; I FEAR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. WE HAVE NOW BROUGHT IT TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY CANNOT GET TO THE CAR FOR AT LEAST TWO (2) WEEKS WITH NO LOANER CARS AVAILABLE. WE WERE ADVISED TO CALL JEEP DIRECTLY AND GO OVER THE SITUATION AND THEY OFFERED NO HELP AT ALL BUT TO *POTENTIALLY* REIMBURSE RENTAL COSTS WHILE THE CAR WOULD BE REPAIRED (MUCH LATER AFTER THE RENTAL NEEDS TO BE PAID). THIS IS OUR SECOND JEEP AND I AM ABSOLUTELY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS AS THIS COULD HAVE COST MY FIANCEE HER LIFE AND THE LIFE OF OTHERS. WE NOW DO NOT KNOW THE BEST PATH FORWARD AND ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION TO EITHER REPAIR OR REPLACE THE VEHICLE. MAYBE LEGAL ACTION IS REQUIRED. FOR BEING "CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED" THE LEVEL OF TRUST HAS

WHEN IN MOTION AND SLOWING TO A ROLL AT LOW SPEED, TRANSMISSION REMAINS IN HIGHER GEAR(3) AND DOESN'T SHIFT DOWN WHEN THROTTLE IS RE-APPLIED. IS REPEATABLE. IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN ROLLING TO A NEAR STOP ON AN INCLINE BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE, IT HAPPENS EXTREMELY SLOW BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS IN TO HIGH OF A GEAR. CAR HAS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO SHIFT DOWN FROM 3RD GEAR IN THESE SITUATIONS. TRANSMISSION IS ALSO VERY SLOW TO SHIFT IN MANY SCENARIOS, WHICH COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IF DRIVER NEEDS TO ACCELERATE TO AVOID A CRASH. FCA HAS COME OUT WITH MANY TRANSMISSION ECU UPDATES AND IS AWARE OF MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, BUT HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THEM. PURCHASED NEW AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE AROUND 2K MILES, AT LEAST AROUND THE TIME I RECOGNIZED IT.

IN RESPONSE TO ISSUES BELOW, DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT A BCM, PART NO "68236667AI", WAS NOT RESPONDING TO TESTS AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. WE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS DOWN AND A/C ON AT TIMES. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS I HAVE FELT WATER FROM CONDENSATION HIT MY FEET IN THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR AND I THINK IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS PART WAS DAMAGED FROM THAT CONDENSATION. THIS BCM SHOULD HAVE A SEALANT AROUND IT OR BE IN A BETTER LOCATION IF THE A/C IS GOING TO DRIP IN THE CAR. RESULTING PROBLEMS FROM ELECTRICAL BCM FAILURE THAT ARE ONGOING FOR LAST MONTH BECAUSE PART IS BACK ORDERED: 2018/09/16 KEYLESS ENTRY WORKS, BUT ONLY WHEN USING THE PASSENGER DOOR. THEN STOPPED AND LEFT VEHICLE, AFTERWARD ELECTRIC LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK FROM INSIDE, KEYLESS ENTRY WOULD NOT WORK, AND DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK WHEN VEHICLE SURPASSED 15 MPH. 2018/08/30 AT NIGHT, AFTER EXITING VEHICLE KEYLESS ENTRY UNRESPONSIVE, HAZARD LIGHTS TURNED THEMSELVES ON, HATCH WOULD NOT LOCK. THROUGHOUT ALL THESE DAYS FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS, THE KEYLESS ENTRY, ELECTRIC LOCKS, MEMORY SEATS, AND RADIO PRESETS MAY OR MAY NOT LOCK. THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME WHERE THE REAR HATCH POWER DID NOT WORK AND IT ALSO DID NOT LATCH ITSELF. WE WERE MOVING WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE HATCH DID NOT LATCH ITSELF AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, IT DID RESPOND AND PULL ITSELF LATCHED. THE HAZARDS AND LIGHTS NOT RESPONDING AND STAYING ON, DOORS NOT LOCKING OVER 15 MPH, AND HATCH NOT LATCHING ARE ALL SAFETY CONCERNS. THE PART TO REPAIR THIS CAME IN YESTERDAY, THE ISSUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE GEARS FELT AS IF THEY HAD SLIPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARRY H. MILLER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM ALBUQUERQUE (8528 LOMAS BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, MN 87110, 505-404-0108) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE SYMPTOMS RECURRED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AGAIN, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,600. **TR MANUFACTERER NOTIFIED AUG18- RESPONSE WAS OUT AT WARRANTY WE CAN'T HELP YOU. CHRYSLER WAS NOTIFIED - 1800-334-9200 SAID OUT OF WARRANTY TIME. SERVICE WRITER HOWARD B COURTNEY TOLD US THE 9 SPEED HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED NO LONGER OFFERED. (HOWEVER A BIG SELLING POINT AT PURCHASE). WE ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT OF TOWN IN VEHICLE. NO HELP FROM DEALER OR CHRYSLER. EST. TRANS REPAIRS $4,000-$5,500. I WAS IN WARRANTY WHEN 1ST REPORTED. OUT BY 8 DAYS AT LAST VISIT. UPDATED 10/30/18*JB

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, AND IT SHOWS ON MY BOARD AS " SERVICE TRANSMISSION". IT CAN NOT SPEED UP SUDDENLY. THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL AFTER I PARKED AND DRIVE. IT HAPPENED TWICE ALREADY ON THE HIGHWAY. FEEL VERY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SERVICE SHIFTER ERROR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,853.

AN ALERT MESSAGE READS "SERVICE SHIFTER" ACROSS DASH MESSAGE CENTER WHILE DRIVING. . THE GEAR SHIFT WILL LIGHT UP EVERY GEAR AND NEITHER CLEAR OFF UNLESS I PULL OVER AND KILL THE ENGINE. THE MESSAGE DOES NOT STORE IN THE "ERROR MESSAGE" REPORTING SYSTEM AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD FROM THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED FROM AS WELL AS ANOTHER THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE SINCE THE MESSAGE ISN'T STORED. I'M READING REPORTS OF THESE MAKE/MODELS LOCKING UP THE STEERING AND CAUSING CRASHES.

SINCE I BOUGHT MY JEEP IN AUGUST 2016 AND SINCE I'VE GOTTEN IT THE MESSAGE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' POPS UP ON MY SCREEN. I'VE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW THE MESSAGE POPS UP EVERY OTHER DAY. I HAVE A SON AND I DO NOT WANT SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING WHILE I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD PUTTING MY FAMILY'S LIFE IN DANGER! THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

SERVICE SHIFTER PROMPT, ALL LIGHTS ON GEAR SHIFTER LIGHT UP AT THE SAME TIME, SOMETIMES WILL NOT LET ME SHIFT, SOMETIMES DOES NOT EFFECT DRIVING BUT WILL NOT GO AWAY UNTIL CAR IS PARKED AND TURNED OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME

SERVICE SHIFTER, VEHICLE TRIES TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY STIFF AND WOULD NOT DEPRESS WHEN THE PUSH START BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (LAMBERT CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP/RAM, 5 RIVER ROAD, CLAREMONT, NH 03743) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,627.

START/STOP FAILING TO WORK OR WORKS WHEN IT SHOULDN'T. I TOOK MY JEEP TO THE LOCAL DEALER 4 OR 5 TIMES. ONE VISIT THEY KEPT IT FOR 3 DAYS. THEY EVEN TALKED TO CHRYSLER REGARDING THIS ISSUE. SO THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY FOR THIS. DIDN'T HELP. NOW THE WARNING STILL COMES ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T SHUT DOWN AT ALL WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SOMETIMES IT DOES. I ALSO NOTICED THE JEEP NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5-6 TIMES. NOT SURE IF ONE THING IS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED. I HAVE MY 3 GRANDCHILDREN IN THE JEEP OFTEN AND DON'T LIKE THIS FAULTY ISSUE. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?

WHILE DRIVING CAR HOME FROM WORK IN SUNNY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE CARS DASH BEEPED AND LIT UP WITH THE BATTERY WARNING. MY CAR STOPPED EXELERATING BUT ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR STILL WORKED. AFTER TRYING TO GET IT TO TURN OVER AGAIN IT JUST RATTLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET A JUMP AND HEAD HOME WHERE WE LOOKED DEEPER INTO THE PROBLEM. WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT THE STARTER, BATTERY, ALTERNATOR WERE ALL WORKING AND IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAD NO CLUE WHY IT WOULD HAVE DIED ON ME FOR NO REASON. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CHILD AROUND ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANY BUSY/CONSTRUCTION AREAS IF MY CAR COULD STOP ON A DIME WITHOUT WARNING. NOT FIXING THIS PROBLEM COULD RESULT IN SOMEONE GETTING HURT OR EVEN KILLED.

MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE ABNORMALITIES. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: JERKING, NO RESPONSE TO PRESSING PEDAL (LACK OF ACCELERATION), NOT SHIFTING GEARS OR GETTING HUNG UP ON A GEAR, UNINTENDED FAST ACCELERATION (I.E. DEPRESS THE PEDAL LIGHTLY AT A GREEN STOPLIGHT, NO RESPONSE, GO FURTHER, NO RESPONSE, THEN IT REACTS AND TIRES SQUEAL), UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHEN COMING TO A STOP (I.E. COMING OFF HIGHWAY OFF-RAMP, APPLYING BRAKE, ENGINE STILL OUTPUTTING POWER WHEN TRYING TO COME TO A STOP AND NOT PRESSING GAS), A FEW TIMES THERE HAS BEEN COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (HAVE GONE TO SWITCH LANES, TRY TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND AT ALL, KEEP TRYING TO PRESS, EVENTUALLY LOUD CLUNK SOUND, VEHICLE JERKS, AND IT WILL RESPOND WITH MAJOR HESITATION).

GEAR SHIFTING DOES NOT GO SMOOTHLY . WHEN SHIFTING IT LURCHES , HARD SHIFTING . ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON SAYS SERVICE TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND GEAR GOT STUCK AND WOULDN'T CHANGE GEARS . HAD TO MAKE MY WAY ACROSS THE FREEWAY TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY . VERY DANGEROUS . STOPPED THE CAR PUT IN PARK , SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BUT ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON . HAVE HAD HARD SHIFTING AND LURCHING FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF NOW . BROUGHT IN TO DEALERSHIP TO FIX . THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME BRINGING IN .

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST STALLED. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR TWICE BEFORE IT TURNED ON, DROVE ABOUT 2 MINS AND HAD TO STOP FOR SOMEONE TURNING & THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. THAT TIME ONLY TOOK ONE TRY TO RESTART.

I PURCHASED MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE BRAND NEW, IT HAD NEVER BEEN DRIVEN BEFORE. IMMEDIATELY I RECOGNIZED THERE WAS SOMETHING OFF WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ACCELERATION PATTERN OF THE VEHICLE. FOR ANY SPEED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW GEARS (ESPECIALLY GEAR 2-3) THE VEHICLE IS EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS. IF YOU COME TO A ROLLING STOP AT A YIELD SIGN, THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE A SINGLE INCH UNTIL YOU'RE UP TO ABOUT 4500 RPMS, AFTER WHICH IT WILL RIP INTO 3RD GEAR SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE TIRES SQUEAL. THIS HAS BROUGHT ME CLOSE TO CAUSING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS, EITHER FROM NOT ACCELERATING QUICKLY ENOUGH AND ALMOST BEING T-BONED AT AN INTERSECTION, OR FROM ACCELERATING SO RAPIDLY YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. MY FINAL STRAW FOR WRITING THIS FORMAL COMPLAINT WAS HOW CLOSE I CAME TO MY JEEP JERKING INTO A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE STREET WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TURN A CORNER BEFORE THE PEDESTRIAN EVEN STARTED CROSSING THE STREET. I HAD PLENTY OF ROOM AND TIME TO TURN THE CORNER, BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE RPMS ROSE RAPIDLY AND THE VEHICLE STAYED PUT UNTIL I HIT THAT MAGICAL ZONE WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN 3RD GEAR CATCHES AND YOU ARE VIOLENTLY JERKED FORWARD. I HAVE BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME MY VEHICLE FOUR TIMES FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. THEY DID A FEW 'SOFTWARE UPDATES' TO TRY TO 'FIX' THE ISSUE, BUT NOTHING WORKED EVEN IN THE SLIGHTEST. I AM NOW A COUPLE OF YEARS IN WITH THIS VEHICLE AND JEEP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING MORE TO FIX THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSION. I WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF

VERY ROUGH SHIFT WHEN ACCELERATING I.E. ENTERING A HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP. HAPPENS CONTINUALLY.

WILL DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I PULLED OFF AT THE CLOSEST EXIT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULDN'T ENGAGE. I PULLED OFF ON THE SHOULDER AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND IT SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO GEAR WITH A SURGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. IT WORKED OK AFTERWARDS WITH SPOTTY SHIFTING. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE. I HAVE NOW CALLED FOR SERVICE AT A DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.

ENGINE DIES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD & AFTER 10-15 MINUTES VEHICLE WILL START. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES & EACH TIME I HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK TO NORMANDIN JEEP IN SAN JOSE, CA. OF COURSE IT IS RUNNING EACH TIME WHEN I GET TO THE DEALERSHIP & I ALWAYS GET THE SAME STORY. LOW OIL OR OIL PRESSURE. I CURRENTLY HAVE LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON THE JEEP & MY FIRST INCIDENT BEGAN WITH 15,000 MILES ......... THEN AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN. I LIVE IN SILICON VALLEY & HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD SON. THE FREEWAYS ARE BUSY AND THIS HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACCORDING TO MY ONLINE RESEARCH ........ THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP CHEROKEE ..........BUT ........ THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT THIS. ON MY LAST VISIT ABOUT A MONTH AGO (LESS THAN 40,000 ON ODOMETER) THEY (NORMANDIN) TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT & THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ..........EVEN THOUGH THIS ISSUE BEGAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM .......... HE WOULD REPLACE THE UNIT AND CHARGE ME ONLY $100. WITH A JOB & A ONE YEAR OLD CHILD ..... I CERTAINLY DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO ARGUE. THEY REPLACED THE UNIT & FILLED MY JEEP WITH OIL AND I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. WELL ............ MY JEEP JUST STRANDED ME AGAIN . SAME PROBLEM & I KEEP CALLING THE DEALERSHIP (FOR THE PAST 5 DAYS) AND THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS NOT RETURNED MY CALL. I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME FOR THIS. PLUS I AM SCARED TO BE ON THE ROAD TO MY WORK

I RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR A RECALL ON MY JEEP CHEROKEE 2015 INVOLVING THE CRUISE CONTROL. I SCHEDULED THE SERVICE AT BILL LUKE JEEP IN TWO WEEKS. THE EVENING BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT I RECEIVED A CALL THAT THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE SERVICE DUE TO HAVING "TOO MANY" CARS AT THE SHOP. I HAVE NOW MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS NOW DELAYED MY GETTING THIS CORRECTED BY 10 DAYS.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEGUN STALLING, WITH NO WARNING. WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT OR IN SLOW TRAFFIC. IT HAS STALLED ONCE ON A BUSY FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. THE FIRST OCCURENCE WAS FRIDAY 7/13 AT A STOP SIGN JUST SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE; THE NEXT SATURDAY 7/14 AT A STOP SIGN AFTER HAVING DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 17MILES ON A FREEWAY. THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFICULT TO START AND THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE. THEN WEDNESDAY 7/18 I DON'T RECALL THE CONDITIONS. THEN ON FRIDAY JULY 20 IT STOPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. THE ISSUE CONTINUES. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PATTERN - HAS HAPPENED WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE, AFTER HAVING DRIVEN FOR SEVERAL MILES - SO IS NOT A "COLD" OR "HOT" ENGINE PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS AND NO PHYSICAL WARNING SIGNS - IT JUST STOPS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE. THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR A TOTAL OF 3 DAYS AND SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS DANGEROUS IF IT CONTINUES TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

TODAY BEING 7/26/2018. TODAY MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN IN THE MORNING, AND AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN MAKING A U-TURN. AND FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE, A FEW TIMES I FELT THE ENGINE ATTEMPT TO SHUT OFF WHEN COMING TO STOP SIGNS AND LIGHTS, WHICH THE VEHICLE SHAKING WOULD TAKE PLACE AND THE MOTOR SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE. IN THE CASE OF TRANSMISSION, FOR THE PAST MONTH IN RANDOM MOMENTS WHILE STOPPED AT AN INCLINE OR TURNING ONTO AN INCLINE STREET, THE GEARS WOULD DELAY SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR, AND IT WOULD SOUND LIKE RPM WAS REACHING HIGHER THAN NORMAL ROTATIONS BEFORE ACTUALLY SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR, THE CAR JERKING FROM THE CATCH. ALL EVENTS OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ON STREETS, BOTH WHEN TURNING OR STOPPING, OR INCLINE CLIMB INVOLVED.

CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY PARKED FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS WHEN MY NEIGHBOR HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION LOOKED OUT AND SEEN THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE SHE THEN CALLED 911 AND CAME AN WOKE US UP TO GET US OUT OF THE HOME. WE ALL MADE IT OUT SAFELY AS THE CAR KEPT EXPLODING 3 MORE TIMES CAR WAS A LOSS AND HOME WAS DAMAGED THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE AS WE WAS TRYING TO PUT IT OUT WITH WATER HOSES THE WINDSHIELD WHIPPERS WAS GOING HEADLIGHTS WAS FLASHING HORN WAS HONKING DOORS WAS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE CAR WAS SETTING IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH NO KEYS IN IT AND WINDOWLS UP AND LOCKED ONLY HAD THIS CAR 5 MONTHS. BOUGHT IT 02/24/18

TRUCK VIBRATE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ROTORS AND PADS STILL GOOD ONLY 22000 MILES

HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING, AND WILL RANDOMLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING

WHILE IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYS PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO START. THE CAR CONSUMES LARGE AMOUNTS OF SYNTHETIC OIL, WHICH SHOULD LAST UP TO 6 MONTHS BUT ONLY LASTS BETWEEN 700-1000 MILES PER QUART. THE OIL LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON INDICATING THAT THE OIL IS LOW. IT FLASHES ACROSS THE SCREEN TOO FAST FOR THE DRIVER TO SEE THE WARNING. WHEN THE OIL IS LOW, THE CAR BEGINS TO SHUT ITSELF OFF WHILE IN MOTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW RATES OF SPEED ON CITY STREETS AND A HIGHWAY DURING RUSH OUR TRAFFIC, NEARLY CAUSING A COLLISION WITH VEHICLES BEHIND ME.

JEEP CHEROKEE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHILE IN PARK, OR STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR EVEN SHIFTING TO REVERSE THE JEEP SHIFTER WILL LIGHT UP ALL LIGHTS AND DISPLAY "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE.

WHEN JEEP IS RUNNING IT MAKES A LOUD SOUND, YOU CAN HEAR IT INSIDE THE CAR, AT 10 MPH IS SOUNDS LIKE RAAA RAAA RAAA RAAAA, AT 20 MPH IT SOUNDS LIKE RA RA RA RA RA , AT 60 MPH IT SOUNDS LIKE RARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARA. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR, A ROTATING SOUND THAT JUST GETS LOUDER AS YOU DRIVE FASTER. WE COULD NEVER USE THIS CAR FOR A TRIP, WE WOULD BE DEAF BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT GO AWAY IF WE GOT NEW TIRES, HAD FIRESTONE AT & WE BOUGHT MICHELIN DEFENDER LTX DUE TO LOW NOISE OF TIRE. NO LUCK, NOISE IS STILL THERE. WE GO TO DEALER FOR ALL SERVICE & ARE TOLD ITS A JEEP THING, REALLY? THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AS WE ARE SLOWLY LOSING OUR HEARING. IT STARTED MAKING THIS NOISE IN 2015, BOUGHT IN JANUARY 2015 AND CONTINUES TO THIS VERY DAY, JULY 16, 2028. I HATE THIS CAR & FOR $40,000 IT SHOULD BE A HECK OF A LOT BETTER. AND THIS WAS OUR 2ND JEEP, WE HAD A 2001 WITHOUT ONE PROBLEM FOR 12 YEARS.

THE FAN BELT SHREDDED AT 37,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THE PULLEYS WERE PART OF THE PROBLEM. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE BELT SHREDDED. IT STARTED OVERHEATING QUICKLY.

THE VEHICLE LAGS ON TAKEOFF, SHIFTS ROUGHLY BETWEEN GEARS, LAGS BETWEEN GEARS, AND LURCHES. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION SMOOTHLY AND, AT TIMES, HAS CAUSED SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED TO INADEQUATE ACCELERATION AND LURCHING FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS AND ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS PART OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. THE DATE PROVIDED BELOW IS THE LATEST SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED TWO OTHER TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.

OUR JEEP FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS BUCKING/TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE OR THEY HAVE DID A SOFTWARE UPGRADE THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. IT IS ONLY A BANDAID AND DECREASES THE AMOUNT IT DOES THE BUCKING BUT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A FEW HUNDRED MILES. RECENLTY OUR SCREEN AS WELL WILL NOT TURN ON FOR UP TO 5TH MINUTES OF DRIVING AND OCCASIONALLY GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS THE PHONE IS OUT OF SERVICE AND TO CONTACT DEALER. AGAIN WE CONTACT THE DEALER ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE. THE SHIFTING HAPPENS GENERALLY WHEN GOING IN BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 5-35 MPH. IT'S BECOMING SCARY TO DRIVE AS WE JERK WHILE IN MOTION.