2016 Jeep Cherokee complaints

MY AIRBAG LIGHTS JUST RANDOMLY CAME ON AND I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING OR NOTHING HIT ME AND I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR TWO MONTHS AGO.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING CAME ON DASH MONITOR. ALL LIGHTS TURNED RED NEXT TO SHIFTER.

THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE DRIVING, AND HESITATES. LOOKS LIKE ENGINE IS SHAKEN. THE DEALER STATES THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

ALL THE RED LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER LIGHT UP THEN A "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE SHOWS UP ON THE SCREEN. WHEN ALL THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP YOU CANNOT MOVE THE SHIFTER AT ALL. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS TOTALLY DEAD FROM SOMETHING DRAWING POWER AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER LIGHT UP AT ANY RANDOM TIME. WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING, YOU HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TURN THE CAR OFF TAKE THE KEY OUT WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN START THE CAR AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT TAKES MORE THAN ONCE TO DO THIS. THE SHIFTER CANNOT BE MOVED WHEN THE RED LIGHT ARE ALL ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW BUT HAS BECOME ALMOST AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE

MY RADIO DOESN'T GET SIGNAL ANYWHERE. I GET ONE STATION AND EVEN IT HAS STATIC. IT'S NOT JUST IN MY HOMETOWN EITHER. WHEN I GO ON TRIPS IT IS NOTHING BUT STATIC AND THEN YOU FIND A STATION EVERY NOW AND THEN. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS, BUT IT HAS DONE IT THE ENTIRE TIME SINCE I BOUGHT IT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES MY SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES MY SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY MONEY AND THEY NEVER HEARD OF THAT PROBLEM. NOW AT 56,000 MILES THIS SERVICE SHIFTER CAME ON AGAIN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

WHILE DRIVE THE POWER SHIFTER MESSAGED APPEARED, EVERY TIME I TURNED THE CAR OFF THE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF THEN WHILE DRIVING WOULD COME BACK ON EFFECTING THE WAY THE VEHICLE DROVE. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE A SENSOR NOW MY ENGINE IS KNOCKING AND HARD SHIFTING. I KEPT UP ON OIL CHANGES AND OTHER MAINTENANCE THE CARE IS ONLY AT 44K FOR THE MILES.

THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON, AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NO ONE TOUCHED THE SHIFTER. IT SCARED ME, SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND CHECKED IT BUT IT WAS IN GEAR. SO I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND THE MESSAGE NEVER CAME BACK ON THAT DAY. SINCE THEN, WHICH WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT HAS COME ON 4 OTHER TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS. SPEEDS FROM 40MPH TO 70MPH. MY CHILD DRIVES THIS CAR. SO I AM ESPECIALLY CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON AS SOON AS I SHIFTED INTO PARK, STAYED ON UNTIL I TURNED THE CAR OFF, DID NOT COME BACK ON FOR THE NEXT 20 MILES.

AROUND 76K ON 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT ENGINE THAT MESSED UP GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, I QUICKLY EXITED THEN IT SHUT OFF AND DID NOT WANT TO STAY RUNNING. NOW DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ZERO COMPRESSION IN CYLINDERS. I KEPT OIL CHANGED EVERY 3K DUE TO DAILY MILES. IT IS TERRIBLE THAT THE MANUFACTURE CANNOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WITH ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS.

SERVICE SHIFTER SCREEN COMES ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WE GET A MESSAGE IN THE DASH THAT SAYS SERVICE SHIFTER AND THE RED LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER WHICH INDICATE WHICH GEAR YOU ARE IN ALL LIGHT UP AT THE SAME TIME, PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE, & DRIVE. IF WE PULL OVER AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF IT CLEARS THE ERROR AND STAYS OFF FOR A WHILE. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED OCCURRING, I TOLD THE SERVICE WRITER WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT JOHN L SULLIVAN IN YUBA CITY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT GIVING A CODE SO IF IT WASN'T HAPPENING AT THE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN HE COULDN'T HELP. SO IT WAS ONLY HAPPENING EVERY FEW MONTHS SO I DIDN'T WORRY AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING DAILY AND I AM SURE JEEP KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE ABOUT THE SAME EXACT THING. NOT SURE IF IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULD OWN UP TO AND TAKE CARE OF ON THEIR DIME. IT HAPPENS AT ANY TIME IT'S MOVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED.THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS BUT JUST RECENTLY ALMOST EVERY DAY.

ERROR MESSAGE THAT STATES: "SERVICE SHIFTER"ON THE DASH BOARD AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFTER BOX LIGHT UP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 30 MPH AND THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB MOORE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM TULSA (918-664-9750, LOCATED AT 4627 S MEMORIAL DR, TULSA, OK 74145) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. WHEN THE CONTACT RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT SOMEONE FORGOT TO PROGRAM THE COMPUTER. THE TECHNICIAN PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. WHEN THE CONTACT DROVE HOME AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,562.

48K MILES ON A 2016. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASH TO "SERVICE SHIFTER". ALL IF THE LIGHTS IN THE SHIFTER ARE NOW LIT UP. HAD TO PULL OVER AND GO THROUGH THE OWNER MANUAL ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED, MESSAGE HAS NOT REAPPEARED.

SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ON WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND DOESN'T WHAT TO MOVE

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF SINCE REACHING 31000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT SHIFTER STUCK

MY GEAR SHIFT KEEPS LIGHTING UP AND IT TELLS ME SERVICE GEAR SHIFT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I TURN OFF MY CAR AND RESTART IT. THE LIGHT GOES OUT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THAT THE CODE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, IT DID NOT WORK AND I EVEN TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS CLOSE BY. HE JUST SAYS BRING IT IN. I TOOK IT IN TODAY AND HE TOLD ME UNLESS THEY FIND SOMETHING WHEN THEY RUN IT, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANY THING TO IT. THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM.

WHILE THE JEEP IS IN MOTION, THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE BECOMES DISPLAYED ON MY SCREEN, AS WELL AS ALL PRINDL LIGHTS GLOWING RED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SHIFTING THE CAR INTO ANY GEAR, AND HAS HAPPENED WHILE TURNING THE CAR AS WELL AS DRIVING STRAIGHT. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE STREET DRIVING AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. IF YOU PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE CAR OFF, AND TURN IT BACK ON, THE CAR DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY SHOW THE LIGHT, BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY SINCE THE FIRST TIME IT DISPLAYED THE MESSAGE (ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO). THE JEEP HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT, AND THE FIRST TIME IT DISPLAYED THE MESSAGE THE JEEP HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT.

MY SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON WITH CODE P2803. SPOKE WITH THE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ISSUED FOR IT AS IT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH JEEP CHEROKEES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 7/23/2019. CODE AND LIGHT CAM ON THE FIRST TIME 8/27/2019 AND WAS CLEARED THEN IT CAME ON AGAIN 9/19/209, WAS CLEARED THAT MORNING AND CAME BACK ON THAT AFTERNOON.

REAR LATCH WOULD NOT CLOSE. ACTUALLY OPENED WHILE DRIVING. IF SLAMMED ENOUGH FINALLY CLOSES BUT COULDN'T OPEN FOR RISK OF NOT CLOSING. SENSORS READ AN OPEN DOOR . AFTER WAITING 3 MONTHS FOR PART EVENTUALLY BATTERY ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING, THE SERVICE SHIFTER AND SEVERAL OTHER UNSPECIFIED WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NOLF CHRYSLER DODGE (2373 BROOKVILLE ST, FAIRMOUNT CITY, PA 16224, (814) 365-5251) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT PROVIDED CONCLUSIVE INFORMATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TIRES MADE A SCREECHING NOISE WITHOUT WARNING UPON MAKING TURNS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ABERNETHY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1442 E MAIN ST, LINCOLNTON, NC 28092, 704-732-1890) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT HALF SHAFT WAS FAULTY. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED A QUOTE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V287000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

BANGS INTO 2ND OR 3RD GEAR INTERMITTENTLY AFTER A STOP OR WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS 25-30 MPH ESPECIALLY. MOST ERRATIC IN CITY DRIVING. THE JOLT IS SO HARD THE DRIVER TAKES NOTICE. THE VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AT TIME FROM A STOP THEN JUMP FORWARD LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL CAUSING FRONT WHEELS TO SPIN. AT LOWER SPEEDS IN CITY THE VEHICLE HAS A DELAY FROM ENGINE TO TRANSMISSION CAUSING A JERKING MOTION EVEN WHEN PRESSING EVER SO LITELY ON GAS PEDDLE. THE TRANSMISSION HOLDS GEARS AGGRESSIVELY BEFORE UP SHIFTING, SO ENGINE SPEED HANGS HIGH BETWEEN SHIFTS. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS OCCASIONALLY IMMEDIATELY INTO 2ND GEAR FROM A STOP AND THEN DRAGS IT OUT AND CLUNKS INTO 3RD GEAR CAUSING UNTIMELY SHIFTING. LITHIA JEEP AND PELLETIER JEEP BOTH DID SOFTWARE UPDATES WITH MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT OR MADE IT WORSE. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION UP SHIFTS TO SOON OFTEN FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. VEHICLE AT TIMES HAS MIND OF ITS OWN FOR TRANSMISSION NEVER REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO MAKING NOT VERY PREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE SPEED CONTROL IS DANGEROUS AND A NIGHTMARE. WHEN GOING DOWNHILL IT MAKES TRANSMISSION GO INTO LOWER GEARS CAUSING ENGINE RPM OVER DANGER ZONE. IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARE GOING TO EXPLODE. THE SPEED CONTROL IS REALLY HARD TO PREDICT WHAT IT WILL DO! I'M SCARED TO USE IT! I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE!

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON.

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, MY 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THIS DID NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE, AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN WHICH I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE BATTERY LIGHT SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY. AFTER COUPLE TIMES OF ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT FINE TO WORK. THIS WAS REALLY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WITH I HAD NO ENGINE PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY TO WARN THAT SUCH THING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

IN MAY 2019, ALL GAER LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER P R N D L + - ALL TURNED RED AND THE SCREEN HAD A MESSAGE "SERVICE SHIFTER." IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SEE THE SPEEDOMETER WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. IT IS A HAZARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE BELLS RING, YOUR SPEEDOMETER SCREEN DIASAPPEARS AND SERVICE SHIFTER APPEARS. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF A JEEP DEALER AND WAS TOLD, YOU CAN STILL DRIVE WHEN THAT OCCURS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY SOMEONE WITH AUTHORITY SOON. WHEN LOOKING ONLINE I DISCOVERED LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT RANDOMLY COMES ON AND TURNS OFF WHEN ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. ALSO OVERHEAD LIGHTS ABOVE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR TURN ON AND OFF OCCASIONALLY.THESE THINGS HAPPEN WHILE IN MOTION AND ARE RANDOM. ALSO WHEN IN REVERSE, SOMETIMES THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGES.

THE SERVICE SHIFTER CAME ACROSS MY DASH I PULLED OVER TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF, THE ALERT WENT OFF. THEN AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE AGAIN A DIFFERENT DAY THE MESSAGE REAPPEARED.

PLEASE NOTE THE PHOTOS ARE NOT FROM MY JEEP, THEY ARE FROM ANOTHER PERSON HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. DASH DISPLAYS 'SERVICE SHIFTER' AND ALL LIGHTS ONE SHIFTER ILLUMINATE. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED (TWICE ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS). I PULLED OVER SHIFTER TO PARK, SHUT THE JEEP OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WENT AWAY FOR A FEW MILES AND CAME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED EITHER THE END OF MARCH OR BEGINNING OF APRIL 2019 DURING SLUSHY WET ROAD CONDITIONS. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT SINCE THOSE TWO DAYS. DATE ENTERED BELOW IS AN ESTIMATE. I WASN'T AWARE THIS SITE EXISTED UNTIL A FRIEND TAGGED ME IN A FACEBOOK POST DEPICTING AN ACCIDENT CAUSED FROM THE SAME ISSUE IN A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE.

THREE DAYS AFTER BUYING THIS JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED I WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE CAR IN PARK RUNNING WHEN I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE TO THE POINT THAT I CALLED 911 AND DISPATCHED MY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE SMOKE, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH ALL WINDOWS DOWN IN 18 DEGREE WEATHER, THE DEALER FOUND "BURN MARKS" ON THE CABIN AIR FILTER AND ALL THEY DID WAS TO REMOVE THE CABIN AIR FILTER AND THAT WAS IT? CAR MAKE ME FEEL UNSAFE AS NO REPAIR OR DIAGNOSTIC OF BURNING OR SMOKE HAS BEEN DONE. CAR LOST POWER WITH THE A/C RUNNING LAST WEEK WHILE AT THE CAR WASH, I HAD TO TURN OFF THE A/C TO GET IT UP TO SPEED. ALSO WHILE SITTING IDLING AT MCDONALDS PICKUP WINDOW A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS DETECTED BY THE LADY SERVING MY MEAL, MY GIRLFRIEND AND OTHERS IN LINE WAITING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND OF COURSE THEY FOUND "NOTHING". GOING TO GET RID OF THIS THING BEFORE IT CATCHES FIRE.

THE CAR WAS STOPPED FOR A LIGHT AND COMPLETELY DIED, THE HAZARDS WOULDN'T EVEN TURN ON. THE SHIFTER AND STEERING WHEEL WERE LOCKED. IT WOULD NOT RE-START. WE HAD TO CALL A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK WHO COULDN'T EVEN GET THE WHEELS TO MOVE, HE HAD TO USE DISH SOAP SO THE WHEELS WOULD SLIDE UP THE RAMP. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, OTHER CARS COULDN'T EVEN TELL THERE WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE HAZARDS WOULDN'T TURN ON. MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME AND HAD TO GO OUT IN TRAFFIC, WITH CARS BEEPING, YELLING AND USING RUDE HAND GESTURES AT HER SO SHE COULD PUT THE HOOD UP. THIS CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY, IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE BCM, THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. WE ARE NOW WITHOUT A CAR BUT I'D RATHER NO CAR THEN HAVE HER KILLED WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE THIS JEEP. THERE ARE OVER 40 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON CAR COMPLAINTS.COM AND THE GRANDE CHEROKEE HAD A RECALL FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM, LOCKING UP AND STALLING, THIS NEEDS A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND SERVICE GEAR SHIFTER INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED JIM ELLIS TOYOTA OF MCDONOUGH (144 HIGHWAY 81 W, MCDONOUGH, GA 30253, (770) 288-3755) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

WHEN TOWING VEHICLE 4 WHEELS DOWN BEHIND MY MOTORHOME AT TIMES VEHICLE HAS A SEVER WOBBLE. IT IS BOTH WHEN TAKING A CORNER OR STRAIGHT. CAN NOT STOP WOBBLE UNLESS I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. VERY SCARY.

SERVICE SHIFTER KEEPS COMING BACK AND ALL LIGHTS FOR GEAR INDICATOR ARE RED. DEALERSHIP SAYS TO TURN OFF AND RESTART VEHICLE BUT IT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY AND MORE FREQUENTLY. OCCURS WHEN TURNING VEHICLE ON.

ALL PRND INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER UNIT ILLUMINATE AT ONCE, AND STAY LIT. "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING APPEARS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY. WHEN "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING IS DISPLAYED, CANNOT BE TURNED OFF AND DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER READINGS (OR OTHER INFORMATION) ARE NO LONGER DISPLAYED. PRND SHIFTER INDICATOR LIGHTS BLINK SPORADICALLY UNTIL WARNING FINALLY DISPLAYS. LIGHTS STAY ILLUMINATED AFTER WARNING APPEARS. PRND LIGHTS AND DISPLAY WARNING APPEAR WHILE VEHICLE IS PARKED/STATIONARY AS WELL AS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. STARTED SPORADICALLY, ROUGHLY 6 MONTHS AGO (EARLY 2019) AND WOULD TYPICALLY GO AWAY IF VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RE-STARTED. THESE WARNINGS NOW HAPPEN DAILY, EVERY TIME I START THE VEHICLE, AND ALMOST NEVER GO AWAY. UPON RESEARCHING THIS CONCERN ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT MANY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SINCE AROUND 2012. MOST WEB INQUIRES INDICATE THAT THIS MAY BE RELATED TO A WIRING HARNESS? I TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $700 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SHIFTER, AND THAT IF I DO NOT REPLACE, I COULD FIND MYSELF UNABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. HOPING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND RECALLED SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A RECURRING, KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE.

SERVICE SHIFTER WHILE DRIVING CITY STREET BEFORE 09/07/2019

CAR HAS COMPLETELY STALLED AND LOCKED UP TO A POINT WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL CANNOT BE MOVED, HAZARD LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON, CANNOT CHANGE THE GEAR AT ALL. HAD TO HAVE A FLAT BED TOW BECAUSE THE WHEELS WERE LOCKED, TOW DRIVER HAD TO USE DISH SOAP TO GET THE WHEELS TO SLIDE UP THE RAMP. JEEP DEALERSHIP FIRST REPLACED THE BATTERY, THEN REPLACED THE BCM AND IT IS STILL A SOLID BRICK. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG. THIS HAS COST ME $600 SO FAR WITHOUT EVEN A REPAIR. MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS DRIVING THIS DANGEROUS CAR. I HAVE SEEN THE FORUMS AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS JEEP, IT NEEDS A RECALL. AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT RUNNING AGAIN, WE WILL BE TRADING IT IN. I CAN'T HAVE HER IN A DEATH TRAP, IT STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AND WE HAD TO PUT THE HOOD UP TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS BECAUSE THE HAZARDS WOULDN'T EVEN TURN ON. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 23000 MILES ON IT, IT SHOULD REALLY NOT BE DOING THIS.

WHILE DRIVING HOME ON A CITY STREET AT APPROX. 35MPH, MY 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF, STATING "SHIFT TO P AND THEN DESIRED GEAR" AND THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, AND WAS THEN HESITANT TO RESTART. AFTER STARTING, THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD A BIT BUT WOULD NOT PROPERLY DRIVE, AND WAS TOWED HOME AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSIONS ISSUE AND WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE BATTERY 3 WEEKS AGO, SO THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THIS VEHICLE CONTINUE TO GROW. AFTER RESEARCHING, I LEARNED THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON ISSUE, OFTEN CAUSED BY LOW OIL, OR NO CAUSE FOUND. THERE ARE HIGH RISKS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FOR A VEHICLE THAT WILL JUST SHUT DOWN AT WILL WITHOUT ANY WARNING.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF NOWHERE . 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE 40K MILES ON IT, LEASED VEHICLE. STARTED THE VEHICLE IT WAS IN PARK , STATIONARY. NO PRIOR WARNING

MY VEHICLE RANDOMLY HAS THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT COME ON AND STAY ON. THE DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL RANDOM TIMES. SITTING, MOVING, CITY, HIGHWAY, GOING STRAIGHT, TURNING. IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO SEE MY LARGE SPEED LIMIT ON MY SCREEN. MANY PEOPLE REPORT THE SAME ISSUE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN ANSWER.

JEEP CHEROKEE WOULDN'T START. IT TRIES TO TURN OVER, ALL OF THE LIGHTS AND THE RADIO COME ON, BUT THE ENGINE WON'T START. I'VE TRIED JUMPING IT AND MADE SURE THERE WAS ENOUGH GAS, AND STILL HAD NO LUCK. HAPPENED LAST WEEK, HAD BATTERY CHECKED AND IT WAS FINE.

ABS VACUUM PUMP NEEDS REPLACEMENT AFTER 2 YEARS OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP?

2016 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK - ~57,000 MILES. DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING (STRAIGHT AT ABOUT 40MPH) "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE CAME OVER DASHBOARD SCREEN AND RED LIGHTS LIT FOR PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, DRIVE. THE ISSUE WENT AWAY AFTER RESTART AND I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED AGAIN YET (RESTARTED TWICE SINCE THIS MORNING, ONCE AT AAA AND ONCE TO MOVE IT WHEN I WAS AT HOME). I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS THIS ISSUE TO BE PROFOUND. I'M SURPRISED THERE IS NOT A RECALL ALREADY BUT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A CONSISTENT ANSWER FOR WHY THIS ISSUE IS OCCURRING - HOPEFULLY DEALERSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO REPAIR.

THE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' ERROR MESSAGE CAME UP ON MY DISPLAY ON MY 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. AT THE SAME TIME ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY GEAR CONSOLE TURNED RED FROM PARK ALL THE WAY TO REVERSE. ALL WERE LIT RED. I CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND TO MAKE APPOINTMENT. THEY SAID DRIVE WITH CARE (LIKE I CAN BE CAREFUL BUT HOW DO I KNOW IT WON'T JUMP GEARS) WHEN I PARKED AND TURNED OFF CAR AND TURNED ON AGAIN THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARED ALONG WITH RED LIGHTS. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND OVER 50 OTHER JEEP OWNERS WITH SAME ISSUE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO FIX TOMORROW BUT I AM AFRAID THEY WILL SAY WHAT OTHERS ARE REPORTING 'THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE' AND WILL DISREGARD IT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND IN PARK AT TIME OF INCIDENT

"SERVICE SHIFTER" COMES ON THE DASH AND ALL SHIFTER RED LIGHTS COME ON. HAVE READ THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM REQUIRING A WIRE HARNESS AND SOMETIMES A SHIFTER CHANGE. DEALERS HAVE BEEN CHARGING FOLKS FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SEEMS RATHER ABUSIVE.

WHILE DRIVING MY SUV TWICE IT DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT MOVE I COULDN'T PUSH THE GAS TO MAKE IT GO FASTER OR ANYTHING. WHEN I TURNED IT OF AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON IT HAD TROUBLE STARTING BACK UP. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS 2 QUARTS LOW ON OIL. I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE 2 MONTHS AGO AND GET THE SYNTHETIC OIL TO IMPROVE MY ENGINES LIFE, I'M NOT SURE FOR AN OIL CHNAGE UNTIL NOVEMBER 19. MY DEALERSHIP PUT OIL IN FOR ME AND SAID THAT THIS ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN IS A FAIL SAFE TO PROTECT THE ENGINE FROM BEING DAMAGED. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN VERY FRIGHTENING AS BOTH TIMES I WAS DRIVING ON MAJOR ROADWAYS. MY DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED ME TO COME BACK IN AND GET A OIL CHANGE AND THEY WILL SEAL MY OIL RESERVOIR COMPONENTS AND PUT A DYE PACK IN AND HAVE ME COME BACK IN AFTER DRIVING 1000 MILES. AFTER READING THE REVIEWS ON THIS WEBSITE IT APPEARS MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUES WHICH TRULY FRIGHTENS ME I BOUGHT MY TRUCK BRAND NEW AND IT ON HAS 32500 MILES ON IT, I HOPE THAT SOME MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS OCCUR BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE.

SERVICE SHIFTER ALARM

CONTINUOUS SOFTWARE UPDATE MESSAGE PREVENTED USAGE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WHILE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING ON THE ROAD. THIS RESULTS IN THE OPERATOR REMOVING THEIR EYES FROM THE ROAD TO DEAL WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE NON-FUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT. NO SIMPLE CANCEL BUTTON WAS AVAILABLE TO PREVENT THIS MAJOR DISTRACTION AND SAFETY CONCERN WHILE TRAVELING. UPDATE MESSAGE DISABLES AND MAKES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USELESS UNTIL UPDATE IS INSTALLED.