2016 Jeep Cherokee complaints

VEHICLE RANDOMLY GETS HOT AS IF THE AC STOPPED BLOWING COOL AIR BUT THEN WORKS NORMALLY. DOES THIS FREQUENTLY BUT RANDOMLY FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF SECONDS AT A TIME.

I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED AND IT WAS NEVER FIXED. LOW POWER, HESITATIONS IN ACCELERATION, RANDOMLY DROPPING SPEED WHILE ACCELERATION, AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. IT HAPPENS WHEN IN MOTION AT ALL SPEEDS BUT MOSTLY AT SPEEDS UNDER 40 MPH. IT ALL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY AND I HAVE ALL BUT GIVEN UP ON GETTING CHRYSLER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I AM SOMETIMES EVEN AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHEN ONE OR MORE OF THESE SYMPTOMS HAPPENS. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. AS A CONSUMER I AM ENTITLED TO GET WHAT I PAY FOR!

THE SHIFT MODULE UNIT IS GOING BAD . IT WILL READ IN THE DISPLAY DASH SERVICE SHIFTER AND RED LIGHTS APPEAR FOR ALL GEARS PARK, N, DRIVE, REVERSE, NO AUTO

VECHILE STALLING WHILE DRIVING. THE VECHILE WILL STALL DRIVING AT LOW SPEED TURNS, UP HILLS AND COMING TO A STOP. SECOND TIME IT HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR SAME PROBLEM. FIRST TIME WAS JUNE 30 2016. SECOND IS TODAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND "PUT IN PARK AND PLACE IN DESIRED GEAR" WARNING INDICATORS APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. WINNIE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 125 TX-124, WINNIE, TX 77665, (409) 296-3500) WAS CONTACTED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,696.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR SIMILAR FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB MOORE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF TULSA (4627 S MEMORIAL DR, TULSA, OK 74145) AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT AT THE DEALER FOR THREE MONTHS. WHILE LEAVING THE DEALER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,652.

I'VE HAD THE JEEP LESS THAN 2 YEARS . ONLY 14000 MILES ON IT . THE TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING AND LUNDGING WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTED OR STARTED OFF FROM A STOP. MY DAUGHTER AND I WHERE COMING BACK FROM THE HUMAN SOCIETY. WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH I HAD TO SLOW DOWN FOR ON COMING TRAFFIC.THE JEEP SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR AND LUNGED SO FIERCELY I THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FALLEN OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHCLE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING SERVICE TRANSMISSION. I HAD NO POWER TO MOVE. IM ON AN OVER PASS WITH TRAFFIC AND THERES NO WHERE TO GO IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. BY CHANCE THE JEEP WAS ABLE TO START AND ACCELERATE TO 5MPH AND GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. IT WAS A VERY SERIOUS HAZARD FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER AND OTHER DRIVERS WE BASICALLY GLIDED TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDST OF TRAFFIC WHILE DOING 50MPH. THAN STARTING IT UP AND ONLY DOING 4 TMPH. THIS WAS CLEARLY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I DONT FEEL SAFE OR CONFENDENT. I PAID A PREMIUM PRICE FOR A VEHICLE THAT SHOULD BE DEPENDABLE AND SAFE. NOW THE JEEP WONT START. THE REAR BUTTON TO CLOSE THE HATCH HAS QUIT WORKING. THE START BUTTON WILL NOT START THE CAR AT ALL. WHEN IT STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT WOULD HESATATE AS IF THE BATTERY WHERE DEAD. WHEN IT DID START THE SETTINGS 'CLIMATE CONTROL WOULD BE SET TO DEFROST. THE A WOULD SHOW UP ON THE FACE WITHOUT BEING PRESSED. AND EVENTUALLY THE SCREEN WOULD NOT REACT TO TOUCH AT ALL. AND THE RADIO WOULDNT PLAY. BUT ALL ELISE SEEMED T

THE SHIFT REPORTS SERVICE SHIFTER ALL THE LIGHTS TURN ON, HAS NOT SHIFTED ON US

THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER SAYS SERVICE SHIFTER. WHEN ACTIVE, THE MANUAL SHIFT DOESN'T WORK BUT FORWARD REVERSE AND PARK DO NOT SEEM TO BE AFFECTED. IF YOU STOP SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART, IT CLEARS. IT STARTED DOING THIS 6-9 MONTHS AGO ONCE IN A WHILE BUT NOW DOES IT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF DRIVING. WE BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO CODES OR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS BUT COULD REPLACE THE SHIFTER TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. WE ELECTED NOT TO DO THIS AT THE PRESENT TIME. WE HAVE HEARD OF ACCIDENTS FROM THIS SO WE JUST WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU THAT IT IS HAPPENING. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.

ON JULY 18, 2018 I WENT OUTSIDE TO GET AN ITEM OUT OF BACK OF MY VEHICLE WHICH WAS STATIONARY AND I COULDN'T GET LIFTGATE TO LIFT AND I NOTICED THERE WAS SMOKE IN MY CAR, I OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND SMOKE BILLOWED OUT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, I GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND MOVED IT BACK AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AND NOTICED I HAD NO A/C, RADIO OR ANYTHING WORKING ON DASHBOARD. I LOOKED IN BACK OF VEHICLE AND IT WAS BURNT IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF LIFT GATE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY HAD IT TOWED TO MIKE SMITH AUTO GROUP IN BEAUMONT. THE SMELL IN THE VEHICLE WAS AWFUL, A COMBINATION OF BURNT RUBBER AND PLASTIC. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR BACK LEFT LIFTGATE IN 2015 OF WHICH I TOOK IT IN AND SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS REPAIRED. I ALSO IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP OF WHICH THEY WERE NO HELP AT ALL AND VERY UNCONCERNED. I TALKED TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY SAID IF IT WAS DUE TO A RECALL I SHOULD CALL CHRYSLER CORPORATION OF WHICH I DID DAILY WITH NO RESULTS. THEY WOULD NOT LET ME TALK TO ANYONE, THEY FINALLY SENT AN INSPECTOR OF WHICH HE JUST LOOKED AT THE INSIDE OF CAR, DID NOT TAKE THE PANELS OFF OR ANYTHING AND SENT TO THE CORPORATION AND THEY SENT ME A LETTER STATING IT WAS NOT DUE TO RECALL. MY INSURANCE COMPANY SENT AN ENGINEER WHO TOOK THE PANEL OFF AND SEARCHED IT THOROUGHLY AND DETERMINED IT WAS DUE TO THE RECALL. I CANNOT GET ANY HELP ON THIS WHICH IS NOT MY FAULT. *BF *TR *TT*JB

DEFECTIVE HEADLAMPS CAUSING PREMATURE LOW BEAM BURN OUT. REPLACED THE LEFT HEADLAMP 3/8/2018 AND THE RIGHT 5/9/2018. THE LEFT LOW BEAM HEADLAMP HAS NURNED OUT AGAIN AFTER ONLY 5 MONTHS AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. THIS IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR.

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, MY JEEP COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON ME AND WE HAD TO START IT BACK UP AND IT STARTED BACK UP. HOWEVER THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THINK THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS CONSIDERING HOW MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS I AM SEEING ON THIS. I HAVE 2 KIDS IN MY CAR AT ALL TIMES AND FEAR IT DOING THIS WHILE DRIVING AS WELL. I TOOK IT TO JEEP AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT BUT NOW IT JUST FEELS HESITANT WHILE DRIVING. SCARES ME TO DEATH

9 SPEED TRANSMISSION DELAY FROM A DEAD STOP. JERKING AND LUNGING THROUGH DIFFERENT GEARS. HAD FULL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IN JANUARY 2018, AND STILL HAVING ISSUES.

ENGINE SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHEN STOPPED. BACK PASSENGER SEATS RATTLE WHEN DRIVING EITHER SMITH OR BUMPY ROADS. SQUEAKING NOISE COMES FROM THE CAR WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF.

MY JEEP HAS BEEN HAVING A DISTURBING PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR MONTHS. PERIODICALLY, CRUISE CONTROL ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WAY ABOVE WHAT IT'S SET AT (E.G. IT'S SET AT 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY IT ACCELERATES TO 95 MPH). I HAVE TO SLAM THE BRAKES UNTIL IT DECELERATES AND RESET THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN I WAS SETTING UP MY ROUTINE OIL CHANGE APPOINTMENT ON THE LITHIA APP, I NOTICED A RECALL THAT WAS EXACTLY FOR THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. BUT MY JEEP WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL. I CALLED 1-800-853-1403 ON 7/24/18 AND WAS TOLD MY JEEP WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST BUT TO ASK FOR DIAGNOSTICS TEST FOR U63. AT MY APPOINTMENT, 8/10/18, AT LITHIA SANTA FE, THE DIAGNOSTICS DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING. I HAD TO PAY $157 FOR THE TEST! I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER AGAIN AND TOLD THEM I WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND TRIED TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED IN CASE I HAVE AN ACCIDENT RELATED TO IT. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THEY 'CLEARED THE MODULE' AND THAT MIGHT TAKE CARE OF IT. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTICS AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE REMEDIED UNDER THE RECALL. *BF *TR

I HAD A FLAT TIRE. AFTER MOUNTING THE SPARE TIRE AND TORQUEING THE LUG BOLTS, (YES THEY ARE BOLTS NOT NUTS) I FOUND THAT THE WHEEL WAS STILL LOOSE. I DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE LUG BOLTS BEING TOO LONG FOR THE STEEL SPARE WHEEL WHICH IS NOT THE SAME THICKNESS AS THE ALUMINUM FACTORY WHEELS

2016 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE 4X4 (25K MILES) WILL STALL OR LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN PAST FEW MONTHS. NOTICED FIRST WHEN HAD TROUBLE STARTING IN THE MORNING A FEW TIMES (AFTER A RECENT OIL CHANGE). WHILE DRIVING, JEEP LATITUDE 4X4 WILL JUMP INTO GEAR WHILE SLOWING JOLTING THE CAR FORWARD, TEMPORARILY LOSE POWER (RPM DROP, AND MPH DROP), OR COMPLETELY LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING (HAPPENED ON BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY). COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TURNING, COMING AROUND TURN, INDICATOR WILL DING THEN SUDDENLY STEERING STIFFENS, NO POWER FROM GAS PEDAL, AND CAR SLOWS TO STOP. ONCE STOPPED, MESSAGE SCREEN DISPLAYS 'SHIFT CAR TO P THEN TO DESIRED GEAR' I THEN HAVE TO SHIFT CAR TO PARK AND RESTART (SOMETIMES TAKING 3 OR 4 ATTEMPTS). THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY (COMING AROUND BEND OF ON RAMP) LUCKILY THERE WAS A LARGE SHOULDER AND LITTLE TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER SAFELY. THIS POSES AN IMMEDIATE RISK OF SAFETY OF NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT PASSENGERS AND OTHER VEHICLES. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, HIGHWAY, OR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS (LOW VISIBILITY, SLICK SURFACE, ETC) AND ACCIDENT WILL OCCUR. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

I BOUGHT NEW JEEP CHEROKEE 2016 3.2 L IN SEP. 2016. WAS VERY HAPPY FOR FIRST FEW MONTHS AND THEN I NOTICED I GOT JERK WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP GUY BUT, HE SAID THAT'S NORMAL IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AFTER COUPLE A MONTHS I GOT SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ON. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY UPDATED SOFTWARE. IT WAS BACK UP AGAIN WITH IN A WEEK SO I DECIDED TO CHANGE THE DEALERSHIP. I WENT ANOTHER JEEP DEALERSHIP GOT ERROR CODE AND FIX IT. IT WAS WORKING FINE FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS AND I GOT BACK SERVICE SHIFTER SIGN BUT, THIS TIME IT WAS WITH SERVICE FORWARD SIGN TOO. THEY FIX IT BUT BECAUSE OF THAT MY BREAK PADS WAS WORN DOWN AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.AFTER A WEEK I GOT SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ON. I HAVE TO TOW MY CAR AND DROP AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE ALL PROBLEM BACK UP AGAIN. I GOT THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ON, MY CAR IS GETTING STARTED JERKING AND CREATE A SOUND WHEN I WAS BREAK HARD. SO GUYS I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH MY JEEP CHEROKEE.

LESS THAN 60000 & SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SHIFTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED & IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW THE JEEP IS DRIVEN. I AM A TEACHER & ONLY DRIVE IT TO AND FROM WORK. THEY SAID IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. IF IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE WHY ISN'T IT COVERED?

ENGINE IS USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. USING 1.25-1.5 QUARTS OF OIL PER 1,000 MILES. ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ON 2 OCCASIONS. WHEN ENGINE OIL IS LOW IT DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. FIRST ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE AND THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS ALSO USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP TO LET NEW MOTOR BREAK IN AND COME BACK AFTER BREAK IN PERIOD OF 7,500 MILES. OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT REQUIRE A LONG BREAK IN PERIOD AS DEALERSHIP STATED.

SHIFTER SERVICE PROBLEM SHIFTER AND WIRING NEED TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO DEALER MY CAR ONLY HAS FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND MILES ON IT SEARCH ONLINE REVEALS SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE ARE TALKS OF RECALLS BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS POINT

KEEP GETTING SERVICE SHIFTER AND NEED TO STOP VEHICLE AND SHUT OFF AND START UP AGAIN. SOMETIME VEHICLE WILL RUN GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, OTHER TIMES GET 5 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD AND IT RETURNS. WENT ON A LONG ROAD TRIP AND HAVE TO PULL OVER A NUMBER OF TIMES ON A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP THREE (3) TIMES WITH THE SAME ISSUE (LATE DATE 8/2/18), LAST TIME I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $380.00 TO REPLACE A HARNESS FOR SOME KIND OF CABLE AND THEY NEEDED TO ORDER PARTS. STILL WAITING FOR THE CALL FROM THE SHOP WITH A DATE TO REPLACE THE HARNESS.

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF LOW OIL. JEEP IS 2 1/2 YRS. OLD WITH 50,000 MILES AND SHOULD NOT BE BURNING OIL. MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING.

MY CAR WILL SPUTTER AND SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN I TRIED TO START IT THE CAR WOULD SPUTTER AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN THE STARTER, THEN JUST SHUT DOWN. I ATTEMPTED AGAIN AND STILL NOTHING. I'VE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY BLOW ME OFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WITH AN ENGINE ACTING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE PLEASE!!!

THIS EVENING I WAS DRIVING MY 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE WHEN IT SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE OR ADEQUATELY TURN. I WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE AFTER HAVING BEEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. I WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 20 AND 30 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE LOST POWER. MY MUSIC CONTINUED TO PLAY, MY DIGITAL SCREEN HOUSING THE SPEED REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND I NOTICED THE BATTERY LIGHT WAS ON. I DID NOT NOTICE A MESSAGE ON THIS SCREEN BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN ONE. I WAS MORE FOCUSED ON GETTING MY VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROAD SINCE IT WAS NO LONGER MOVING. LUCKILY THERE WAS A PARKING LOT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AHEAD. I WAS ABLE TO COAST MY CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT. STEERING WAS DIFFICULT BUT MANAGEABLE. ONCE IN THE PARKING LOT I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I WAITED A MOMENT AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN IT BACK ON. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCK/SHAKE AND MADE A NOISE AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO START BUT NOT ABLE TO. THE DIGITAL MONITOR FLICKERED ON AND FINALLY THE ENGINE TURNED OVER AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. I LEFT IT RUNNING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO MY HOME APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM WHERE THIS OCCURRED. THIS WAS TERRIFYING. WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IF I WAS ON AN INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY? AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND PRIOR TO FILING THIS COMPLAINT, I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND SEVERAL VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE SHOWING EX

TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR AND LUNGES FORWARD; FEELS LIKE BEING REAR ENDED. REVS HIGH AND THEN DOWNSHIFTS OR MISSES GEAR AND SLAMS INTO GEAR. IN MOTION DRIVING BETWEEN 0 AND 40 MILES PER HOUR OFTEN WHEN CRUISING ALONG AT APPROX. 30-40 WITHOUT WARNING.

AS OF LATELY, THE SPEEDOMETER TOOGLES UP & DOWN THROUGH A SET OF NUMBERS EVEN AFTER ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO REDUCE SPEED ESPECIALLY WHEN ON CRUISE CONTROL. DURING CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE ACCELERATES BEYOND SET LIMIT & REQUIRES EXTREME FORCE TO DECELERATE. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AS DOES MANY DANGEROUS ISSUES MAINLY AFTER A SOFTWARE UPDATE TAKES PLACE WITH THE VEHICLE. IF THE UPDATES DON'T CAUSE ACCELERATION CONCERNS IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC & OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS A FEW HIGH RISKS FOR MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE ONLY AVOIDED BY THE SWIFT MANEUVERING OF OTHER VEHICLES OR MYSELF WHEN POSSIBLE TO AVOID COLLISION. NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED SO MANY MALFUNCTIONS OF MECHANICAL/TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FROM A VEHICLE. AS FOR IF THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR A HIGHWAY, TURNING, BRAKING ETC WHEN THESE ISSUES OCCURED THE ANSWER WOULD BE MY JEEP HAS STALLED, LOSS SPEED, SHUT OFF AND/OR SPEED UP UNDER ALL THESE CONDITIONS. DEALERSHIP HAS ME BRING IT IN AND THEY FLASH THE SYSTEM TO "CORRECT" THE PROBLEM. THAT IS UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE OR SOME SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION CAUSES UNEXPECTED SCARY INCIDENT TO ARISE LIKE NOW WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING.

AFTER HAVING MY BRAND JEEP FOR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS, THE SERVICE PARK BRAKE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE, AND TRACTION LIGHT WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING. MY CAR THEN PROCEEDED TO JERK WHILE DRIVING SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. UPON RESTART OF THE JEEP, ALL THE LIGHTS WERE GONE AND THE JEEP DROVE FINE. 5 TO 6 MONTHS (AROUND MARCH 2017) LATER THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AND THE WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND HARD TO TURN. SINCE THE LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON BEFORE, I DID THAT BUT THE LIGHTS STAYED ON. I CALLED TO SCHEDULE AN APPT WITH THE DEALERSHIP THEN THE LIGHTS WENT OFF. THE LIGHST STAYED OFF, AS THE APPOINTMENT WAS 2 WEEKS AWAY, SO I CANCELLED IT. AS A SINGLE PARENT I CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE MONEY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC THAT WOULD NOT SHOW AN ERROR BECAUSE THE MALFUNCTION LIGHTS WERE OFF. IN AUGUST OF 2017 THE LIGHTS CAME ONE AGAIN, THE WHEEL BECAME HARD TO STEER. THESE LIGHTS STAYED ON FOR 2-4 DAYS THEN WENT OFF. THIS OCCURENCE HAPPENED AGAIN IN BETWEEN AS WELL MY SONS BDAY WEEKEND FEBRUARY 2018. MY PARENTS WERE DRIVING THE CAR AND THIS MADE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE. SINCE THEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON MORE FREQUENTLY, USING GO OFF WITHIN A DAY OR 2, ONLY TO COME BACK ON AGAIN. IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS THE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON DAILY, CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, AND CUT BACK ON. THE BRAKES NOW MAKE A VIBRATING SENSATION WHEN DRIVING, AND 3 TIMES WHEN BACKING UP THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED ITSELF. IN THE HISTORY OF OWNERHSHIP OF THIS VEHICLE I HAVE USED MY PARKING BRAKE MAYBE 3 TIM

THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, OUT OF NO WHERE. MY SUNROOF WAS NOT BUSTED MY AN EXTERNAL FORCE. MY SUNROOF HAS VERY THINK GLASS. THE WHOLE IN THE GLASS IN DEAD SET IN THE MIDDLE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHER BUYERS. IT WAS 88 DEGREES OUT THAT DAY. I HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR IN HOTTER CONDITIONS.

MY JEEP HAS BEEN AND LOOKED AT FOR SHAKING IN THE FRONT END WHEN GETTING TO A CERTAIN SPEED. I HAVE FOUND OUT AFTER GOING TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND BEING TOLD IT MAY BE MY TIRES AND HAVING THEM CHANGED AND THEN TOLD IT MAY BE THE BALANCE OF THE TIRES AND HAVING THAT CHECKED THE ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE MORE AND TALKING TO OTHER JEEP OWNERS ABOUT THIS THEY SAID IT IS WHAT IS CALLED THE JEEP SHAKES. AND ACCORDING TO LOOKING THIS ISSUE UP THIS IS PRESENT ON MANY JEEP YEARS AND FOR ME AS A CAR OWNER THERE IS NO RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THE COST OF FIXING THIS ISSUE CAN RANGE FROM $900 TO 1500 DOLLARS DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS TAKEN. THE JEEP WHEN DRIVING AND REACHING 55 PLUS MPH AND IT STARTS TO SHAKE AND IF ABLE TO GET TO 65 MPH THE SHAKING CEASES.

ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASSIONS, WHILE IN MOTION, THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. ON EACH STALL, EVERYTHING SHUT OFF COMPLETELY INCLUDING ALL LIGHTS DASHBOARD ETC. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY) OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC, THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. ONLY AFTER WAITING 3 -5 MINUTES DID THE CAR EVENTUALLY START. TWICE I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED.

CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE STARTED STUTTERING AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE CAR PULLED UP A MESSAGE ON THE DASH THAT SAID, ' VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO START THE VEHICLE'. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. CAR IS SCHEDULED TO BE SERVICED.

AUTO ON/OFF WILL STOP WORKING AND NOTIFY ME ON MY SCREEN. IT WILL STATE I NEED TO GET IT SERVICED. ALSO IT WILL POP UP THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER STOPS WORKING, AND NEED TO GET IT SERVICED. BOTH WILL DISAPPEAR AFTER ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON.

MY CAR HAS A "SERVICE SHIFTER " MESSAGE POPPED UP AT 34461 MILEAGE GOING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY JUST STRAIGHT NO TURNING NO NOTHING. THE SHIFTER LIGHTS ARE ALL LITE UP AS WEEL AND I CANNOT SEE THE MIDDLE SCREEN THAT SHOWS MY MPH IN BIG LETTERS. I CALLED JEEP STATING NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. TURNED CAR OFF AND TURNED BACK ON AND NO MESSAGE SECOND TIME WAS AT 36044 MILES GOING 15 MPH THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND THE SHIFTER IS ALL LITE UP AND "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE CAME BACK ON AGAIN . TURNED CAR OFF AFTER PARKING AND TURNED BACK ON AFTER A FEW HOURS AND WAS NOT ON.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE 2.4L ON A CITY HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT POPPED ON AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE PAST 45MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO REACT QUICKLY WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND MAKE MY WAY OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON AND IT IS TRIGGERING CODE P0887. I KNOW NOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE 9 GEAR TRANSMISSION IN PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS AS WELL THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING AND I AM AFRAID OF DRIVING MY VEHICLE ANYWHERE THAT HAS A SPEED LIMIT ABOVE 35!

SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS (6-8 TIMES), WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR SHUTS OFF. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPS REGARDLESS OF IN MOTION OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED EACH WAY. IT SHUTS OFF, AND THE VEHICLE COMPUTER PROVIDES A MESSAGE THAT YOU MUST BE IN PARK TO START THE VEHICLE. I SHIFT TO PARK AND IT STARTS UP AGAIN. WHEN IT SHUTS OFF THE POWER STEERING GOES AND YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE NO SYMPTOMS AND NO WARNING BUT I SEE ENOUGH OF THE SAME COMPLAINT THAT I AM REPORTING IT. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED YET, AND I AM AFRAID IT MIGHT BASED ON THE OTHER JEEP OWNERS COMMENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER, SHIFTED INTO PARK, AND THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT WAITED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. AS THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 34697040. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON I95 NEAR DC IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD COME TO A DEAD STOP WITH THE PARKING LIGHT AND TWO BATTERY LIGHTS ON. IT HAD THE MESSAGE TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND THEN SHIFT TO DESIRED GEAR. IT DID NOT WORK AND IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH SPEED HEAVY TRAFFIC I HAD TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND RESTART THE CAR FOR IT TO GO BACK INTO GEAR. I WENT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE NO CODES WHEN THE CAR WAS CHECKED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT HAD TO BE AN ELECTRONIC ISSUE. I WAS TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN ON A BUSY INTERSTATE AND MY JEEP DID THIS THREE TIMES. WE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED . MY DEALERSHIP WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT MY CAR FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS.

"SERVICE TRANSMISSION" LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE CAR LOSES POWER. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY. HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SHUTOFF AND LOST ALL POWER. HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, FOUND OUT THE ENGINE CONSUMED 2.5 QUARTS OF OIL [OVER HALF IT'S VOLUME] IN 6 MONTHS. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OF LOW OIL LEVEL; ENGINE JUST DIED. WAS TOLD THAT THIS OIL CONSUMPTION WAS ACCEPTABLE AND IF I WANTED TO PREVENT THE ENGINE FROM SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING TO CHECK OIL LEVEL EVERY 1000-1500 MILES TO ASSURE IT'S ADEQUATE. THE COMPUTER APPARENTLY GIVES THE DRIVER NO INDICATION OF LOW OIL VOLUME EVEN AFTER THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN FOR THAT EXACT REASON. I WAS TOLD CHRYSLER ONLY BECOMES CONCERNED IF THE ENGINE USE A QUART OF OIL WITHIN 1000 MILES. JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE/2016/4CLY ENGINE WITH 35K MILES.

TAKATA RECALL: I BOUGHT THE CAR IN JUNE OF 2016. TWO MONTHS LATER I WENT INTO THE DEALER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY CAR SHAKING AND THE ACCELERATOR HOW MY CAR FEELS AS IF IT'S SHIFTING GEARS. THEY TAKE MY CAR TO CHECK AND TOLD ME THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE SO I RECEIVED MY CAR BACK. THEN DURING THE SUMMER ONCE AGAIN IN 2017 THE CAR WAS SHAKING VERY BAD DEALER WAS ON STRIKE SO I HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER JEEP DEALER. THEY 'SOLVED' THE SHAKING AND MENTIONED TO ME I POSSIBLY NEED A NEW ENGINE. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY CONTACT BACK FROM THEM FOR THAT NEW ENGINE. MY CAR AGAIN STILL SHAKES AND FEELS AS IF IT IS SHIFTING ON ITS OWN. IT'S TURNED OFF ON ME QUITE A FEW TIMES AS WELL. ON THE EXPRESS WAY IN THE CITY IN THE STREETS. I JUST TOOK IT BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN JUNE 2018 AND AGAIN I GET THE I CAN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. SO I'M STUCK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY ISSUE SOLVED. VEHICLE IS ALWAYS IN MOTION WHEN SHAKING AND SHIFTING HAPPENS. VEHICLE IS AT A STOP WHEN CAR TURNS OFF.

I STARTED MY CAR AND SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE POPPED UP AND ALL THE LIGHT ON THE SHIFTER WERE RED, SHUR CAR OFF AND STARTED CAR AGAIN AND WAS FINE FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN SAME MESSAGE POPPED UP. WAS READING TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY DO AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON A YEAR OR TWO EARLY OF MY CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE HARD SHIFTING, REDUCED SPEED, AND WOULD NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE FROM A STANDING START. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

2016 JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4 WON'T START. WHEN FINALLY START, IT SHUTS OFF THE AC SYSTEM. 3 TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A BUSY STREET. THE BATTERY IS STILL NEW ACCORDING TO A A TESTER.

MY VEHICLE WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 55 MPH AND DURING A DOWNHILL SLOPE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND RPMS JUMPED TO 6-8,000. I COULD NOT GET THE CRUISE CONTROL TO SHUTOFF AND STOP ACCELERATION. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. I HAVE ALSO HAD IT LURCH FORWARD AT STOP SIGNS WHEN TAKING OFF. *TT *TR

ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW, AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR WILL START TO ACCELERATE AND THEN IT'LL NO LONGER RESPOND TO PRESSING DOWN THE ACCELERATOR. THE ENGINE DOES NOT REV AND NO SPEED IS GAINED AS THE CAR CONTINUES TO COAST. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY IT BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR INDICATORS APPEAR SIGNALING AN ISSUE. THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND HAS OCCURRED WHEN GOING STRAIGHT FROM A STOP, OR WHILE MAKING A TURN AFTER A COMPLETE STOP. CAR CURRENTLY HAS LESS THAN 35,000 MILES. HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO ANY DEALERSHIP, SINCE THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION OF FAILURE.

DRIVING ON I-95 AT ABOUT 60MPH AND THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE CAME ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LUCKILY WAS NEAR AN EXIT AND PULLED OVER AT THE EXIT. STOPPED ON THE MEDIAN AND TRIED TO GET TO A GAS STATION BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, MADE SOME PHONE CALLS, AND TURNED ON THE ENGINE AGAIN. THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS GONE BUT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE CAR NOW MOVED. DROVE TO THE DESTINATION AND THE DEALER SERVICED ON MONDAY WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE. ALL SEEMS OK SO FAR.

CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY ROADS IN CHICAGO ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. FIRST TIME I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM HOME ON MY WAY TO WORK, CAR STALLED OUT AT A STOP LIGHT AND TOOK 3-4 FAILED ATTEMPTS TO RESTART. CAR WAS MAKING UNUSUAL NOISE WHILE FAILING TO RESTART. SECOND TIME WAS LATER IN THE DAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK DURING RUSH HOUR. ON A 45MPH ROAD CROSSING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THE JEEP STALLED OUT. NO CODES, NOTHING. JUST STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS IS A TERRIBLY DESIGNED 'SAFETY FEATURE'. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD I WAS LOW ON OIL. THEY TRIED TO PLAY IT OFF LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT BUT I INSISTED ON A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, CAME BACK AFTER 1000 MILES AND MY CAR HAS NOW BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 9 WEEKS AFTER THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. JEEP NEEDS TO BUY THIS VEHICLE BACK I'M SICK OF DEALING WITH A BRAND NEW PIECE OF TRASH

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE CAR DIED WHILE IN MOTION. THE FIRST TIME, I WAS LEAVING CHURCH AND MADE A LEFT TURN. THE CAR STALLED AND I WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND STARTED IT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO GO. THE SECOND TIME (TODAY), I TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT AND IT JUST KILLED. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND MOVED ON. FORTUNATELY, BOTH TIMES, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY ADDRESS THIS. WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE NEXT TIME? THIS FIRST HAPPENED THE 4TH SUNDAY IN MAY OF 2018 AND THE SECOND TIME, JUNE 10, 2018.