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 2017 record →
THE BACK UP CAMERA GETS SNOWY AT TIME - YOU CAN NOT TELL WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHEN TRYING TO BACK OUT OF A SPOT WHERE YOU CAN NOT SEE AROUND OTHER CARS - VARIOUS TIME WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE - RADIO VOLUME TAKES A MINUTE TO ADJUST AT VARIOUS TIME - RADIO HAS BEEN REPLACED - HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ON AND OFF
EVERY 3000 MILE I DO MY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WHICH REQUIRES ME TO DO MY (OIL CHANGE) JULY , 2020 ON AUGUST 2 2020 I HEARD SOMETHING WHILE DRIVING ON A UPHILL I PULL OVER I CHECK EVERYTHING SEEM OK WHEN I GOT HOME I CHECK MY OIL STICK AND REALIZE I WAS IN NEED OF ABOUT A QUART OF OIL I WENT TO THE PLACE I HAD OIL CHANGE DONE AND ADDED A HALF QUART OF OIL (MANUFACTURED RECOMMENDED) ON AUGUST 15 ,2020 I WAS DRIVING AN HEARD A BANG LIKE I HIT OR RAN OVER SOMETHING ALL OF SUDDEN MY VEHICLE DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON A MY CAR SHUT OFF A PASSING VEHICLE INFORM ME ALL MY OIL WAS COMING OUT , I HAD THE VEHICLE TOW HOME THE TOW DRIVER INFORM ME THE OIL PAN WAS CRACK I INSPECTED AND REMOVE THE OIL PAN AND REALIZED THE PROBLEM WAS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM THE CRACK WAS COURSE FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND THE ENGINE OIL COMPONENT WAS CRACK AS IT WAS WITH THE TIMING BELT , I ONLY HAVE 26,500 MILES MY PHONE NUMBER IS +[XXX] THANK YOU IN ADVANCE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS *TR
WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR, I RECEIVE THE MESSAGE "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL LIGHTS TURN RED ON THE GEARS. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 29,860 MILES AND AM TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHTS COMES ON RANDOMLY WHEN I'M DRIVING. IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN HERE LATELY. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE.
MY 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE,S DASH WARNING LIGHT COMES ON SAYING SHIFTER SERVICE ' THIS HAS HAPPENED 6WEEKS AGO AND NOW AGAIN.UPON STOPPING THE VEHICLE , SHUTTING IT OFF AND THEN RESTARTING THE WARNING GOES AWAY . AFTER READING ALL THE PROBLEMS JEEP IS HAVING THEIR SEEMS TO BE NO SOLUTION BUT DEALERS GUESS WORK AND LITTLE RESULTS
WHEN SHIFTING OUT OF PARK, A SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING COMES ON, ALL OF THE SHIFTER INDICATORS LIGHT RED. RETURNING THE CAR TO PARK, AND RESTARTING NORMALLY CLEARS THE WARNING, BUT IT WILL RETURN.
2017 WITH 34K ON IT AND ON A MINIMUM OF 2 HANDS I HAVE HAD THE ERROR SERVICE SHIFTER COME UP. AFTER CAR IS TURNED OFF, IT WILL GO AWAY FOR NO SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEN EVENTUALLY POP BACK UP EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR FIRST START UP OF THE DAY.
'SERVICE REQUIRED' LIGHT CAME ON, SHIFTER BEZZLE NEEDS REPLACED ACCORDING TO DEALER, THEY SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEY CANNOT GET THE PART FOR WEEKS AND SAID I CANNOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE SHIFTER COULD 'GO OUT AT ANY TIME', IT IS $450 FOR THE PART ALONE, AND NOW NEED A RENTAL.
THE CAR AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MILES THE SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE COMES ON AND ALL THE LIGHTS FOR THE SHIFTER ARE SOLID RED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER UPDATE AND THAT WAS IT. IT'S KEPT HAPPENING EVER SINCE 15000 MILES.
THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT KEPT COMING ON WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS AND ALL GEARS LIT UP RED. I WAS CHARGED $375 TO HAVE IT FIXED, BUT IF YOU SEARCH THE FORUMS IT IT IS HAPPENING TO EVERYONE WITH A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE.
SHIFTER SERVICE ALERT ON 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAIL HAWK WITH LOW MILAGE (19,000)
DRIVING OFF ROAD THROUGH MUD. WAS NOT TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED... PROCEEDED TO DRIVE UPHILL THROUGH MUD AND SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.
I HAD JUST GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WAS GOING DOWN THE EXIT RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN SRVC 4WD INDICATOR LIGHT CAME UP ON THE DASH. I DROVE HOME WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES AWAY. I PARKED AT THE HOUSE, TURNED THE JEEP OFF. WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES AND TURNED IT BACK ON TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WENT OUT. IT DID NOT. IT WAS ABOUT 8PM AND THE DEALERSHIPS WERE CLOSED SO I PLANNED ON MAKING THE PHONE CALL THE NEXT MORNING TO HAVE IT CHECKED AS I HAD JUST RECEIVED A RRECALL ABOUT MY PTU/SPLINES/DIFF ANYWAYS THAT ALSO NEEDED TO BE CHECKED. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER I WENT OUTSIDE TO MOVE MY LAWNMOWER AND NOTICED A HUGE PUDDLE OF DARK GREY GREASE ON THE CONCRETE BEHIND MY JEEP.
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL SELECTIONS LIGHT UP. THIS HAPPENED S WHILE DRIVING . I PARK AND START THE ENGINE 3 HOURS LATER NOW IS OFF.
3 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY JEEP IT SHIFTS TERRIBLY. IT DOES NOT DO IT 100% OF THE TIME THOUGH. IT GETS STUCK IN GEARS WHEN SHIFTING THEN REVS TO HIGH RPMS OR JENKS FORWARD. OFTEN TIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOU GET REAR ENDED IT JERKS SO BAD. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP A FEW TIMES, AND MOST MECHANICS SAY IT IS NORMAL. I AM AFRAID IT WILL JERK FORWARD AND I WILL RUN INTO SOMEONE ONE OF THESE DAYS. IT IS WORSE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, HOT DAYS WHEN A/C IS RUNNING, ETC. IT DOES NOT PERFORM ANY DIFFERENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS WARMED UP. IT SLIPS GEARS AT BOTH HIGH SPEED AND LOW SPEED, MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND ABRUPT MOTION FORWARD.
I KEEP HAVING TO DO OIL CHANGES WITHIN A 1 1/2 MONTHS WITHOUT EVEN GOING 3,000 MILES. ALSO MY CAR SHUTS ON AND OFF RANDOMLY AND THE POWER GOES OUT ON THE RADIO AND SPEEDOMETER. I'VE TAKEN MY CAR IN AND THEY RUN A DIAGNOSTIC AND ALWAYS TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING WITH THE CAR IS FINE. THIS SHUT OFF SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN I STOP AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. ALL THE POWER SEEMS TO GO OUT AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF. THE LIGHTS ON THE RADIO AND SPEEDOMETER HAVE GONE BLACK WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION, IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I'M HAVING TO GET MORE FREQUENT OIL CHANGES.
I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE ON JULY 27TH PAYING 28,000 DOLLARS FOR IT. I TEST DRIVE IT AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. TWO DAYS LATER MY 'SERVICE SHIFTER' LIGHT CANE ON AND EVERYTHING BY MY SHIFTER WAS ILLUMINATED. TODAY (08/03/2020) IT HAPPENED AGAIN. NUMEROUS PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR JEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. I HAVE UNDER 60,000 MILES ON THIS JEEP AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I CAN END UP BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS I TRAVEL A LOT. PLEASE RECALL THIS ISSUE AS MANY PEOPLE ARE PAYING TO GET THIS FIXED WHEN IT'S NOT THE CAR OWNERS FAULT.
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON AND GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS ARE ALL RED,P,R,N,D. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T68742_DS990296
THIS JEEP CHEROKEES OIL IS EVAPORATING CAUSING MY CAR TO CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH WAY. I CHECK MY OIL EVERY OTHER DAY. MY OIL EVAPORATES WHILE DRIVING I HAVE HAD THE CAR CHECKED FOR OIL LEAKS 5 TIMES. THIS VEHICLE ALSO CUTS OFF AND SAY SHIFTER AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER TURN THE VEHICLE OFF LET SIT FOR 5 MINUTES THEN RESTART. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO GET A TUNE UP AT 50000 MILES DUE TO MANUFACTURAL DEFECT ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC AN ALERT SHOWED THEM WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN STRUCK BY OTHER VEHICLES WHILE I AM TRYING TO GET OVER LANES TO PULL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SO MUCH SO I WILL NOT DRIVE WITH MY GROWN CHILDREN AND DEFINITLY NOT MY GRANDCHILDREN.
MY KEEP IS NOT EVEN AT 30.000 AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO TURN IT ON FROM THE PARKING LOT AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED IT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. THE SERVICE SHIFT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE LIGHT DISAPPEARED. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH UPSTATE AUTO SERVICE & BODY WORKS (469 BROADWAY, SARANAC LAKE, NY 12983 518-891-1211). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PIN TENSION IN THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE RESET AND SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,900.
ON A RECURRING BASIS, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP WITH A "SERVICE SHIFTER NOW" MESSAGE AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT ARE ILLUMINATED. AFTER A RESTART, THE LIGHTS GO AWAY AND THE CAR RESUMES NORMAL FUNCTIONALITY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST 6-8 MONTHS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS BECAME ILLUMINATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE COASTED TO CURB. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO HER DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MILTON RUBEN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 3508 WASHINGTON RD, AUGUSTA, GA 30907, (762) 224-5967, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BEZEL NEEDED TO BE REWIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,667.*DT CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN.*JB
WHILE DRIVING 40 -50 MPH ON HIGHWAY 89 IN FLAGSTAFF, AZ I NOTICED A DASH MESSAGE STATING THAT THE SPEED WAS TOO HIGH TO SHIFT INTO 4 WHEEL LOW, ABOUT A MINUTE LATER I NOTICED A DASH MESSAGE THAT STATED THE DIFFERENTIAL LOCK COULD NOT OCCUR AND I NOTICED THAT THE 4 WHEEL LOW BUTTON WAS FLASHING RED. A MINUTE LATER DASH MESSAGE 4 WHEEL LOW WAS CANCELED AND THE 4 WHEEL LOW LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING. I STOPPED AT ABOUT 3 LIGHTS ABOUT 1 MILE APART. ON THE 3RD LIGHT I HAD TO TURN LEFT AND MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE ENTERING INTERSTATE 40. AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION BUCKED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN AS I MOVED IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC THE DRIVE SYSTEM DISENGAGED AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THERE WAS NO DASH MESSAGE NOR WERE THERE ANY TRANS AXLE LIGHTS FLASHING. AS I COASTED TO A STOP TRAFFIC WAS PILING UP BEHIND ME. I PLACED THE THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE, BUT IT DID NOT ENGAGE. AS I WAS ALMOST STOPPED, I HIT THE BRAKES AND STOPPED, THEN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. I THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT SHUT OFF, SO I STARTED IT AGAIN AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE AND IT ENGAGED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY NOTICED OR COULD DO. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT THINK I HAD PRESSED THE 4 WHEEL LOW BUTTON, I CONSIDERED THAT I MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY, SO AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP I TESTED TO SEE IF I COULD CREATE THE SAME CONDITION AND I COULD NOT. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE BU
WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON A CITY STREET MY VEHICLE DINGED, TURNED OFF AND A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE DASH 'SHIFT TO PARK OR NEUTRAL, PRESS BRAKE, SELECT GEAR'. I COULD NOT USE MY STEERING WHEEL OR BREAKS DURING THIS TIME. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND FULL TOOK MY KEY OUT. THEN ATTEMPTED TO START IT. I ONLY HEARD A SLIGHT SOUND BUT NO TURN OVER. I REPEATED THIS STEP AND THIS TIME, AFTER MOMENTARILY SPUTTERING, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THE CAR GAS AND IT STAYED ON. I COULD SMELL OIL AT THIS POINT. IT SEEMS THIS IS RELATED TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, WHICH TRIGGERS THE CAR TO SHUT OFF TO PROTECT THE ENGINE. EXCEPT THE OIL LEVEL IN THE VEHICLE IS FINE AND THERE ARE NO PRIOR WARNINGS BEFORE THIS HAPPENS.
I HAVE A SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING THAT PERIODICALLY APPEARS. THIS CAR HAS 145000 HIGHWAY MILES DRIVEN FOR SALES JOB. IT BEGAN LAST YEAR IN 2019 WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD AROUND 90000 MILES AND APPEARS BOTH WHEN I START THE VEHICLE AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE
ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO A LIGHT ON THE SCREEN APPEARED AND SAID "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURNED ON, THE D, R AND SO ON. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT INORDER TO GET THE WARNING LABEL OFF THE SCREEN AND GET THE LIGHTS OFF. NOW TODAY, MY CAR WILL NOT TURN ON. IT ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO START BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. THE RADIO AND OTHER ELECTRICAL THINGS TURN ON SO LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE BATTERY.
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON MY 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE. I WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW SHIFTER CABLE AND MODULE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE SHIFTER. WE BEGAN GETTING WARNING MESSAGE ABOUT "SHIFTER ERROR". SHORTLY AFTER THAT MY WIFE TOLD ME SHE HAD PROBLEMS "MAKING THE CAR TURN OFF" IN OUR DRIVEWAY. I GOT IN AND COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I FIDDLED WITH IT UNTIL I FINALLY GOT IT INTO PARK AND TRIED TO TURN THE JEEP OFF BUT EVEN WITH THE ENGINE OFF ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL THINGS (RADIO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS, BEEPING, INTERIOR LIGHTS ETC..) WERE STILL GOING. I COULD NOT RESTART THE JEEP WITHOUT A JUMPER CABLE. WHEN I RESTARTED THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WENT BACK TO "NORMAL". I TRIED TO TURN THE JEEP OFF AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AGAIN, GOT THE JEEP STARTED AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. FIRST THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST A BAD BATTERY. WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT ALL OF THE NEWS ABOUT SHIFTER PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND THE "SHIFT BEZEL AND HARNESS" NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM 4 WEEKS OUT OF MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY SO I PAID $857.02 FOR THIS WORK. THE SERVICE MAN PUT A NOTE ON BILL THAT SAYS "IF LIGHT COMES BACK ON WE NEED TO "REPLACE SHIFTER ALSO - $890.00" I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE IS A SAFETY DEFECT NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THE 2017 JEEP SHOULD BE RECALLED. MY WIFE IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE HER JEEP. ALSO, THE "SHIFTER ERROR" MESSAGE JUST CAME BACK ON ONE DAY AFTER GETTING THE JEEP BACK. THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT SOMETIMES THE JEEP DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT WHEN THE JEEP IS IN PARK. PLEASE HELP. SOME IS GOING TO GET HURT. TRY GOO
HEATED STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T STAY ON EVEN BELOW 40 DEGREES. ON HAS TO TURN IT ON AND OFF IN ORDER TO WORK. WITHIN THREE MINUTES THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL TURNS COLD. TOOK JEEP CHEROKEE TO 2 DEALERSHIP ONE REPLACE THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK PROPERTY IS STILL TURNS OFF WITHIN 3 MINUTES AND IT GETS COLD. SOFTWARE UPDATE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT MIGHT BE ELECTRICAL/WIRING PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON HEATED STEERING WHEEL AT JEEP FORUMS AND CARGURU WEBSITE. I WAS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS HOW TO FIX IT.
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT POPPED UP SERVICE SHIFTER. I HAVEN'T HAD THE VEHICLE VERY LONG I'M UP TO 90,000 MILES. I TURNED THE JEEP OFF AND IT WENT AWAY L. A WEEK LATER IT SHOWED UP AGAIN AND IT'S GOES OFF. IT SHIFTS FUNNY. I WAS ON A CITY STREET WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON 06/27/2020. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A ROAD FLIPPED 6-8 TIMES AND IMPACTED 3 TREES. NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED.*DT*JB
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL SELECTIONS LIGHT UP. THIS HAPPENED S WHILE DRIVING AND THEN CAN'T BE RESET UNTIL CAR IS SHUT OFF. THE CODE BLOCKS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.
THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT ALL CAME ON (P, R, N, D) AND ON MY DASHBOARD INSTRUMENT PANEL IT SAID "SERVICE SHIFTER". I SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND RESTARTED, WHICH CORRECTED THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. HOWEVER IT HAS NOW HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. IT HAPPENED TWICE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND ONCE WHEN IT WAS MOVING ON A CITY STREET.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE GEARS LIGHT UP. THE CONTACT VEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON WHICH FAILED TO RESUME BACK TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE THEN WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED BUT THE PART REPAIRED WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS TAKEN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,600.
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL SHIFT GEARS (PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE,DRIVE ) LIGHT UP IN RED AFTER DRIVING ON MOUNTAIN ROAD. PULLED TO SIDE AND TURNED CAR OFF. RESET LIGHT BUT CAME ON AGAIN 20 MIN LATER . APPARENTLY KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEPS.
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON
SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING APPEARS AND ALL RED LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE SHIFTER. TODAY WHILE DRIVING THE MESSAGE POPPED UP AND MY CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR
BOUGHT THIS 2017 JEEP NEW WITH 23 MILES ON IT. WITHIN A YEAR THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT STARTED COMING ON. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER ALUMINATE. THERE IS A CONSTANT WARNING ON THE DASH THAT CAN'T BE CLEARED UNTIL IT IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. RESTART WOULD CLEAR THE LIGHT. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM M IT HAS SINCE GOTTEN WORSE AND HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN REVERSE. OF COURSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY NOW BUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON MULTIPLE THREADS. THIS CAN EVENTUALLY LEAD TO RANDOM POWER LOSS ISSUES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS A RECALL.
THE CAR HAS A SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ON AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER ARE LIT RED FOR EXAMPLE THE PARKING, REVERSE, DRIVE, NEUTRAL. THE CAR STARTED DRIVING REALLY ROUGH AND NOW THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE. BOUGHT THE CAR AROUND 1 MONTH AGO AND IT IS ALREADY GIVING PROBLEMS. THE CAR ONLY HAS 19,000 MILES AND WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM I SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THEN THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM CHARGING SOME PEOPLE BUT THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AS WELL AS CAUSING LEAKS OR OTHER PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING AT HOME THEN WHEN TURNED ON THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEN TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS WENT OFF A COUPLE TIMES BY RESTARTING THE ENGINE BUT NOW IT ALWAYS STAYS ON AS WELL AS CAUSES A RATTLING NOISE AS WELL AS VERY ROUGH DRIVING.
SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARS AND ALL GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS TURN RED, SO NO IDEA WHAT GEAR I'M IN. MUST SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND RESTART, WHICH FIXES THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. SOMETIMES REQUIRES MULTIPLE RESTART ATTEMPTS BEFORE LIGHTS GO OFF.
CONTINUALLY GETTING SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THEN ALL GEARS LIGHT UP RED, FOR EXAMPLE, PDRN. I HAVE HEARD OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND HEARD THAT THE CAR MAY EVEN LOCK UP. *TR
SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE AND JEEP SAYS THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I?VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE AND WOULD REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION FOR A RECALL SINCE THIS SEEM TO BE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND IT ALSO SEEMS THAT JEEP IS BOTH CARING THAT MUCH ABOUT IT. THEY SAY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE SHIFTER. CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 25K MILES. THIS IS HAPPENING VERY OFTEN NOW. AND TO HAVE THE CAR TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON IS NOT A SOLUTION TO ME AND MANY OTHER JEEP BUYERS. COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED AND WOULD NEVER BUY A JEEP CHEROKEE AGAIN. *TR
GETTING A SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE AND THE LIGHTS NEXT TO MY GEAR SHIFT ALL TURN RED. I CHECKED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A JEEP CHEROKEE ONLY ISSUE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR EITHER GOT THEIR CAR BACK WITHOUT THE ISSUE BEING RESOLVED OR THE DEALER DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE IT OR THE CAR CAME BACK IN WORSE CONDITION THAN BEFORE. THIS IS CLEARLY A JEEP CHEROKEE MANUFACTURING FAULT THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED WITH A RECALL. *TR
I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF MY LIGHTS CAME ON PRND AND THEN SAID SERVICE SHIFTER. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR THE WARNING GOES OFF. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER THEY CHARGE $180 TO DIAGNOSE AND THEN SAY THAT IT IS NOT THE ENGINE SO IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR BUT DON'T HAVE $180 EVERY TIME THIS LIGHT COMES ON AND I'M NOT KNOWING WHAT GEAR I'M IN BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE HIGHLIGHTED. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, TURNING DOWN THE STREET AND ALSO WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. *TR
MY JEEP HAS ABOUT 26,000 MILES ON IT, SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT, IT HAS BEEN TOWED 6 TIMES FOR ENGINE FAILURE. MY ENGINE IS BURNING THE OIL, WITH OUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR SHUTS OFF. THE DEALER INSISTS THIS IS NORMAL, BUT IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR A CAR TO ABSORB OR BURN OIL. *TR
SERVICE SHIFTER WARNINGS COME ON ALL THE TIME WHILE DRIVING. ALSO HARD KNOCK WHEN CAR IS SHIFTING GEARS. *TR
SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE COMES UP IN THE MESSAGE CENTER ON THE DASH, AND PRND LIGHTS UP RED WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. PULLING OVER AND TURNING THE ENGINE OFF SOMETIMES MAKES THE MESSAGE GO AWAY, OTHER TIMES IT PERSISTS. PROBLEM STARTED AT AROUND 11,000 MILES. HAPPENS RANDOMLY, AND DEALERS CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. *TR
JEEP CHEROKEE 2017 LAST MONTH AT ABOUT 28,000 I WAS DRIVING ON THE THRU WAY WHEN THE SHIFTER LIGHTS ALL LIT UP RED AND THE DASH SAID SERVICE SHIFTER. I PULL OVER, SWITCHED CAR ON AND OFF AND IT WAS FIXED. ONE MONTH LATER, MY CAR WAS SITTING IN PARK - I MOVED FROM MY PARKING SPOT TO A NEW ONE- PLACED JEEP IN PARK AND THEN NOTICED ALL OF THE LIGHTS RED ON THE SHIFTER AND THE DASH SAYING 'SERVICE SHIFTER'
SHIFTER ERROR THEN TURNS OFF RANDOMLY. ESPECIALLY ON TURNS
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