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 2018 record →
THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE. THE ON BOARD SCREEN WILL SUDDENLY SHOW "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE SHIFTER INDICATOR LIGHTS GO RED. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO AT INITIAL STARTS. WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, EVERYTHING RETURNS TO NORMAL. DOING SOME RESEARCH THAT SAYS OVERHEATING PROBLEMS CAN ENSUE.
IN MARCH, DRIVING DOWN RED ROAD - CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. AS IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT LANE AS TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND WHEN THEY CAME, WENT TO JUMP THE CAR AND THERE WAS NO NEED - CAR STARTED. WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR THAT I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE OIL IS LOW. PANDEMIC CAME SO DIDN'T DRIVE MUCH - LAST THURSDAY, 7/18, I GOT IN THE CAR AND IT DIDN'T START AGAIN - I WAITED A WHILE AND IT HESITATED STARTING. FINALLY STARTED AND WENT TO DO GROCERIES. LEAVING THE STORE, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THE CAR DID NOT START AT ALL, CONTINUED TO TRY AND IT FINALLY STARTED. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER 7/17/20 - STILL 1,000 MILES TO GO BEFORE NEXT OIL CHANGE AND AGAIN, THEY SAID I HAVE TO DO THE OIL CHANGE NOW EVERY 2500 MILES. THE CAR HAS SYNTHETIC OIL - I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHANGE EVERY 2500 MILES AS THE OIL IS ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE. TODAY 7/18, CAR DID NOT START AGAIN, SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT STARTED AND NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. READ ONLINE CAR HAS ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN AND STALLING AND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AS IT MAY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN. HEADING TO THE DEALER AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE CAR NOT STARTING, SHUTTING DOWN AND STALLING.
MANY TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A GOOD SHARP BUMP IN THE ROAD OR I BUMP THE SHIFTER SHARPLY, THE DISPLAY IMMEDIATELY GIVES A SERVICE SHIFTER FAULT ALERT ON THE COMMUNICATION PANEL AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS P, R, N, F AND THE MANUAL LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON THE SHIFTER. THE VEHICLE CAN BE MOVING OR AT REST AND THE IGNITION ON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I HAVE REPORTED THE INCIDENTS AT EACH OF THE OIL SERVICE CHECKUPS AT THE DEALER, HOWEVER WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE IT NEVER GETS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS EVEN MENTIONED OR THE MECHANIC THAT WORKS ON TRANSMISSIONS COULD NOT GET TO IT THAT DAY.
WHEN MY VEHICLE ACCELERATES THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING OR NOT FULLY ENGAGING. THE RPMS WILL SPIKE TO ABOUT 4,000 BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT, AND WHEN IT SHIFTS THE WHOLE VEHICLE WILL SHUDDER LIKE IT'S BEEN HIT BY A SLEDGEHAMMER WIELDED BY THOR HIMSELF. TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING MY VEHICLE I HAVE TO SLOWLY ACCELERATE AND KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER 3,000 RPMS. THIS ONLY SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ON A HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY THAT IS 55MPH OR HIGHER.
CAR WAS SITTING STILL, HAD NOT BEEN RUNNING (IN OVER 36 HOURS)L UNDER THE CARPORT. WE WENT TO GET INTO THE CAR AND THEN NOTICED, THE BACK GLASS HAD BUSTED IN THE SAME PLACE (THE HEATER CONNECTOR) ON BOTH SIDES. THE GLASS BUSTED OUT WARDS. HUSBANDS VEHICLE WAS RIGHT BESIDE THIS ONE, AND THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF VANDALIZM.
SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND BLOCKS OUT ALL OTHER DIGITAL READ OUT UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS PARKED TURNED OFF AND BACK OF. ISSUE CONTINUES TO REOCCUR
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON, ALL LIGHT ON SHIFTER LIGHT UP.
WHEN SHIFTING TO PARK, INTERMITTENTLY WONT STAY INDICATING P AND REST OF SHIFT POSITIONS ILLUMINATE WITH "SERVICE SHIFTER" DISPLAYING ON STATUS SCREEN. TO FIX IT, PUSH SHIFTER UP HARDER TO PARK POSITION ENSURING P ILLUMINATES, TURN VEHICLE OFF THEN START AND VERIFY NO SERVICE MESSAGE. SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING BUT USUALLY AFTER BEING PARKED AND RESTARTED. SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE PREVENTS SPEED SCREEN FROM DISPLAYING WHILE DRIVING. *TR
THE SERVICE SHIFTER NOTIFICATION CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD SCREEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, UNABLE TO BE CLEARED, AND ALL RED LIGHTS ON SHIFTER WERE LIT UP. (PRND) AFTER STOPPING, TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTING CLEARED THE MESSAGE, HOWEVER, VEHICLE ALSO CONTINUES TO JERK IN BETWEEN GEARS.
I'VE HAVE MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE SINCE NOVEMBER 1,2017 AND IN EARLY 2019 A 'SERVICE SHIFTER' MESSAGE SHOWED UP ON THE DASHBOARD. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITED 30 SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT SHOWED UP AGAIN SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP CLOSED TO MY HOUSE THEY FIXED IT. AFTER I GOT IT FIXED THE SAME MESSAGE HAS SHOWED UP 6-8 MORE TIMES AND I REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS WHERE I TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THE MESSAGE GOES AWAY BUT THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER IT SHOWS UP AGAIN. ALSO IT WILL SHOW UP SOMETIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR EVEN JUST DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. *TR
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 18001 - VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND JUST STARTED SO I CAN DRIVE IT - HAD BEEN SITTING FOR OVER A DAY SO ENGINE WAS COLD. DISPLAY IN CENTER OF PANEL READ "SERVICE SHIFTER". THE NEXT DAY THE MESSAGE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WERE GONE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP SINCE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW WIRING HARNESS AND NEW SHIFTER. BEEN ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP AND INTERNET RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WANTED TO ADD MY JEEP TO THE LIST TO ASSIST IN GETTING THIS ITEM RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE BATTERY POWER SENSOR WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 18V524000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND REMAINS ON WITH ALL SHIFTER LIGHTS ON AT THE SAME TIME. MENU FOR CAR IS NO ACCESSIBLE DASH PANEL IS LOCKED. PERIODICALLY AND RANDOMLY COMES ON AND GOES OFF WHEN DRIVING OR STATIONARY. CALLED DEALER AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT. *TR
MY CAR LOST ALL POWER WHILE IN MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY STREET INTERSECTION WITH A SHIFTER ERROR CODE. WOULD NOW ACCELERATE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AND DID IT INSTANTLY AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2 MONTHS AGO. *TR
AS DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN LOOSE ALL CONTROL. MESSAGE POPS UP THAT SAYS. APPLY BRAKE AND PUT IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AN AUDIBLE CHIME WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. ZIMMER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1086 BURLINGTON PIKE, FLORENCE, KY 41042), WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RECEIVED FOUR OIL CHANGES WITHIN 24 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000.
SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT. *TR
THE MESSAGE SERVICE SHIFTER APPEARS, AND ALL OF THE GEARS ON THE GEAR SHIFT LIGHT UP. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC REASON THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, SOMETIMES WHILE IN MOTION AND BRAKING, SOMETIMES WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED. IT STARTED WHEN MY CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE 32,000 MILE WARRANTY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THIS SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR ISSUE AFTER I RESEARCHED IT. *TR
SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT IS ON AT 39K MILES. IT WAS ON WHILE STATIONARY, IN PARK, AND WHILE IN MOTION, IN DRIVE.
THE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' COMES ON AND ALL OF THE GEARS LIGHT UP. THE CAR HAS A SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE BUT NO INDICATION OF THE CAR RUNNING HOT. THE WARNING GOES AWAY AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION
MY SERVICE SHIFT LIGHTS UP ON DASH AND ALL THE LIGHTS FOR P,R,N,D ALL LIGHT UP. THIS NEEDS A RECALL I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF ISSUES WITH THIS AND SOME ARE GETTING ATTORNEYS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED MY JEEP ONLY HAS 48000 MILES. AND IF I'M SERIOUSLY INJURED I'LL BE SUING ALSO. YOU CAN'T LET THIS CONTINUE THESE DEALERSHIPS NEEDS TO HANDLE THIS AS A RECALL!
BOUGHT MY VEHICLE 12/21/2017. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. TOOK MY CAR TO [XXX] IN AUSTIN WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. IN NOVEMBER 2019 MY CAR BROKE DOWN AND I PAID TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN SA SINCE THAT IS WHERE I WAS RELOCATED TO FOR WORK. BLAMED IT ON MY OIL WHICH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY MY VEHICLE IT WAS EVEN LOW. ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN ACTING RIGHT SINCE. 5/21/2020 I WENT ON A TRIP BUT ONLY MADE IT TO WACO. VEHICLE SHUT OFF GOING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT VEHICLES BECAUSE OF IT. 5/26/2020 DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW I WAS GETTING A NEW ENGINE SINCE MINE WAS COMPROMISED BY THE OIL IT WAS CONSUMING. NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE IT AND TEST IT BEFORE THEY WILL REPLACE IT. HAVE DONE AN INTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND THIS IS A HUGE LIABILITY TO PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER FOR A TEST THEY NEED FOR THE COMPANY. CALLED THE LOCATION I PURCHASED IT AT AND SURPRISE THEY WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF IT. NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.*DT*JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
WHEN DRIVING A SHIFTER SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON. ALL ON THE RED LIGHT INDICATORS COME ON BY SHIFTER. *BF*JB
TURNED ON JUST FINE, PULLED OUT TO THE STREET FROM THE STORE GRADUALLY. SLOWED DOWN FOR THE RED LIGHT AND BEFORE I STOPPED ALL THE RED LIGHTS TURNED ON ON THE SHIFTER AND THEN ON MY SCREEN IT SAID SERVICE SHIFTER. I'VE ONLY OWN THIS CAR FOR A MONTH AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE PLATES ON IT YET. 43000 MILES WHEN BOUGHT AND I'M NOT A HAPPY PERSON
THE SERVICE SHIFTER ERROR HAS REPEATEDLY COMING ON DESPITE THE SHIFTER HARNESS BEING REPLACED TWICE, THE HARNESS BEING REPLACED AND COMPUTER UPDATES. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURN RED. THE CAR RANDOMLY JUMPS TO 5000 RPMS AND WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WILL HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER JEEP ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEAR AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN IN THERE FOR A MONTH. *TR
SHIFTER SERVICE WARNING STATING NEEDS SERVICES APPEARS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER ARE LITE UP RED. DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALL WHEN I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF THE SHIFTER SERVICE LIGHT GOES AWAY HOWEVER COMES BACK IN A FEW DAYS TO A WEEK OR SO LATER. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4-5 FIVES NOW IN LAST 2 MONTHS
TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO QUIRK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF DORCHESTER (40 HALLET ST, BOSTON, MA 02124) WHERE THE GEAR SHIFTER BEZEL WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SOON AFTER THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE A 40 POINT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LINKED TO A LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO MONITOR THE OIL AND TO RETURN ONCE THE VEHICLE HAD ACCUMULATED AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 MILES. THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AFTER DRIVING 1,000 MILES HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,844.
PURCHASED A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE IN MAY OF 2019. A FEW MONTHS IN TO OWNERSHIP I HAD AN ODD OCCURRENCE WHERE ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON MY GEAR SHIFT PRND WERE ALL LIT UP RED. AND THE WARNING NOTATION ON DASH SAID "SERVICE SHIFTER". IT WAS ALARMING BUT HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE OR MISHAP. FAST FORWARD TO MARCH OF 2020, RIGHT UNDER A YEAR OF OWNERSHIP AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER PROBLEM HAS BECOME NEAR CONSTANT. I WILL HEAR A 'DING' IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY, THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL TURN ALL RED AGAIN AND THE MESSAGE APPEARS ON SCREEN. WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING YOU CANNOT GET ANYTHING ELSE TO COME ON THE SCREEN....FUEL ECONOMY OR SPEED, WHICH I USE REGULARLY IN MY VEHICLE. ---I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE AND THAT I AM OUT OF BASIC WARRANTY AND THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WOULD ONLY COVER ENGINE/TRANSMISSION, THUS NOT HELPING ME IN THIS SITUATION. AFTER HEARING THAT FROM THEM I DECIDED TO LOOK UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IMAGINE MY SURPRISE TO SEE I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS ISSUE. I CAME ACROSS NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. PLEASE LOOK INTO ISSUING A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AS IT COMES ON SUDDENLY AND IS STARTLING WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AND IT HAPPENS. IT HAS BECOME QUITE AN UNSETTLING EXPERIENCE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED LESS THAN A YEAR.
UPON ENTERING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN IN MOTION, VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE SAYING THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED TO SHIFT. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT TAKES MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GET THE CAR STARTED. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO MYSELF, AND ONCE TO MY WIFE WHOM IS PREGNANT AND WAS IN AN INTERSECTION WHEN IT OCCURRED. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE DAYS.
THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY SAY SERVICE SHIFTER AND TO GET THIS OFF YOU NEED TO CUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. THIS STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN EFFECTING NUMEROUS JEEPS. HOW CAN OTHER MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR IT BUT NOT THE 2018. ALL THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON IN THE SHIFTER BASICALLY SAYING EVERY GEAR IS IN GEAR.
THE CAR WILL STALL WHILE MAKING A TURN (SLOWLY OR FAST) AND WILL ALSO STALL WHILE COMING TO A STOP. THE OIL LIGHT WILL COME ON FOR A SPLIT SECOND THEN CUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WILL THEN STOP RUNNING BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE RUN POSITION AND YOU'LL HAVE TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND WAIT FOR IT TO TURN OVER AS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S DYING. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AS I ENTERED THE HIGHWAY. IF I HIT A BUMP IT WILL SAY 4 WHEEL DRIVE IS NOT ACTIVATED BUT WILL LIMIT THE RPMS TO 2000 SO YOU WILL HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AGAIN. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND SEEN THE 2017 AND 2019 HAD A RECALL FOR IT, WHY DOESN'T THE 2018? IT ALSO HAS THE SERVICE SHIFTER PROBLEM WHERE ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON AND YOU HAVE TO RESTART IT.
"SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE APPEARS IN THE METER CLUSTER AND MESSAGE DOES NOT DISAPPEAR UNTIL ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER (IN THE CENTER CONSOLE) ILLUMINATE AND DO NOT TURN OFF UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. PHENOMENA OCCURRED BOTH AT FIRST START UP AS WELL AS WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR STREET.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, SEVERAL THE GEARS ON THE SHIFTER ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RED RIVER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP LOCATED AT (1060 HEBER SPRING RD, HEBER SPRINGS, AR 72543) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SENSOR IN THE GEAR SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO RED RIVER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.
SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING COMES ON, ALL LIGHTS IN GEAR SHIFT ( AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) LIGHT UP RED. HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN 2 DAYS AND WAS JUST AT DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE 2 DAYS AGO.
MY JEEPS SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES AND ALWAYS WHEN I'M DRIVING IT'S COMES ON DURING MY TRIPS TO GEORGIA AND JUST DRIVING AROUND THE CITY. I CONSTANTLY COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN AND THEY'LL LOOK AT IT BUT IF YOU TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE LIGHTS TURN THEMSELVES BACK OFF AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WELL THIS HAPPENED ALMOST EVERY TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN AND SO THEY NEVER TOOK ME SERIOUSLY AND WOULD TURN ME AWAY SAYING NOTHING LOOKED WRONG WITH THE CAR. WELL THE LAST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON A CLICKING SOUND FOLLOWED WHEN ACCELERATING AND SOON AFTER MY REAR DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP AS I HAVE A WARRANTY WITH THEM AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE LIGHTS AND THE CLICKING NOISE. THEY FINALLY RETURNED THE CAR TO ME 'FIXED' AFTER HAVING IT FOR OVER A MONTH. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD FIXED EVERYTHING I TOLD THEM ABOUT BUT THE LIGHTS CAME RIGHT BACK ON THREE DAYS LATER AND NOW THE THINGS BASICALLY FIGHTS ANY FORM OF ACCELERATION AND IT AGGRESSIVELY JERKS EVERY TIME IT DOWNSHIFTS AND IT MAKES A SMALL CLUNK NOISE WHEN REVERSING.
WHILE DRIVING MY DASH LIGHTS UP WITH "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP ON THE SHIFTER. I HAVE SEEN MANY MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS SOME OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCIDENTS STEMMING FROM THE PROBLEM. I AM A LITTLE SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK NOW. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS STAY ON BUT IS STARTING TO COME ON MORE OFTEN NOW. THE TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND I AM BEING TOLD IT WILL NOT BE COVERED. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HURT OR KILLED BEFORE CHYRSLER ACKNOWLEDGES AND TAKES CARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
MY CAR COMPLETELY RUNS OUT OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. WHAT THIS THEN DOES, IS CAUSE THE LIMP MODE TO COME ON AND STALL MY VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED IN INTERSECTIONS, AND ON THE HIGHWAY, BEFORE I MYSELF FIGURED OUT MY CAR HAD NO OIL. MY ENGINE WAS MISFIRING. I HAD LESS THAN A QUART. I HAD ENGINE CODES BEING THROWN NONE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH OIL. NO OIL LIGHT ON. NOTHING. I DEDUCED MYSELF ONLINE THAT I NEEDED TO CHECK MY OIL LEVEL, THOUGH I WAS STILL ONE WEEK OUT FROM NEEDING AN OIL CHANGE PER THE VEHICLE SPECS (THE OIL CHANGE NOTIFICATION FROM THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD NOT COME ON YET). SURE ENOUGH, DIPSTICK WAS BONE DRY. I HAD IT RECTIFIED. I HAD IT VERIFIED THAT I HAVE NO OIL LEAK. AND EVERY TIME I AM ALMOST DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE MY VEHICLE STALLS. ANY AND EVERY WHERE. AND THEN I GO GET AN OIL CHANGE WITH MORE OIL. ALL OVER MESSAGE BOARDS, THIS HAPPENS TO PEOPLE. 2017'S HAD A RECALL FOR THIS. 2019'S HAD A RECALL FOR THIS. WHY IN GOD'S NAME HAS 2018 NOT BEEN RECALLED OVER THIS. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S DANGEROUS. I WAS ALMOST HIT HEAD ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY 3K MILES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE CEASED AND THE VEHICLE SPUN IN A CIRCLE AND CAME TO A STOP. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LANDERS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF NORMAN (481 N INTERSTATE DR, NORMAN, OK 73069 (405)321-8228) WHERE A SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMING WAS PERFORMED AS THE SPINDLE GEAR WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEHIND TO STALL AND THEN CUTS OFF IN THE RAID WITHOUT WARNING, AS I TURNED INTO TRAFFIC. VEHICLE STARTS WITH NO WARNINGS OF ANY SORT BUT THEN AS I AM DRIVING CUTS OFF AS I AM TURNING INTO THE ROADWAY AND THERE IS TRAFFIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEAR SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND INFORMED THAT SHIFTER SERVICE WAS REQUIRED. THE DRIVE, NEUTRAL, PARK, AND REVERSE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CONSOLE LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE DURING THE FAILURE. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND RESET THE LIGHTS AT THE NEXT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.
WE HAVE A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. WE WERE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM CHICAGO AND WE HEAR A DING. WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER IS THE WORDS SERVICE SHIFTER POPPED UP. NEXT TO THE SHIFTER ALL THE LIGHTS WERE LIT UP. WE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WENT AWAY AND CONTINUED DRIVING NORMALLY. THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING WRONG AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE OTHER THAN THE SERVICE SHIFTER ISSUE.10 MINUTES LATER ON THE SAME DRIVE THE SERVICE SHIFTER WORDS POPPED UP AGAIN ALONG WITH THE LIGHTS NEXT TO THE SHIFTER. WE AGAIN PULLED OVER TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. ABOUT 2-3 DAYS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WOULD SAY NOW THAT IT ONLY HAPPENS 1-2 TIMES A MONTH. EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS WE DO NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE WHEN IT POPS UP. WE INSTANTLY PULL OVER AND TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON. ITS ALWAYS WENT AWAY ONCE WE TURN IT BACK ON BUT IT'S DOES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. IT'S NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES OTHER THAN THIS. WE HAVE READ THAT OTHER CARS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND THAT ANOTHER JEEP CHEROKEE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THEY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS. WE ARE CONCERNED FOR OUR VEHICLE, OUR SAFETY, AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
AS PULLING OUT INTO THE ROAD THE VEHICLE STUTTERED AND DOGGED DOWN VERY BAD EVEN MASHING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO. A LIGHT CAME ON SAYING THROTTLE SHIFT CONTROL RESET NEEDED. VEHICLE STARTED TO GO AND THEDOGGED DOWN AGAIN. VEHICLE KEEPS DOING IT. TOOK IT TO JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SAYING IT ONLY NEEDS A OIL CHANGE . EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T
VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, GAS PEDAL DOES NOT WORK, BRAKE DOES ... DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE
WHEN I PUT MY JEEP CHEROKEE IN REVERSE, MY SCREEN STARTED GLITCHING AND THEN 'SERVICE SHIFTER' CAME ON MY SCREEN. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY SHIFTER, ALL THE LIGHTS WERE LIT UP, SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND CUT THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I STARTED IT IT WAS GONE. THE NEXT DAY, THIS CAME ON AGAIN - AS I STARTED THE CAR SO I AGAIN, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. AFTER GETTING 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE SERVICE SHIFTER CAME BACK ON AND NOT EVEN 15 SECONDS LATER, MY CAR ABRUPTLY PUT ITSELF IN PARK, MY LIGHTS WENT HAYWIRE, MY STEERING WHEEL WENT STIFF AS IF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AVAILABLE, ALL AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP SINCE I'VE READ ABOUT PEOPLE WRECKING AFTER THIS LIGHT CAME ON. I CHECKED MY VIN FOR A RECALL, BUT COULDN'T FIND ONE AND I AM NOT ABOUT TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR AN UNSAFE HUNK OF METAL. I'M STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT 32,800 MILES ON MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE, BUT I FULLY INTEND ON LETTING EVERY PERSON I KNOW THAT HAS AN FCA PRODUCT TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM IF THIS DOES NOT BECOME A RECALL. THE PICTURES BELOW ARE OF THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS BACKING UP IN MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY. I DIDN'T GET PICTURES OF THE SECOND TIME DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE MY FOCUS WAS ON GETTING HOME SAFELY TRYING TO NOT GO OVER 25-30 MPH.
THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STUCK ON AND WORE THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS OUT IN THE FIRST 50,000 MILES. THE FRONT BRAKES BARELY SHOW SIGNS OF WEAR.
WITHIN THE FIRST 3-5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE AFTER STARTING IT, AN ERROR MESSAGE WILL APPEAR THAT SAYS TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SELECT A GEAR. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY APPEARS WHEN I BEGIN SLOWING DOWN TOWARDS A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND PREVENTS ME FROM ACCELERATING AND I ALSO LOSE MY POWER BRAKES. ONCE MY VEHICLE IS STOPPED. I'LL SWITCH INTO PARK LIKE THE VEHICLE SAYS BUT WHEN I SWITCH BACK TO DRIVE I HAVE NO POWER. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART TO GET POWER AGAIN. MULTIPLE TIMES THIS ERROR HAS CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL AND CUT OFF WHILE STILL IN MOTION. ONCE THE CAR IS OFF, I HAVE TO USUALLY WAIT 2-3 MINUTES TO RESTART IT AN IT CAN TAKE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS ERROR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING AND LEAVES THE DRIVER STRANDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OFTEN IN AN INTERSECTION.
BOUGHT JEEP HAD IT FOR APPROX. 7 MONTHS (OCTOBER 2019) AND IT WOULD SHIFT REALLY HARD, THEN ONE DAY DRIVING FROM HOME TO STORE, THE JEEP JUST STALLED ON STREET, TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED AND DROVE TO DESTINATION. I BROUGHT MY JEEP IN 4X BEFORE THEY HAD REPLACED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE DUE TO IT BURNING OIL. ROUGHLY 3 MONTHS LATER (JANUARY), JEEP WAS IN DRIVEWAY, DROVE TO WORK AND TWICE THE SAME DAY SLAMMED INTO GEARS, TOOK IT BACK TO JEEP, THEY SAID GEARS NEEDED TO BE RESET. IT SEEMS WHEN I USE 4X4 TO SNOW, ITS FINE, WHEN I TURN IT OFF A COUPLE DAYS LATER IT SLAMS INTO GEARS. YESTERDAY (MARCH 2020) VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, REVERSED TO LEAVE AND LIGHTS CAME ON DASH FOR SHIFTER NEEDS REPAIR, TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED, RESUMED DRIVING AND LIGHTS WERE OFF. PARKED JEEP IN DRIVE WAY, NEXT MORNING REVERSED AND DROVE TO WORK, REVERSED INTO SPACE AND LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN THAT SHIFTER NEEDED MAINT REPAIR. I HAVE NOW 53,000 MILES. I TAKE JEEP IN AGAIN TO BE LOOKED AT FOR SHIFTER. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN AT LEAST 11 TIMES SO FAR FOR ENGINE, GEARS SLAMMING, SHIFT SAYING NEEDS MAINT REPAIR. SINCE JUNE 2019
THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME. IT LIGHTS UP ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY SHIFTER AND FREEZES MY DASHBOARD SCREEN TO JUST SHOW THE MESSAGE SERVICE SHIFTER. IT STAYS LIKE THIS UNTIL I TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND THEN WHEN I WAIT A BIT AND TURN IT ON AGAIN IT WILL BE OFF BUT IF I DON'T WAIT LONG ENOUGH IT WILL STILL BE ON. IT WILL COME ON NO MATTER WHAT SPEED I AM GOING. I CAN BE GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. I HAD IT COME ON YESTERDAY AS SOON AS I STARTED MY CAR BEFORE I EVEN PUT IT IN GEAR. IT CAN HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY OR NOT HAPPEN FOR A WEEK. I AM CONCERNED THAT WHEN I AM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THIS COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
THE ENGINE BURNS THROUGH ALL OF THE OIL IN ABOUT 1500 MILES OF DRIVING. OIL HAS TO BE FILLED IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES OR ENGINE WILL STOP WITH NO WARNING OR OIL LIGHT... ENGINE STOPS WHILE MOVING
THE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT IS ON THE SAME RECALL FOR THE 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE, WHICH WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN THE DIAGNOSTIC IS A COST FOR THE SAME THING GOING ON WITH THEIR 2019 JEEP CHEROKEES SO THE RECALL SHOULD BE ON BOTH YEARS JUST NOT THE 2019. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT RESET THEN THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF YOU BE IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH IS NOT SAFE.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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