WHEN DRIVING ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD, YOU BEGIN TO FEEL VIBRATIONS WHEN HITTING 65 OR FASTER. THE VIBRATIONS ARE VISIBLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL RIGHT YOU HEAR A POPPING NOISE.
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints
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 2014 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OVER 80 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND THE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 40 MPH WITH A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHCILE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE COIL PACKS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE COIL PACKS WERE REPLACED ON 7 SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.
WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE SAFETY HEADREST DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN.
WHILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. THE LOSS OF DRIVE COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO THOSE IN THE CAR AND SURROUNDING VEHICLES.
DRIVER SIDE HEAD REST DEPLOYED AND IS PROTRUDING FORWARD.
REAR HATCH DOOR DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE AFTER ELEVATING. HATCH DOOR OPENS AUTOMATICALLY AS IT SHOULD. THE HATCH THEN FALLS (CLOSES) QUICKLY AND HEAVILY WITHOUT INITIATION. VEHICLE WAS PARKED, ENGINE OFF, PARKED IN A PARKING SPACE AT THE GROCERY STORE THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED. OCCURS CONTINUOUSLY, HAS NOT RESOLVED. HATCH HAS FALLEN ON MY HEAD AND MY BACK.
DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST BECAME SUDDENLY UNATTACHED AND BROKEN WHILE STATIONARY. HEADREST CUSHION WILL NOT SNAP BACK INTO PLACE BECAUSE OF A BROKE PART INSIDE THE HEADREST WITH THE MECHANICS, THE PART IS UNKNOWN.
THE AIR BAG FOR THE DRIVERS HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND IT APPEARS THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS.
MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR HATCH DOOR SIGNAL LIGHT WAS SHORTED OUT DUE TO WATER NOT MOISTURE SEEPING IN SHORTING OUT THE LED. THIS IS NOT A MOVING PART AND THE SEAL SHOULD HOLD FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. ACCORDING THE THE JEEP'S PART DEPT."WE SELL HOUNDREDS OF THEM" IF SO THEN THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL...
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. UNEXPLAINEDLY THE SEAT REST BURST FROM ITS ATTACHMENT AND HIT HER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CLIPS WERE BROKEN AND IT WAS NOT FIXABLE. THANKFULLY SHE WAS SLOUCHING AT THE TIME AND WAS NOT INJURED.
I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY TO HAVE THE TWO MOST RECENT RECALLS COMPLETED. SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND GLOW PLUG LIGHT CAME ON.
MIDDLE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN THE BELT IS RELEASED. YOU HAVE TO FEED THE BELT ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE SEAT AND THEN IT IS STILL SLIGHTLY LOOSE. THIS IS NOT EVEN COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY EITHER. SINCE THE BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AND TIGHTEN CORRECTLY I'M AFRAID TO USE IT UNTIL I GET IT REPAIRED. I HAVE A CAR SEAT IN THE BACK BUT WE CAN NOT USE THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT FOR OUR BABY UNTIL THIS IS FIXED.
RE: 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN (UNDER 30 MPH) AND SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP LIGHT. THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND... WHEN I STOPPED, I FOUND THAT THE HEADREST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT HAD SEPARATED/DEPLOYED INTO TWO MAIN PIECES THAT WOULD PUSH THE PASSENGERS HEAD FORWARD! I CANNOT RETURN THE HEADREST TO IT'S ORIGINAL POSITION! THIS MAKES IT SO THERE CANNOT BE A PASSENGER (ANYBODY!!!) SITTING IN THAT SEAT!!! I WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS FIXED!!! THIS IS WRONG AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN!!! IT"S NOT SAFE!!! JEEP SHOULD FIX THIS AT NO EXPENSE TO THE VEHICLE OWNER (BEFORE IT EVER HAPPENS)! IT COULD INJURE SOMEONE WITHOUT ANY REASON EXCEPT FOR A CAR DEFECT! IT SHOULD BE FIXED AT NO COST TO THE VEHICLE OWNER!
SAME AS MANY MANY OTHERS. FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE FAILING TO RETRACT DUE TO A CRACKED GUIDE FROM THE SHOULDER TO BODY OF CAR BEND. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WITH A FACTORY WARRANTY REMAINING ON MY 2014 JGC LIMITED AND WAS TOLD ITS NOT COVERED..I PUT 6K MILES ON IT SINCE MY VEHICLE PURCHASE. CURRENT ODO 64,441. MY DAUGHTER CANT SAFELY DRIVE MY VEHICLE SINCE THE SEATBELT IS CURRENTLY A DRESS WITH ALL THE EXTRA SLACK.
SEAT BELT STOPPED RETRACTING. PLASTIC GUIDE LOOKS CRACKED.
I I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH NO OTHERS CARS AROUND ME AND NO OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR. ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS HIT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. IT WAS HARD ENOUGH THAT I SAW STARS WHICH RESULTED IN A MINOR HEADACHE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON, NO WARNING OF ANY KIND. I PROCEEDED TO A PARKING LOT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THAT HIT ME AND MY HEADREST HAD COME APART AND POPPED FORWARD.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE PASSENGER SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST SYSTEM DEPLOYED. UPON EXAMINING IT APPEARS THAT THE PLASTIC STRUCTURE THAT HOLDS THE PIN IN PLACE ON BOTH ENDS FAILED ON THE END CLOSEST TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR. THE 'CLIP' WHICH HOLDS THE PIN AND WOULD RELEASE IT IN AN ACCIDENT WAS STILL HOLDING ONTO THE PIN. THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAN, HOW FORTUNATELY HAD HIS HEAD FORWARD INCIDENTALLY WHEN THE DEPLOYMENT OCCURRED AND WAS NOT STRUCK.
THE HEADREST RANDOMLY BURSTED OPEN WHILE DRIVING. NO IMPACT OR CRASH OCCURRED DURING OR PRIOR, JUST RANDOMLY POPPED OPEN.
MY 2014 GC ALTITUDE HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINTS HEADREST RANDOMLY DEPLOY AS NO PART OF A COLLISION THIS PAST WEEKEND. THIS IS NOT ONLY A MAJOR SAFETY RISK FOR THE PASSENGER BUT, COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE TRAUMATIC SHOULD THE RANDOM DEPLOYMENT HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAVE SPENT WAY TOO MUCH TIME RESEARCHING AND THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM IS ONE OF PLASTIC FAILURE. LOOK INSIDE THE HEAD REST FOR THE SMALL METAL, HORIZONTAL PIN AND IF IT IS STILL HELD IN PLACE BY THE METAL RETAINING HOOKS THEN THE PLASTIC FAILED IN THE HEADREST. NHTSA HAS HAD AN INVESTIGATION OPENED ON IT FOR A YEAR NOW BUT, I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON IT SINCE LATE LAST YEAR AS THE MANUFACTURER STALLS FOR TIME. I HOPE THIS WILL RESULT IN A RECALL AT SOME POINT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED.
WENT OUT MORNING TO GET INTO THE CAR THAT HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT AND FOUND THE DRIVER HEADREST DEPLOYED.
UPON BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT MY ACTIVE HEADREST RESTRAINT DEPLOYED WITH NO REASON OTHER THAN FAULTY EQUIPMENT. THE HEADREST STRUCK THE BACK SIDE OF MY HEAD. I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM A MIGRAINE FOR 2 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT. *DT*JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE DRIVE POSITION, THE SHIFT INDICATOR MALFUNCTIONED WITH SEVERAL POSITIONS ON THE SHIFT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
THE HEADREST ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT DEPLOYED WITHOUT IT BEING IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AND HAS BROKEN TABS NOT RUNNING JUST PARKED, CAR HAS 71,000 MILES AND JUST HAD TO REPLACE LIFTERS AND ROCKERS ALREADY NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY THAT "EXPIRED"
WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER JEEP THE HEADREST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED ITS SAFETY MEASURES FOR ITS ACTIVE HEADRESTS. SHE WAS GOING AROUND 15-20 MPH THROUGH A SUBDIVISION. NO JARRING OR ABRUPT MOTIONS WERE DONE DURING THE DEPLOYMENT. WHILE THIS DID STRIKE ME, IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY TYPE OF INJURIES, HOWEVER WE DO HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I'M THANKFUL THEY WERE NOT IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME. UPON INSPECTION OF THE HEADREST, I CAN SEE WHERE PLASTIC CLIPS LOOK TO HAVE BROKEN OFF. PICTURES OF THIS ARE ATTACHED. I WOULD REQUEST THE NHTSA TO TAKE A LOOK INTO THESE REPORTS AS I'VE SEEN THEY'RE COMMON. I WORRY NOW THAT MY WIFE'S DRIVERS SIDE WILL DEPLOY ON HER AT RANDOM WHILE SHE IS DRIVING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THEY KNOW OF THE ISSUE HOWEVER IT IS NOT PART OF A RECALL OR WARRANTY AND WOULD LIKELY BE AROUND $1,000 TO RESOLVE.
MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. DEPLOYED/BROKEN TABS WITH PASSENGER ACTIVE HEADREST ON MY 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS SO I AM CONFUSED ON HOW IT COULD HAVE EVEN DEPLOYED. I WAS IN MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE HEADREST WAS DEPLOYED. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME SYSTEM WITH MY AIRBAGS, I DO NOT KNOW IF MY AIRBAGS ARE FAULTY AT THIS POINT. I CALLED THE DEALORSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM. LOOKING FOR A GOODWILL REPLACEMENT OF THE HEADREST. IF SOMEONE HAS INFORMATION ON WHAT DIRECTION ICAN TAKE PLEASE HELP.
I HAVE BEEN GETTING AN ERROR ON MY VEHICLE THAT SAYS "SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM" AND AN ERROR THAT SAYS " SERVICE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM". I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND SEE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH A DRAGGING OF THE MOTOR INTO THE NEXT GEAR AND A HESITANT JERK SOMETIMES. I FOUND OUT THAT THE RIGHT SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IS JEEP DOING ANYTHING TO REIMBURSE CUSTOMERS THAT HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.
MY 2014 GRAND CHEROKEE WAS PARKED AND THE HEAD REST POPPED OUT. IT BROKE A PIECE WHEN IT POPPED OPEN AND NOW HAS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED.
THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT DEPLOYED WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS IS THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST. NOW MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO SIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FEARING INJURY FROM A HEADREST DEPLOYMENT ON THAT SIDE.
PASSENGER SIDE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT (AHR) UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED OVERNIGHT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THEIR WAS A PROBLEM NOR WAS THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT OR IMPACT. VISUAL INSPECTION INDICATES THAT THE PLASTIC RETENTION CLIP PORTION OF THE AHR BROKE AWAY FROM THE METAL PIN MECHANISM CAUSING THE AHR TO DEPLOY.
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING US HOME FROM MY DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 45-50 MPH ON A FLAT COUNTY ROADWAY. WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD REST EXPLODED AND HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. I HAVE A PRE-EXISTING CERVICAL FUSION IN MY NECK WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO BEND MY NECK. THE FORCE OF THE BLOW NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HIT THE DASHBOARD. I REPORTED IT TO OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT A RECALL ITEM, AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED.
THE 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC SEIZED UP AND ALMOST KILLED MY FAMILY. THIS YEAR VEHICLE IS NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. JEEP CORPORATE AND FIELDS DEALERSHIP AREN'T ADDRESSING THIS SAFETY CONCERN. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, STALLED, SEIZED UP, AND WE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. THIS WAS IN MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS ON AUGUST 21ST, 2020 AROUND 12PM. WE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AT FIELDS DEALERSHIP, ONLY GOT 7 MILES BEFORE THE VEHICLE ALMOST KILLED US. THE DEALERSHIP AND CAR MFG, JEEP, REFUSE TO TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.
I WAS DRIVING AND MY ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT CAUSE.
I JUST BOUGHT THIS JEEP CHEROKEE IN APRIL 2020 AND NOW IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE JUNE 15, 2020 AND I HAVEN'T HAD MY VEHICLE IN OVER TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THIS TRUCK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CERTIFIED WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT AND I FEEL LIKE I WAS SOLD A LEMON.
I WENT TO MY CAR ONE MORNING AND SAT IN THE FRONT SEAT. WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT THE HEADREST MADE A LOUD PIPING SOUND AND HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. IT THROUGH ME FORWARD AND MY FACE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.
SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (SUMMIT AUTOMOTIVE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM ADDRESS: 815 S ROLLING MEADOWS DR, FOND DU LAC, WI 54937 PHONE: (920) 921-0850) WHO STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND COMING TO A STOP NO PROBLEM UNTIL IT'S NEEDED TO ACCELERATE THEN THE TRUCK WILL HESITATE. WHEN GOING FROM A STOP SIGN AND MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT THEN JEEP WILL HESITATE REAL BAD AND THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE AWHILE TO GET UP TOO SPEED
I WAS DRIVING TODAY AUGUST 25 WHEN SUDDENLY I HEAR LIKE A EXPLOSION I THOUGHT A CAR HIT ME I FELT A PAIN IN MY HEAD. WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR I NOTICED THAT THE HEADREST OF MY JEEP WAS OPEN.
THE PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ON A CITY STREET NO ONE WAS AROUND MY VEHICLE THE STREET WAS EMPTY MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND IT SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. NOW I'M NERVOUS THAT THE DRIVER AIDE WILL DO THE SAME.
I WAS AT FAST-FOOD DRIVETHROUGH WAITING TO PAY THE ATTENDANT WHEN I FELT SOMETHING HIT MY HEAD FROM BEHIND. IT WAS THE THE DEPLOYED HEADREST THAT HAD STRUCK ME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME AND WILL TRY TO FIND OUT HOW TO HAVE THE HEADREST RESET PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THE HEADREST DEPLOYED.
OUR JEEP IS HAVING A ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG IN THE GLOVEBOX. IT KEEPS ACTING LIKE IT IS TRYING TO BLOW UP EVERY TIME WE GET IN AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE DRIVING AWHILE. I THOUGHT YOU HAD A RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS AND NOW I DON'T SEE IT ON THIS VEHICLE.
ACTIVE HEADREST INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED ON AUGUST 21, 2020 ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70MPH, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, WHICH WAS RECLINED SLIGHTLY. I BELIEVE I HAD SAT UP FOR A MINUTE AND WAS LAYING BACK DOWN IN THE SEAT WHEN I HEAD A LOUD NOISE AND FELT SOMETHING HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD. IT SCARED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING AND ONLY HURT A LITTLE AND FOR A SHORT TIME. I DID HAVE A HEADACHE THAT NIGHT WHICH IS NOT NORMAL FOR ME, BUT NO OTHER INJURIES. I SAW THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE19014. I WANT TO GET IT FIXED. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION?
MY DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT COME OUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO STRAP IT ON. IT'S LOCKED UP AND WILL ONLY PULL A SHORT WAY OUT OF THE MECHANISM. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED AT WORK AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PUT THE SEATBELT ON. I TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS TO SEE IF IT WOULD WORK- STARTED THE CAR AND PUT IN GEAR; TURNED CAR OFF AND GOT OUT AND BACK IN; EVEN TRIED PULLING ON IT WITHOUT SITTING IN THE SEAT - NOTHING WORKED
CAR WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY WITH THE RECENT RECALL REPAIR. IT GETS STUCK IN D OR N AND SKIPS REVERSE WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP. THE LIGHT SHOWING WHAT GEAR I'M IN OCCASIONALLY GOES OUT TOO, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GEAR I'M IN AFTER CHANGING IT OTHER THAN LETTING IT MOVE. HAS BEEN HAPPENING A WHILE BUT I DON'T HAVE A. EXACT DATE IT STARTED.
RIVER'S SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. DESIGNED TO RELEASE UPON COLLISION. UNABLE TO RESET THE HEADREST AS THE PLASTIC CLIPS ARE BROKEN, DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. CLIPS HOLDING HEADREST IN PLACE ARE PLASTIC AND DEGRADE OVER TIME DUE TO THE HEAT. WHEN THEY FAIL THE HEADREST DEPLOYS.
YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING MY PASSENGER HEAD REST POPPED OPEN WITH NOTHING TOUCHING IT.
VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING! WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND DOWN A MOUNTAIN, ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON A LOCAL STREET AFTER IT HAD BEEN IN DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. IS CURRENTLY AGAIN AT DEALER SERVICE AND THEY HAVE SAID IT NEEDS A NEW COMPUTER. THIS A VERY FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE
AT TIMES AFTER PUTTING IN PARK AND HITTING THE BUTTON TO TURN CAR OFF, IT SAYS CAR IS STILL ON BUT IT'S NOT RUNNING. IT IS SET IN PARK. HAVE TO START AGAIN AND TURN OFF AGAIN THEN IT WILL DO THE SAME THING AND NOT START AT ALL. WILL HAVE TO GET OUT AND LOCK AND UNLOCK CAR TO START IT.
THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS NOT RETRACTING AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. RESEARCH OF THE NHTSA'S DATABASE OF COMPLAINTS SHOW THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON AND IS UNDER CURRENT INVESTIGATION.*DT*JB
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