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 2015 record →
THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST POPPED OPEN FOR NO REASON. THERE HAD BEEN NO COLLISION. ON INSPECTION OF THE RELEASE MECHANISM IT'S APPARENT THAT THE PLASTIC PIECE, RETAINING A PIN, BROKE AND CAUSED THE HEADREST TO RELEASE AND POP FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY (PARKED IN PARKING LOT) WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HAD SOMEONE BEEN DRIVING THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN INJURY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DECELERATING, THE VEHICLE SURGED AND LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KOONS TYSONS CHRYSLER JEEP LOCATED AT 2050 CHAIN BRIDGE RD, VIENNA, VA 22182, TO BE REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.
LEATHER DASH HAS MASSIVE WRINKLES THAT POPPED UP VERY FAST AND SEEMINGLY OUT OF NOWHERE. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 39,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN WELL KEPT. AGAIN THE WRINKLES CAME FROM NOWHERE AND WORSENED WITHIN ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS.
MY JEEP WAS PARKED ON A LEVEL AREA WHILE IT WAS RAINING AND WHEN I OPENED MY TRUNK I NOTICED WATER LEAKING INTO THE TRUNK AREA FROM THE CEILING FLOWING RATHER QUICKLY. IT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE AREA WHERE THE PASSENGER REAR QUARTER PANEL AND THE ROOF MEET. IT NEVER LEAKED BEFORE AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED (NO ACCIDENTS ETC) TO COMPROMISE THE JEEP. NOT SURE IF ONE OF THE SEALS IS STARTING TO FAIL.
WHILE SITTING COMPLETELY STILL AT A RED LIGHT ON A CITY STREET, MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HEADREST POPPED. MY HEAD WAS PUSHED FORWARD AND A LOUD POPPING SOUND OCCURRED. I PULLED OVER TO ASSESS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND NOTED THAT THE HEADREST HAD SPRUNG UPWARDS AND FORWARD. FURTHER VISUAL ASSESSMENT REVEALED THAT TWO PLASTIC PIECES APPEARED TO HAVE EXPLODED FOR NO REASON.
LAST YEAR (2019), I REPORTED THAT MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN MY 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DEPLOYED DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS. IN OCTOBER 2020, 12 MONTHS LATER AND AN ADDITIONAL 12,000 MILES MY PASSENGERS SIDE HEADREST RESTRAINT SYSTEM ALSO DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES AND NO NONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY DEPLOYED. FCA WILL NOT COVER ANY REPAIRS. THE JEEP HAS 72,000 MILES. FCA NEEDS TO RECALL THESE HEADRESTS.
THE FIREWALL INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAS HEAT DAMAGE FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT COMING FROM ENGINE AREA NEAR TURBO. IT APPEARS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN FIRE. POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME TO DIAGNOSE AND ENGINE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I CALLED FCA CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT DEALER CHARGE NEVER THOUGHT IT IS WARRANTY ITEM.*DT THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PHOTOS. *TR
DRIVER SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST RESTRAINT DEPLOYED WHILE PARKED. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. MATERIAL FAILURE CAUSED THE DEPLOYMENT, THE HEADREST IS NOW BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH I NOTICED THAT THE HEADREST POSITION WAS MORE INTRUSIVE THAN USUAL. I ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE HEADREST BACK TO A NORMAL POSITION. IT MOVED AS THOUGH IT WERE SPRING LOADED. SUDDENLY I HEARD A POP AND MY HEAD WAS SHOVED FORWARD. THE HEADREST HAD DEPLOYED. I RECOVERED PIECES OF BROKEN BLACK PLASTIC FROM MY GARMENTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V475000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. LARRY H. MILLER CASA CHRYSLER JEEP (9733 COORS BLVD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114; (505) 633-2050) WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEARLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT RANDOM SPEEDS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
WENT OUT TO DRIVEWAY TO GET IN CAR AND HEADREST ON DRIVERS SEAT WAS SPLIT OPEN, EXPOSING ALL INSIDES AND WILL NOT GO BACK TOGETHER.
YES I AM DRIVING AN THE SERVICE SHIFTER COMES ON. IT HAS COME ON MULTIPLE TIME AND EVEN CHANGED THE GEAR I WAS IN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON ITS OWN.
WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAYS APPROXIMATELY 65 WHEN MY DAUGHTER TURNED TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE BACK SEAT. HER ARM HIT THE HEADRESTS AND IT DEPLOYED. LOOKING AT IT FURTHER SAW THAT IT WAS BROKEN.
MY PASSENGER SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST SYSTEM DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT. THE PLASTIC CLIP ASSEMBLY INSIDE IS DESTROYED AND SEEMS LIKE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY BUILT TO RETAIN THE PRESSURE.
THE HEAD REST ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT POPPED OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR. NO ACCIDENT WAS INVOLVED.
WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO CONTACT FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. I DIDNT HIT ANY POT HOLES OR BUMPS THAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THIS TO HAPPEN. JUST HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE. VERY LOAD WHEN IT HAPPENED
MY 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DRIVER SIDE HEADREST CLIPS BROKE ON THEIR OWN
I WAS SITTING IN MY 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, PARKED AND NOT MOVING. WHILE SITTING HERE WAITING ON AN APPOINTMENT, I WAS STRETCHING AND MY ELBOW TAPPED THE FRONT OF THE HEAD REST, THE HEAD REST POPPED FORWARD. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE HAPPEN WITH THE PASSENGER HEAD REST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN IT POPPED WITHOUT ANYONE SITTING IN THE SEAT.
PASSENGER HEADREST BURST OPEN IN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.
WHILE DRIVING APPROACHING A STOP MY DRIVER SIDE HEADREST AIR BAG DEPLOYED STRIKING ME IN THE HEAD AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH THE STOPPED VEHICLE INFONT OF ME. UPON RESUMING DRIVING NO AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS PRESENT. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY HOME I NOTICED THE RETAINER DID NOT RELEASE RATHER THE PLASTIC AROUND THE RETAINER PIN FAILED CAUSING DEPLOYMENT. I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MANY AND FEAR THE PASSENGERS SIDE WILL FAIL NEXT.
TOOK MY JEEP IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH ENDS OF THE STEERING BOX ARE LEAKING WILL NEED REPAIR AT A COST OF NEARLY $2400.00. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AS WELL AS A RECALL OF JEEP PRODUCTS IN 2011-2012 FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT RESULTED IN INJURIES TO DRIVERS AND FIRES IN VEHICLES. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH PREVIOUS PRECEDENT FROM PRIOR MODEL YEARS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A RECALL PROCESS BEFORE SOME GETS INJURED OR KILLED OR A VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE. THE SERVICE ADVISOR EVEN ADMITTED THAT THEY SEE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES WITH THE JEEP PRODUCT.
UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, I FOUND ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT (AHR) ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN A DEPLOYED POSITION. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED THAT PLASTIC ENCASING SAFETY PIN HAS CRACKED AND ALLOWED THE PIN TO SEPARATE, WITH METAL HOOKS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE RETAINING THE PIN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A CARPORT OVERNIGHT, AND THE FACT THAT THE HOOKS HAVE NOT RELEASED THE PIN INDICATED THAT THE DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT TRIGGERED BY A COLLISION, AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. I AM UNCERTAIN THAT A BLOW TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD WOULD CAUSE A NECK INJURY AS ALLEGED BY SOME WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE SEATED. HOWEVER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE AND A MAJOR DISTRACTION; AND AS SUCH, COULD INDEED CAUSE A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE THAT THESE HEADRESTS MUST BE RECALLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS THE DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE, WITH PLASTIC DEGRADING FURTHER OVER TIME, AND CAUSING MORE OF THESE ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENTS TO OCCUR. I ALSO NOTICED, THAT MANY VEHICLE OWNERS HAVE CATEGORIZED THIS AS AN AIRBAG PROBLEM. WHILE THE AHR IS CONSIDERED TO BE A PART OF JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM, THERE ARE NO ACTUAL AIRBAGS INSIDE OR ANY OTHER EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL INSIDE THE AHR, ONLY CHEAP PLASTIC RETAINING A SAFETY PIN UNDER 75 LBS OF TENSION.
MY PASSENGER SIDE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT SUDDENLY DEPLOYED, WITHOUT WARNING, FROM MY HEADREST WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A STRAIGHT RESIDENTIAL STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF FRONT OR REAR COLLISION AND HAD NOT ENCOUNTERED ANY BROKEN PAVEMENT, BUMPS, OR POTHOLES WHEN THE DEPLOYMENT OCCURRED. NO ONE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WHEN THE HEADREST DEPLOYED, BUT THE NOISE AND FORCE OF THE DEPLOYMENT WAS STARTLING. I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST MAY ALSO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY.
HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT WHILE VEHICLE IS PARKED.
I GOT A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS PURGE VALVE ON THE EVAPORATOR SYSTEM. I ENCOUNTER THE SAME PROBLEM ON MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO AT THE SAME MILEAGE. I THINK CHRYSLER HAS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH THIS PART OF THEIR EMISSION SYSTEM.
A WARNING FLASHED TEMPORARILY ON THE DASHBOARD WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A NORMAL PAVED ROAD INDICATING A SUSPENSION PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WHEN I PARKED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION WAS COMPLETELY INFLATED ON THE VEHICLE WHICH MADE IT APPEAR LIFTED HIGH ABOVE THE TIRES. THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. NOTHING PRIOR TO THIS POINT MADE ME THINK THERE WAS A PENDING PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION.. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A LEGITIMATE JEEP DEALERSHIP TRUSTING IN THEIR TRAINED TECHNICIANS. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 21 DAYS, EACH DAY TELLING ME THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS WRONG. THE DEALERSHIP EVEN HAD TO CONSULT WITH CORPORATE ENGINEERS TO ULTIMATELY FIX THE PROBLEM. THE COST TO ME WAS $1525.00
THE PASSENGER ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY AND JOLTED MY WIFE'S HEAD HURTING HER NECK WHICH IS STIFF AND SORE. THE CAR WAS PARKED ON CITY STREET AND MY WIFE JUST STEPPED IN AND SAT DOWN WHEN THE HEAD RESTRAINT DEPLOYED. THE TWO HOOKS INSIDE THE HEAD RESTRAINT APPEAR TO BE DEFECTIVE. ONE HOOK BROKE COMPLETELY OFF, AND THE OTHER IS CRACKED AND BARELY ATTACHED TO THE HEAD RESTRAINT.*DT*JB
SEPTEMBER 14,2020 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 . LEFT WORK AT 8:10 AM. WAS DRIVING HOME ON N CHEROKEE AVE . GOT TO STOP LIGHT O ROSS CLARK CR. TURNED RIGHT AT LIGHT. ACCELERATED . TO SPEED WENT THROUGH LIGHT AT DENTON ROAD . JUST PAST TECHWAY AUTOMOTIVE AND BEFORE LIFE SOUTH COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK. BAM I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND , MY HEAD WENT FORWARD. FELT LIKE SOMEONE PUNCHED THE BACK OF MY HEAD REST. IT PUSHED ME TO STEERING WHEEL . THIS WAS IN TRAGIC AT 8:30 IN MORNING. I WAS WITH IN 1 MILE OF DOTHAN JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE. THEY SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS ON IT. BUT THEY DID SAY IT WAS AN AIR BAG. COULD NOT TELL ME HOW THIS CAN JUST HAPPEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
(STATIONARY) WAITING WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK POSITION, THE PASSENGER HEADREST POP OUT FORWARD AND SEPARATED FROM THE HEADREST TRIM (BACK OF HEADREST ) VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND THERE WAS 'NO' COLLISIONS TO ANY PART OF THE VEHICLE. IT JUST POPPED OUT WITHOUT ANY REASON. IF MY WIFE WAS IN THAT SEAT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT SHE MIGHT HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO A PREVIOUS BROKEN NECK.
WE JUST GOT IN THE CAR AND MY WIFE SUT THE DOOR AND THE HEAD REST EXPLODED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE
HEADREST DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT. I WAS NOT HIT AT ANYTIME.
THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. NO ONE WAS HURT. IT APPEARS THAT THE PLASTIC PIECES CLAMPED ON TO THE METAL BAR THAT WAS HOLDING THE HEADREST CLOSED BROKE, CAUSING THE HEADREST TO OPEN. I NOTIFIED JEEP CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY TOLD ME SOMEONE WOULD CALL ME CONCERNING MY CASE AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT CALL AT THIS TIME.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE PARKED ON SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEARS OTHER THAN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000.
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG LOCATED IN HEADREST DEPLOYED WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. CAR WAS IN PARK AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IN PARK, IN A PARKING LOT, AND NO COLLISION OCCURRED. DRIVER, FRONT PASSENGER, AND TWO REAR SEAT PASSENGERS WERE IN THE VEHICLE. FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING STRIKING FRONT PASSENGER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. VEHICLE MILEAGE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ONLINE ACCOUNTS OF THE ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYING WITHOUT A VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO LESS THAN ADEQUATE RELIABILITY OF PARTS WITHIN THE ACTIVE HEADREST ASSEMBLY. I AM REQUESTING REPLACEMENT THROUGH LOCAL DEALERSHIP; INITIAL FEEDBACK IS THE PART IS NOT COVERED AND I HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE IT. EVEN WITH A REPLACEMENT-IN-KIND ACTIVE HEADREST, THE EXPECTED RELIABILITY IS SUSPECT. THE OEM DESIGN SHOULD BE REVISITED TO ENSURE SAFE AND RELIABLE OPERATIONS.
HEADREST POP OFF ON ITS OWN ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, WITH HER CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STOPPED COMMUNICATING WITH THE ENGINE AND NO RPM. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUTOFF AND RESTARTED AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMPIRE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF WEST ISLIP LOCATED AT 555 SUNRISE HWY, WEST ISLIP, NY 11795, WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND A ROAD TEST WERE PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE FELT UNSAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ENGINE LOST POWER SMOKED A LITTLE THEN BURST INTO FLAMES ON A CITY STREET 3:45PM.*DT*DT*JB*JB
WHILE IN MOTION IN HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 2015 BEGAN TO STALL AND SUDDENLY TURNED OFF . THE TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCLERATE ONCE I TURNED IT ON AND I COULDN'T CHANGE GEARS. AS THIS OCCURED I BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL AND NEARLY CRASHED INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT AS THIS HAS OCCURED SEVERAAL TIMES EACH RESULTING IN NEAR FATAL COLLISIONS. I HAVE REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIME TO THE JEEP DEALERS WHO HAVE ALREADY FIXED THE SO CALLED PROBLEM 3 TIMES AND KEEP TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK.
THE PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AS I APPROACH THE STOP LIGHT. LUCKILY MY SON DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES. IF IT HAD BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, IT WOULD OF CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT.
2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT CARBON FIBER TRIM IS WARPING ON THE FRONT DASH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLE IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (ANTIOCH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM ADDRESS: 105 IL-173, ANTIOCH, IL 60002 PHONE: (847) 395-0200) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE'S SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SHIFTER WAS REPLACED UNDER A RECALL COVERED BY A TWO YEAR WARRANTY IN THE PAST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.
RECALL# W58 THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FIX FOR THIS. OUR CAR STOPPED, WILL NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHICH IS WHERE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL. EVEN IF THERE'S NO FIX, SHOULDN'T WE THE CONSUMER BEEN NOTIFIED OF A RECALL THAT POSES A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE? I HAVE NO VEHICLE, WITH NO FIX AND THE CHRYSLER REFUSES TO PROVIDE A LOANER VEHICLE. OUR CONTACTS WITH CHRYSLER HAVE YIELDED NOTHING BUT A PROMISE FOR A CASE MANAGER TO CALL. NOTHING. NO VEHICLE, NO FIX, NO LOANER.
THIS VEHICLE IS UNDRIVEABLE AND IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY'VE INFORMED US THAT THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO A RECALL W58, HOWEVER THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FIX AVAILABLE. HOW DO WE PROCEED WHEN THE JEEP/CHRYSLER IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM?
THE ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THE PLASTIC PART HOLDING THE ACTIVE HEADREST IN ITS NORMAL POSITION FAILED, RESULTING IN A PREMATURE UNPROVOKED DEPLOYMENT. IF I HAD BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AT THE TIME I WOULD HAVE BEN HIT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE IMPACT OF THE HEADREST ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD COULD LEAD TO MOMENTARY LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
THE HEADREST ON MY JEEP POPPED FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE PARKED. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC PARTS OF THE WHIPLASH MITIGATION SYSTEM BUILT INTO THE SEAT. WHILE THE SEAT WAS UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME I FEEL THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY HAD SOMEONE BEEN IN THE SEAT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START, AND THE START BUTTON HAD TO BE PUSHED SEVERAL TIMES. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AND BACKFIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHITTEN BROTHERS CHRYSLER LOCATED AT 10701 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE, RICHMOND, VA 23235, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN, WHEN I HEARD A POP AND THEN FELT MY DRIVER SIDE HEADREST HIT ME IN THE HEAD. AFTER I STOPPED I SAW THAT IT HAD BEEN DEPLOYED WITH THE CLIPS BEING BROKEN.
MY CARS DRIVER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY IN PARK.
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