2015 Jeep Cherokee Complaint Log

MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK HAS HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. IT HAS SUFFERED FROM VERY HARD SHIFTS WHICH SLAM AND JERK INTO GEAR. MOSTLY FROM 1ST TO 4TH GEARS. THE SLAMMING IS SO HARD IT ACTUALLY JERKS THE VEHICLE AND IS QUITE ALARMING. THE NEXT MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS THAT IT RANDOMLY FEELS LIKE AS IF "THE CLUTCH IS SLIPPING". I'LL TRY TO ACCELERATE AND IT OFTEN TAKES A SECOND OR TWO BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION "CATCHES" AND THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE. IT REMINDS ME OF A CLUTCH SLIPPING ON AN OLD STICK SHIFT. IT'LL SLIP AND WHEN IT DOES FINALLY CATCH IT'LL SPIN THE TIRES, SIMILAR TO "POPPING THE CLUTCH" IN A STICK SHIFT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT IN BUSY TRAFFIC. YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT'S GONNA ACCELERATE PROPERLY OR IF IT'S GONNA SLIP AND TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS TO CATCH. I HAVE HAD MY JEEP IN THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THESE ISSUES AND SO FAR ALL THEY'VE DONE IS SOFTWARE UPDATES, WHICH HASN'T SOLVED EITHER PROBLEM. I HAVE DETAILED THESE PROBLEMS VERY SPECIFICALLY AND I'VE BEEN TOLD EACH TIME THAT THESE SOFTWARE UPDATES WOULD FIX THE PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THESE PROBLEMS ARE STILL OCCURRING. I DRIVE WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN MY CAR AND I FEAR THAT SOMEDAY MY JEEP WILL FAIL TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

I HAVE TO COMPLAIN OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE COMING ON BY ITSELF, ITS WHEN I'M BACKING UP AND IN MOTION, THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN THE 15 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR, SECOND COMPLAINT IS WHEN I ACCELERATE , THE CAR JUST SITS THERE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, I'M TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, ON A HIGHWAY, I FEEL THIS IS DANGEROUS IN BOTH CASES.

THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE,REVERSE, NO POWER SENT TO THE WHEELS ONLY REVS UP. THE VEHICLE ALSO MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO PARK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. AN INDICATOR STATES ON THE DASH STATES GET TRANSMISSION SERVICED. STALLED OUT ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK HAD TO PUSH IT ABOUT A BLOCK. CALLING THE DEALER TODAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CHECK TRANSMISSION AND SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (METRO JEEP LOCATED AT 650C MEMORIAL DR CHICOPEE, MA 01020 877-220-8331) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 32118538. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,240.

WHEN TOWING WITH FOUR WHEELS DOWN BEHIND MOTORHOME, ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE JEEP WILL WARBLE UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS OCCURRED ON TRIPS WE MADE IN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER 2016. UNDERSTAND FCA HAS A REMEDY BUT ACCORDING TO DEALER I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE WIRE HARNESS AS WELL AS INSTALLATION COST?? ALSO READING FORUMS APPEARS FIX ONLY ALLOWS BATTERY TO LAST FOR THREE HOURS?? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS WELL AS WHY CONSUMER NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS REMEDY. THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS JEEP WAS FOR THE CAPABILITY TO BE TOWED BEHIND A MOTORHOME (SAFELY DRIVING IT OFF DEALERSHIPS LOT).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,090.

"SERVICE SHIFTER"WARNING INTERMITTENTLY STAYING ON. RESETS SOMETIMES BY RESTARTING CAR.. WAS SERVICED FOR THIS TWICE BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. NOT SURE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF IT COMPLETELY FAILS WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS MOVING OR STATIONARY.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UNEXPECTEDLY AND HARD WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. IT SHIFTED SO HARD THE OTHER DAY THAT I THOUGH SOMEONE HAD HIT ME! THE SHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IS ALSO ROUGH CAUSING JOLTS AND ROUGH HANDLING. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS SUV, BUT DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE TRAVELING AT 55-60 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON OR OFF, THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT LEAVE 6TH GEAR. IT'S A 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION AND DESPITE TRYING DIFFERENT SPEEDS IT DOES NOT USE ANYTHING BEYOND 6TH GEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 9/20/2016. MY SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER IN MY GAS PEDAL. WOULD NOT GO. I PULLED OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK. PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WAS FINE FOR A FEW MORE MILES THEN DID IT AGAIN. I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE MECHANIC. THE COMPUTER SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE. HE RESET IT AND UPDATED IT. I GOT IT BACK LAST NIGHT. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK TODAY NAD IT WAS FINE UNTIL I GOT ON THE INTERSTATE AND IT DID IT AGAIN, LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. I HAVE READ MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I BELIEVE JEEP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I WILL BE TRADING THIS VEHICLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH, EMERGENCY BRAKE CAME ON THUS MAKING THE CAR UNABLE TO STEER OR MOVE.

TIRES SHOW CRACKS IN TREAD ON ALL 4 TIRES. APPEARS TO BE DRY ROT CRACKING, THIS IN 2 YEAR OLD TIRES. PROBLEM WAS FIRST DISCOVERED WHEN DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE CONTINUED TO LOOSE AIR. WAS ADVISED BY TIRE PROFESSIONALS THAT TIRES WERE NOT SAFE TO USE IN HIGHWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS. REPLACED THE TIRES AT MY EXPENSE SINCE CONTINENTAL WILL NOT WARRANT SECOND OWNER OF VEHICLE. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE IF DESIRED

NINE SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION IN THE LOWER RANGE OF GEARS SEARCHES FOR THE PROPER SPEED GEAR AND WHEN IT FINDS ONE, IT JUMPS INTO GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH AND AT TIMES CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO OVER ACCELERATE. AT HIGHER SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL DROP INTO A GEAR WITH A HEAVY THUMP WHICH SHAKES THE WHOLE VEHICLE. THE REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL. JUST LAST WEEK, I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 55 MPH AND WHEN ON A DOWNHILL PORTION OF ROADWAY, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT INTO A HIGHER GEAR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN A RAPID ACCELERATION. BEFORE I COULD HIT THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT WELL OVER 60MPH. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOUR TIMES TO THE DEALER AND THEY ONLY DO COMPUTER UPDATES AND CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CALL JEEP TO COMPLAIN, THEY SEND ME BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AND NOTHING GETS DONE. I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT SAFETY ISSUE AND I FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE WILL GET ME KILLED. I AM A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS DRIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF VEHICLES HAVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND THIS IS BY FAR AND AWAY THE WORST ONE I HAVE EVEN USED. FINAL NOTE, THE COMPUTER UPDATES INSTALLED BY THE DEALER HAS NOT IMPROVED THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS DECREASED MY OVERALL GAS MILEAGE BY 2 MPG. KIND OF THROWS OFF THE EPA ESTIMATES, DOESN'T IT.

AT 17,000 MILES, I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH MY CHEROKEE. THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE STALLED ON ME, I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. I POWERED OFF THE ENGINE AND IT SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED AFTER ONE ATTEMPT. I BROUGHT IT TO MY DEALERSHIP LATER THAT DAY TO FIND OUT I WAS "OUT OF OIL", THIS WAS ROUGHLY 2500 MILES INTO MY MOST RECENT OIL CHANGE (WHICH IS PROJECTED FOR 5000 MILES). I WAS DISAPPOINTED, DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING A YEAR OLD. THE DEALERSHIP ADDED SOME OIL AND I WAS ON MY WAY. SHORTLY AFTER, I STARTED NOTICING THE ENGINE WOULD REV TO HIGH RPM'S WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE RPM'S WOULD INCREASE DRASTICALLY WHEN BREAKING, THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP BETWEEN GEARS 1-3, MAKING INCREASING YOUR SPEED EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE OFF. MY DEALERSHIP WAS "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE " THIS ISSUE, AND I WAS SENT ON MY WAY. FAST FORWARD 9 MONTHS, AND MY VEHICLE DIES ON ME AS I AM LEAVING WORK. HOWEVER, THIS TIME, IT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO START IT BY PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE GAS, AND ANY TIME I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS, THE ENGINE WOULD STALL. I DROVE WITH TWO FEET TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT DAY, AND FOUND OUT ONCE AGAIN I WAS "OUT OF OIL". THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED AN "OIL CONSUMPTION TEST", WHICH MEANS BRINGING YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT VARIOUS MILE MARKERS (500,1000, 2000, 2000). AT THIS TIME, THEY WOULD CHECK THE OIL LEVELS AND REFILL ANY LOST OIL. THROUGH THIS, I FOUND OUT MY VEHICLE WAS "BURNING THROUGH" 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 666.67 MILES. CHRYSLER GUIDELINES SAY A VEHICLE OF MY SPECIFICATIONS SHOULD USE 1 QUART IN 2000 MILES. THIS VEHICLE IS A BEAUTIFUL DEATH TRAP ON WHEELS, AND SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT TO JEEP LOVERS EVERYWHERE. STAY AWAY.

PURCHASED VEHICLE USED 9/17/2016. ON MONDAY 9/19/16 I PULLED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AT WORK, PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND FOUND THAT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. ALL OF THE SHIFT PANEL LIGHTS WENT ON, THE DASH FLASHED A SERIES OF ERRORS, AND THE CAR WAS IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE NEUTRAL. THIS WOULD HAPPEN 10 MORE TIMES BETWEEN 9/17 AND 11/19 TO BOTH ME AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. AT ONE POINT IT WENT INTO THIS IMMOBILE STATE AS I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT 6:30 A.M., LEAVING ME IN THE STREET WITH A CAR COMING FROM BEHIND. THIS PROBLEM REMAINS UN-RESOLVED AS OF 12/7/16. DEALER CAN'T FIND CAUSE. PROBLEM OCCURS MOST WHEN COLD AND SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WHEN MY SERVICE TRANSMISSION CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE INSTANTLY LOST POWER AND STARTED JERKING AND GRINDING. DUE TO BEING ON THE FREEWAY I ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK WITH BOTH OF MY KIDS IN THE CAR. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS DUE TO THE DEALER NOT HAVING ANY PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX IT. I DRIVE 40 MINS TO WORK AND BACK AND I NOW DO NOT HAVE A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE. VERY DISAPPOINTED WIH THIS CAR AND I WANT SOMETHING DONE ASAP. I WILL NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH JEEP ANYMORE. IF SOMETHING WOULD OF HAPPENED TODAY I WOULD DEFINITELY FILE A LAWSUIT.

WHEN 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED ON, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. MAYBE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM...UNKNOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, LAST BEING SEPTEMBER 17, 2016.

2 PROBLEMS. FIRST. THE FOLLOWING MALFUNCTION LATER CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, DETAILED BELOW. WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD DISENGAGE, SPEED WOULD DROP AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY SIDE TO SIDE FOR A MOMENT, STARTLING US AND POSSIBLY FORCING US INTO ANOTHER LANE. WE THOUGHT THE JERKING MAY BE DUE TO STRONG WINDS BUT WANTED TO GET THE CRUISE CONTROL CHECKED. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE MORE TIMES IN THE 2H 30M DRIVE BEFORE ULTIMATELY ENDING IN AN ACCIDENT. THAT SAME TRIP, NEARING OUR DESTINATION, WHILE TURNING LEFT ON A SINGLE-LANE OFF-RAMP CONNECTING THE CURRENT HIGHWAY TO A PERPENDICULAR HIGHWAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS INSTANCES WHERE THERE WERE NO OBSTACLES AROUND, THIS TIME OUR CAR VIOLENTLY RICOCHET AGAINST BOTH SIDES OF GUARD RAILS. VISUALLY, THE BODY WAS BARELY DAMAGED BUT THE TIRES AND THE INNER ASSEMBLY WERE TOO DAMAGED TO DRIVE. SECOND. THESE SYMPTOMS PRECEDE THE ONE WRITTEN OF ABOVE THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. WHEN COMING CLOSE TO STOPPING, THE CAR WOULD JERK FORWARD. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM ZERO, THE CAR WOULD PAUSE AND SUDDENLY JERK FORWARD.A

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, TRUCK VIOLENTLY JERKS FORWARD ON ACCELERATION MOSTLY FROM A DEAD STOP BUT SOMETIMES IN MOTION AND ON DECELERATION HAS ALMOST CAUSED MANY FRONT AND REAR ACCIDENTS. RECENTLY ON MY WAY HOME FROM NEW JERSEY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING SERVICE TRANSMISSION THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE I WAS ON THE PARKWAY ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE THEN RESTARTED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, BUT I REGAINED POWER TO DRIVE. THAT LASTED A MINUTE OR TWO THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. TRUCK LOST POWER WAS IN A FAIL SAFE MODE BARELY DROVE ABOVE 30 OR 40MPH. WHAT A LONG, UNSAFE TRIP HOME TO SAY THE LEAST. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK AND HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND REPAIRS AT THE DEALERSHIP. NOW IT'S APART OF THIS RECALL AND NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS PROBLEM IS THE RECALL, BUT THEY CAN'T FIX IT YET. I'VE BEEN WITHOUT MY TRUCK FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS THIS IS AWFUL AND I'M FRUSTRATED AND FED-UP WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WANT OUT OF THIS LEASE ASAP. AND PS THEY PUT ME IN A DODGE DART LOANER CARE ARE YOU KIDDING ME I DRIVE A TRUCK FOR A REASON!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD. LAGS AT TAKE OFF, SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE IT CATCHES A GEAR, AND DOWN SHIFT HARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE JERKS TO A STOP. WHEN DEPRESSING HAS PEDAL TO TAKE OFF, IT CAN BE 2-4 SECONDS BEFORE GEAR CATCHES, CAUSING DANGEROUS CLOSE CALLS, FROM ONCOMING VEHICLES. HAPPENS DAILY AFTER RECALL FOR A/C HOSE WAS FIXED. TOLD VEHICE WOULD RELEARN OUR DRIVING STYLE. NOW IT'S DANGEROUS.

DELAYED SHIFTING DURING ACCELERATION IT HAS SHIFTED ROUGHLY. WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT GOES INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN QUICKLY CHANGES INTO 2ND GEAR, CAUSING AN AGGRESSIVE JERKING THAT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GETTING REAR ENDED.

TRANSMISSION WAS JERKING AND LOCKED UP WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR IN THE MORNING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF THE PARKING BREAK. I WOULD GET TONS OF ERROR MESSAGES IN MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER..."SERVICE PARK BREAK" "4X4 UNAVAILABLE" "TRANSMISSION LIGHT ON". I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW MY CAR AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHEN HE TURNED OFF AND ON THE VEHICLE, IT WAS OK TO DRIVE. I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT DAY AND THEY PERFORMED TONS OF SOFTWARE UPDATES. MY JEEP WAS RETURNED BACK TO ME THE SAME DAY. 6 DAYS LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I REMEMBERED RESTARTING THE CAR HELPED, WHICH IT DID, SO I STARTED DRIVING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I GOT ABOUT 1/4 MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND STARTED TO SHUT DOWN, WHILE I WAS DRIVING! I PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE CAR AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE. THIS TIME I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SCHOOL BUS!! THIS WAS A VERY SCARY MOMENT AND DECIDED I WAS NO LONGER GOING TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK AND TOLD ME IT WAS FIXED. I RECEIVED A RECALL IN THE MAIL, "S55 - TRANSMISSION MAY SHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY TO NEUTRAL". I CALLED CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM I REFUSE TO DRIVE MY CALL UNTIL THIS RECALL IS FIXED. THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE SO I'VE BEEN DRIVING A RENTAL FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS. I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN. I DRIVE ON THE EXPRESSWAY EVERYDAY FOR WORK AND CAN NOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME IF THE CAR SHUTS DOWN AGAIN UNEXPECTEDLY

ON 9-14 MY LEFT HEADLAMP BURNED OUT, AND ON 12-2 2016 MY RT HEADLAMP BURNED OUT. THESE WERE HID HD/LPS. EACH COST ME $215 TO REPLACE. I ASKED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE TWO LAMPS WOULD BURN OUT WITH THE CAR HAVING APPROX. 30,000 MILES ON IT. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DEFECT IN "PHILIPS" HID ELEMENTS. *TR

CHRYSLER RECALL S55 NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 16V-529 TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL CAUSING A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WHICH CAUSED A 4 CAR CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

RECALL S55, TRANSAXLE WIRE HARNESS - WE ARE BEING COMPELLED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH A MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT. FOR TAKATA AIRBAGS, THE DEALERS BROUGHT THE CARS IN AND ISSUED RENT CARS (AT THEIR EXPENSE) UNTIL THE REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. WHY IS THIS SAME PRACTICE NOT BEING FOLLOWED? I RECEIVED NOTICE IN THE MAIL TODAY SO AM USING THIS DATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

RIGHT REAR PASSENGER (OUTBOARD) SEAT BELT FAILS TO ENGAGE. WILL NOT LATCH.

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS SUPER HARD EVERY TIME IT SHIFTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING, THE GEAR SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE TRANSMISSION MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED BY A 2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. WHILE THE RV WAS DRIVING 55-60 MPH, THE JEEP SHIMMIED VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE JEEP WAS TAKEN TO FOLSOM LAKE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (12545 FOLSOM BLVD, FOLSOM, CA 95630 (888) 480-1238) WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. WHILE THE CHEROKEE WAS AT THE DEALER, THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A NEW WIRING HARNESS TO THE DEALER AND THE JEEP WAS REPAIRED. A YEAR LATER, WHILE THE JEEP WAS BEING TOWED BY THE HOLIDAY RAMBLER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD THE CHEROKEE TOWED TO AUTOWORLD DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (1370 AUTO CENTER DR, PETALUMA, CA 94952 (707) 762-2712), BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE WITHOUT KNOWING THE REPAIR HISTORY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO FOLSOM LAKE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE JEEP CHEROKEE ONLY VIOLENTLY SHIMMIED WHILE BEING TOWED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,000. UPDATED 10/17/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER HAVING THE HARNESS WAS REPLACED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE AND ABS INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,772.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE, CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK WITH 13K MILES IS VERY DANGEROUS. LIKE OTHERS, I HAVE BEEN TO MULTIPLE DEALERS NUMEROUS TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATES WHICH SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RELEARNED BY THE COMPUTER AND COMES BACK WORSE THAN BEFORE. NOW THERE IS A TRANSAXLE ISSUE WHERE ALL POWER CAN BE LOST WHILE DRIVING. THIS VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION IS BAD ENOUGH WITH THE CONSTANT LAG, JERKING AND HESITATION BUT NOW THIS UNREPAIRABLE TRANSAXLE ISSUE IS MAKING IT VERY HARD FOR ME TO EVEN WANT TO DRIVE THIS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE VEHICLE. DEALERS SAY 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION JUST WORK THIS WAY BUT THIS IS THE WORST SHIFTING, MOST DANGEROUS VEHICLE I HAVE EVER DRIVEN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS JEEP PRODUCT AND WORRY ABOUT ANYONE DRIVING MY VEHICLE.

THE TRANSMISSIONS SHIFTS VERY ROUGH, HESITATES TO DOWNSHIFT AND SURGES WHEN ON A SLIGHT HILL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING INTO OUR GARAGE OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN. *TR

LOST OF POWER WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY WE WHERE NOT ON A MAJOR HYWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENS WANT TO KNOW IF THIS VEHICLE CAN OR BEEN HACKED. THERE ARE A LOT OF JEEP CHEROKEES ON THE ROAD A LOT OF OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM SEEMS LIKE NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

JEEP CHEROKEE RECALL S13 SEE LETTER ATTACHED. VEHICLE WAS REPRESENTED TO BE CAPABLE FOR FLAT TOW AT PURCHASE. RECALL A YEAR+ LATER REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS IN ORDER SAFELY TO DO SO. FCA IS REQUIRING OWNERS TO PAY FOR MODIFICATIONS.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, HARD SHIFTING. ON GOING

ALL OF MY PROBLEMS STARTED AUGUST 30, 2016 IN NATIONAL CITY CALIFORNIA. I WENT OUT AND STARTED MY CAR FOR A TRIP BACK TO YUMA, AS I PUT IT IN TO DRIVE I GOT THREE LOUD NOISES LIKE THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, I ALSO HAD A LOSS OF POWER. I HAD IT TOWED INTO ????? CHRYSLER WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THREE DAYS LATER THEY TOLD ME I HAD A BAD ONE-YEAR OLD BATTERY. BY THE TIME I GOT OUT OF THERE IT COST ME OVER $500. THE BATTERY DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I DID NOT HAVE THE NOISE ANYMORE BUT I HAD SHIFTING PROBLEMS. (36294 MILES) MY FIRST TIME IN THE SHOP AT ?????? WAS OCTOBER 11, 2016. FOLLOWED BY FIVE MORE TIMES. AS OF NOW IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 19 DAYS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NOT MAKING ANY PROGRESS. LAST TIME IN I TOOK THE DRIVE WITH THE TRANSMISSION TECH. I FELT A LITTLE INSULTED. I BROUGHT HIM UP TO DATE OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PAST. I TOLD HIM THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING NOW IS LOSS OF POWER AND HARD SHIFTING TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE TEST DRIVE CONSISTED OF A HIGH-SPEED RUN DOWN 32ND ST. I POINTED OUT TO HIM A COUPLE OF HARD SHIFT HIS REPLY WAS THIS IS NORMAL FOR A NINE-SPEED TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NINE SPEEDS AND I TOTALLY GOT TO DISAGREE THAT THAT IS NORMAL.

I PREVIOUSLY FILED A COMPLAINT IN DECEMBER, 2015 REGARDING THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM APPLYING THE BRAKES FOR NO REASON. IN JANUARY, 2016, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BRAKING SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE CAR HAS BRAKED AUTOMATICALLY ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS SINCE THEY WERE REPLACED. THIRD TIME APRIL 1ST, 2016 WHILE BACKING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, NO VEHICLES OR OBJECTS AROUND. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP STATED NO PROBLEM FOUND AND THAT WAS NORMAL BRAKING (THIS IS NOT NORMAL BRAKING). FOURTH TIME ON AUGUST 29TH, 2016, AGAIN, WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY WITH NO VEHICLE OR OBJECTS AROUND. TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON 8/30/16, THIS IS THE 4TH VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE.

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO TRIP, VEHICLE STARTED EMITTING TRANSMISSION WARNINGS AND PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTION AND SAYING TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK. VEHICLE LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. PLACED CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED - ERRORS STILL EMITTING AND SHIFTING IN TO DRIVE CAUSED THE CAR TO JOLT. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED.

CURRENTLY MY 2015 CHEROKEE TRAIL HAWK IS AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH AN UNKNOWN POWERTRAIN ISSUE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THURSDAY. THE TRANSMISSION IN NOT SO FEW WORDS FEELS VERY GUMMY WITH NOT A LOT OF POWER IN BETWEEN GEARS. WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION WILL HESITATE AND NOT SHIFT OR HAVE ANY POWER! WHEN THERE IS ON COMING TRAFFIC IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AT TIMES. IT WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN DOWNSHIFTNG AND COMING TO A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE VERY HARD SHIFTS AT TIMES OR VERY SOFT SHIFTS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2015 CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK 4X4 AND THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER THEY DID 4 UPGRADES ON MY COMPUTER AT DEALERSHIP, WHEN PICKED UP SUV THE CHECK ENGINE WAS ON, TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY FLASHED IT WHAT EVER THAT MEANS. THE CHECK ENGINE DISAPPEARED AFTERWARDS, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT LUNGING WHEN LETTING FOOT OFF BRAKE DUE TO THE AUTO ON & OFF FEATURE AND JUST RECENTLY WAS DRIVING AND THE AIR BAD LIGHT, TRACTION LIGHT, 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I PULLED OVER DUE TO THIS AND WHEN PUTTING IN PARK FELT LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME IN WHICH THEY DIDNT, THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON WITH MESSAGE THAT FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HAS BEEN DISABLED CONTACT DEALER, THAT STARTED IT ALL THAT MORNING. THEN ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND BEEPING, I TOOK TO DEALER IN RICHMOND KY AND THEY BROUGHT OUT THE SCANNER AND SCANNED IT AND PRINTED OFF SEVERAL THINGS THAT WAS COMING UP THEN ADVISED ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CHECK VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS I THEN CALLED LEXINGTON DEALER AND THEY SAID BRING IT IN, I HAD IT TOWED TO LEXINGTON DEALER, NOW THEY SAY THEY CANT GET IT TO DUPLICATE ANYTHING. WELL NOW THIS IS THE ISSUE I HAVE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT DEEMS THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS CAN SHUT DOWN AS OTHERS HAS SAID OR CATCH FIRE OR ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ETC. THERE IS DEFINITELY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN. I HAVE ASK DEALERSHIP TO CONTACT JEEP MFG/CHRYSLER TO SEE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY ITS VERY SCARY HAVING A VEHICLE THAT YOU CANT TRUST TO BE SAFE IN. ITS ALREADY HAD ME REAR END A CAR BY THE LUNGING AFTER YOU LET OFF BRAKE NOW THIS... I JUST FEEL UNSAFE IN MY NEW VEHICLE.... I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE TO TO BE A SAFE ONE. AND ITS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE DUE TO BEING INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES. DEALERS DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THESE CARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STOPS, LOST POWER ALL POWER. DRIVING ON ROAD IN TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES.

THE 9 SPEED ZF TRANSMISSION IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS! OFTEN IT WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAS LED TO SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE AN ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED. ALSO HAS VERY HARD SHIFTS AND ONCE THERE WAS NO DOWNSHIFT AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCELERATING.