2018 Jeep Cherokee Complaint Log

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE COMING UP, ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER TURNING RED AND CAR NOT DRIVING PROPERLY. HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE IT GO AWAY.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING CAME ON DASHBOARD AND ALL GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS WERE LIT RED. (PRNDL). THIS IS SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN 5 MONTHS. 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE UNDER 14,000 MILES!!! GOT IN MY VEHICLE STARTED IT AND THEN THE WARNING AND LIGHTS CAME ON. TURNED VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED AND NO MORE WARNING!! THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING TO A NEW VEHICLE AND THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO HAVE IT RECALLED!!

WE PURCHASED A USED 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE (LESS THAN 13,000 MILES) FROM A DEALERSHIP IN COLORADO SPRINGS ON 10/17. ON THE WAY HOME, ABOUT 100 MILES, THE STOP /START WARNING LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT WENT ON ABOUT 8 MILES FROM HOME GOING APPROX. 50 MPH. WE DECIDED TO GET IT HOME. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVEWAY, WE PLACED THE CAR IN REVERSE AND NOTICED THAT POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. WE TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND AT RESTART, THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE RESET. WE NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY AND THEY RECOMMENDED CHANGING OUT BATTERY. WE DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND BOUGHT THE BEST BATTERY THEY HAD FOR THAT VEHICLE. WE DID NOT USE THE JEEP FOR THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY). SATURDAY 10/19 WE DROVE IT DOWN TO DENVER (ABOUT 60 MILES) WITH NO PROBLEM. ON THE WAY HOME, AGAIN THE STOP /START WARNING LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT WENT ON GOING APPROX. 60 MPH. WE DROVE TO A PARKING LOT AND MADE A TURN INTO A PARKING SPOT. AT THAT POINT POWER STEERING WAS OPERABLE. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN IN REVERSE AND THEN NOTICED NO POWER STEERING, I PLACED THE CAR IN DRIVE AND AGAIN NO POWER STEERING. WE STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE RESET. ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WARMER AND REAR DEFROST HAD BOTH BEEN SWITCHED ON AUTOMATICALLY.

WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE DASH AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE FLOOR SHIFTER ILLUMINATE ALL GEAR POSITIONS. ALSO, AT LOW SPEED, WHEN ADDING POWER, THE TRANSMISSION HAS A "BUMP" AS IT TRIES TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. MAKES IT JERK/CLUNK INTO GEAR.

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.

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

I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 13300 MILES ON MY JEEP AS I WENT TO PARK MY CAR I NOTICED THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL AS PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, AND DRIVE WERE ALL LIT UP ON THE SHIFTER WHEN I LOOKED THIS UP ON GOOGLE THERE WHERE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINS MY JEEP IS STILL BRAND NEW I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM! I DID NOT TURN IT BACK ON TO SEE IF IT WENT AWAY I PLAN ON TAKING IT TO A DEALERSHIP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. I ALSO BOUGHT IT WHEN IT ONLY HAD 5 MILES ON IT NO REASON AT ALL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN THEREFORE SHOULD BE A RECALL!

MY VEHICLE WAS HIT WITH DIRECT IMPACT ON FRONT OF VEHICLE AND DRIVERS SIDE AND NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BOTH VEHICLES INVOLVED WHERE IN MOTION

STARTING ISSUES BATTERY WILL NOT STAY CHARGED NO HELP FROM DEALERSHIP .OR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE

AFTER LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD GETTING A SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE ON START UP. IT WOULD GO AWAY WHEN I TURNED ENGINE OFF AND ON BUT NOTE WON'T DO AWAY. CARE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD BUT JUST OUT OF WENT DUE TO MILAGE.

THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT HAS GONE OFF TURNING ON ALL LIGHTS ON THE GEAR RED. EVER SINCE IT CAME UP IT WILL KEEP COMING UP.

STARTING AT 25K MILES, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO BURN THROUGH OIL EVEN BEFORE THE NEXT OIL CHANGE. THE MANUAL STATES TO GO OFF THE OIL SYSTEM LIGHT, DEALERS SAY DIFFERENT. OIL HAD 14% LEFT, BUT THE CAR KEPT SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WENT TO DEALER, CAR BURNED THROUGH ALL THE OIL. THEY REFUSED TO CHECK FOR ENGINE DAMAGE AND FORCE ME TO PAY FOR A FULL OIL CHANGE. STATED BY THE DEALER, ITS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEP AND THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT. NOW AT 33K, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CYLINDER 4 MISFIRE. COIL PACK NEEDS REPLACED. THIS IS A TSB THAT WAS POSTED AT DEALERS BUT NOT GIVEN TO CONSUMERS. ALSO AIRBAG CONNECTION UNDER DRIVER SEAT COMES LOOSE AND CAUSES WARNING LIGHTS TO SERVICE AIRBAG. 10K MILES. DEALER SAID TO PLUG BACK IN AND JUST KEEP DEALING WITH IT.

MAKING A RIGHT TURN, ENGINE SHUT OFF NO POWER, LIGHTS STATED I MUST BE IN PARK TO SHIFT WARNING LIGHTS. THE JEEP WOULD NOT START. I HAD EXPERIENCED NO PRIOR ISSUES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. I CALLED MY HUSBAND WHO ARRIVED AND DROVE IT HOME. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MOTOR AND TO CHECK THE OIL. UPON CHECKING THE OIL THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ON THE DIPSTICK. ONCE AGAIN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I BASICALLY NEED TO KEEP A CHECK ON THE OIL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD!

PURCHASED MY 2018 CHEROKEE IN FEB 2018 AND IN OCTOBER 2019 HAD VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER SAID I HAD 4 WARPPED ROTORS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. IT SEEMED ODD AT ONLY 18 MONTHS OF NORMAL DRIVING, MOSTLY HIGHWAY.

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.

STARTED CAR AND PUT INTO DRIVE. STARTED DRIVING SERVICE SHIFTER CAME UP. ALL THE LIGHTS IN MY SHIFTER LIT UP.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASH 'SERVICE SHIFTER' ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER THEN LIGHT UP RED THE 'PRNDL' THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS BEEN CHECKED BY THE DEALER AND THE SHIFTER/ WIRING HARNESS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MOST JEEPS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND NO RECALL HAS YET BEEN MADE, I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 7 MONTHS AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THUS FAR. THIS BEING AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT JEEP IS AWARE OF I FEEL THAT SOME ACTION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE CUSTOMER. I AM A LOYAL JEEP CUSTOMER BUT AFTER THIS ISSUE NOT BEING RESOLVED FOR YEARS I MAY NOT CONTINUE TO BE A LOYAL CUSTOMER AND GO ELSEWHERE TO PURCHASE MY NEXT VEHICLE. THIS FIRST OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 25,2019 AND HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE.

SINCE ABOUT 18K MILES ON VEHICLE I HAVE BEEN REPORTING ISSUES WITH THE SHIFTING, TRANSMISSION. NOW THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY THEY SUDDENLY THINK THEY KNOW WHAT WILL FIX IT. BUT I NOW HAVE TO PAY ALMOST $800 TO GET IT FIXED.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE ONLY HAD 9 MILES WHEN PURCHASED... THIS HAPPENED WHEN SITTING IN DRIVE THRU AT DUNKIN' DONUTS THIS MORNING

MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE CITY STREET AND SUDDENLY A MEAASGE APPEARED ON MY SCREEN 'SERVICE SHIFTER' AND THE JEEP BEGAN TO JERK. THE LIGHTS ON EACH GEAR TURNED RED. WHEN I GOT TO A PLACE TO PARK. I CUT THE JEEP OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON. I THEN RECEIVED A MESSAGE WHEN I PUT THE JEEP IN DRIVE TO VERIFY IF IT WOULD DRIVE AND I RECEIVED ANOTHER MESSAGE STATING 'SHIFT TO PARK'. THE JEEP BEGAN TO JERK AGAIN. I'VE HAD THIS JEEP FOR ONE YEAR EXACTLY BOUGHT IT WITH ONLY ABOUT 3,000 MILES ON IT AND WITHIN 3 MONTHS IT COMPLETELY STOPPED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE AT ALL. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEARLERSHIP WHERE IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE AND OIL THAT HAD TO BE FIXED AND TOOK ALMOST 2 WEEKS. THIS JEEP HAS ALL TYPE OF PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED

DRIVING DOWN A CITY HIGHWAY THE SERVICE SHIFTER ALERT CAME ON. ALL OF THE LIGHTS NEXT TO THE INDICATORS ON THE SHIFTER LIT UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR TODAY. THE PARKING BRAKE HAS ALSO BEEN TURNING ITSELF ON AS SOON AS THE JEEP IS PUT IN GEAR AND THE FOOT IS LET OFF OF THE BRAKE.

2018 JEEP 22000 MILES, HAS CONTINUED AND WORSENING SHIFTIER OR TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH RED LIGHTS, NEEDS SERVICE AND LOCKS OUT TRANSMISSION CHANGES TO REGULATE SPEED. THIS HAS BEEN AT THE TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS WITH AN ONGOING SAFETY ISSUE. I AM A RETIRED NICB SPECIAL AGENT AND HAVE WORKED AUTO THEFT.

THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THE WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO RESTART. THE SHIFT TO PARK WARNING LIGHT WAS BLINKING. THE CONTACT ADDED OIL TO VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED KEVIN'S ROYAL AUTOMOTIVE (3961-3964 WAVERLY RD, OWEGO, NY 13827, (607) 687-3412) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING AS DESIGNED AND THAT THE SAFETY FEATURE WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE SAFETY FEATURE ENGAGED WHEN THE OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

SERVICE SHIFTER ON CAR DISPLAY

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHTS AND WARNING COME ON RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING. WHEN THE ERROR MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED, THERE IS NO WAY TO GET RID OF IT EXCEPT TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND ON. THE ERROR MESSAGE TAKES UP THE ENTIRE IN DASH SCREEN AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER TO BE SHOWN. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PATTERN AS TO WHEN THIS OCCURS, HAS HAPPENED WHEN STARTING UP AND JUST RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING (NOT SPECIFICALLY LINKED WITH A SPEED, DIRECTION, OR TURN).

LOW PRESSURE OIL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TURNING. ONCE THE CAR DID NOT START, I HAD TO GET IT TOWED, TO FIND OUT THE CAR WAS OUT OF OIL, THOUGH THE DISPLAY READ LOW OIL PRESSURE IS AT 53%. I GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND A LITTLE OVER A MONTH, THE LIGHT STARTED TO COME BACK ON.

"SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT POPS UP ON SCREEN AND THE P,R,N,D ALL LIGHT UP AT ONCE WHILE DRIVING.

THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING MESSAGE APPEARS IN THE "MESSAGE SCREEN" & YOU CANNOT CLEAR IT SO THE MPH & OTHER NEEDED DRIVING DATA IS UNAVAILABLE. ALSO ALL OF THE SHIFTER LIGHTS BECOME ILLUMINATED SO YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT GEAR THE TRANSMISSION IS IN. "CARGURUS.COM" HAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. CAR IS IN MOTION & STATIONARY;.THE SHIFTER SERVICE MESSAGE APPEARS. IT 1ST OCCURRED YESTERDAY; 8/19/2019 TO ME. THIS IS A SAFET ISSUE BECAUSE MY MPH ETC IS UNAVAILABLE & I CANNOT VERIFY GEAR I AM IN. (DRIVE/REVERSE ETC)

25,000 MILES WAS TURNING RIGHT ONTO RAMP TO ENTER HIGHWAY WHEN BATTERY CAME ON AND ENGINE STALLED RIGHT WHEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY INITIATED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. 1,000 MILES INTO OIL CONSUMPTION TEST ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. CAR WAS ONLY 1/2 QUART LOW ON OIL AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A CONTROLLED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. HAVE READ AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF REPORTS OF 2018 CHEROKEES WITH THE SAME 2.4L ENGINE STALLING WHILE THE DRIVERS IS ACTIVELY DRIVING VEHICLE ANYWHERE FROM 25 MPH TO 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY.

This vehicle had a recall for the shifter. It went in for the recall but not long after the shifter lights are back. Every time we drive the shifter lights come on. Went back and the dealer will not fix the problem.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING SHUTTING ALL SYSTEMS DOWN. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF MY LANE WITH KNOW MEANS OF MOVING MY VEHICLE TO A SAFE AREA. I CALLED TRIPLE A AND WAITED 1.5 HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR A WRECKER. APPARENTLY MY VEHICLE WAS LOW ON OIL SO IT SHUTDOWN. HOWEVER I WAS NOT DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND MY OIL LIFE WAS AT 13%. MY VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT ALERT ME THAT I WAS LOW ON OIL. I MADE A COMPLAINT TO MY SERVICE PERSON AT CHARLIE'S IN AUGUSTA MAINE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AT 8000 MILES AND IT WAS 2 QUARTS LOW. THEY TOLD ME IT'S COMMON FOR A VEHICLE TO USE THAT MUCH OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THEY DID AN OIL CCONSUMPTION TEST AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL. JEEP SAYS YOU CAN USE A QUART EVERY 800 MILES. THAT IS 7.5 QUARTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES IN A NEW VEHICLE. UNACCEPTABLE AND NOT SAFE FOR A VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER STATED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS STALLED DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. HOWEVER A FEW OIL CHANGES AGO CHARLIES DID AN OIL CHANGE AND TOLD ME MY OIL LEVELS WERE LOW. I THOUGHT THIS UNUSUAL AND THEY DID AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WITH NO FINDINGS. AT THIS TIME THEY DID NOT TELL ME THERE WAS AN OIL CONSUMPTION SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS VEHICLE. *JB

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON AND ALL GEARS LIT UP RED, PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF THEN TURNED BACK ON. ALARM WENT AWAY, THIRD TIME.

AT 19500MILES SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE CAME ON AND RED LIGHTS APPEARED BY PARK, NEUTRAL, DRIVE, REVERSE ETC ON CAR SHIFTER, DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. STOPPED TURNED IT OFF AND LIGHT WENT OUT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND LOW MILEAGE.

SERVICE SHIFTER RANDOMLY POPS UP AND ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER GO RED HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE AND GOES AWAY U FOUND HUNDREDS OF NOT THOUSANDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!

THE BATTERY CONSTANTLY DIES WITHOUT ANY REASONING. I WILL PARK IT, AFTER IT SITS OVERNIGHT, IT DIES. MY NEIGHBOR HAS THE SAME YEAR MODEL JEEP I HAVE AND HIS STARTED DOING THE SAME THING LAST WEEK. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE IT SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH 20Q7,2018 AND 2019 JEEP CHEROKEES.

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE KEEPS APPEARING ON THE DASH AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER WILL TURN RED. HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE A DAY (SOMETIMES 4-5 TIMES) AND TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN I HIT A BUMP (NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR BIG). IT CAN ALSO SOMETIMES HAPPEN WHEN YOU TAP THE SIDE OF THE CONSOLE. FORUMS ONLINE SUGGEST THAT THE ISSUE IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE WIRES FROM THE SHIFTER KEEP BUMPING INTO CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND SHORTING (HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T68742_DS990296). I AM STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENS, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLY ANNOYING BECAUSE I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING ON THE DASHBOARD.

UNDER 30,000 MILES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOTIFY TO "SERVICE SHIFTER" BUT WOULD STILL ACCELERATE/BREAK/STOP. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THE INITIAL TIME. THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE TURNED OFF AND THEN STARTED BACK UP AGAIN IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE CODE. EVERYTIME THIS HAS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, AT THE SPEED LIMIT.

7/12/19 - WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, MY JEEP SIGNALED A WARNING NOISE - WITH NO DIGITIZED WARNING AND THE D LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON MY GEAR SHIFT - THIS DISABLED MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE - TURNED IT BACK ON AND CONTINUED DRIVING. 8/06/19 - I STARTED MY VEHICLE TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING CAME ON MY DISPLAY AND ALL OF MY GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS (PRND) WERE ILLUMINATED. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 3/2018 BRAND NEW - IT HAS UNDER 23K MILES.

2018 CHEROKEE WITH UNDER 15K MILES. UPON START UP, WARNING FOR "SERVICE SHIFTER" APPEARS ALONG WITH ALL LIGHTS ARE LIT UP ON SHIFTER. TURNING OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTING WILL MAKE MESSAGE DISAPPEAR. MECHANICS NOT SURE WHAT TRUE ISSUE IS. ON GOING ISSUE WITH NO RESOLUTION. TODAY, MESSAGE WOULD NOT RESET. NO RECALL TO DATE.

FOR THE SECOND TIME WHILE DRIVING "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE CAME ON AND ALL LIGHTS ON GEAR BOX LIT UP. PULLED OVER AND CUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND LIGHTS WENT OFF

"SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES. LIGHTS ON SHIFTER ALL CAME ON. ONLY CAME ON WITH LEFT HAND TURNS. FIRST TIME IN HAPPENED I WAS ON AN INTERSTATE ON RAMP. HAS HAPPENED AT 5 MPH AND 70 MPH. PULL OVER PUT IN PARK, SHUT OFF ENGINE, WAIT A MINUTE, RESTART VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING IS FINE FOR A WHILE. IT CAN BE DAYS BETWEEN OR 3 TIMES IN A 5 MINUTE DRIVE. UP TO 9 TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON A COUNTY ROAD AND THE ERROR NOISE WENT OFF. ON THE DASH I GOT A 'SERVICE SHIFTER' NOTICE AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER STAYED LIT RED ' P, R, N , D, AND THE - AND +'. I PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF THE CAR, WAITED A MINUTE AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WENT AWAY.

I WAS DRIVING UP THE INTERSTATE AND I HEARD A DING. THE DISPLAY SAID " SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY GEAR SHIFT PNRD WERE ALL LIT UP RED. COULD NOT CLEAR DISPLAY. PARKED AND TURNED IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON AND IT CLEARED.

'SERVICE SHIFTER' WARNING APPEARS WITHOUT WARNING AND ALL GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS TURN RED. IN MOTION. 65 MPH US 18 OR 218 WATERLOO IOWA. I'M TOLD A SHIFTER BEZEL AND WIRING HARNESS ARE NEEDED BUT NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY ALMOST 5 HOURS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE MY DASH SCREEN POPPED UP WITH A WARNING SAYING THAT MY SHIFTER NEEDED SERVICED... WHEN I LOOKED AT THE GEAR SHIFTER ALL OF THE LIGHTS WERE LIT UP(P,R,N&D)...I FREAKED OUT AND PULLED OFF AT A GAS STATION PUT IT IN PARK TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND WAITED A MINUTE... WHEN I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP ALL OF THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF AND IT WAS FINE... I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED IT TO HAPPEN IT LITERALLY HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE...

SERVICE SHIFTER

"SERVICE SHIFTER" APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD. THE GEARS ALL WENT RED. THE CAR WAS ABLE TO MOVE AS NORMAL, BUT THE MESSAGE WAS STILL THERE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND THE MESSAGE WENT AWAY.

HAVE NOT OWNED VEHICLE FOR A YEAR YET, BOUGHT WITH ABOUT 1000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY SOMEBODY IN DEALERSHIP FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD. AT 11,677 MILES THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING SHOWED UP AND SHIFTER PANEL LIT UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND STAYED THAT WAY UNTIL I TURNED THE JEEP OFF A FEW MILES LATER. HASN'T SHOWN UP AGAIN AND I'M TAKING IT TO DEALER TOMORROW. IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS SINCE IT HAPPENED BUT I'M AFRAID WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. I'VE READ ONLINE ABOUT MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE OVER THE YEARS FOR JEEP. WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR - THEY NEED TO FIX THIS!!! I'M GETTING THIS DOCUMENTED NOW!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE CONTACT, WHO WAS SEATED IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SEAT, SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AFTER HIS HEAD STRUCK THE SIDE WINDOW. THE WINDOW BROKE AND INFLICTED A CUT ON THE CONTACT'S NECK. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A LEG FRACTURE. THE OTHER TWO PASSENGERS WERE TRAUMATIZED. THE DRIVER AND THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM VIA AN AMBULANCE FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CRASH, THE FUEL TANK LEAKED AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.