2018 Jeep Cherokee Complaint Log

SERVICE SHIFTER ALARM, ALL LIGHTS ON GEAR SHIFTER LIGHT UP. GOES AWAY WHEN VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. CAME BACK ON LESS THAN A WEEK LATER.

CAR BURNS OIL AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE-POURING IN ABOUT A QUART PER WEEK. IF IT GETS TOO LOW (EVEN BEFORE SUGGESTED OIL CHANGE MILEAGE) THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE ENTIRE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. CURRENTLY HAPPENED 3 TIMES TO ME-OIL WAS LOW EACH TIME. VERY SCARY!

WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. PULLED OVER AND SERVICE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE CONTROL CAME ON. FINALLY GOT THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON NOW.

OIL CONSUMPTION ON VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES. 3 TO 4 QUARTS LOW AT EVERY 5000 MILE OIL CHANGE. CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. NO WARNING LIGHT TO INFORM YOU OF LOW OIL.

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARED WHILE DRIVING TODAY AND GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS ARE ALL RED P, R, N, D. THE SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE WOULD NOT DISAPPEAR BLOCKING THE SPEEDOMETER READING.

WHILE DRIVING SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING CAME ON AND ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER WERE LIT. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 37;600 MILES.

THE CAR RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS AT A LIGHT. IT HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. IT WAS IN MOTION ONCE AND THE WHEEL LOCKED UP. BUT IT WAS A VERY SLOW MOTION. SECOND TIME I WAS TAKING OFF FROM A STOP

Service shifter engine light at 20000 miles has done it on and off for two years

THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF IN IDLE , SOMETIMES IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP, OTHERS YOU HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES. TOOK IT TO DEALER A FEW TIMES AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT IT IS BECAUSE WHEN THE OIL GETS LOW IT THIS MODEL THAT HAPPENS SO I HAVE TO GET THE OIL CHANGED ONCE A MONTH

THIS IS THE SECOND SINCE AUGUST 2018 THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. FIRST TIME IT GAVE ME A WARNING LIGHT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH AUTO START. THEN JUST NEVER WOULD START AGAIN. THIS TIME THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE CAR WAS IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND WOULDN'T RESTART. BATTERY TESTED AT DEALER AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. THE BATTERY SAYS IT HAS A 36 MONTH WARRANTY BUT DEALER SAYS I HAVE TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR NEW BECAUSE IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE AUTO START THAT FRIES THE BATTERY!

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON- THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, ONCE WHILD DRIVING AND TWICE WHEN STARTING THE CAR AND IT WAS IN PARK.

MY SISTER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY TURN OFF ON THE STREET. SHE TURNED IT BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, I'M AFRAID OF DRIVING THE CAR AND SOMETHING WORSE MAY HAPPEN.

WHILE DRIVING ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON BY THE GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TON DRIVE. THE LIGHTS ARE RED. IT SAID SHIFT SYSTEM. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU CANNOT CHECK OIL, TIRE INFLATION, TEMPERATURE OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, TURNING, ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WHAT COULD IT BE?

'SERVICE SHIFTER' ERROR CODE STARTED APPEARING ON DASHBOARD WITH ALL GEAR LIGHTS LIT UP NEXT TO THE SHIFTER. PROBLEM RESOLVED ITSELF AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. MILEAGE AT APPROX 37K MILES, IDENTIFIED AS 'TRANSMISSION SHIFT ELECTRICAL FAILURE' BY JEEP DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED FOR AROUND $700

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING CAME UP ON THE INFORMATION SCREEN AND ALL THE SHIFTER INDICATOR LIGHTS P R N D ETC. LIGHT UP. HAD TO STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH, MY JEEP GAVE "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND REDUCED POWER. ALL SHIFTER LIFTS WHERE LITE. I PULLED OVER AND CALL MY DEALER, THEY ADVISED ME TO TURN OFF ENGINE FOR 2 MINUTES AND RESTART MY JEEP, THIS SHOULD CLEAR IT. THIS WAS AT 34,000. IT DID CLEAR IT. IT HAPPEN AGAIN AT 35,900 MILES AND I DID WHAT I WAS TOLD THE FIRST TIME.. HAPPEN AGAIN AT 37,500 MILES, FINALLY GOT DEALER TO LOOK AT IT AND NOW THEY SAY I NEED A NEW BEZELS, HARNESS AND SHIFTER. I HAVE READ THIS HAS HAPPEN TO 1,000S OF OTHERS.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING ON DASH & ALL RED LIGHTS OF SHIFTER. CAR ONLY HAS 17, 500 MILES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM OF AN UNKNOWN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT THE VEHICLE NO LONGER BE DRIVEN UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED HERTRICH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF ELKTON (1147 E PULASKI HWY, ELKTON, MD 21921) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FIRST INCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HENCE STATIONARY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER AND A A CLICKING NOISE WOULD BE HEARD WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS JUMP STARTED AND LET IT RUN FOR A WHILE, THEN I SHUT IT OFF TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OK AND IT DID NOT START AGAIN. SAME FLICKERING LIGHTS AND CLICKING NOISE. GOT IT JUMP STARTED AGAIN. DROVE TO AUTOZONE TO HAVE BATTERY CHECKED, WHILE TRYING TO PARK, VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF WITH CAR ON DRIVE. AUTOZONE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO JUMP START VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. AUTOMATIC LOCKS WOULD NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK THE VEHICLE. CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. AS OF RIGHT NOW, UNKNOWN CAUSE OF VEHICLE INCIDENT.

I PULLED TO MY HOME AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN PUTTING MY CAR IN REVERSE.

TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY HARD RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING

SERVICE SHIFTER NOTIFICATION CAME ACROSS DASH AND ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER WERE LITE UP RED. THANKFULLY THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, AND NOT IN DRIVE. AS THE 2017S JEEP CHEROKEE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND NOW RECALL FOR SERVICE SHIFTER. SOMONES INCIDENT WAS THAT CAME ACROSS DASH, SERVICE SHIFTER AND WITHIN 10SECONDS THEIR FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THEY WRECKED ON THE HIGHWAY. I DONT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME !! OR ANYONE WITH A JEEP CHEROKEE.

AFTER OWNING THIS VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON AND ALL THE LIGHTS BY THE SHIFTER CAME ON. PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. LIGHTS WERE OFF CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME . LIGHT HAS COME ON AGAIN , ALWAYS GOES OFF AFTER RESTARTING. AFTER READING ALL COMPLAINTS OF OWNERS ONLINE I AM CONCERNED THAT I WILL HAVE SHIFTING PROBLEMS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I CAN'T BELIEVE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THIS CAR. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SATISFACTION.!PLEASE , LET SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

AFTER GETTING MY JEEP WORKED ON AT CROWN JEEP OF CHATTANOOGA FOR MY DASH BOARD SAYING 'SHIFTER SERVICE' THEY REPLACED MY SHIFTER BEZEL CLAIMING THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS AFTER MY JEEP THREE THE EBRAKE IN WHILE GOING 65 DOWN A HIGHWAY. TONIGHT 9/28/2020 WHILE BACKING OUT MY DRIVEWAY MY JEEP THREW THE EBRAKE ON ITSELF AGAIN. THEN DID IT WHILE GOING IN TOWARD AT 35 MPH. CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISTAKES IN THEIR CARS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT AXLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A PARK VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

THE SHIFTER HAS COME ON TWICE NOW AND ALL LIGHTS POP UP ON GEAR SHIFT. THIS IS ABOUT THE 4TH TOME IN 1 -1/2 YRS IN MOTION.

'SERVICE SHIFTER' LIGHT HAS COME ON THE DASH SEVERAL TIMES. STARTING AT 26,000 MILES. HAVE TAKEN IT SEVERAL TIME TO CROWN CHRYSLER DOGE JEEP IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE FOR THEM TO TELL ME IT'S ONLY THE BATTERY. THIS BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THIS ISSUE IS STILL OCCURRING. TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, MY JEEP CHEROKEE NOTIFIED SERVICE SHIFTER THE. SLAMMED THE EBRAKE ON WHILE GOING 55. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS STATING NOTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH AFTER PUSHING THE 'BUSH TO START' BUTTON 'TO CUT THE CAR OFF,' THE BUTTON STATES THE CAR IS OFF, BUT YET THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING. I NO LONGER WANT THIS 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE DUE TO IT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT'S WIFE OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 60 MPH, SEVERAL LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFTER ILLUMINATED AND SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING MESSAGE ALSO APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HIS WIFE SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO REACH HER DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. THE CONTACT CALLED BARKAU CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF FREEPORT (700 E SOUTH ST, FREEPORT, IL 61032) BUT THE DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED. THE CONTACT THEN CALLED ANDERSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (5711 E. STATE ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61108) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BE SERVICED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

WHILE DRIVING I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS SERVICE SHIFTER. AT THE SAME TIME ALL THE RED LIGHTS COME ON WHERE THE SHIFTER IS. IT STAYS ON UNTIL THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY. FEAR THAT IT WILL LOCK ON ME WHILE DRIVING.

10 SEP 2020 AT 0745 MY JEEP CHEROKEE WITH 34,000 MILES HAD A DASH MESSAGE SAYING "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER EMITTED RED. AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND BACK ON THERE WAS NO MESSAGE OR ANYTHING.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AT THE DASH WHEN DRIVING.ALL INDICATOR LIGHTS ON SHIFTER LIGHT UP. PULLED OVER AND TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS GONE.

HAD JEEP 2 YRS 6 TIMES WE HAVE HAD PROBLEM. DRIVING DOWN ROAD TURN CORNER SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY IT ALSO OCCURS. ALL LIGHTS ON SHITER LIGHTS UP RED. AND SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE COMES ON. HAPPENS 3-6 MONTHS. NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

SERVICE SHIFT LI8GHT COMES ON AND THEN RANDOMLY GOES AWAY, IT WILL RANDOMLY COME ON WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE'S WITH THIS ISSUE

MY JEEP KEPT GIVING THE SERVICE SHIFTER BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DODGE HOUSE IN ODESSA TEXAS THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR IT. SO I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR BUT STILL TOOK ALMOST 3WEEKS JUST FOR THEM TO GET THE PART BECAUSE THEY WHERE IN BACK ORDER

FILLED UP ON GAS, WHEN STARTING THE CARE IT STATED OIL CHANGE SOON. 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR STARTED TO SHUTTER LIKE IT WANTED TO SHUT OFF. WITH IN 20 MILES IT DID THIS 7 TIMES ON A FREEWAY. WHEN ON THE SURFACE STREETS IF THE CAR WAS STOPPED IT WOULD SHUTTER THEN TURN OFF. IT WOULD STATE PLACE INTO PARK AND RESTART VEHICLE. I WAS NOT OVER DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I DID NOT LET EVEN THE GAS LIGHT COME ON. I HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR FINE TILL THE OIL CHANGE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH SERVICE SHIFTER

SERVICE SHIFTER KEEPS APPEARING ON THE DASH OF THE JEEP. ALL OF THE LIGHTS BESIDE OF THE SHIFTER LIGHT UP RED AND STAY ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. THE LIGHT WILL TURN ON WHEN IT IS PARKED OR RANDOM TIMES WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.

MY CHEROKEE IS 2018, I BOUGHT IT USED JAN OF 2020. IN SEPT OF 2020 MY STARTER BROKE, I PAID $550 TO GET IT FIXED. THIS MORNING, ABOUT 4 DAYS LATER THE STARTER IS BROKEN AGAIN. MY MECHANIC IS VERY GOOD, AND WARNED ME ABOUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING IN WITH THIS ISSUE AND IT BREAKING AGAIN. HE TOLD ME TO GET A NEW CAR WHICH I PLANNED ON DOING BUT IT BROKE BEFORE I GOT THE CHANCE. I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE LEFT REVIEWS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

MY CAR ONLY HAS 41,000 MILES AND RECENTLY JUST PURCHASED IT 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT STARTED SAYING 'SERVICE SHIFTER' AND THE SHIFTS ALL LIGHT UP RED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, A LOT OF JEEP OWNERS EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE WITH JEEPS. AN ISSUE THAT NEVER SEEMS TO GO AWAY REGARDLESS OF TAKING IT TO A SHOP

I HAVE A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE AND A COUPLE OF TIMES THE SHIFT SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND PRND ALL LIGHT UP...LOOKED IT UP ON LONG AND A LOT OF JEEPS HAVE THIS PROBLEM...THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT A NEW CAR SO I WOULD BE SAFE AND NOW I'M SCARED THAT I WILL WRECK IF IT GOES OUT...WHEN THIS HAPPENED YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN GEAR AND CUT YOUR CAR OFF...BUT WHAT IF IT DOES IT WHILE I'M DRIVING

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARED WHEN I WAS DRIVING. THE DRIVE, REVERSE, NEUTRAL AND OTHER DRIVE INDICATORS LIT UP IN RED.

MY CAR IS SHOWING "CHECK SHIFTER" MESSAGE AFTER ONLY 11,000 MILES. ALL THE SHIFTER LIGHTS TURN ON RED. IT HAPPENED WHEN I TURNED ON MY CAR TO PUT IN GEAR AND HAS BEEN COMING ON MORE AND MORE LATELY. USUALLY STAYS ON WHEN I FIRST START AND DOESNT SHUT OFF UNTIL I TURN OFF AND RESTART VEHICLE.

ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR BOX TURN ON AND SAYS "SERVICE SHIFTER". HAPPENED ONCE A MONTH AND IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE FREQUENT.

WHILE DRIVING THE SERVICE SHIFTER APPEARED ON DASH. HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT.

I HAVE 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH 85353 MILES IT HAD SERVICE SHIFTER TWICE WHEN I WAS DRIVING SO I HAD TO PULL OVER ON HIGHWAY AND TURN OFF ENGINE AND TURN ON ENGINE SHIFT TO PARK THEN TO DRIVE

I OWN 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH 56,000 MILES AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON THE DASH AND ALL THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP ON THE GEAR SHIFTER. THIS HAPPENS AFTER DRIVING FOR AROUND 15 - 20 MILES AND ONCE THE CAR IS TURNED OFF WITH THE ELECTRONIC PUSH BUTTON START THE LIGHTS GO AWAY FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN COME BACK ON AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS ONLY WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

I AM CONSISTENTLY GETTING A SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ON MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. IT HAS 30000 MILES ON IT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT GOES OFF. I HAVE SEEN ANOTHER OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ON ONLINE FORUMS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE.

EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS IN ENGINE. LITTLE OIL ON DIPSTICK. OIL CHANGE IS NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER 4,774 MILES. VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING NO MORE THAN 1/2 MILE.

VEHICLE STALLS AT START OF DAY AFTER DRIVING NO MORE THAN A HALF A MILE. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS IN TRAFFIC. BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON AFTER STALLS AND DOES NOT START. LETTING IT SIT FOR AWHILE IT EVENTUALLY STARTS. BATTERY WAS FULLY TESTED AND HOLDS CHARGE. DECIDED TO PARK VEHICLE AND HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER AS TO NOT RISK TRAFFIC CRASH.

'SERVICE SHIFTER' COMES ON. DEALER SAYS THERE'S NO ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE I'M DRIVING AND AT IGNITION START UP.