2018 Jeep Cherokee Complaint Log

ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER COME ON RANDOMLY WHEN TURNING ON VEHICLE. YOU CAN'T PUT IN DRIVE WHILE LIGHTS ARE ON. YOU HAVE TO TURN CAR ON MULTIPLE TIMES OR UNTIL LIGHTS GO OFF. ON DASH BOARD IT READS SERVICE GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, I LOST ALL CONTROL. A MESSAGE POPPED UP THAT SAID 'APPLY BRAKE AND PUT IN PARK OR NEUTRAL' THE ENGINE SLOWLY LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CAR BEEPS AND SAID 'LOW BATTERY' BUT ALL LIGHTS AND VOLTAGE READING WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL. I TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED CAR, AND IT WAS FINE, I DRIVE IT ANOTHER 100 METERS AND IT REPEATS THIS EXACT CYCLE ALL THE WAY HOME.

THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE. THE ON BOARD SCREEN WILL SUDDENLY SHOW "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE SHIFTER INDICATOR LIGHTS GO RED. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO AT INITIAL STARTS. WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, EVERYTHING RETURNS TO NORMAL. DOING SOME RESEARCH THAT SAYS OVERHEATING PROBLEMS CAN ENSUE.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT, R,P,N,D, ALL LIGHTS TURN RED. HAPPENED MONTHS AGO AT 36,300 MILES, DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR A MONTH THEN CAME BACK. NOW COMES ON EVERY COUPLE WEEKS, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW. TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE LIGHTS GO OFF. HAPPENS AT INTIAL START UP AND WHILE DRIVING.

MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE, THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT APPEARS ON MY DASH AND ALL OF THE GEAR LIGHT APPEAR SOLID RED ON MY SHIFTER, THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN PARK OR WHEN I COME TO A STOP WHILE DRIVING, IT'S VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE ( OIL CONSUMPTION) AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES OF THE ERROR OCCURRING. THIS HAPPENS PERIODICALLY AND WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE 'SERVICE SHIFTER'' LIGHT GOES AWAY. THERE NO WAY FOR THE DEALER TO FIX THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY SAY THE CAN'T FIND ANY ERROR CODES WHEN I HAVE TIME STAMPED PICTURES ON MY PHONE OF THIS HAPPENING. I'M AFRAID THIS MIGHT LEAD TO AN ELECTRICAL FIRE OR SHIFTER FAILURE WHILE IN TRAFFIC DRIVING.

CAR WAS SITTING STILL, HAD NOT BEEN RUNNING (IN OVER 36 HOURS)L UNDER THE CARPORT. WE WENT TO GET INTO THE CAR AND THEN NOTICED, THE BACK GLASS HAD BUSTED IN THE SAME PLACE (THE HEATER CONNECTOR) ON BOTH SIDES. THE GLASS BUSTED OUT WARDS. HUSBANDS VEHICLE WAS RIGHT BESIDE THIS ONE, AND THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF VANDALIZM.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON, ALL LIGHT ON SHIFTER LIGHT UP.

The Service Shifter message comes on replacing the speedometer display on the dash. All of the LED's on the shifter bezel light up when it occurs, so you can't tell the gear you are in. It has been happening more frequently lately and began around 3 years ago. The only way to reset it is to put it in PARK and shut the car off and restart it. I am on the Jeep Cherokee Club and see this quite often on their forums. It happens now every 2nd or 3rd time I drive it. Thanks.

WHEN MY VEHICLE ACCELERATES THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING OR NOT FULLY ENGAGING. THE RPMS WILL SPIKE TO ABOUT 4,000 BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT, AND WHEN IT SHIFTS THE WHOLE VEHICLE WILL SHUDDER LIKE IT'S BEEN HIT BY A SLEDGEHAMMER WIELDED BY THOR HIMSELF. TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING MY VEHICLE I HAVE TO SLOWLY ACCELERATE AND KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER 3,000 RPMS. THIS ONLY SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ON A HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY THAT IS 55MPH OR HIGHER.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND BLOCKS OUT ALL OTHER DIGITAL READ OUT UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS PARKED TURNED OFF AND BACK OF. ISSUE CONTINUES TO REOCCUR

THE SERVICE SHIFTER NOTIFICATION CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD SCREEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, UNABLE TO BE CLEARED, AND ALL RED LIGHTS ON SHIFTER WERE LIT UP. (PRND) AFTER STOPPING, TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTING CLEARED THE MESSAGE, HOWEVER, VEHICLE ALSO CONTINUES TO JERK IN BETWEEN GEARS.

MY CAR LOST ALL POWER WHILE IN MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY STREET INTERSECTION WITH A SHIFTER ERROR CODE. WOULD NOW ACCELERATE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AND DID IT INSTANTLY AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2 MONTHS AGO. *TR

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND REMAINS ON WITH ALL SHIFTER LIGHTS ON AT THE SAME TIME. MENU FOR CAR IS NO ACCESSIBLE DASH PANEL IS LOCKED. PERIODICALLY AND RANDOMLY COMES ON AND GOES OFF WHEN DRIVING OR STATIONARY. CALLED DEALER AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT. *TR

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT. *TR

AS DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN LOOSE ALL CONTROL. MESSAGE POPS UP THAT SAYS. APPLY BRAKE AND PUT IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE BATTERY POWER SENSOR WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 18V524000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AN AUDIBLE CHIME WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. ZIMMER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1086 BURLINGTON PIKE, FLORENCE, KY 41042), WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RECEIVED FOUR OIL CHANGES WITHIN 24 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000.

THE MESSAGE SERVICE SHIFTER APPEARS, AND ALL OF THE GEARS ON THE GEAR SHIFT LIGHT UP. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC REASON THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, SOMETIMES WHILE IN MOTION AND BRAKING, SOMETIMES WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED. IT STARTED WHEN MY CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE 32,000 MILE WARRANTY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THIS SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR ISSUE AFTER I RESEARCHED IT. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 18001 - VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND JUST STARTED SO I CAN DRIVE IT - HAD BEEN SITTING FOR OVER A DAY SO ENGINE WAS COLD. DISPLAY IN CENTER OF PANEL READ "SERVICE SHIFTER". THE NEXT DAY THE MESSAGE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WERE GONE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP SINCE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW WIRING HARNESS AND NEW SHIFTER. BEEN ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP AND INTERNET RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WANTED TO ADD MY JEEP TO THE LIST TO ASSIST IN GETTING THIS ITEM RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT IS ON AT 39K MILES. IT WAS ON WHILE STATIONARY, IN PARK, AND WHILE IN MOTION, IN DRIVE.

THE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' COMES ON AND ALL OF THE GEARS LIGHT UP. THE CAR HAS A SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE BUT NO INDICATION OF THE CAR RUNNING HOT. THE WARNING GOES AWAY AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION

STARTED VEHICLE AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER PANEL CAME ON AND A WARNING OF "SERVICE SHIFTER" CAME ON THE DASH. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK AND AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS AT GETTING THIS FIXED, THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO CLUE. IT IS NOW IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

MY SERVICE SHIFT LIGHTS UP ON DASH AND ALL THE LIGHTS FOR P,R,N,D ALL LIGHT UP. THIS NEEDS A RECALL I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF ISSUES WITH THIS AND SOME ARE GETTING ATTORNEYS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED MY JEEP ONLY HAS 48000 MILES. AND IF I'M SERIOUSLY INJURED I'LL BE SUING ALSO. YOU CAN'T LET THIS CONTINUE THESE DEALERSHIPS NEEDS TO HANDLE THIS AS A RECALL!

WHEN DRIVING A SHIFTER SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON. ALL ON THE RED LIGHT INDICATORS COME ON BY SHIFTER. *BF*JB

BOUGHT MY VEHICLE 12/21/2017. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. TOOK MY CAR TO [XXX] IN AUSTIN WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. IN NOVEMBER 2019 MY CAR BROKE DOWN AND I PAID TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN SA SINCE THAT IS WHERE I WAS RELOCATED TO FOR WORK. BLAMED IT ON MY OIL WHICH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY MY VEHICLE IT WAS EVEN LOW. ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN ACTING RIGHT SINCE. 5/21/2020 I WENT ON A TRIP BUT ONLY MADE IT TO WACO. VEHICLE SHUT OFF GOING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT VEHICLES BECAUSE OF IT. 5/26/2020 DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW I WAS GETTING A NEW ENGINE SINCE MINE WAS COMPROMISED BY THE OIL IT WAS CONSUMING. NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE IT AND TEST IT BEFORE THEY WILL REPLACE IT. HAVE DONE AN INTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND THIS IS A HUGE LIABILITY TO PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER FOR A TEST THEY NEED FOR THE COMPANY. CALLED THE LOCATION I PURCHASED IT AT AND SURPRISE THEY WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF IT. NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.*DT*JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TURNED ON JUST FINE, PULLED OUT TO THE STREET FROM THE STORE GRADUALLY. SLOWED DOWN FOR THE RED LIGHT AND BEFORE I STOPPED ALL THE RED LIGHTS TURNED ON ON THE SHIFTER AND THEN ON MY SCREEN IT SAID SERVICE SHIFTER. I'VE ONLY OWN THIS CAR FOR A MONTH AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE PLATES ON IT YET. 43000 MILES WHEN BOUGHT AND I'M NOT A HAPPY PERSON

SHIFTER SERVICE WARNING STATING NEEDS SERVICES APPEARS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER ARE LITE UP RED. DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALL WHEN I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF THE SHIFTER SERVICE LIGHT GOES AWAY HOWEVER COMES BACK IN A FEW DAYS TO A WEEK OR SO LATER. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4-5 FIVES NOW IN LAST 2 MONTHS

UPON ENTERING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN IN MOTION, VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE SAYING THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED TO SHIFT. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT TAKES MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GET THE CAR STARTED. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO MYSELF, AND ONCE TO MY WIFE WHOM IS PREGNANT AND WAS IN AN INTERSECTION WHEN IT OCCURRED. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE DAYS.

PURCHASED A 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE IN MAY OF 2019. A FEW MONTHS IN TO OWNERSHIP I HAD AN ODD OCCURRENCE WHERE ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON MY GEAR SHIFT PRND WERE ALL LIT UP RED. AND THE WARNING NOTATION ON DASH SAID "SERVICE SHIFTER". IT WAS ALARMING BUT HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE OR MISHAP. FAST FORWARD TO MARCH OF 2020, RIGHT UNDER A YEAR OF OWNERSHIP AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER PROBLEM HAS BECOME NEAR CONSTANT. I WILL HEAR A 'DING' IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY, THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL TURN ALL RED AGAIN AND THE MESSAGE APPEARS ON SCREEN. WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING YOU CANNOT GET ANYTHING ELSE TO COME ON THE SCREEN....FUEL ECONOMY OR SPEED, WHICH I USE REGULARLY IN MY VEHICLE. ---I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE AND THAT I AM OUT OF BASIC WARRANTY AND THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WOULD ONLY COVER ENGINE/TRANSMISSION, THUS NOT HELPING ME IN THIS SITUATION. AFTER HEARING THAT FROM THEM I DECIDED TO LOOK UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IMAGINE MY SURPRISE TO SEE I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS ISSUE. I CAME ACROSS NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. PLEASE LOOK INTO ISSUING A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AS IT COMES ON SUDDENLY AND IS STARTLING WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AND IT HAPPENS. IT HAS BECOME QUITE AN UNSETTLING EXPERIENCE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED LESS THAN A YEAR.

THE CAR WILL STALL WHILE MAKING A TURN (SLOWLY OR FAST) AND WILL ALSO STALL WHILE COMING TO A STOP. THE OIL LIGHT WILL COME ON FOR A SPLIT SECOND THEN CUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WILL THEN STOP RUNNING BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE RUN POSITION AND YOU'LL HAVE TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND WAIT FOR IT TO TURN OVER AS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S DYING. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AS I ENTERED THE HIGHWAY. IF I HIT A BUMP IT WILL SAY 4 WHEEL DRIVE IS NOT ACTIVATED BUT WILL LIMIT THE RPMS TO 2000 SO YOU WILL HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AGAIN. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND SEEN THE 2017 AND 2019 HAD A RECALL FOR IT, WHY DOESN'T THE 2018? IT ALSO HAS THE SERVICE SHIFTER PROBLEM WHERE ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON AND YOU HAVE TO RESTART IT.

THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY SAY SERVICE SHIFTER AND TO GET THIS OFF YOU NEED TO CUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. THIS STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN EFFECTING NUMEROUS JEEPS. HOW CAN OTHER MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR IT BUT NOT THE 2018. ALL THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON IN THE SHIFTER BASICALLY SAYING EVERY GEAR IS IN GEAR.

"SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE APPEARS IN THE METER CLUSTER AND MESSAGE DOES NOT DISAPPEAR UNTIL ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER (IN THE CENTER CONSOLE) ILLUMINATE AND DO NOT TURN OFF UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. PHENOMENA OCCURRED BOTH AT FIRST START UP AS WELL AS WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR STREET.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING COMES ON, ALL LIGHTS IN GEAR SHIFT ( AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) LIGHT UP RED. HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN 2 DAYS AND WAS JUST AT DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE 2 DAYS AGO.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEHIND TO STALL AND THEN CUTS OFF IN THE RAID WITHOUT WARNING, AS I TURNED INTO TRAFFIC. VEHICLE STARTS WITH NO WARNINGS OF ANY SORT BUT THEN AS I AM DRIVING CUTS OFF AS I AM TURNING INTO THE ROADWAY AND THERE IS TRAFFIC

IN MARCH, DRIVING DOWN RED ROAD - CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. AS IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT LANE AS TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND WHEN THEY CAME, WENT TO JUMP THE CAR AND THERE WAS NO NEED - CAR STARTED. WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR THAT I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE OIL IS LOW. PANDEMIC CAME SO DIDN'T DRIVE MUCH - LAST THURSDAY, 7/18, I GOT IN THE CAR AND IT DIDN'T START AGAIN - I WAITED A WHILE AND IT HESITATED STARTING. FINALLY STARTED AND WENT TO DO GROCERIES. LEAVING THE STORE, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THE CAR DID NOT START AT ALL, CONTINUED TO TRY AND IT FINALLY STARTED. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER 7/17/20 - STILL 1,000 MILES TO GO BEFORE NEXT OIL CHANGE AND AGAIN, THEY SAID I HAVE TO DO THE OIL CHANGE NOW EVERY 2500 MILES. THE CAR HAS SYNTHETIC OIL - I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHANGE EVERY 2500 MILES AS THE OIL IS ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE. TODAY 7/18, CAR DID NOT START AGAIN, SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT STARTED AND NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. READ ONLINE CAR HAS ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN AND STALLING AND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AS IT MAY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN. HEADING TO THE DEALER AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE CAR NOT STARTING, SHUTTING DOWN AND STALLING.

WHEN I PUT MY JEEP CHEROKEE IN REVERSE, MY SCREEN STARTED GLITCHING AND THEN 'SERVICE SHIFTER' CAME ON MY SCREEN. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY SHIFTER, ALL THE LIGHTS WERE LIT UP, SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND CUT THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I STARTED IT IT WAS GONE. THE NEXT DAY, THIS CAME ON AGAIN - AS I STARTED THE CAR SO I AGAIN, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. AFTER GETTING 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE SERVICE SHIFTER CAME BACK ON AND NOT EVEN 15 SECONDS LATER, MY CAR ABRUPTLY PUT ITSELF IN PARK, MY LIGHTS WENT HAYWIRE, MY STEERING WHEEL WENT STIFF AS IF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AVAILABLE, ALL AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP SINCE I'VE READ ABOUT PEOPLE WRECKING AFTER THIS LIGHT CAME ON. I CHECKED MY VIN FOR A RECALL, BUT COULDN'T FIND ONE AND I AM NOT ABOUT TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR AN UNSAFE HUNK OF METAL. I'M STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT 32,800 MILES ON MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE, BUT I FULLY INTEND ON LETTING EVERY PERSON I KNOW THAT HAS AN FCA PRODUCT TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM IF THIS DOES NOT BECOME A RECALL. THE PICTURES BELOW ARE OF THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS BACKING UP IN MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY. I DIDN'T GET PICTURES OF THE SECOND TIME DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE MY FOCUS WAS ON GETTING HOME SAFELY TRYING TO NOT GO OVER 25-30 MPH.

THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STUCK ON AND WORE THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS OUT IN THE FIRST 50,000 MILES. THE FRONT BRAKES BARELY SHOW SIGNS OF WEAR.

WHILE DRIVING MY DASH LIGHTS UP WITH "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP ON THE SHIFTER. I HAVE SEEN MANY MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS SOME OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCIDENTS STEMMING FROM THE PROBLEM. I AM A LITTLE SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK NOW. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS STAY ON BUT IS STARTING TO COME ON MORE OFTEN NOW. THE TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND I AM BEING TOLD IT WILL NOT BE COVERED. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HURT OR KILLED BEFORE CHYRSLER ACKNOWLEDGES AND TAKES CARE OF THIS PROBLEM.

VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, GAS PEDAL DOES NOT WORK, BRAKE DOES ... DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE

WITHIN THE FIRST 3-5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE AFTER STARTING IT, AN ERROR MESSAGE WILL APPEAR THAT SAYS TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SELECT A GEAR. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY APPEARS WHEN I BEGIN SLOWING DOWN TOWARDS A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND PREVENTS ME FROM ACCELERATING AND I ALSO LOSE MY POWER BRAKES. ONCE MY VEHICLE IS STOPPED. I'LL SWITCH INTO PARK LIKE THE VEHICLE SAYS BUT WHEN I SWITCH BACK TO DRIVE I HAVE NO POWER. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART TO GET POWER AGAIN. MULTIPLE TIMES THIS ERROR HAS CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL AND CUT OFF WHILE STILL IN MOTION. ONCE THE CAR IS OFF, I HAVE TO USUALLY WAIT 2-3 MINUTES TO RESTART IT AN IT CAN TAKE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS ERROR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING AND LEAVES THE DRIVER STRANDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OFTEN IN AN INTERSECTION.

BOUGHT JEEP HAD IT FOR APPROX. 7 MONTHS (OCTOBER 2019) AND IT WOULD SHIFT REALLY HARD, THEN ONE DAY DRIVING FROM HOME TO STORE, THE JEEP JUST STALLED ON STREET, TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED AND DROVE TO DESTINATION. I BROUGHT MY JEEP IN 4X BEFORE THEY HAD REPLACED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE DUE TO IT BURNING OIL. ROUGHLY 3 MONTHS LATER (JANUARY), JEEP WAS IN DRIVEWAY, DROVE TO WORK AND TWICE THE SAME DAY SLAMMED INTO GEARS, TOOK IT BACK TO JEEP, THEY SAID GEARS NEEDED TO BE RESET. IT SEEMS WHEN I USE 4X4 TO SNOW, ITS FINE, WHEN I TURN IT OFF A COUPLE DAYS LATER IT SLAMS INTO GEARS. YESTERDAY (MARCH 2020) VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, REVERSED TO LEAVE AND LIGHTS CAME ON DASH FOR SHIFTER NEEDS REPAIR, TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED, RESUMED DRIVING AND LIGHTS WERE OFF. PARKED JEEP IN DRIVE WAY, NEXT MORNING REVERSED AND DROVE TO WORK, REVERSED INTO SPACE AND LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN THAT SHIFTER NEEDED MAINT REPAIR. I HAVE NOW 53,000 MILES. I TAKE JEEP IN AGAIN TO BE LOOKED AT FOR SHIFTER. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN AT LEAST 11 TIMES SO FAR FOR ENGINE, GEARS SLAMMING, SHIFT SAYING NEEDS MAINT REPAIR. SINCE JUNE 2019

AS PULLING OUT INTO THE ROAD THE VEHICLE STUTTERED AND DOGGED DOWN VERY BAD EVEN MASHING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO. A LIGHT CAME ON SAYING THROTTLE SHIFT CONTROL RESET NEEDED. VEHICLE STARTED TO GO AND THEDOGGED DOWN AGAIN. VEHICLE KEEPS DOING IT. TOOK IT TO JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SAYING IT ONLY NEEDS A OIL CHANGE . EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T

THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME. IT LIGHTS UP ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY SHIFTER AND FREEZES MY DASHBOARD SCREEN TO JUST SHOW THE MESSAGE SERVICE SHIFTER. IT STAYS LIKE THIS UNTIL I TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND THEN WHEN I WAIT A BIT AND TURN IT ON AGAIN IT WILL BE OFF BUT IF I DON'T WAIT LONG ENOUGH IT WILL STILL BE ON. IT WILL COME ON NO MATTER WHAT SPEED I AM GOING. I CAN BE GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. I HAD IT COME ON YESTERDAY AS SOON AS I STARTED MY CAR BEFORE I EVEN PUT IT IN GEAR. IT CAN HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY OR NOT HAPPEN FOR A WEEK. I AM CONCERNED THAT WHEN I AM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THIS COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

SERVICE SHIFTER SHOWING UP ON DISPLAY MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAD IT REPLACED RIGHT AWAY THE FOLLOWING MONTH. CHRYSLER HELPED WITH MY REPAIRS.

IRREGULAR OIL CONSUMPTION IN THE 2.4 LITER MODEL OF THE JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SHUT OFF DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. THERE WAS NOT ANY WARNING AND THE CAR WAS NOT DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE.

THE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT IS ON THE SAME RECALL FOR THE 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE, WHICH WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN THE DIAGNOSTIC IS A COST FOR THE SAME THING GOING ON WITH THEIR 2019 JEEP CHEROKEES SO THE RECALL SHOULD BE ON BOTH YEARS JUST NOT THE 2019. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT RESET THEN THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF YOU BE IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH IS NOT SAFE.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT AT 33,000 MILES. I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT ISSUE WITH MANY OTHER JEEPS, SO I WANTED TO ALSO REPORT. THAT IS TOO MUCH. I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE MY JEEP IN FOR SERVICE RIGHT AWAY, AND THEN COVID HAPPENED, SO NOW I'M WAY PAST MY WARRANTY MILES SO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIXED.

DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A MAIN STREET AT ABOUT 45 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT TURNING RIGHT. AFTER SHIFTING BACK TO PARK AND STRUGGLE TO TURN OVER AND RESTART, ABLE TO GET BACK HOME WITH SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING 2 MORE TIMES. REPLICATED THE ISSUE AGAIN PARKED AT THE HOUSE WITH A VERY HARD STRUGGLE TO START. STEERING AND ENGINE POWER COMPLETELY GONE.

MY JEEPS SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES AND ALWAYS WHEN I'M DRIVING IT'S COMES ON DURING MY TRIPS TO GEORGIA AND JUST DRIVING AROUND THE CITY. I CONSTANTLY COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN AND THEY'LL LOOK AT IT BUT IF YOU TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE LIGHTS TURN THEMSELVES BACK OFF AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WELL THIS HAPPENED ALMOST EVERY TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN AND SO THEY NEVER TOOK ME SERIOUSLY AND WOULD TURN ME AWAY SAYING NOTHING LOOKED WRONG WITH THE CAR. WELL THE LAST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON A CLICKING SOUND FOLLOWED WHEN ACCELERATING AND SOON AFTER MY REAR DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP AS I HAVE A WARRANTY WITH THEM AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE LIGHTS AND THE CLICKING NOISE. THEY FINALLY RETURNED THE CAR TO ME 'FIXED' AFTER HAVING IT FOR OVER A MONTH. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD FIXED EVERYTHING I TOLD THEM ABOUT BUT THE LIGHTS CAME RIGHT BACK ON THREE DAYS LATER AND NOW THE THINGS BASICALLY FIGHTS ANY FORM OF ACCELERATION AND IT AGGRESSIVELY JERKS EVERY TIME IT DOWNSHIFTS AND IT MAKES A SMALL CLUNK NOISE WHEN REVERSING.

ALL OF A SUDDEN "SERVICE SHIFTER" WITH THE SHIFTER LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATED RED. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS THING SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION IS SPANKED. MY CAR WILL SHUT OFF IN MOTION AND NOT START BACK UP WHEN IT DOES THIS. I HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT FOR HOURS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHINCLE. I CURRENTLY HAVE A 2018 THIS SHOULD NOT BE GIVING ME THESE ISSUES