2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WINDSHIELD CRACKING AFTER TAKING NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND PARKED. SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ON AT 18,000 MILES WHEN STARTED. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH 1ST-3RD GEAR. ENGINE HAS ALSO RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WHEN STARTED AND WILL NOT START BACK UP.

THE SHIFTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ON THE VEHICLE; THE FIRST TIME IN WARRANTY (2018) AND THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEKEND WHERE I NEEDED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. (JUNE 2019) AT RANDOM TIMES, THE SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARS AND THE ENTIRE SHIFTIER PANEL LIGHTS UP. THE CAR ACCELERATES BY ITSELF AND SOMETIMES THE CAR JERKS FORWARD ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK OR I AM ON THE BRAKES.IN RUSH HOUR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC OR LOCAL TRAFFIC SAME THING. I CAN BE DOING 20 MPH OR 75 MPH AND THE ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS. I REPORTED THIS TO MY RICK HENDRICKS JEEP DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY SEEN IT BEFORE AS WELL AS NAPLETON IN FLORIDA. I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE THAT MULTIPLE 2016 -2018 JEEP OWNERS REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE ONCE THE CAR IS MORE THAN 10,000 MILES. THE CAR CHANGES GEAR BY ITSELF.

THE FAR-LEFT BACKUP SENSOR 'JUST FELL OUT' AT SOME POINT, UNKNOWN IF THE CAR WAS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. THERE ARE NO SCRATCHES OR DAMAGE AROUND THE BUMPER THAT I CAN SEE WHICH WOULD INDICATE IT HAVING BEEN KNOCKED LOOSE OR PRIED OUT.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AN INDICATOR LIGHT IN THE DASH CAME ON THAT STATED "SERVICE SHIFTER". THEN NEXT TO THE ACTUAL SHIFTER ALL OF THE PRND LIGHTS LIT UP AND STAYED LIT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SERVICE GEAR SHIFTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE PARKING BRAKE INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, SHIFTED INTO PARK, AND THEN PLACED INTO DRIVE. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. LANDMARK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AT (816) 836-0100 (LOCATED AT 1900 S NOLAND RD, INDEPENDENCE, MO 64055) AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 59323175. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHTS APPEARS ON DASHBOARD AND SHIFTER GEAR LIGHTS ARE ALL IN RED. THE ONLY 'FIX' I HAVE READ ABOUT IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN TO 'RESET' THE CAR COMPUTER. THE LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE A CITY STREET. JEEP APPARENTLY DOES NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OR A PERMANENT FIX.

MY VEHICLE IS 2 YEARS OLD, IT HAS JUST POPPED UP WITH A "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE. IT IS NOT ABLE TO BE REBOOTED. ALSO, WHEN THE COMPUTER IS TESTED NOTHING POPS UP TO FIX. VERY FRUSTRATING AND SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF SIMILAR CASES.

THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING LIGHT HAS APPEARED TWICE IN TWO DAYS. ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON NEXT TO THE SHIFTER MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHAT THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTED INTO. ALSO, THIS "SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL YOU RESTART THE VEHICLE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ANY OTHER GAUGES WHILE THIS WARNING IS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE IS 2 YEARS OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 32,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE FOUND MANY SIMILAR POSTS ONLINE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR CORRECTING THIS.

THE SPEED CONTROL IN MY CAR WENT WACKO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SPED UP FROM 45MPH TO 56MPH. IN THE SHORT SPACE OF TIME IT TOOK FOR THIS TO HAPPEN (1-2 SECONDS, NOT SURE AS I WAS FREAKING OUT...), I APPLIED THE BRAKE - TOO NO AVAIL, THEN I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND THAT WORKED; WHICH WAS GOOD BECAUSE I ALMOST PLOWED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME (ON A NARROW SINGLE LANE ROAD ON A HILL GOING DOWNHILL SO, THERE WAS NO OPTION TO BAIL OUT, IF THERE HAD BEEN TIME TO DO THAT - WHICH THERE WAS NOT. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR 12 DAYS NOW AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX IT. *DT *DT*JB

THE SERVICE SHIFT LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES ON MY CAR. JUST BROUGHT IT IN FOR AN UPDATE AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP, AND STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. CAR RUNS FINE ONCE IT IS PARKED AND TURNED OFF. HOWEVER, PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.