2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

MY 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH LITTLE UNDER 45,000 STALLED THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK. THE CAR LOST STEERING/BRAKING CONTROL. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND STATED I NEEDED TO SHIFT TO PARK THEN TO DESIRED GEAR. MY JEEP WOULD NOT RUN AT THIS POINT. I HAD TO WAIT A GOOD 5 MINUTES UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO ATTEMPT STARTING MY VEHICLE. HOWEVER, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE IT DID NOT START ON THE FIRST 2 TRIES. THE 3RD TIME IT FINALLY STARTED. FURTHERMORE, AFTER LETTING MY VEHICLE SIT AND COOL ONCE I GOT TO MY WORK LOCATION WHICH IS 40 MILES AWAY. I AND ANOTHER CO WORKER CHECKED THE OIL, AND THE OIL BARELY REGISTERED ON THE DIPSTICK. I WILL BE GOING TO GET THE OIL CHANGED AGAIN SINCE THE OIL WAS DARK AND SMELLED BURNT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD ISSUED WITH THE JEEP CHEROKEE. THE OTHER INSTANCE ALL THE SHIFTING GEARS ON THE CONSOLE LITE UP AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASH STATED TO SHIFT INTO THE DESIRED GEAR. THIS TOO HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS IS UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST INSTANCE WHEREAS YOU LOSE ALL CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT; HOWEVER, THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED UNTIL 2 WEEKS AFTER THIS OCCURRENCE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITH OUT WARNING. START IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR 30-45 SECONDS. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND NO DRIVABILITY ISSUES BEFORE OR AFTER VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING, THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

I HAD THE SHIFTER WIRING HARNESS REPLACED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY APPROX 15 MONTHS AGO. YESTERDAY THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING CAME ON AGAIN RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BECOMING DISABLED LEAVING MY WIFE AND SON STRANDED. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON. ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURNED RED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING HER TO PULL OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE IN PARK. AFTER A WHILE SHE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO START IT.

FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BLOCKING MOST OTHER ACTIVE DRIVING INFORMATION AND ALL DOTS ON THE SHIFTER HOUSING BECOME RED. SEE PICS. THIS HAS OCCURRED COUNTLESS TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2018, BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO AFFECT IT'S DRIVING CAPABILITY. I HAVE COMBED THROUGH COUNTLESS JEEP FORUMS ON THE INTERNET AND WOULD SAY IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM HOWEVER WITH NO CLEAR SOLUTION. JEEP HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS ONGOING ISSUE AND I AM UNCERTAIN OF THE POTENTIAL RISK I AM TAKING BY CONTINUED DRIVING OF THIS VEHICLE AND WHAT EFFECT THIS ACTUALLY HAS ON THE VEHICLE AND ITS FUTURE DRIVABILITY

WAS DRIVING THE CAR GOING ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED AND DASHBOARD SCREEN SAID PUT CAR IN PARK TO START IGNITION. CAR WOULD NOT START FOR MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS UNTIL 5 MINUTES HAD PASSED THEN RESTARTED, ONLY WARNING ON CAR WAS OIL CHANGE REQUIRED, NO LOW OIL OR OIL PRESSURE WARNING. WAS TOLD BY TECHNICIAN THAT THE ENGINE WILL TURN OFF AT ANY TIME IF OIL VOLUME OR PRESSURE IS LOW. NO WARNING ABOUT THIS ON DASHBOARD NOR ON JEEP APP NOR IN OWNERS MANUAL. ATTACHING WEB PAGE OF OVER 200 JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS WITH SAME EXPERIENCE OF ENFINE STOPPING WHILE IN DRIVE, SOME AT HIGH SPEEDS.HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/JEEP/CHEROKEE/ENGINE-SHUT-OFF-WITHOUT-WARNING-PROBLEMS.PHP IS LINK TO SITE WITH INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME ISSUE, WENT TO DEALER AND HAD OIL CHANGED AND ISSUE SEEMS TO BE RESOLVED BUT AM WORRIED THAT WITH TIME WILL HAPPEN EVERY TIME DUE FOR OIL CHANGE

"SERVICE SHIFTER" ERROR CAME ON SCREEN AND ALL OF THE GEAR LIGHTS BESIDE THE SHIFTER LIT UP. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND DRIVING AGAIN LATER, ERROR DISAPPEARED.

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE CAME ON. ALL THE LIGHTS ON SHIFTER ARE RED. I WAS IN MY DRIVE ABOUT TOO RUN AN ERRAND

AT 26000 MILES "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING CAME. HAPPENED WHEN STARTING ENGINE. ALL SHIFTER LIGHTS CAME ON. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE JEEP MODELS WHICH JEEP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX. COULD CAUSE A FAILURE AND LEAVE YOU STRANDED IN UNTENABLE SITUATION ESPECIALLY IF YOU ELDERLY. APPARENTLY JEEP IS AWARE BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIX IT SO THAT IT DOES NOT REPEAT AGAIN IN A FEW THOUSAND MILES.

"SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE APPEARED ON DRIVER DISPLAY WHILE RED LIGHTS NEXT TO SHIFTER PRND ALL LIGHT UP. OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. CLEARS ITSELF WHEN CAR IS RESTARTED, BUT MAY OCCUR SOON AGAIN. HAS OCCURRED 10-20 TIMES OVER PAST 3 MONTHS.