2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW IN MAY OF 2017 AFTER 48,000 MILES THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT INTO MY SERVICE DEPT AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER. I WAS TOLD FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL REPLACING THE SHIFTER WAS NOT A BIG DEAL. AFTER 56,000 MILES I CAME IN WITH A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I WAS 600 MILES FROM AN OIL CHANGE AND MY CAR WAS ACTING LIKE IT NEEDED THE OIL CHANGED AND I TOOK IT IN TO MY SERVICE DEPT AND THEY DID AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST ON IT AND ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE. NOW I AM AT 62817 MILES AND THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT IS BACK ON. BOTH TIMES THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON MY VEHICLE WAS AT REST BUT CONTINUED AS I WAS DRIVING. WHEN THEY REPLACED MY ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD SPUTTER AND JERK AS I WAS DRIVING AND STALLED OUT BEFORE I COULD GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ORANGE COAST CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (2929 HARBOR BLVD, COSTA MESA, CA 92626, (714) 549-8023) DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE ENGINE AND OIL, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

CAR HAS 22,000 MILES ON IT. WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR MADE A BEEP NOISE AND A MESSAGE POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN SAYING "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE SHIFT, ALL OF THE GEARS ARE LIT UP RED INDICATING THAT ALL OF THE SHIFTS ARE ON. HOWEVER I HAVE NOTICED IT TYPICALLY ONLY COMES ON WHENEVER I HAVE MY AIR CONDITIONING ON. I HAVE HAD IT DO THIS AROUND 17 TIMES STARTING WHEN THE CAR HIT 20,000 MILES. IT DOES NOT AFFECT DRIVING ABILITIES.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW OCT 2017. AT ABOUT 20K MILES, ON THE EXPRESSWAY GOING MAYBE 50 MPH, THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE 1ST TIME. ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURNED RED (PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL & DRIVE). A FEW TIMES MY AC WOULD NOT RUN WHEN THIS LIGHT IS ON. THIS IS VERY SCARY WHEN YOU ARE ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I GOOGLED THE REVIEWS AND FOUND THAT FOR THE PAST 3/4 YEARS MAJORITY OF THE JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF WHEN YOU CUT THE ENGINE OFF AND CRANK IT BACK UP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN FOR AN INSPECTION. AT THAT TIME THE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON SO THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK NOW. NO EXPLANATION. EVERY TIME I BRING IT IN... THE LIGHT IS NOT ON! THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE!!

2017 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH ONLY 37000 MILES THE INTIRE FRONT END FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEEL, INTIRE HUB ASSEMBLY, AXLE, AND STRUT. WHILE THANKFULLY TRAVELING LOW SPEEDS IN THE CITY

SERVICE SHIFTER INDICATOR CAME ON WITH ALL LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHTING IN RED. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF, THINGS RETURNED TO NORMAL BUT WILL PROBABLY OCCUR AGAIN BASED ON OTHER INTERNET COMMENTS ABOUT THIS JEEP PROBLEM WITH THEIR WIRING HARNESS.

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AT 50,000 MILES THE SERVICE SHIFTER CAME ON, WE GOT IT FIXED NO PROBLEM. NOW I AM AT 56,000 MILES AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER HAS NOW COME BACK ON. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH JEEP CHEROKEES AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. PLEASE RECALL JEEP CHEROKEES.

CPSC: HAS ANYONE REPORTED THAT JEEP CHEROKEES WITH A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE ARE JUST SHUTTING OFF WHEN OIL DOES NOT GET TO THE UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE. IT HAS HAPPENED TO US AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS APPARENTLY. I KNOW THE PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO US. THIS IS AN UNSAFE SAFETY FEATURE AND DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. *DT *JS *TR

IN AUG 2018 I GOT A SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING AND ALL THE LIGHTS AT THE SHIFTER LIT UP. THE SHIFTER BEZEL AND HARNESS REPLACEMENT REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEN IN MAY 2019 I GOT THE SAME WARNING, AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS STUTTERING, AND ACTING LIKE IT WOULD SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A NEARBY JEEP DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THEY FIRST STATED THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ALL THE SPARK PLUGS AND RECOMMENDED A FUEL INDUCTION CLEANING SERVICE, BOTH OF WHICH I WOULD NEED TO PAY AS THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED ME TO ADVISE THE REPAIRS THEY HAD ATTEMPTED HAD NOT REPAIRED VEHICLE. THEY THEN PERFORMED A COIL PACK REPLACEMENT AND THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE SHIFTER BEZEL AND THE HARNESS REPLACEMENT, ALSO UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DID NOT HAVE A RENTAL VEHICLE AVAILABLE, SO I HAD TO PAY FOR THIS OUT-OF-POCKET. THE RENTAL AND THE REPAIRS ENDED UP COSTING APPROXIMATELY $650 OUT OF POCKET. $150 WILL BE REFUNDED AFTER 60 BUSINESS DAYS ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER. ALTHOUGH THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE FUEL INJECTION CLEANING DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND ARE NOT NECESSARY MAINTENANCE AT 50,000 MILES, BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER WARRANTY SERVICE STATED THOSE WERE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I HAD PURCHASED. I MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER JEEP IN THE FUTURE AS I FEEL THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDED REPAIRS WERE A RIP OFF. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION, I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND THE MALFUNCTION COULD'VE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS AS IT EASILY COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT!

CAR MILAGE AT 31K. CAR SERVED FOR 30K MAINTENANCE ONE WEEK BEFORE ON 5/3 AND JEEP INFORMED OF ISSUE (ALONG WITH OTHERS). SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THE DASH AFTER THE SHIFTER ILLUMINATES ALL RED LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT, THIS HAPPENS ALWAYS WHILE IN MOTION DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND RESOLVES ITSELF WHEN THE CAR IS RESTARTED. LAST INCIDENT ON 5-11-19 BOTH ON HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 70 AND WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD GOING AROUND 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSMISSION BECAUSE AT TIMES JERKING FEELING WHEN ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN WHILE DRIVING.