2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

MY CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD AND HAS ROUGHLY 38,300 MILES. THE FACTORY WARRANTY IS 36,000 MILES. I PURCHASED THE CAR AT 37,401. THE PART THAT IS DEFECTIVE IS THE BLOWER MOTOR WHICH CAUSE THE BLOWER MOTOR SENSOR TO GO BAD. ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFIED JEEP MECHANIC AND THE JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE REP THIS PART IS NORMALLY A PART THAT WOULD LAST THE NORMAL SERVICE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THE PART IS EITHER DEFECTIVE. THE CAR WAS MOVING WHEN THE DEFECT WAS NOTICED ON THE HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT.

MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES FOR OVER A YEAR. IT SHIFTS REALLY HARD (JERKS THE WHOLE CAR) AND MAKES A LOUD THUMPING NOISE. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER BUT IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TWICE SINCE THEN AND THEY SAID THE DIAGNOSTICS SHOW THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, AND IT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THEIR TEST DRIVES, SO THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE FIRST 3 GEARS. I HAVE BROUGHT MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE IN FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES COUNTLESS TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS HOW THIS TRANSMISSION IS SUPPOSE TO OPERATE. I AM SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT THAT THE SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND CAN BE DELAYED AND THEN A HARD SHIFT THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE HIT MY CAR WHEN IT FINALLY DECIDES TO SHIFT INTO THIRD OR THE SAME IS TRUE FROM 3RD TO SECOND. THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THESE HARD SHIFTS WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE UNTIL I REALIZED WHAT THE SOFTWARE ACTUALLY DID. THE CAR WILL NOW NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND WHEN SLOWING DOWN, AND WHEN IT DOES FINALLY SHIFT DOWN, AFTER SLOWING DOWN TO 3 MPH, IT SHIFTS TO 1ST GEAR COMPLETELY BY PASSING 2ND GEAR. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY IF YOU GET CAUGHT BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD GEAR AND IF YOU PRESS TO HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR IT TENDS TO DOWNSHIFT TOO HARD CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD AND CAUSE A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT WITH ANY CARS IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON SINCE JUNE 2015 UNTIL THE SOFTWARE UPDATE REMOVED 2ND GEAR FROM THE DOWNSHIFT. SINCE THE CAR DOES NOT DOWN SHIFTS TO 2ND MY CAR TAKES LONGER TO SLOW DOWN AS THERE IS NO HELP FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THIS CAN ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AS YOUR STOPPING TIME IS INCREASED, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR ON YOUR BREAKS.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH JUST AFTER LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY AND A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE CAR. WHEN I MOVE MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE BRAKE PEDDLE IN A HURRY DURING ENGINE WARM UP THE POWER BRAKES DO NOT WORK. I CAN NOT STOP THE CAR. I CAN NOT ENGAGE THE ABS OR SLIDE THE TIRES. I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDDLE AS HARD AS I CAN AND THERE IS NO POWER BRAKES. I HAD THE DEALER SERVICE LOOK AT IT 3 OR 4 TIMES AND THEY EVEN TRIED SOME OTHER NEW CARS THAT ARE THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. AND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPAIRABLE BECAUSE ALL THE JEEP CHEROKEES ARE THE SAME WAY, ONLY SOME HAVE THE PROBLEM WORSE. THIS PROBLEM IS ONLY APPARENT DURING ENGINE WARM UP. IT SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF VACUUM TO THE POWER BRAKE MODULE WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE GAS TO THE BRAKE, IN A SPLIT SECOND, DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP. MY CAR IS STILL NOT CORRECT AND DEALER SAYS THAT ALL JEEP CHEROKEES ARE NOT CORRECT. PLEASE HELP US JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS BEFORE WE KILL SOMEONE. THANK YOU,

MY TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHILE IN DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR AS MY CAR, BUT MY VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY. I HOPE JEEP WILL REMEDY THIS PROBLEM WHICH THEY KNOW EXISTS IN THIS VEHICLE. *TT UPDATED 9/28/18*JB

"TAKATA RECALL." ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 8/1/2015 AS WE WERE HEADING NORTH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION, A PERSON RAN A LEFT TURN LIGHT AS WE WERE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. WE HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT REAR OF HIS VEHICLE AT 45 MPH. NO AIRBAGS IN OUR VEHICLE DEPLOYED.

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR SKIPS GEARS. FROM A STOP IT HESITATES TO GO. IT REVS HIGH WHEN DOWN SHIFTING. SHIFTS HARD A LOT. WE HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES. PROGRAMMING UPDATES WERE DONE. NO IMPROVEMENT TO ITS OPERATION. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO FAIL SOON.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING IS DISPLAYED. ALL LIGHT INDICATORS AT SHIFTER ARE LIT. THIS HAPPENED AT START-UP AND CONTINUED WHILE DRIVING.

I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN NOTICING TWO POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. 1) ON CERTAIN OCCASION THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL (AS THE RPM'S REV) AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION CATCHES UP A FEW SECONDS LATER SHIFTING INTO GEAR. ALSO, 2) ON CERTAIN OCCASION THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO HAVE A DELAY IN SHIFTING WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHILE NEITHER OF THESE ISSUES HAVE YET TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND THOSE DRIVERS AROUND ME. WITH THE CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION SURROUNDING THESE ISSUES WITH FCA VEHICLES, I WANTED TO REPORT THIS COMPLAINT TO NHTSA DIRECTLY.

WHEN I START MY VEHICLE AND TURN ON THE KEY MY CAR WILL ACCELERATE FORWARD WITH A JOLT. SOMETIMES WHEN I STOP AND START FOR A LIGHT IT WILL QUICKLY MOVE FORWARD AND JERK....IF I SLOW DOWN THE SPEED IT WILL EXCELLERATE TOO......