2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN ON THE COOLER SIDE AFTER STARTING/, TAKE A TURN AND STALLS. 18000 MILES ON THE ENGINE. STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND GETTING WORSE

AS I WAS ACCELERATING OUT OF A CORNER, I LOST TOTAL POWER IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL, ITS AS IF THE NEUTRAL WAS SWITCHED ON BY ITSELF. ALL MY LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFTER LIT UP. MY DASH DISPLAYED A MESSAGE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR PARK, PRESS THE BRAKE AND CHANGE THE GEAR BACK TO DRIVE. AS THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND BY THE DRIVER DRIVING BEHIND ME. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, PRESSED THE BRAKE, AND PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED IT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I PUT IT IN PARK AND STILL NOTHING. SO I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I WAITING ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND TRIED STARTING MY CAR WHICH IT WOULD NOT START. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER WERE STILL LIT UP AND THE DISPLAY MESSAGE STILL SAID THE SAME THING. THE CAR FINALLY STARTED AFTER ABOUT 5 TRIES. ALL THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO CORRESPOND WITH THE MESSAGE THAT I GET SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK "SERVICE SHIFTER". I WENT TO THE DEALER TO GET THE SERVICE SHIFTER CHECKED OUT BUT SINCE I WAS PASSED THE 36K MILES, I HAD NO MORE WARRANTY. I HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND A LOT OF JEEP CHEROKEES ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. SOME WERE EVEN IN ACCIDENTS WITH THEIR CHEROKEES WHEN THEY LOST POWER IN THE DRIVE TRAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ERRATIC SHIFTING AND A DELAYED RESPONSE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TYSON DODGE (1 S.W FURNTAGE RD, SHOREWOOD, IL 60404) WHO REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

MY CAR HAS TURNED OFF TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK WITHIN MY FIRST 3 MILES WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED ON 2 SEPARATE DAYS. NO WARNING SIGNS, NO CODES/NOTIFICATION LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD. *DT*JB

SLOWED FROM 45 MPH TO 15 MPH TO ENTER DRIVEWAY AND CAR STALLED OUT AND TOTALLY LOCKED UP, COULD NOT MOVE GEAR SHIFT TO GET INTO NEUTRAL TO MOVE CAR OFF PART OF STATE HIGHWAY ROAD! CAR MILEAGE AT 14477, OIL CHANGE NOT DUE PER DEALERSHIP STICKER FOR ANOTHER 1500 MILES. THIS IS 2ND INSTANCE OF DANGEROUS STALL OUT, HAD DEALERSHIP DOCUMENT LAST ONE, THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO OIL BEING LOW, BUT CAR WASN'T DUE FOR CHANGE FOR ANOTHER 1000 MILES AT THAT TIME! HAD THERE BEEN ANY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, MY NINE YEAR OLD WOULD HAVE TAKEN BRUNT OF HIT THE WAY CAR STALLED THIS TIME. GOD FORBID I HAVE TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL AND GET KILLED!

CAR STALLS GOING DOWN ROAD COME TO FIND OUT WAS DOWN ALMOST 2 QUARTS OF OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND SERVICE ADVISER INFORMED ME THAT IT WILL BURN A QUART EVERY 2000 MILES OR SO AND I WILL JUST HAVE TO KEEP ADDING OIL. JEEP KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND ITS COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF ENGINE, NOTHING THEY CAN DO CAR BARELY HAS 14000 MILES

I WAS DRIVING AND THE FOLLOWING HAPPENED: JEEP COMPLETELY DIED WHILE DRIVING, BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED & THE SCREEN DISPLAYED "PLACE IN P, THEN SELECT GEAR", I ATTEMPTED IT BUT I HAD NO POWER, NO ABILITY TO STEER OR BRAKE. I WAS ALSO BROKEN DOWN IN ON COMING TRAFFIC AND WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE. I HAD TO PUT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSH MY JEEP OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY. I'M 26 AND 5'4. I'M SCARED FOR MY LIFE. I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO WORK. ALL I COULD SEE WAS GETTING IMPALED BY A DRIVER, GETTING KILLED AND RISKING LOSING MY 2 YEAR OLD SON! I'M NOT HAPPY, I'M SCARED FOR MY LIFE AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO TURN! THE DEALERSHIP ISN'T ANSWERING MY CALLS OR RESPONDING TO ANY MESSAGES! *BF CONSUMER STATED PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY PISTON RINGS WERE FAULTY. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. WHEN THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, THE SHIFT INDICATOR DISPLAYED THAT THE DRIVE, REVERSE, AND NEUTRAL FUNCTIONS WERE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JERRY ULM CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 2966 N DALE MABRY HWY, TAMPA, FL 33607, (813) 463-8459) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WIRING HARNESS RELATED TO THE GEAR SHIFTER FUNCTION WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,140.

VEHICLE HAS JUST SHUT OFF APPROX 10 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. SOMETIMES ITS 'DINGS' WHILE DRIVING NORMAL AND DOES NOT STALL BUT MOST OF THE TIME ITS STALLS AS DRIVING. EITHER IVE JUST PULLED OUT ONTO A ROAD OR MADE A TURN. THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF AND SAYS TO PUT IN CORRECT GEAR. THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER AND RESTART FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES. VERY VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND GRINDING AFTER TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP OR SLOW SPEED. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FLASHED ONCE BUT MARK'S CASA IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO TRY TO FIX IT. THEY STATE THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO.