2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO TRIP, VEHICLE STARTED EMITTING TRANSMISSION WARNINGS AND PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTION AND SAYING TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK. VEHICLE LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. PLACED CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED - ERRORS STILL EMITTING AND SHIFTING IN TO DRIVE CAUSED THE CAR TO JOLT. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50MPH WITH MY TRAILHAWK EDITION JEEP, THE ROOF RAIL BAR RIPPED OUT OF THE ROOF OF THE CAR SENDING MY KAYAK RACK AND 35 POUND KAYAK DOWN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. CHRYSLER/JEEP STATES THEY ARE NOT LED TO BELIEVE THE INCIDENT WAS A MANUFACTURING RESPONSIBILITY. LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN LOST. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TRIED TO TELL ME THEY FOUND DOCUMENTATION THAT THE RAILS ARE NOT TO BE USED UNLESS THEY HAVE A MANUFACTURED CROSSBAR WITH A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 150 POUNDS. MY KAYAK RACK HAS A CROSSBAR AND THE WEIGHT OF THE RACK WAS MAYBE 15 POUNDS AND THE KAYAK ITSELF WAS 35 POUNDS. THERE WAS NO WHERE IN MY OWNERS MANUAL THAT STATES I CANNOT USE MY ROOF RAILS. ONLY A SAFETY STATEMENT SAYING NOTHING SHOULD BE SCREWED INTO MY ROOF FOR AIRBAG AND SAFETY PURPOSES. EVEN WITH MANUFACTURED CROSSBARS THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SCREW INTO MY ROOF SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HELD MY ROOF RAIL INTO THE ROOF. THE ROOF IS VERY THIN AND THERE ARE CLEAR HOLES WHERE THE BAR COMPLETELY RIPPED OUT OF THE ROOF. IF THERE WAS A VEHICLE BEHIND ME PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN VERY HURT. CHRYSLER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO DO A REPORT ON THE VEHICLE THEY SENT ME A ONE PARAGRAPH LETTER STATING THEY DECLINE ANY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. SAFETY CONCERNS FOR OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD AND OTHER JEEP OWNERS WAS NOT ADDRESSED. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I WAS ON A BACK ROAD GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH NO WIND GUSTS OR ANY REASON FOR THIS TO OCCUR. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 7 AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THE EIGHTH I HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP. I AM ATTACHING PHOTOS OF THE KAYAK SAFELY MOUNTED ON THE KAYAK RACK THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND THE DAMAGES TO MY CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE AND ABS INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,772.

THE JEEP LUNGES AND SURGES AT ANY POINT OF A DRIVE. WHILE IN REVERSE THE JEEP ACCULTURATES WITHOUT HAVING MY FOOT ON THE GAS. THE JEEP WILL GO FROM 1K REV TO 2K WITHOUT FOOT ON GAS. THIS HAS CAUSED A FENDER BENDER. JEEP HAS UPDATED THE SOFTWARE 4-5 TIMES AND NOW SAYS IT DRIVES THE WAY IT SHOULD

WHEN U PULL OFF YOU FEEL A SHAKE OR VIBRATION FOR THE FIRST 15 SECOND THEN IT DRIVES NORMAL I HAVE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER EVER SINCE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE IN IT STILL NOT FIX IM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS PROBLEM I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE GUYS WHO SOLD IT TO ME THE NEXT DAY IN THEY TOLD ME THAT HOW IT SUPPOSE DRIVE ITS A NEW CAR IT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME SO I BROUGHT BACK IN ONE OF THE MECHANIC SAID THEY FEEL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THEY WILL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO IN STILL NO GOOD OUT COME

I PREVIOUSLY FILED A COMPLAINT IN DECEMBER, 2015 REGARDING THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM APPLYING THE BRAKES FOR NO REASON. IN JANUARY, 2016, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BRAKING SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE CAR HAS BRAKED AUTOMATICALLY ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS SINCE THEY WERE REPLACED. THIRD TIME APRIL 1ST, 2016 WHILE BACKING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, NO VEHICLES OR OBJECTS AROUND. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP STATED NO PROBLEM FOUND AND THAT WAS NORMAL BRAKING (THIS IS NOT NORMAL BRAKING). FOURTH TIME ON AUGUST 29TH, 2016, AGAIN, WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY WITH NO VEHICLE OR OBJECTS AROUND. TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON 8/30/16, THIS IS THE 4TH VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE.

I HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2015 CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK 4X4 AND THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER THEY DID 4 UPGRADES ON MY COMPUTER AT DEALERSHIP, WHEN PICKED UP SUV THE CHECK ENGINE WAS ON, TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY FLASHED IT WHAT EVER THAT MEANS. THE CHECK ENGINE DISAPPEARED AFTERWARDS, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT LUNGING WHEN LETTING FOOT OFF BRAKE DUE TO THE AUTO ON & OFF FEATURE AND JUST RECENTLY WAS DRIVING AND THE AIR BAD LIGHT, TRACTION LIGHT, 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I PULLED OVER DUE TO THIS AND WHEN PUTTING IN PARK FELT LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME IN WHICH THEY DIDNT, THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON WITH MESSAGE THAT FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HAS BEEN DISABLED CONTACT DEALER, THAT STARTED IT ALL THAT MORNING. THEN ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND BEEPING, I TOOK TO DEALER IN RICHMOND KY AND THEY BROUGHT OUT THE SCANNER AND SCANNED IT AND PRINTED OFF SEVERAL THINGS THAT WAS COMING UP THEN ADVISED ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CHECK VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS I THEN CALLED LEXINGTON DEALER AND THEY SAID BRING IT IN, I HAD IT TOWED TO LEXINGTON DEALER, NOW THEY SAY THEY CANT GET IT TO DUPLICATE ANYTHING. WELL NOW THIS IS THE ISSUE I HAVE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT DEEMS THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS CAN SHUT DOWN AS OTHERS HAS SAID OR CATCH FIRE OR ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ETC. THERE IS DEFINITELY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN. I HAVE ASK DEALERSHIP TO CONTACT JEEP MFG/CHRYSLER TO SEE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY ITS VERY SCARY HAVING A VEHICLE THAT YOU CANT TRUST TO BE SAFE IN. ITS ALREADY HAD ME REAR END A CAR BY THE LUNGING AFTER YOU LET OFF BRAKE NOW THIS... I JUST FEEL UNSAFE IN MY NEW VEHICLE.... I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE TO TO BE A SAFE ONE. AND ITS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE DUE TO BEING INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES. DEALERS DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THESE CARS.

CURRENTLY MY 2015 CHEROKEE TRAIL HAWK IS AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH AN UNKNOWN POWERTRAIN ISSUE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THURSDAY. THE TRANSMISSION IN NOT SO FEW WORDS FEELS VERY GUMMY WITH NOT A LOT OF POWER IN BETWEEN GEARS. WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION WILL HESITATE AND NOT SHIFT OR HAVE ANY POWER! WHEN THERE IS ON COMING TRAFFIC IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AT TIMES. IT WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN DOWNSHIFTNG AND COMING TO A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE VERY HARD SHIFTS AT TIMES OR VERY SOFT SHIFTS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

2015 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH ACTIVE DRIVE II. WOBBLES WHEN FLAT TOWING UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A FIX FOR THIS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLIMENTRY AS IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. FAC HAS NOT INFORMED THEIR DEALERS OF THIS. THEY WANT COST OF PART AND 4 HRS LABOR TO REPAIR. THE VEHICLE I BOUGHT SAYS PLACE TRANSFER CASE IN NUETRAL AND TRAMSMISSION IN PARK AND TOW.THE VEHICLE I GOT REQUIRES AN ACCESSOREE KIT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. FCA SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS

THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION IS UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. THE ENGINE REVS AND THEN SEVERAL SECONDS LATER THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND LURCHES FORWARD. THE DELAY PUTS YOU AT RISK AS YOU ENTER TRAFFIC. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SUDDENLY SHIFT WHEN YOU ARE COASTING AND ACCELERATE 10-15 MILES PER HOUR FASTER. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES TO REPAIR THIS AND NOTHING CHANGES. FLASHING THE SOFTWARE DOES NOTHING. I HAVE FILED A LEMON LAW CLAIM WITH THE STATE OF CA AND HAVE AN ARBITRATION MEETING SCHEDULED IN SEPTEMBER.