2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN PUSKING THE GAS PEDAL FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE CAR HESITATES BEFORE ENGAGING AND THEN WHEN IT DOES ENGAGE, IT ACCELERATES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN IT DOES NOT STOP AS QUICKLY BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL ENGAGED AT A HIGHER GEAR THUS MAKING REAR IMPACTS LIKELY. TRYING TO MAKE A TURN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT IN A HIGH TRAFFIC CONGESTED AREA, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TO MERGE WITH THE TRAFFIC QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THIS HESITATION. I FEEL LIKE I AM TAKING MY LIFE IN MY HANDS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

BOUGHT A 2015 JEEP CHEROKE IN MARCH AND HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUE SINCE DAY ONE. THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING AND DOWNSHIFTS HARD AND PUSHES THE VEHICLE FORWARD ON DECELERATION. I HAVE 5,000 MILES ON MY "NEW" $35,000 VEHICLE AND I'M ON TRANSMISSION NUMBER TWO. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE I WONDER IF THE TRANSMISSION WILL STOP AGAIN AND LEAVE ME STRANDED, OR WORSE, CAUSE ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. MANY TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING, THERE IS A PAUSE WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION GRABS AND THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED MERGING ONTO THE THRUWAY AS WELL. I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC DRIVING 65 MPH AND NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AS I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT KICKS IN WITH A LOUD THUD. I WORRY WHEN IT SNOWS THAT THIS WILL MAKE THE TIRES SPIN TO MUCH AND I WILL LOSE CONTROL.

MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED 4X2 HAS THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WORKED WELL AT FIRST, BUT SOON SHIFTED HARD, SURGED, CLUNKED HESITATED, AND HUNTED FOR GEARS. AT 1921 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE NEW TRANSMISSION WORKED WELL FOR ABOUT 500 MILES, BUT HAS STARTED THE SAME COMBINATION OF HARD SHIFTING, SURGING, HESITATING, CLUNKING, AND HUNTING. DEALER NOW SAYS THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE NINE SPEED TRANSMISSION, AND THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION GIVES ERROR CODES. THIS VEHICLE IS SCARY WHEN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS OR MAKING LEFT TURNS ACROSS BUSY STREETS. THE SURGING WHEN IT IS PUT INTO PARK IS ALSO SCARY.

6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE ON JAN 30,2015 THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE AFTER COMING TO A STOP. UPON ACCELERATION AFTER A STOP, THE ENGINE REVS AS IF ITS IN NEUTRAL WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT IS IN DRIVE OFTEN RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES FLASH INCLUDING THE DISABLING OF THE ABS SYSTEM, EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM, AND SHIFT VEHICLE INTO DESIRED GEAR WHILE STILL IN DRIVE. ON 11/7/15 THE LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING WHILE DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. USUALLY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING WILL ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BECOME OPERATIONAL AGAIN (WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED) HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EVEN START AND THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK IN ORDER TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THIS BEGAN THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT WITH 80 MILES ON IT AND HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVEN AFTER DEALER "REMEDIES" OF RESETTING THE TRANSMISSION MODULE, UPDATING THE TRANSMISSION MODULE AND REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION MODULE. THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO WORSEN AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS. I DO HAVE VIDEOS OF HOW THE VEHICLE ACTS DURING THESE EPISODES AND THE DANGEROUS POSITION IT HAS LEFT ME AND MY YOUNG DAUGHTERS IN WHEN IT OCCURS.

BOUGHT MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE IN NOVEMBER 2014. BEGAN HAVING A VERY LOUD, ANNOYING RATTLE COMING FROM BACK SEAT AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN FEBRUARY OF 2015. THE TRANSMISSION SURGES WHEN YOU START THE CAR, IT CLUNKS AFTER YOU TURN THE CAR OFF, SOMETIMES THE CAR WON'T GO WHEN YOU GIVE IT GAS AND THEN IT WILL KICK IN AND BE LIKE A TURBO BOOST PUSHING THE CAR FORWARD. IT'S A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN MAKING TURNS WHEN THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU MAY PUSH THE GAS BUT THE CAR MAY NOT GO LIKE IT SHOULD OR COULD JUMP FORWARD AND CAUSE YOU TO REARED SOMEONE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP 5TIMES FOR THE BACKSEAT AND 3 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION ( JUST PUT IT BACK IN THE SHOP YESTERDAY). THEY HAVE REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO TO THE SEAT - THEY PUT SOME TAPE ON THE METAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT IT OF COURSE DIDN'T FIX IT. THIS IS A HORRIBLE VEHICLE AND I TRADED OUT OF A VEHICLE WITH NEGATIVELY EQUITY AND AFTER ALL THE ISSUES TRIED TO TRADE OUT OF IT BUT THE CAR HAS LOST NEARLY $10,000 IN VALUE IN LESS THAN A YEAR LEAVING ME STUCK WITH THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE YOU MUST TRAVEL AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. IN AUGUST OF 2015. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, LIGHT TURNED GREEN, ALL THE CARDS BEGAN MOVING FORWARD. I PUSHED THE GAS WHICH WITH THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE THE CAR KICKS TOWARD PRETTY HARD WHEN YOU TAKE OFF AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED ABRUPTLY AND I TAPPED THE BACK OF THE PERSON'S CAR. IT WAS VERY INSIGNIFICANT AND I WAS NOT EVEN TICKETED BUT OF COURSE THE OTHER DRIVER IS NOW MAKING A PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM AND I TRULY BELIEVE IF THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR DID NOT SURGE FORWARD WHEN YOU FIRST PUSH THE GAS I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN TAPPED THIS VEHICLE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V393000 (STRUCTURE); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 MONTHS AND EVERY 3 WEEKS I HAVE TO RETURN IT FOR SERVICE DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION, 4X4 AND TRACTION CONTROL NOT WORKING. STARTS OFF IN 3RD - 4TH GEAR AT ANY GIVEN TIME (ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES), WILL ACCELERATE AND SURGE FORWARD DURING DOWN SHIFTING WHILE STOPPING (ALMOST HIT SEVERAL DIFFERENT VEHICLES) AND NOW SURGES TO 7000RPM WHEN TURNING RIGHT AND PARKING BREAK HAS LOCKED UP 3 DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE IN GEAR. 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REGISTER ANY CODES, THEY ALSO TELL ME THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM ON ALL 9 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS THEY MAKE, NOT JUST THE ONE'S IN JEEPS. BUT SINCE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX AND THEREFORE ITS NOT AN ISSUE AND I HAVE TO TAKE MY UNPREDICTABLE AND UNSAFE VEHICLE HOME AND NOT THE LOANER BECAUSE JEEP WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP WHO ASSIGNED ME A "RESOLUTION CASE MANAGER" WHO WILL NO LONGER RETURN MY PHONE CALLS FOR BUY BACK OR TRADING FOR A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. IS THAT THEIR RESOLUTION, BLOW EVERYONE OFF AND HOPE WE ALL GO AWAY?? WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY? WHY ARE THEY STILL KNOWINGLY SELLING THESE VEHICLES WITH NO KNOW FIX? HOW LONG BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED? THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT I HAVE READ ON THIS PAGE YET THERE IS NO ACTION? ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS SITE IS FOR? ACTION?

I STARTED LEASING THIS BRAND NEW CAR JULY 2015. INITIALLY THERE WERE A FEW MINOR SHIFTING CHANGES THAT FELT UNSTEADY. COMING HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY IN OCTOBER 2015 I NOTICED THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING, WOULD SHIFT POORLY INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AND WAS JOLTING. AT THE SAME TIME THE "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" TURNED ON AS WELL AS A MESSAGE STATING "SERVICE TRANSMISSION". I WAITED SEVEN HOURS FOR JEEP TO TOW THE CAR, IT TOOK THEM ONE WEEK TO DIAGNOSE, AND THEY ESTIMATED ANOTHER WEEK TO REPAIR. SO FAR THEY'VE HAD THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS AND THE ESTIMATE PICKUP DAY WOULD MARK 17 DAYS WITHOUT THE CAR IF ITS EVEN READY ON TIME. THEY ARE REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION.

I STARTED LEASING THIS BRAND NEW CAR JULY 2015. INITIALLY THERE WERE A FEW MINOR SHIFTING CHANGES THAT FELT UNSTEADY. COMING HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY IN OCTOBER 2015 I NOTICED THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING, WOULD SHIFT POORLY INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AND WAS JOLTING. AT THE SAME TIME THE "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" TURNED ON AS WELL AS A MESSAGE STATING "SERVICE TRANSMISSION". I WAITED SEVEN HOURS FOR JEEP TO TOW THE CAR, IT TOOK THEM ONE WEEK TO DIAGNOSE, AND THEY ESTIMATED ANOTHER WEEK TO REPAIR. SO FAR THEY'VE HAD THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS AND THE ESTIMATE PICKUP DAY WOULD MARK 17 DAYS WITHOUT THE CAR IF ITS EVEN READY ON TIME. THEY ARE REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE SO BRIGHT THAT ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEGAN TO BLOW THEIR HORNS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V393000 (STRUCTURE) AND 15V461000 (EQUIPMENT); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.