2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE PURCHASED END OF AUGUST, NOTICED HARD SHIFTING AND RPM SURGE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. SOFTWARE UPDATE IN DECEMBER, BY THE END OF FEB. VEHICLE WAS GOING INTO WHAT THE DEALER TERMED AS LIMP MODE, SERVICE ENGINE AND TRANS. INDICATORS LOSS OF POWER, PARKING BRAKE COMES ON ETC. TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN MARCH AT 5000 MILES. SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL SOFTWARE UPDATES TO NO AVAIL. DEALER CURRENTLY HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR 10 DAYS TO REPLACE VALVE BODY AND A HARNESS. ACURAS WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS HAVE SUPPOSEDLY BEEN RECALLED. WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER DONE THE SAME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE.

THE TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES HUNTS FOR THE PROPER GEAR. IT ALSO HAS TRIED TO ACCELERATE WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. I LIVE ON A MOUNTAIN AND WHEN DESCENDING I MANUALLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION TO 3RD GEAR, BUT WHEN I DO, THE CAR WILL SPEED UP BEFORE SLOWING DOWN. THIS WILL CAUSE A PROBLEM ON SNOW COVERED ROADS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT OTHER JEEP OWNER'S HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND RE-FLASHING THE CONTROL MODULE DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, SO I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE RE-FLASH. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS THE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE DISPLAYED.

WE WERE DRIVING CROSS-COUNTRY, FAR FROM HOME WHEN THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AT 5,645 MILES. FORTUNATELY, WE BROKE DOWN IN A CITY WITH A JEEP DEALER NEARBY THAT COULD SCAN THE CODES. WE LEARNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER 5 DAYS, WE PICKED UP OUR CAR. WE HAVE NOTICED ROUGH SHIFTING ON BOTH THE OLD TRANSMISSION AND THE NEW TRANSMISSION. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE IS NEW AND NOT PRODUCTION READY. MANY CUSTOMERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS AND EXPERIENCING CLOSE CALLS WITH VEHICLES HITTING THEIR STALLED CAR ON FREEWAYS AND BUSY STREETS. WE ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT OUR SAFETY AS THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO RUN ROUGH LIKE BEFORE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

TRANSMISSION RESPONSIVENESS HAS VERY LONG (GREATER THAN ONE WHOLE SECOND) DELAY FROM DRIVER INPUT TO ACTUAL POWER DELIVERY. THIS LEADS TO FREQUENT NEAR MISSES IN DENSE TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY MERGING FROM A SECONDARY STREET TO A HIGHWAY. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN ANY OTHER VEHICLE WITH A DELAY THIS EXTENDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER; HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.

WHEN MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT REACHED ABOUT 3000 MILES IT BEGAN HAVING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WHEN I BEGAN TO DECELERATE AT STOP SIGNS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, OR IN TRAFFIC. WHEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATED IT ALWAYS HAD A ONE OR TWO SECOND OCCURRENCE OF RAPID ACCELERATION CAUSING ME TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AVOIDING COLLISIONS. THIS BECAME WORSE AS THE CAR APPROACHED 4000 MILES. I WOULD THEN HAVE PROBLEMS ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC AND HAD ISSUES WITH EXCESSIVE RPMS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. I SCHEDULED A VISIT TO ME DEALERSHIP UPON MY RETURN FROM VACATION. THE FRIDAY BEFORE WE LEFT FOR OUR RETURN TRIP HOME FROM VACATION MY WIFE PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND THE JEEP SHIFTED INTO REVERSE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. VERY DANGEROUS. THE VERY NEXT DAY WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM VACATION AND GOT 4 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY (130 MILES FROM HOME) WHEN I REACHED 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND BEGAN TO STOP IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. WE COASTED OFF THE ROAD WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN IN BACK AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST JEEP DEALER WHICH WAS 130 MILES FROM OUR HOUSE. THE DEALER HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE AND SEEMS TO THINK IT IS A SOFTWARE ISSUE. THEY WILL REINSTALL THE SOFTWARE (WHICH DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME) AND TEST THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WHEN ASKED IF THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN THEY GAVE ME NO REASSURANCE, SAYING IT'S SOFTWARE AND NOT AN ACTUAL PART. I WAS ADVISED CONFIDENTIALLY BY A SERVICEMAN AT THE DEALER TO SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY AS I DO NOT FEEL SAFE FOR MY WIFE AND YOUNG CHILDREN TRAVELING IN THIS CAR WITHOUT ANY REASSURANCE. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH IT SEEMS JEEP KNOWS ABOUT BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS CORRECTLY UNTIL FATALITIES OCCUR. SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH A 2 MONTH OLD CAR. LOOKING AT THE LEMON LAW BUT IT SEEMS TO NEED 3 OCCURRENCES WHICH BY THAT TIME MAY LEAD TO A FATALITY.

THIS IS A NEWLY LEASED VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING AT 65 MPH FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND THEN STOPPING, A BURNING SMELL WAS OBSERVED. AFTER OPENING HOOD, SMOKE WAS RISING FROM BEHIND THE ENGINE, BUT NO FIRE. OIL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND ENGINE OIL LEVEL HAD DROPPED BELOW THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL. OIL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE SKID PLATE AND EXHAUST WHICH CAUSED THE SMOKE. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DEALER STATED THE OIL PAN SEAL WAS LEAKING AND REPLACED THE SEAL IMMEDIATELY AT NO CHARGE TO ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE START SYSTEM DISENGAGED AFTER THE FAILURE, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER THE THIRD ATTEMPT. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,200.