2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

PURCHASED A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE 4X4 ON 2/28/2015. STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION HESITATING AND JERKING INTO GEAR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 5/1/2015 AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS A COMPUTER GLITCH THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF, BUT THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT. THEY SAY ITS SAFE TO DRIVE. ON 5/7/2015 I ALMOST GOT T-BONED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT INTO TRAFFIC. IT FINALLY JERKED INTO GEAR BUT CONTINUED TO JERK AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 25MPH AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ERRORS CAME ON ABOUT THE START/STOP FUNCTION. THE DEALERSHIP TOWED MY CAR AND I AM USING A LOANER. THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT. THE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE'S ARE COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE! SPENT OVER $30,000 ON A VEHICLE THAT I CAN'T SAFELY DRIVE.

A CAR TURNED LEFT AS I WAS GOING STRAIGHT AND STRUCK ME AT THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE IMPACT BROKE MY TIRED COMPLETELY OFF THE VEHICLE SMASHING BOTH THE FRONT AND THE ENTIRE SIDE OF MY CAR WITH ENOUGH DAMAGE FOR ME TO HAVE TO KICK MY DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES IN ORDER TO EXIT THE CAR. AFTER THE FIRST IMPACT I LOST CONTROL SINCE A TIRE WAS MISSING AND THE VEHICLE HIT A SEMI TRUCK HEAD ON. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CAR IS TOTALED AND HAS FRAME DAMAGE. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY HAVE SINCE DONE AN INVESTIGATION AND TOLD ME I WAS NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY AND ARE NOW NOT RETURNING MY CALLS. WHEN THE INVESTIGATOR CALLED ME AFTER HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HE WAS SHOCKED THAT I SAID THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW I HAD IT FOR 15 DAYS. THERE WAS A RECALL PERFORMED ON THE AIR BAGS THE DAY BEFORE AND WHEN REVIEWING THE RECEIPT SHOWED THAT THEY WORKED ON THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 15 MINS BUT HAD MY CAR FOR 6 HOURS? STATING THE RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED EVEN THOUGH WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO HAVE A SECURITY SYSTEM INSTALLED FEW DAYS PRIOR THEY SAID THE RECALL NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED AND I SET THE APPOINTMENT UP. THERE IS NO WAY I WAS NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH TO HAVE MY SAFETY FEATURES WORK IN MY BRAND NEW VEHICLE BUT I WAS GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR MY AXLE TO SNAP AND MY TIRE TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. JEEP WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS SO I MUST TAKE FURTHER ACTION. PLEASE ASSIST ME AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY NO ONE SHOULD FEEL UNSAFE IN THEIR VEHICLES.

I PURCHASED A JEEP CHEROKEE 2015 ON MAY 1ST AND STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE START/STOP SYSTEM ON THE 3RD. A PASSENGER AND I WERE COMING TO A STOP AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND STOPPED RUNNING. THE CONTROL SYSTEM, WITHIN THE DRIVER'S PANEL, FLASHED START/STOP SYSTEM IS UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE START/STOP SYSTEM. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT DID THIS THREE TIMES BEFORE WE GOT HOME. THE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AT THIS POINT. I DID NOT DRIVE IT AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING AND HOPED TO MAKE IT TO WORK AND THEN TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THAT AFTERNOON. WELL I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT... ON THE WAY TO WORK, ON THE INTERSTATE, I STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND THE SYSTEM DID THE SAME THING. AS I SPED UP THE GEARS STARTING STICKING, THE CAR WAS STALLING AND I FINALLY HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR. ON THE INTERSTATE!!! THE CAR DID THIS ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT TO WORK AND ANOTHER THREE TIMES BEFORE I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE AND NO REPROGRAMMING FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY DID STATE THAT THE CAR HAS A FLASH UPDATE (AKA RECALL), WHICH WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO ME WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SO FINALLY TODAY, THURSDAY, MAY 7TH, (3 DAYS LATER) CHRYSLER DECIDED THE CAR NEEDED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION. WASN'T THE TRANSMISSION BRAND NEW ANYWAY????? THIS PURCHASE HAS BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTING AND I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE VEHICLES. I REALLY HOPE THIS NEW TRANSMISSION FIXES THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HOPE A SERIOUS RECALL IS COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT! *TR

WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED THE ENGINE REVS UP, AND JERKS, THE RPMS SHOT UP, THEN PLUMMET, AND THE POWER SURGES, AND YOU FEEL THE CAR STRUGGLE TO FIND THE CORRECT GEAR. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON, CANNOT BE RESET BY DEALER WHEN AT A STOP AND GOING UP INCLINE, NO POWER AT ALL MAY 1. 2015 BROUGHT TO DEALER. HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER, AN HOUR LATER DEALER RETURNS TELLING THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS PARTS. THEY ARE BACK ORDERED. WE ARE SENT HOME WITH A UNSAFE VEHICLE TOLD TO COME BACK IN FOUR WEEKS. *TR

I OWN A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4 (2.4L/4 CYL). I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE NEW AUTOMATIC 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD WHILE DECELERATING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-25 MPH. ONCE THE SPEEDOMETER REACHES 20 MPH, THE RPM'S SPIKE AND VEHICLE ACCELERATES (LUNGES) FORWARD. IN ADDITION WHILE ACCELERATING TO 55-60 MPH THE RPM'S REV AT A HIGHER RATE 3000-3500 RPM RANGE AND WILL NOT CLICK INTO GEAR PROPERLY. I TOOK MY JEEP BACK TO THE DEALER ON 4-25-15 AND AFTER A TEST DRIVE AND DIAGNOSIS THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I RECEIVED MY JEEP BACK ON MONDAY MAY 4TH AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HITTING ANOTHER CAR WHILE DECELERATING TOWARDS A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. AS SOON AS THE JEEP HITS 20 MPH, THE RPM'S SPIKE AND CAR WANTS TO GO FASTER. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR ALL DAY LONG THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF AFTER PICKING UP MY CHILDREN SHE WAS GOING BY THE DEALERSHIP AND DECIDED TO TURN IN BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE ACTING FUNNY AND HAS SHE GOT INTO THE DEALERSHIP SHE HAD A TOTAL BREAKDOWN YOU'RE THE GUY LOOKING AT THE CAR WAS IN AMAZEMENT THAT SHE MADE IT THERE SAFELY HE HAD NO IDEA HOW SHE MADE IT THERE SAFELY. *TR

I HAD THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPROGRAMMED AS PER THEIR RECALL AND AFTER PICKING IT UP I WAS DRIVING HOME AND MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND PUSHED ON THE GAS AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN A HIGH GEAR AND HAD NOT SHIFTED DOWN. THE LIGHT TURNED RED AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CAR TO RESPOND WAS TO FLOOR IT AND THE IT SHIFTED REALLY HARD AND TOOK OFF. IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND WE HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY DID ANOTHER REPROGRAM ON IT AND NOW IT HAS A BAD LAG TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO SHIFT IT ALL THE WAY DOWN SUCH AS TO PASS A CAR. THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THAT JEEP WAS HAVING ISSUES AND THAT HE HAD ANOTHER CAR IDENTICAL TO MINE COMING INTO THE SHOP THAT DAY. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET KILLED WITH THESE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I AM AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN FOR 40 YEARS AND DRIVING MY OWN CAR SCARES ME REAL BAD. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A SNOWY CLIMATE AND I WANTED MY WIFE TO HAVE THE BEST FOUR WHEELER AVAILABLE. THE DEALER SAID THAT CHRYSLER HAS FIVE MEN WORKING ON THIS PROGRAMMING ISSUE AND I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A HUNDRED. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DYE AND THIS PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. I HOPE THAT THIS WILL RESOLVE FASTER THAN THE TOYOTA ISSUES THAT KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND INJURED MANY MORE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, NARROWLY AVOIDED ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

JEEP PERFORMED A RECALL ON TCM/PCM FOR THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION. NOW AT LOW SPEEDS 2-5MPH IN AN INTERSECTION OR FROM A STOP SIGN, OR SLOW DOWN ON RAILROAD TRACKS THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, UP TO A 5 SECOND DELAY. WE WERE IN AN INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT CHANGED AND CARS WERE ONCOMING, AFTER HITTING THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR JUST SAT THERE, THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT. TOOK IT BACK AND IT WAS REPROGRAMMED. STILL HAS THE SAME DELAY, TAKING IT BACK FOR THE 3RD TIME. IF YOU DO A ROLLING STOP AND START OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION THE CAR REFUSES TO MOVE, THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, BUT NO RESPONSE FROM THE JEEP. WE ARE AFRAID WE WILL GET STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION OR RAILROAD TRACK AND GET KILLED! THE JEEP ONLY HAS 4000 MILES ON IT. IF YOUR JEEP IS RUNNING FINE...DO NOT LET THEM REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION!!! *TR