2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR ,QUOTED FROM NOTICE, " FCA US SPOKESWOMAN SAID THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE REFLASH IS "INTENDED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE PERFORMING AS INTENDED, AND TO PREVENT DURABILITY ISSUES FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE." I SCHEDULED THIS FOR THE NEXT WEEK WHEN I GOT THIS NOTICE IN THE MAIL. REFLASH DID NOT TAKE UNTIL SECOND TRY I WAS TOLD AND EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT OK. LEFT DEALERSHIP,GOT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND RPMS SHOT UP, STARTED LOOSING ACCELERATION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IM TRYING TO KEEP FROM GETTING IN A ACCIDENT WHILE MAKING FIRST AVAILABLE U TURN TO LIMP BACK TO DEALER. THEY HOOK EVALUATION PROGRAMMING UP AND COME BACK AND TELL ME MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE "TRIP CODES" SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF WHEN THEY WERE DONE BUT DID NOT. IT HUNG ON LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET ON THE ROAD WITH IT. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2015 CHEROKEE LIMITED IN DECEMBER 2014. IT HAS A VERY ROUGH RIDE WITH JERKING MOVEMENTS AS IT SHIFTS GEARS.(OR ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT GEARS).AS YOU ARE BRAKING THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MANY TIMES. I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE TO ANTICIPATE THIS INEFFICIENT AND DANGEROUS SUV. AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY TO PASS, THE CAR JUST PAUSED WITHOUT ANY ACCELERATION AND THEN JERKED AND KICKED IN. I NEVER KNOW WHAT THIS VEHICLE WILL DO AND IT IS PAINFUL TO DRIVE WITH THIS NEW TRANSMISSION THAT TURNS OFF AFTER BRAKING AND THEN SLUGGISHLY ACCELERATES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE SOFTWARE UPDATE ON APRIL 3, 2015 AND TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING NOW. THIS TRANSMISSION IS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS AND JEEP NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY NOW BEFORE MORE INCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES EXIST. *TR

I HAD RECENTLY BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED NOTICING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT SHIFTS VERY HARD AND IT JERKS VERY HARD. IT ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS SHIFTING WHILE GOING UP HILLS AND PROBLEMS DOWN SHIFTING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER YESTERDAY THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP. *TR

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UNEXPECTEDLY. FRONT END WOBBLE IN LOW GEARS, SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND GOES INTO REVERSE, ALL AROUND JUNK. *TR

I HAD JUST DESCENDED IN CENTER CITY HEAVILY CONGESTED TRAFFIC FROM THE ENTRANCE PASS. ABOUT A 2000 FOOT DECENT. I WAS ENTERING A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND SLOWED FOR TRAFFIC, PUSHING DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT KICKED BACK AT ME WITH SUBSTANTIAL FORCE. THE PEDAL THE WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD. I HAD NO BRAKES, AND DROVE INTO THE CURB TO STOP THE CAR. THE JEEP HAS NO EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM ONLY AN ELECTRONIC PARK BRAKE. I FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM 2 MONTHS BEFORE ( AT 1200 MILES) WHEN THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND SHUT DOWN ALL POWER, AND LEFT ME WITH NO STEERING OR BRAKES ON A NARROW MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND ALMOST GO ME KILLED.( DIAGNOSED BY REPAIRING DEALER AS A "DEFECTIVELY MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION" AND REPLACED IT). I HAD JEEP TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER. HE COULD DO NOTHING FOR THAT DAY. CALLED,NEXT DAY, HE SAID THE PROBLEM WAS A "DEFECTIVE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER", MAYBE HAVE THE PART AND REPAIR DONE IN A WEEK. SECOND TIME HOTEL AND CAB HOME ( NOW AT $800) ON ME. BIG TOO BAD, NOTHING WE CAN DO FROM CHRYSLER. THE REPAIRING DEALER RETURNED THE JEEP ON 27TH. SELLING DEALER CALLED TO SAY ALL WAS PERFECT.PICKED UP AND DROVE 50 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HOWL LIKE A BANCHEE. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A " DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION MOUNT". SAME DEALER JUST REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION 2 MONTHS AGO. STILL WAITING FOR CAR TO BE REPAIRED AND RETURNED. THE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING ENGINEERED VEHICLE. CHRYSLER CAN NOT HAVE ANY FORM OF QUALITY CONTROL, IF 3 MAJOR COMPONENTS FAIL WITHIN 2600 MILES AS "DEFECTIVELY MANUFACTURED". THE ZF 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION IS A DISASTER AND CAUSING PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE. THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND DEALER NETWORK IS CORRUPT, NON TRUSTWORTHY, UNTRUTHFULLY, AND NONCAREING FROM THE TOP DOWN. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND OR BUY ANYTHING FROM CHRYSLER AGAIN AND WOULD GIVE MOST ANYTHING TO GET MY MONEY BACK. *TR

200 MILES FROM HOME, I WAS ASCENDING AN APPROXIMATELY 8 MILE, 2 LANE,15 DEGREE HILL. AT ABOUT 5 MILES UP THE HILL I TRIED TO PASS A DOUBLE SEMI PROCEEDING UP HILL AT LESS THEN 10 MPH. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS, AND GOT HALF THE WAY AROUND THE TRUCK, AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, LEAVING ME ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. I HAD NO PLACE TO GO, AND I COULD NOW SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING DIRECTLY AT ME. WITH THE GEAR LEVER IN DRIVE, THERE IS NO EMERGENCY OR PARKING BRAKE, AS IT IS ELECTRONIC, AND WITH THE CAR MOVING, YOU CANNOT ACCESS THE PARK POSITION. I WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKES, BUT GETTING ALMOST NO REACTION. FINALLY, I GOT BEHIND THE TRUCK, I STOOD ON THE BRAKES AND GOT AS FAR RIGHT AS POSSIBLE, AND GOT THE CAR TO STOP. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASH, A WARNING MESSAGE INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED. THIS APPARENTLY IS WHAT TRIGGERED THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND STUPID ENGINEERING. KILL THE OCCUPANTS, SAVE THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS BLOCKING THE RIGHT LANE BUT HAD TO SIT THERE FOR 30 MINUTES UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION CAME BACK TO OPERATING TEMP. STARTED THE CAR AND PROCEEDED UP HILL. NO POSSIBLE PLACE TO TURN AROUND. WITHIN 5 MINUTES, THE TRANSMISSION TEMP. WAS GETTING CRITICALLY HOT, FOUND A PULL OFF AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. AT DEALER 5 HOURS LATER. THEY SAID THEY COULD FIX CAR BY RECALIBRATING THE COMPUTER CONTROL TO TRANSMISSION. THEY DID THE WORK THE NEXT DAY. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AGAIN WITHIN 5 MILES OF A TEST RIDE. THE DEALER SHIP CLOSED AT 2 PM AND LEFT ME STANDING THERE. COST OVER $600 FOR HOTEL AND TAXI RIDE HOME. THE SELLING DEALER TRUCKED THE JEEP BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, AS A DEFECTIVELY MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. A MONTH LATER, I GOT THE CAR BACK. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CAR. *TR

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON WHEN DRIVING. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR PROBLEM 3 TIMES THEY HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED ANYTHING WRONG NOR FOUND A SOLUTION. I HAVE PICTURES. THIS IS A NEW CAR AND THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH AIRBAG WHILE I AM DRIVING THEY WILL BE LIABLE. *TR

WHILE DECELERATING IN DRIVE WITH THE FOOT OFF THE GAS, OR UNDER LIGHT GRADUAL BRAKING, WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS AS THE CAR SLOWS BETWEEN 25 AND 20 MPH, ENGINE SPEED INCREASES IN THE LOWER GEAR AND THE CAR ACCELERATES SLIGHTLY.THIS ACCELERATION, WITH THE FOOT OFF THE GAS AND WHEN ONE EXPECTS THE CAR TO BE SLOWING DOWN, THOUGH RELATIVELY MILD, IS NONETHELESS DISCONCERTING AND PERHAPS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE WITH THE DEALER FOR MARCH 30 2015. COINCIDENTALLY, BETWEEN THE TIME THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE AND BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT, THE CUSTOMER RECEIVED A MAILED RECALL NOTICE FROM JEEP REGARDING AN UPGRADE TO SOFTWARE FOR THE NINE-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ON MARCH 30 THE DEALER ATTEMPTED THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT, THE TRANSMISSION THEN WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY OPERATE IN "LIMP" MODE. THE CUSTOMER WAS GIVEN A RENTAL CAR. THE NEXT DAY, ON MARCH 31, 2015 THE DEALER NOTIFIED THE CUSTOMER THAT CONSULTATION WITH JEEP AND FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED TWO LOCKING RINGS HAD BROKEN OR MALFUNCTIONED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, AND THEY WERE INSTALLING A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CUSTOMER ALSO RECEIVED A RECORDED MESSAGE TELEPHONE CALL FROM JEEP ON MARCH 31, ASKING THE CUSTOMER TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR A TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS BEING INSTALLED. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENT CRASHING NOISES/FEELINGS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING MY V6 CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK. I FIRST EXPERIENCED IT AT AROUND 1000 MILES, THEN AGAIN THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS ABLE TO REPEAT IT. I GOT A VIOLENT CRASH AND LURCH, WHEN I ACCELERATED, LET OFF, ACCELERATED AGAIN, LET OFF, AND APPLY NORMAL THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED. THIS CAN BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE, TURNING INTO TRAFFIC OR MANEUVERING AROUND OTHER VEHICLES. I WAS ABLE TO REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BY SIMPLY DOING A HARD ACCELERATION FROM STOP, LETTING OFF THE GAS, AND THEN HARD ACCELERATION AGAIN, AND THEN APPLYING NORMAL THROTTLE INPUT. RPMS GO WILD, SOMETIMES GET UP TO 6000, AND IT SMASHES INTO 4TH GEAR. IT'S STARTLING AND I HAVE MINIMAL CONTROL OVER VEHICLE SPEED WHILE IT'S DOING THIS. I ALSO GET ROUGH SHIFTS AND OVERALL I'M VERY UNEASY ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF THIS CAR. *TR

PURCHASED NEW 2015 CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK, LATE NOVEMBER 2014. IN FEBRUARY, PER CHRYSLER, DEALER REPROGRAMMED MODULE IN TRANSMISSION, HAD MY VEHICLE A FULL DAY (8 HOURS ) IN ORDER TO PERFORM THIS SERVICE. AFTER THAT, TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP, HARD SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS, SLIPPING, WOULD CATCH AND SPIN THE TIRES, DOESN'T SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT AT APPROPRIATE SPEEDS, EVEN ROLLED BACKWARDS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN IN DRIVE. TOOK BACK FOR SERVICE, SUPPOSEDLY REPROGRAMMED AGAIN 2 TIMES, BUT SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE AS NO "CODES" HAD COME UP. THAT WAS 5 MORE HOURS IN SHOP. NOTHING CHANGED, TOOK TRUCK BACK IN ON 3/19/2015. THIS TIME THEY KEPT MY TRUCK FOR 3 DAYS, FILED A CLAIM WITH CHRYSLER, WHO SUPPOSEDLY TOLD THEM TO GREASE THE ELECTRICAL FITTINGS ON THE TRANSMISSION, SAYING THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN THAT, OR TRUCK WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE THAT LONG. DROVE TRUCK AWAY ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS ALL OVER AGAIN. NOW WHAT TO DO? DID RESEARCH ONLY TO FIND OUT CHRYSLER HAS HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2013. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS, AS OF NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, OR COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE. IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO TAKE IN FOR SERVICE, AS NOTHING CHANGES, NOT TO MENTION THE TIME AND TROUBLE IT TAKES ( THEY HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST 37 WORKING HOURS NOW ) IT APPEARS THAT CHRYSLER INTENDS TO DO NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT! IT'S A SHAME TO HAVE A NEW VEHICLE WITH 7000 MILES ON IT THAT DRIVES AS IF IT WAS 10 YEARS OLD. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND HOLD CHRYSLER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR