2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT VEERED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAGS FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V041000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,100.

IT APPEARS I'VE GOTTEN THE TRANSMISSION BUG THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING AROUND. ONE MONTH OLD 2015 TRAILHAWK V6 AUTOMATIC WITH 738 MILES ON IT. STARTED THE CAR(2-7-2015) AND NOTIFICATION CAME ON DASHBOARD THAT READ, "SERVICE TRANSMISSION," "4WD DEACTIVATED," "REMOTE START DEACTIVATED,' "AND PUT CAR INTO PARK THEN SHIFT TO DESIRED GEAR." I MANAGED TO GET THE JEEP ROLLING AND DROVE DIRECTLY TO DEALERSHIP. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE REP THIS MORNING(2-9-2015), AND BEFORE HE COULD SAY ANYTHING, I TOLD HIM IT WAS THE TCM. HE ACTUALLY LAUGHED BECAUSE I KNEW EVERY PROBLEM. I GUESS BEST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT THE RESET WORKS. IF NOT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A TCM REPLACEMENT. WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN KEEP IT. *TR

I BOUGHT MY JEEP ONE MONTH AGO. RECENTLY I NOTICED THAT ENGINE REVS UP AND ACCELERATES BY ITSELF AS I AM TRYING TO STOP. I HAVE TO CONTROL THIS BY PRESSING THE BREAK A LITTLE HARDER. I AM AFRAID I WILL REAR END ANOTHER CAR. I HAD NO IDEA THIS PROBLEM WAS SO COMMON. NOW I WISH I HADN'T PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. *JS

MY VEHICLE INSTANTANEOUSLY PICKED UP SPEED WHILE I WAS COMING TO A STOP; MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. A QUICK JERKING MOTION OF THE STEERING WHEEL HAPPENED QUICKLY WITH THE ACCELERATION. THIS CAUSED ME TO PRESS MUCH HARDER ON MY BRAKES TO STOP MY VEHICLE FROM HITTING A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND VERY SCARY PROBLEM AND I AM GRATEFUL TO NOT HAVE CAUSED HARM TO ANYONE. MY GAS CONSUMPTION VARIES BECAUSE OF THE REQUIRED PEDAL PRESSURE SOMETIMES NEEDED TO ACCELERATE SINCE THE GEARS SEEM NOT TO SWITCH OVER AS THEY SHOULD. ALSO, MY RADIO HAS BEEN BLACKING OUT, TURNING OFF AND ON, AND FAILING TO WORK AT ALL. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TOMORROW FOR WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME AS A NEEDED "SOFTWARE UPDATE." THIS IS A NEW TRUCK. MY JEEP HAS NOT YET MADE IT TO THE REQUIRED MILES FOR ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE. (SIGH). *TR

2015 CHEROKEE LATITUDE 4 CYL. HAVE HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 MONTHS, DURING THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN. ACCELERATING DURING BRAKING, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN, IF YOU NEED TO TURN AT 10 MPH AND THE CAR ACCELERATES PAST 25 YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. LAG IN DOWNSHIFT WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE, LOUD UN EXPLAINED CLUNK WHILE PLACING INTO PARK, NUMEROUS ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATIONS. CALLED LOCAL DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO WAIT A FEW DAYS TO SEE IF WARNING LIGHT RESETS ITSELF BEFORE BRINGING IN. THE TRANSMISSION NEVER SEEMS TO ACTUALLY SHIFT INTO 9TH GEAR, WHICH INTURN HAMPERS THE FWY MILEAGE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. IVE NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE EXCEED 240 DEGREES ON NUMEROUS TIMES, THIS CANNOT BE GOOD. I WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER, HOPEFULLY IN AN EFFORT TO GET THIS RESOLVED. WITH ALL OF THE REVIEWS AND PROBLEM, WILL IT TAKE AN UNFORTUNATE FATALITY FOR CHRYSLER TO ACTUALLY RESOLVE THIS, AS IN THE CASE OF THE TOYOTA ACCELERATION PROBLEMS? *TR

TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS ON DOWNHILL AT TIMES. RPM INCREASES AND VEHICLE SPEEDS UP BEFORE COMPLETING THE DOWN SHIFT. THE TRANS. SHOULD NOT BE DOWN SHIFTING ON ITS OWN IN THIS SITUATION. THIS WILL BE DANGEROUS IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, AS THE SHIFT IS UNEXPECTED. THE TRANS. IS INCONSISTENT ON LEVEL DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT PICKS GEAR 7, OTHER TIMES IT PICKS GEAR 8. THIS AFFECTS GAS MILEAGE AND CANNOT BE OVER RIDDEN BY USING THE MANUAL SHIFT MODE. I AM AT THE MERCY OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUAL SHIFT OVERRIDE IS VIRTUALLY USELESS. I CANNOT OVERRIDE THE GEAR SELECTED. THE INDICATOR SHOW ONLY SHOWS THE SHIFTER ACTIONS. I DOES NOT INDICATE THE GEAR YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN. THE TRANS. DOES NOT RESPOND TO MANUAL SHIFTING PREFERENCES. IT WILL BE DANGEROUS IN WINTER WEATHER WHEN YOU CANNOT DEPEND ON A MANUAL DOWNSHIFT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I AM USED TO OTHER MANUFACTURERS TRANSMISSIONS THAT LOCK IN AND HOLD THE MANUAL GEAR SELECTED. I SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE CHEROKEE ACCIDENTS IN WINTER WEATHER DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL, BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION EITHER HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN WHICH IS INCONSISTENT, OR BECAUSE MANUAL TRANSMISSION CONTROL IS INEFFECTIVE, AND NONRESPONSIVE. *TR

WHEN IDLING AFTER A 20 MINUTE DRIVE, THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" WARNING AND THE "CHECK ENGINE LAMP" CAME ON AND WOULDN'T TURN OFF. I MANAGED TO DRIVE SLOWLY HOME - IT WAS ABOUT 20F AND SNOWING - IN A DESERTED AREA. VERY BAD SITUATION. *TR

CAR LUNGES FORWARD WHEN DECELERATING. NEED TO PRESS HARD ON BRAKE TO CONTROL SPEED. *TR

THIS 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED, WITH V6 ENGINE AND 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, OPERATED SMOOTHLY FOR 750 MILES, BUT THEN SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO DOWNSHIFT VERY ROUGHLY WHEN COASTING TO A STOP OR BRAKING TO A STOP. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WITH THE SHIFTS BELOW FIFTH GEAR. WHEN COASTING, AS THE DOWNSHIFT TO EITHER 4TH OR 3RD GEAR OCCURS, THE ENGINE REVS AND THE CAR ACTUALLY ACCELERATES BRIEFLY (FOR 1 OR 2 SECONDS) ON ITS OWN. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THAT MAKES QUICKLY APPLYING THE BRAKES MANDATORY TO AVOID GETTING TOO CLOSE TO (OR HITTING) THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND THE CAR DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY. THE ENGINE REVS UP OVER 2500 RPMS AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. (LAST NIGHT THE CAR REVVED UP TO 3200 RPMS WHEN COMING TO A STOP.) *TR