2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

THE JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING BRAKE. I HAVE A 2015 AND SAYS NO RECALL BUT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT GETS STUCK ON NEUTRAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN I AM PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG. THE CAR TURNS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE I AM DRIVING WITH THE KIDS IN THE CAR! THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE!!!!

ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO ROADWAY ACROSS TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT APPROX 45 MPH. THERE WAS A BREAK IN TRAFFIC. I ACCELERATED. THE CAR MOVED FORWARD, BUT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. WOULD ONLY DO ABOUT 3 MPH NO MATTER WHAT I DID WITH THE GAS PEDAL. I NEARLY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT IS NORMAL FOR THAT CAR IF YOU DON'T ALLOW IT TO WARM UP. THERE ARE MANY REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE THE CONTROL MODULE. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE REPRODUCED, BUT IS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. THE HESITATION IS LESS IN WARMER WEATHER. ONCE THE ENGINE WARMS UP, THERE IS STILL A HESITATION, BUT IT IS NOT AS SEVERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE ERROR MESSAGE DISAPPEARED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHAMPION CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF LANSING (6525 W SAGINAW HWY, LANSING, MI 48917) TO BE DIAGNOSED HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,833.

I BOUGHT MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND LESS THAN A MONTH LATER I WAS ALREADY NOTICING THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM AS SOON AS I WOULD USE MY TURN SIGNAL. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A MONTH UNTIL I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOTICEABLY DIM ON BOTH SIDES. I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF MY CAR SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE SURE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE EVEN ON. WHENEVER I AM DRIVING IN A LOW LIGHT AREA AT NIGHT IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT'S SON OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT'S SON PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND SHUT-OFF THE VEHICLE. HER SON WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT REMAINED IN THEIR POSSESSION. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT LINKED HER SON'S FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V343000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT CALLED ROUTE 1 CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF LAWRENCEVILLE (2700 BRUNSWICK PIKE, LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ 08648) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT HER SON'S VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THE INFORMATION THE DEALER PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS THE CAR HAS BEEN SHOWING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BUT UNTIL RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION REMAINED IN NEUTRAL AND FILED TO SHIFT TO ANOTHER GEAR. IT MAKES A LOUD CLANG SOUND WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS DOWN AFTER. THE PARKING BRAKE WOULDN'T DISENGAGE, A MESSAGE SAYING "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" APPEARS ON SCREEN. WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND NORMALLY. THERE WAS ANOTHER MESSAGE SHOWING "TRANMISSION SERVICE" WHEN THE CAR WAS ON PARK AND THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND MADE A LOUD ROAR ROUND JERKING FORWARD.

AFTER THE RECALL 20V-343 IN AUG OF 2020 THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE FOLLOWING IN NOVEMBER WHILE DRIVE OVER 55MPH. THE MIL LIGHT CAME ON, COULD FEEL THE POWER TRAIN SWITCHED TO REAR WHEEL DRIVE AND ONCE PULLED OVER THE COMPUTER LOCKED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, THE BRAKE LITE LIT AND THE DISPLAY REPORTED ERROR OF "SERVICE TRANSMISSION". WE COULD NO LONGER SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION. LATER THE DEALER REPORTED METAL SHAVINGS IN THE TRANSFER CASE CALLED PTU ALONG WITH A SUBSTANCE LIKE CLUTCH MATERIAL. ON REPLACEMENT WE WERE CHARGED $3,200+ WITH A DELAY OF SEVERAL MONTHS AND TWO PTUS WERE ORDER AS THE REPLACEMENT DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE SHOP. ON REQUEST TO FCA THEY DENIED THE REIMBURSEMENT AS LISTED IN THE RECALL AS A "FIELD SERVICE" WE SUBMIT THE PAPER WORK IDENTIFYING THE VIN TIED TO THE RECALL, THE SERVICE WORK DESCRIBING THE DAMAGES AND AN IMAGE OF THE DASH CONFIGURATION AT THE TIME REFLECTING THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE SOFTWARE PATCH AS OUTLINED IN THE RECALL.

PTU IS FAILING AFTER ONLY 30K MILES. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND FITS DESCRIPTION OF OTHER JEEP CHEROKEE 2014 - 2017 MODELS RECALLED WITH ACTIVE DRIVE II.

IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS I START MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE AS USUAL, SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON AND THE DASH SAYS CANNOT SWITCH GEARS UNLESS IN PARK. THE CAR THEN STALLS AND I HAVE TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND RESTART ,THE SCARY ISSUE IS THAT I AM SOMETIMES STUCK AND CANT MOVE UNTIL I CAN RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE IS ONLY 57,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE .

WHILE IN MOTION BOTH ON HIGHWAY (~70MPH) OR NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVING (~25MPH), DASH BOARD LIGHTS FLASH, SPEEDOMETERS WIND AND THE ERROR MESSAGE '4WD SYSTEM TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE' COMES ON SCREEN WITH TRACTION WARNING LIGHT AND RED INDICATOR DOT LIGHT. RESIN VOLUME ALSO DIMINISHED. THIS WILL NOT RESET UNTIL CAR IS TURNED OFF FOR ~5 MINUTES. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WITH SHORT DRIVES OF 15 MINUTES AND DURING LONGER DRIVES OF 1HOUR.