2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE HESITATES FROM STOP AND THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS LURCHES FORWARD. VERY CONCERNING WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AS YOU ARE NEVER SURE HOW QUICKLY IT WILL ACCELERATE. HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE.

WENT TO START VEHICLE AND ALL SHIFTER LIGHTS CAME ON AS WELL AS A MESSAGE WHICH READ "SERVICE SHIFTER". WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. LATER RESTARTED VEHICLE AND MESSAGE WAS GONE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED BUT IT APPEARS THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE ON THIS SITE.

BEGINNING IN 2018 UNTIL PRESENT, THE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE DELAYS SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. THIS TYPICALLY OCCURS WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN, OR YIELD SIGN. THE RESULT IS A HESITATION OF THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN LURCH FORWARD. THIS DANGEROUS MANEUVER HAS CAUSED MANY NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND IS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE.

ON AT LEAST 10 OCCASIONS FROM AUG 2017 - FEB 2020, WHILE DRIVING THE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD LIGHT UP AND THE DISPLAY WOULD INDICATE "SERVICE SHIFTER." THE WARNING LIGHT WOULD DISAPPEAR ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND COULD NOT BE REPLICATED ON COMMAND FOR A MECHANIC TO EVALUATE.

THE SERVICE SHIFTER NOTIFICATION HAS COME IN MULTIPLE TIMES. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TO BE FIXED TWICE. IT HAS SINCE COME ON AGAIN. IT SOMETIMES COMES ON WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED, OTHER TIMES IT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING.

SINCE 2015 WHEN THE JEEP WAS PURCHASED I HAVE HAD SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THE RPMS WOULD GO UP TO 3 OR 4 AND I WAS NOT ACCELERATING THE GAS WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT ACTED LIKE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS . THE JEEP DEALER COULD NOT FINE ANYTHING WRONG AND WOULD UPDATE THE COMPUTER, IT WOULD LAST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN. ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8TH 2020 I PARKED THE CAR IN A PARKING LOT AND RETURNED 3 HOURS LATER TO A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START , LIGHTS WOULD WORK AND THE BATTERY APPEARED DEAD. I GOT A HOTSHOT TO TRY TO START THE CAR. IT DID START BUT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING , NO POWER BRAKES, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE LIGHTS WERE CLICKING OFF AND ON. THE CODE STATED SERVICE TRANSMISSION RESTART IN PARK WITH VEHICLE AT ZERO SPEED. AND WOULD CHANGE TO SERVICE PARK BRAKE. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR IT WOULD TURN ON AGAIN AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE JEEP DEALER AND THEY WILL LOOK AT IT ON MONDAY FEB, 10TH. I WILL KNOW MORE AT THAT TIME.

WHILE MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING TO A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT, THE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 45MPH WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURRED. THE JEEP FINALLY SLOWED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED ON AGAIN. WHEN PLACED IN 'DRIVE' THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD THUD. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN 'PARK' IT MADE A GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE'S PARKING BRAKE SUDDENLY ENGAGED AND COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF; THIS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE WAITED 30MIN FOR A TOW TRUCK TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO A FIRESTONE FOR EVALUATION. FIRESTONE INDICATED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE THEN HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO WHITTEN BROTHERS JEEP DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL LIKELY NOT BE COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY DUE TO THE TIME REQUIREMENT. THE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE ONLY HAS 83,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN JAN 2016 AND EXPECTED THE VEHICLE TO LAST 15-20 YEARS. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING TO WORK INSTEAD OF A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH VEHICLES DRIVING 65+ MPH; THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES TO MY WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT JEEP IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON AT 86,000 MILES, WENT OFF AFTER TURNING MY VEHICLE OFF. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SEE NOTHING WRONG, NO CODES, NOTHING. IT JERKS A LOT WHEN AT SLOW SPEEDS PULLING OUT SOMEWHERE AND GOING DOWN A HILL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR TIRE ROTATION, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE LUG NUTS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE RAMEY CHEVROLET CHRYSLER DEALER, LOCATED AT 27992 GOVERNOR G C PEERY HWY, TAZEWELL, VA 24651, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LUG NUTS EXPANDED. THE TECHNICIAN APPLIED AMPLE FORCE TO REMOVE THE LOG NUTS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR ALL THE LUG NUTS TO FAIL AT THE SAME TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE RPM REVVED UP WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A CHIME WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE STILL LUNGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE RESIDENCE. (JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM OF VACAVILLE LOCATED AT 681 ORANGE DR, VACAVILLE, CA 95687) WAS CONTACTED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.