2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD HARD SHIFTING AND LURCHING GOING DOWNHILL SINCE IT WAS NEW. TRANSMISSION HARNESS REPLACED UNDER RECALL-NO FIX. TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND SOFTWARE UPDATES INSTALLED-BETTER. 1-2 YEARS LATER TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO NEXT GEAR (4-5) UPON ACCELERATION SO HARD YOU NEARLY GET WHIPLASH. AT DEALERSHIP AGAIN AS I WRITE THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.

WHILE DRIVING SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON SCREEN & ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER ARE RED. CITY STREETS & HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SHUT OFF CAR & THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT GOES OFF.

CAR WILL TURN OFF. TURN THE KEY AND PULL IT OUT, CAR STAYS RUNNING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, CAR IS IN A POSSESSED STATE WHERE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON AT ALL TIMES, TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK, WIPERS DO NOT WORK, HORN DOES NOT WORK. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO CODES, SO NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PULL THE BATTERY CABLE OFF TO SHUT THE CAR DOWN. THIS WILL HAPPEN MID DRIVE SO ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'LL LOSE YOUR TURN SIGNALS, WIPERS, HORN, BRAKE LIGHTS, DOOR LOCKS, AND MAIN LIGHT CONTROL. WHEN YOU PULL OVER, ONLY WAY TO TURN THE CAR OFF IS TO PULL THE BATTERY CABLE.

I WAS LEAVING MY CONDOMINIUM, SOON AFTER STEPPING THE PEDAL, BRAKE THAT MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER, THEN VEHICLE STOPPED WALKING. I WAS TRYING TO CALL AGAIN, TO PARK THE SAME INSIDE MY PARKING SPACE INSIDE THE CONDOMINIUM, STARTED TO MAKE A VERY LUCKY NOISE AND NOT CALLING, HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE WITHOUT STARTING AND STILL CALL A WINCH, TO TAKE TO MY RELIABLE MECHANIC, THAT UNTIL TODAY WE CAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THIS VEHICLE, WHENEVER WE PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE MESSAGE APPEARS AND DOES NOT START THE VEHICLE.

SHUTS OFF AFTER STARTING, DISPLAY SCREEN BLACKS OUT AND RADIO DOESN'T WORK, ENGINE LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF. HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING SETTINGS KEEP RESETTING TO HALFWAY BETWEEN HOT AND COLD. SHUTS OFF AND SLAMS INTO PARK OR NEUTRAL. GEARS DROP HEAVILY WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. COMPUTER KEEPS RESETTING. THESE THINGS USUALLY OCCUR AFTER STARTING AND PULLING AWAY. YOU NEED TO STOP AND RESTART THE JEEP. THESE THINGS HAVE ALSO OCCURRED AT 65MPH. THIS HAS STEADILY BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE GEAR FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL LUKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (2425 W CAMELBACK RD, PHOENIX, AZ 85015, (602) 249-1234) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY TERMINAL AND FUSE BOX FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

THIS IS FOLLOW UP TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINT 11281573: DEALER RECEIVED JEEP VIA TOW AND FOUND STUCK IN NEUTRAL AS I DESCRIBED. LET SIT OVERNIGHT AND DEALER INDICATES JEEP WILL ONLY GO IN REVERSE, LATER IN DAY SECOND TRY JEEP DRIVES FINE AND NO CODES TO REPORT A PROBLEM TO FIX. CANNOT IDENTIFY FAILURE SINCE NO "CODES" WERE AVAILABLE IN SYSTEM. DEALER DROVE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT PROBLEM OF GOING INTO NEUTRAL OCCURRING. I PICKED UP VEHICLE AND DROVE HOME. NEXT MORNING WHILE MAKING A SIGNALED LEFT TURN NO CITY STREET, JEEP GOES INTO NEUTRAL, COAST TO ADJACENT PARKING LOT CROSSING OVER ONE LANE AND STOP. VEHICLE ENGAGES INTO DRIVE SO I PROCEED. RETURNING HOME A FEW MINUETS LATER AND AT ABOUT 50 MPH JEEP AGAIN GOES INTO NEUTRAL, I REMOVE FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR BUT ENGINE ACCELERATES TO ABOUT 5500 TO 5800 RPM AS I COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD (QUITE SHAKEN AT THIS POINT DUE TO ACCELERATED ENGINE). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DURING THIS EPISODE. WAIT A FEW MINUETS TO CALM DOWN AND RESTART JEEP. TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND RETURN TO DEALER. DEALER FINDS CODE IS DUE TO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEEL SPEED AND ENGINE SPEED- NOT TRANSMISSION RELATED. SEVERAL SERVICE TECHS DRIVE JEEP THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITHOUT PROBLEM. LATER IN DAY DRIVER EXPERIENCES NEUTRAL CONDITION 3 TIMES WHILE TEST DRIVING- STILL NO CODES TO ID PROBLEM. ADVISER CONTACTS MOPAR EXTENDED WARRANTY (MAX CARE UNLIMITED MILEAGE) BUT CANNOT GET AUTH TO REPAIR WITHOUT "CODES". DEALER HAS OPENED A "STAR CASE" WITH FACTORY.

I HAVE 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE. SOMETIMES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN IS GONE AFTER FEW HOURS OR DAY. SOME TIMES MESSAGE BLINKING "SERVICE PARK BRAKE SERVICE TRANSMISSION" THEN LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH SYSTEM DOES NOT SAVE CLOCK TIME OR A/C PUT ME ON HEATH AND AUTO LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. SOMETIMES WHEN I START THE CAR AND RELEASE THE PARK BARK BRAKE CAR JUMPS HARD TWO OR THREE TIMES AND AFTER I TURN ENGINE OFF WITHOUT USING PARKING BRAKE AND BACK ON EVERYTHING IS FINE.THE CAR ONLY HAS 55000 MILES. I'M SO AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR BECAUSE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPENED

THE TRANSMISSION HAS MAJOR OPERATING ISSUES. I AM EXPERIENCING HARD SHIFTS, DELAYS IN POWER AT START AND IN MIDDLE OF TURNS. MOST SERIOUSLY NOW THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER OUT OF THE BLUE. I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN IT HAD NO POWER AND I HEARD A GRINDING NOISES FROM TRANSMISSION

THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE DAY 1. WHEN YOU SHIFT TO DRIVE AND HIT THE GAS IT WILL MOVE FORWARD A FEW FEET AND THEN STOP AND STICK THERE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WILL KICK REALLY HARD IN TO GEAR AGAIN. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME AND NOW I DON'T DARE PULL AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN UNLESS I SEE NO CARS COMING FOR FEAR OF BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I'VE TAKEN BACK TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT THEY'VE NEVER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THEY NEW IT WAS AN ISSUE WHEN IT WAS MANUFACTURED.