2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. STEVENS CREEK CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (4100 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SAN JOSE, CA 95129, (408) 248-1800) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

WHEN I AM DRIVING ON THE STREET I ALWAYS FEEL A JERKING WHEN I ACCELERATE AFTER BRAKING. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY WHEN I ACCELERATE I NOTICE A JERK AND WHEN I DECELERATE MY CAR SHAKES AND VIBRATES.

CAR WENT INTO ' LIMP' MODE. TRACTION CONTROL WENT OFF, MESSAGE, 4-WHEEL DRIVE IS NOT AVAILABLE. MY CAR LOST POWER AND I HAFT TO USE MANUAL MODE TO SHIFT. DEALER STATED , THAT EVEN THOUGH I GAVE THEM THE TROUBLE CODES, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. SERVICE SHIFTER, LIGHT CAME ON BUT WHEN I RESTART IT GOES AWAY

MY GAS CAP LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 2 YEARS. I APPARENTLY AM THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE AS THEY NEED A FLASH TO RESET THE MOTHERBOARD. IN THE MEANTIME TO RULE THINGS OUT I HAD TO HAVE THE VAPOR TEST DONE AND REPLACE THE GAS CAP WHICH OF COURSE SOLVEE NOTHING.

CAR TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE FAULTY. WHEN ACCELERATING IT WOULD STOP RISING IN RPM AND SPEED AND AFTERWARDS WOULD KICK BACK AND MAKE A NOISE LIKE SOMETHING HITTING.

CAR SHIFTS REALLY HARD AND THEN, TODAY WHEN DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH MY TODDLER IN THE CAR MY CAR SHUT OFF AND SAID SHIFT TO PARK . FINALLY TURNED BACK ON .

WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL, THE "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" LIGHT CAME UP ON THE DASH. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND TURNED IT BACK ON. THE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON, SO I DIDNT THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE. TWO DAYS LATER I GOT INTO MY CAR AND TURNED ON THE ENGINE AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. I HAD TO SEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PARKING BRAKE AUTOMATICALLY COMES OFF IF YOU PUT YOUR SEAT BELT ON AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO D OR R. SINCE THIS HAPPENED THE LEVER TO REMOVE THE PARKING BREAK WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. EVERY TIME I PRESSED THE BUTTON, IT SAID SERVICE PARKING BRAKE. I ALSO READ ONLINE THAT A TSB WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE PARKING BRAKE MODULE IN THE REAR, AS WELL AS THE HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SINCE IT WAS CORRODED. HOW WOULD SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, HIDDEN BEHIND THE SIDE PANELS GET CORRODED AND HAVE THE OWNER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PLACED IN A LOCATION WHERE IT CANNOT GET WET OR CORRODED.

CAR SEEMS TO DOWN SHIFT, SHIFT INTO NUETRAL, SHIFT OR JUMP OUT OF GEAR. SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.HAS HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER ALERTED ME THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE COMING FROM UNDER MY CAR. I PULLED OVER INTO AN EMPTY LOT AND WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR I SAW FLAMES FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. I STEPPED BACK AND WITHIN MINUTES THE ENTIRE FRONT ENGINE WAS CONSUMED WITH FLAMES.

DURING NORMAL OPERATION THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT VERY HARD AT INITIAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE POWER TRAIN AND SOMETIMES AFTER REACHING 4TH OR 5TH GEAR. THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD VERY HARD. THE SOME TIMES CAUSE A MAJOR WHIPLASH ACTION ON THE PASSENGER. SITTING AT A LIGHT THE POWER TRAIN WILL NOCK HARD WHEN ENGAGING THE GEARS, ALSO AFTER REACHING ABOUT 10MPH IT SEEMS TO MISS A GEAR.