2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

DRIVING 55 ON RURAL HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION MESSAGE APPEARS. CAR WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT OR UP SHIFT. PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. ISSUE SEEMED TO GO AWAY AND GET ME TO MY DESTINATION. UPON MY RETURN TRIP ISSUE ALSO RETURNED 4 MORE TIMES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK, HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE TURNING ON SOME OF OUR ROADS IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. CAR HAS HAD ISSUES BEFORE WITH SERVICE SHIFT MESSAGES, AS WELL AND A SLEW OF OTHER ISSUES DOCUMENTED BY THE DEALER. ALL TO DO WITH POWERTRAIN.

WE BOUGHT A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE IN 2016 AND WITHOUT BEING TOLD OF THE ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS ISSUES. WE HAVE HAD OUR JEEP IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES WITH TRANSMISSIONS ISSUES OF SHIFTING HARD AND NOW GOING INTO NEUTRAL WHEN IN DRIVE AND THE BRAKES GOING HARD AND THE JEEP COMING TO A STOP. THE ANIT SLIDE HAS NOW CAME ON AND THE JEEP SHAKES . THE UPDATES CAME ONE DAY WHEN I WAS GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH AND THE JEEP WENT TO 30 MPH WITH MY GRANDKIDS IN THE CAR AND TWO DISELS ONE BEHIND ME BLOWING THE HORN BECAUSE HE ALMOST HIT ME AND ONE TO THE SIDE OF ME. MY HUSBAND WAS COMING HOME FROM A DR VISIT AGAIN THE JEEP WENT INTO A NEUTRAL STATE WHILE IN THE DRIVE POSITION AND THE JEEP STOPPED AND HE WAS ALMOST HIT THEN THE JEEP JERKED AND WENT INTO GEAR SO HE WENT INTO A SHOPPING CENTER AND HAD TO STOP AND KILL THE JEEP AND RESTART THE JEEP TO MAKE THE JEEP RESTART JUST TO GET IT HOME. IT WENT BACK TO THE SHOP THAT NIGHT! WE HAVE HAD THE JEEP IN THE SHOP FOR HARD SHIFTING WHEN TAKING OFF AND NOW IT IS HARD SHIFTING WHEN TAKING OFF AND DOWN SHIFTING, ANTI SLIDE RANDOMLY COMES ON, BRAKES ARE NOT PROPERLY STOPPING THE CAR. GO TO THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT IT AND THEY ONLY OFFERED $7500 FOR IT WHEN WE OWE $15, 000 AND THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS. CALLED JEEP AND AWAITING A CALL, THEY STATED THEY HAVE TO CALL THE DEALER. IN THE MEAN TIME I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE OURS IS TO UNSAFE TO DRIVE! THE JEEP IS STICKING IN GEAR AND THE TAC METER IS STAYING ON 3 OR 4. THEN WHEN YOU TURN THE JEEP OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. WE HAVE BACKED IT OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND PUT INTO DRIVE AND IT SHIFTS SO HARD INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. NOW SINCE THE LAST TIME WE PICKED IT UP FROM THE SHOP THE JEEP HAS NOW STARTED LOOSING POWER WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO DRIVE. WE HAVE PARKED THE JEEP AND DECIDED IT ISN'T SAFE!

3-4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT I GOT A "SERVICE SHIFTER SOON" MESSAGE AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT LIT UP. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY "FIXED" THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. NOW, OUT OF WARRANTY, THE SAME MESSAGE AND LIGHTING OF THE GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS IS HAPPENING AGAIN. IT USUALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER STARTING BUT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AUTOMATIC START/STOP SYSTEM DOESN'T ALWAYS ENGAGE. THE TRANSMISSION STAYS IN 3RD GEAR AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE CAR HAS HIGH REVOLUTIONS AND JERKS UNIT IT DOWN SHIFTS TO 1ST GEAR WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. CAUSING HESITATION IN ENGINE AND PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY IN CLOSE CALLS FOR ACCIDENTS.

FIRST THE JEEP COULD NOT MOVE WHEN WE TURN ON THE ENGINE IS ON, WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED THAT PROBLEM SAYING IT NEEDED A BATTERY. WE LET THEM PUT THE BATTERY IN AND TOOK IT HOME, NEXT WE GET IN THE CAR TO GO SOMEWHERE, TURN ON THE IGNITION, AND A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASH BOARD SAYING LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT OUT WE CHECKED THE LIGHTS ON THE JEEP AND THEY DID NOT COME ON, THE HIGH BEAM OR THE LOW BEAM. THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM TO ME AND THAT IS WHY I THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECALLED VEHICLES, ALSO, THIS CAR IS LIKE NEW BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT MUCH BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD FROM IT. WHEN A CAR IS RUNNING AND CANNOT MOVE WE KNOW THAT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, NOW THIS! PLEASE HELP US NOW!

WHILE DRIVING A MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE DASH "SERVICE SHIFTER" WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. THE PRND LIGHTS ARE ALL RED. I COULD NOT GET THE MESSAGE TO GO AWAY.

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF. THE DASHBOARD READ "SHIFT TO P THEN DESIRED GEAR". THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE CAUSES THE STARTER TO RUN FOR ABOUT 45 SECONDS AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL SLOWLY SPUTTER TO LIFE. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND THERE ARE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SPANNING BACK OVER 4 YEARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED PERSISTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MALL OF GEORGIA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (4345 BUFORD DR, BUFORD, GA 30518, (770) 945-0839) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE HARNESS AND BEZEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,118.

I HAVE THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMING ON REGULARLY. IT STARTED THIS SPRING AND HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY WON'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. THEY SIMPLY SAY TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE READ A LOT OF FORUMS AND SEE THAT DEALERSHIPS DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE, THEY SIMPLY REPLACE PARTS UNTIL THE ISSUE GOES AWAY. THE PROBLEM THEN COMES BACK ON AGAIN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. ONE INSTANCE THEY CHANGED THE SAME PARTS THREE TIMES. WHEN IS JEEP GOING TO STEP UP AND OWN THE PROBLEM? RIDICULOUS THAT A COMPANY WON'T STAND BEHIND A $35,000 VEHICLE.

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASHBOARD. TOOK CAR TO JEEP DEALER FOR SERVICE. ADVISES THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS ISSUE BUT NO RECALL YET. TSB 08-054-18 REV A ISSUED SEPT 2018. REMEDY IS TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER BEZEL DISPLAY AND SHIFTER WIRING HARNESS. DEALER ADVISED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE 5 YEAR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THEY SAID THE SHIFTER IS NOT PART OF THE POWERTRAIN ? MY CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD AND THE BUMPER TO BUMPER ENDED AT 3 YEARS. THEY EXPECT ME TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS MYSELF. CAR ONLY HAS 39,000 MILES ON IT. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE PART OF THE POWERTRAIN ? IT CONTROLS THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR COST APPROX $530.00 DEALER STILL HAS MY CAR. THEY ADVISE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER AND IT WOULD BE 3 WEEKS BEFORE THEY CAME IN. THEY ADVISE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND I WOULD NEED TO RENT A CAR. FOR 3 WEEKS+. THIS WOULD COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. I HAVE READ THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH JEEP CHEROKEES FROM 2014 TO 2018 WITH THE 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FILED COMPLAINTS WITH NTSB AND ARE WANTING A RECALL ISSUED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AND ISSUE RECALL. ALSO PLEASE INVESTIGATE HOW FCA (FIAT CHRYSLER) CAN CLASSIFY THE SHIFTER AS NOT BEING PART OF THE POWERTRAIN. THAT IS A REAL STRETCH SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE WORK ON CARS OVER 3 YEARS OLD. THANK YOU,. *TR