2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 40 -50 MPH ON HIGHWAY 89 IN FLAGSTAFF, AZ I NOTICED A DASH MESSAGE STATING THAT THE SPEED WAS TOO HIGH TO SHIFT INTO 4 WHEEL LOW, ABOUT A MINUTE LATER I NOTICED A DASH MESSAGE THAT STATED THE DIFFERENTIAL LOCK COULD NOT OCCUR AND I NOTICED THAT THE 4 WHEEL LOW BUTTON WAS FLASHING RED. A MINUTE LATER DASH MESSAGE 4 WHEEL LOW WAS CANCELED AND THE 4 WHEEL LOW LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING. I STOPPED AT ABOUT 3 LIGHTS ABOUT 1 MILE APART. ON THE 3RD LIGHT I HAD TO TURN LEFT AND MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE ENTERING INTERSTATE 40. AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION BUCKED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN AS I MOVED IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC THE DRIVE SYSTEM DISENGAGED AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THERE WAS NO DASH MESSAGE NOR WERE THERE ANY TRANS AXLE LIGHTS FLASHING. AS I COASTED TO A STOP TRAFFIC WAS PILING UP BEHIND ME. I PLACED THE THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE, BUT IT DID NOT ENGAGE. AS I WAS ALMOST STOPPED, I HIT THE BRAKES AND STOPPED, THEN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. I THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT SHUT OFF, SO I STARTED IT AGAIN AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE AND IT ENGAGED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY NOTICED OR COULD DO. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT THINK I HAD PRESSED THE 4 WHEEL LOW BUTTON, I CONSIDERED THAT I MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY, SO AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP I TESTED TO SEE IF I COULD CREATE THE SAME CONDITION AND I COULD NOT. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE BUTTONS FOR THE TRANS AXLE WERE NOT EASY TO PUSH INADVERTENTLY. ALSO, WHEN PUSHED THE LIGHTS ON THE BUTTONS WOULD FLASH YELLOW AND NOT RED. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLOW TO ENGAGE AND BUCK AT TIMES SINCE NEW. IT ALSO GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHEN TRYING TO DOWNSHIFT BEFORE SHIFTING TO A LOWER GEAR ON DOWN SLOPES. I AM WORRIED THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS AGAIN AT THE WRONG TIME.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON A CITY STREET MY VEHICLE DINGED, TURNED OFF AND A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE DASH 'SHIFT TO PARK OR NEUTRAL, PRESS BRAKE, SELECT GEAR'. I COULD NOT USE MY STEERING WHEEL OR BREAKS DURING THIS TIME. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND FULL TOOK MY KEY OUT. THEN ATTEMPTED TO START IT. I ONLY HEARD A SLIGHT SOUND BUT NO TURN OVER. I REPEATED THIS STEP AND THIS TIME, AFTER MOMENTARILY SPUTTERING, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THE CAR GAS AND IT STAYED ON. I COULD SMELL OIL AT THIS POINT. IT SEEMS THIS IS RELATED TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, WHICH TRIGGERS THE CAR TO SHUT OFF TO PROTECT THE ENGINE. EXCEPT THE OIL LEVEL IN THE VEHICLE IS FINE AND THERE ARE NO PRIOR WARNINGS BEFORE THIS HAPPENS.

I HAVE A SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING THAT PERIODICALLY APPEARS. THIS CAR HAS 145000 HIGHWAY MILES DRIVEN FOR SALES JOB. IT BEGAN LAST YEAR IN 2019 WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD AROUND 90000 MILES AND APPEARS BOTH WHEN I START THE VEHICLE AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO A LIGHT ON THE SCREEN APPEARED AND SAID "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURNED ON, THE D, R AND SO ON. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT INORDER TO GET THE WARNING LABEL OFF THE SCREEN AND GET THE LIGHTS OFF. NOW TODAY, MY CAR WILL NOT TURN ON. IT ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO START BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. THE RADIO AND OTHER ELECTRICAL THINGS TURN ON SO LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE BATTERY.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON MY 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE. I WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW SHIFTER CABLE AND MODULE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE SHIFTER. WE BEGAN GETTING WARNING MESSAGE ABOUT "SHIFTER ERROR". SHORTLY AFTER THAT MY WIFE TOLD ME SHE HAD PROBLEMS "MAKING THE CAR TURN OFF" IN OUR DRIVEWAY. I GOT IN AND COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I FIDDLED WITH IT UNTIL I FINALLY GOT IT INTO PARK AND TRIED TO TURN THE JEEP OFF BUT EVEN WITH THE ENGINE OFF ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL THINGS (RADIO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS, BEEPING, INTERIOR LIGHTS ETC..) WERE STILL GOING. I COULD NOT RESTART THE JEEP WITHOUT A JUMPER CABLE. WHEN I RESTARTED THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WENT BACK TO "NORMAL". I TRIED TO TURN THE JEEP OFF AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AGAIN, GOT THE JEEP STARTED AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. FIRST THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST A BAD BATTERY. WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT ALL OF THE NEWS ABOUT SHIFTER PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND THE "SHIFT BEZEL AND HARNESS" NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM 4 WEEKS OUT OF MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY SO I PAID $857.02 FOR THIS WORK. THE SERVICE MAN PUT A NOTE ON BILL THAT SAYS "IF LIGHT COMES BACK ON WE NEED TO "REPLACE SHIFTER ALSO - $890.00" I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE IS A SAFETY DEFECT NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THE 2017 JEEP SHOULD BE RECALLED. MY WIFE IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE HER JEEP. ALSO, THE "SHIFTER ERROR" MESSAGE JUST CAME BACK ON ONE DAY AFTER GETTING THE JEEP BACK. THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT SOMETIMES THE JEEP DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT WHEN THE JEEP IS IN PARK. PLEASE HELP. SOME IS GOING TO GET HURT. TRY GOOGLING "JEEP SHIFTER" AND YOU'LL SEE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM ARE OUT THERE.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL SELECTIONS LIGHT UP. THIS HAPPENED S WHILE DRIVING AND THEN CAN'T BE RESET UNTIL CAR IS SHUT OFF. THE CODE BLOCKS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON 06/27/2020. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A ROAD FLIPPED 6-8 TIMES AND IMPACTED 3 TREES. NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED.*DT*JB

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT POPPED UP SERVICE SHIFTER. I HAVEN'T HAD THE VEHICLE VERY LONG I'M UP TO 90,000 MILES. I TURNED THE JEEP OFF AND IT WENT AWAY L. A WEEK LATER IT SHOWED UP AGAIN AND IT'S GOES OFF. IT SHIFTS FUNNY. I WAS ON A CITY STREET WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

HEATED STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T STAY ON EVEN BELOW 40 DEGREES. ON HAS TO TURN IT ON AND OFF IN ORDER TO WORK. WITHIN THREE MINUTES THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL TURNS COLD. TOOK JEEP CHEROKEE TO 2 DEALERSHIP ONE REPLACE THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK PROPERTY IS STILL TURNS OFF WITHIN 3 MINUTES AND IT GETS COLD. SOFTWARE UPDATE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT MIGHT BE ELECTRICAL/WIRING PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON HEATED STEERING WHEEL AT JEEP FORUMS AND CARGURU WEBSITE. I WAS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS HOW TO FIX IT.