2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT HAS COME ON MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE 36,000. VEHICLE NOW HAS 75,000 AND STILL AN ISSUE. IT WILL GO MONTHS W/O COMING ON,OR IT WILL COME ON MULTIPLE TIMES I ONE DAY. HAPPENS IN COLD, HOT, WET AND DRY WEATHER. VERY RANDOM. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART AND IT GOES AWAY, TEMPORARILY. *TR

A MESSAGE APPEARS STATING TO 'SERVICE SHIFTER SOON' AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER LIGHT UP. THE MESSAGE IS RESET AFTER A RESTART. IT COMES BACK AT RANDOM INTERVALS: WHEN FIRST STARTING, DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, ETC. IT HAS COME ABOUT 30 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF 1 YEAR. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW STARTING IN JAN 21, 2020. STOPPED AT STOP SIGN AND SHUT OFF. TRIED TO RESTART AND WOULD NOT. WAITED ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND IT STARTED. AS I SLOWED DOWN FOR ANOTHER STOP SIGN IT SHUT OFF BUT RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. AS I SLOWED DOWN FOR ANOTHER STOP SIGN I TURNED RIGHT WITH OUT STOPPING AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. ALL THE IDIOT LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON. BATTERY WAS FULLY FUNCTIONAL. CAR WOULD NOT START FOR 45 MINUTES AND THEN IT FINALLY STARTED.CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEIR ANSWER WAS 'IF WE CAN'T DUPLICATE IT THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN BRING IT IN'. WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSE TOO MEAN? IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON 5-13-20, 5-15-20 AND 5-31-20. ALL THESE TIMES IT WAS WHEN WE ARE DRIVING ALONG AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN. ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF. ON 5-31-20 I WAS IN A TRAFFIC LANE MAKING A RIGHT TURN WITH OTHER TRAFFIC BEHIND WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE DRIVER BEHIND ME WAS BEEPING HIS HORN FOR ME TO MOVE AS HE HAD NOT KNOWN MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. WOULD HATE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN IF I WAS ON AN INTERSTATE. JUST HAD THE BATTERY REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY ON 5-28-20. ENGINE OIL GAUGE READ 54% NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT SURE DOESN'T SOUND SAFE TO ME. CALLING THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.

THE VEHICLE CONSUMES ALL OF THE OIL (BONE DRY) BEFORE THE VEHICLE REACHES 3000 MILES AND BEFORE THE NEXT SCHEDULED SERVICE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNS OF A LEAK. THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING (NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ANY OTHER WARNING). THIS TIME IT HAPPENED ON 05/26/2020 ON A HIGHWAY WITH A 60MPH SPEED LIMIT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. THIS PROBLEM IS FOUND ALL THROUGH OUT INTERNET FORUMS FOR THE 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE AND JEEP HAS FAILED TO PUT OUT A RECALL. THE ISSUE IS KNOWN AND THEY ARE INTENTIONALLY PUTTING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT RISK OF SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH. THE DEALERSHIPS ARE CALLING IT AN, "OVER CONSUMPTION OF OIL." *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY GEAR SHIFT TURNED RED AND THE CAR SEEMED TO HAVE STOPPED RUNNING. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. A FEW MINUTES LATER I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS CAME UP ON MY PANEL AS WELL AS THE GEAR SHIFT. NOW I HAVE A CONSTANT MESSAGE TO SERVICE SHIFTER. I GOOGLED IT AND LOW AND BEHOLD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, FROM 2015 - 2018. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? MY FAMILY WAS NOT SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

VEHICLE BOUGHT DEC/2019. 2 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP NO LIGHT. MARCH 2020, DRIVING IN TOWN VEHICLE DECELERATED AND TOLD TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARED AGAIN. VEHICLE STARTED AFTER A LITTLE BIT AND SINCE I WAS VERY CLOSE TO HOME I PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. CALLED A CERTIFIED DEALER TO DISCUSS ISSUE. REPLACED SHIFT BEZEL AND WIRING HARNESS. DIDN'T SOLVE THE ISSUE. COULDN'T SIMULATE MY ISSUE AT THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTIC. WAS TOLD IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN MAY NEED AN ENTIRE SHIFTER ($1000+). HOW IS SOMETHING SO SERIOUS, THAT CAN APPLY YOUR EMERGENCY BRAKE WHILE AT DRIVING SPEED, OR DECELERATE YOU WHEN IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION NOT BE RECALLED? HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED? THIS IS NOT RIGHT. *TR

MY 2017 JEEP LATITUDE HAS 43K. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, 60 MPH, ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON NEXT TO THE SHIFTER AND "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE CAME ON. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS? I HAVE BEEN READING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN. WHEN I SHUT CAR OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN, IT DID NOT COME BACK ON. BUT, FROM WHAT I READ, DEALERS ARE SAYING IT JUST NEEDS TO BE "RESET." IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE? HELP. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WHO IS 18 WAS GOING TO VISIT HER DAD. SHE CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. SHE WAS GOING TO PULL THE CAR TO THE SIDE TO CALL ME. WHEN SHE PRESS THE GAS THE CAR WENT IN REVERSE ALMOST HITTING THE CAR BEHIND HER. SHE WAS SO SCARED SHE LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS STILL IN DRIVE AND IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE AND GOING IN REVERSE. SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESET THE LIGHTS AND DRIVE THE JEEP. THIS IS CRAZY WITH ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND NOBODY DO ANYTHING. JEEP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND FIX THIS ISSUE. MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS LOW OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, WE HAVE THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND DO NOT EXCEED THE RECOMMENDED MILEAGE BETWEEN CHANGES. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON MAIN ROADS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TRAFFIC AND HAS PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THIS STARTED HAPPENING WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES NOW. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 36,000 MILES ON IT AND I'M TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE CEASED WITH THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND THE DRIVER DROVE TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOMER SKELTON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 7661 US-51, MILLINGTON, TN 38053, (901) 872-0195, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT AN UNKNOWN COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE COMPUTER WAS RESET HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.