2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

A SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE COME UP ON MY OPTOMETER SCREEN 4 TIMES IN 3 DAYS. THE WARNING APPEARS IN RED LETTERS THAT ALSO HIGHLIGHT ALL GEAR LIGHTS RED AND THE SCREEN WAS LOCKED TO SERVICE SHIFTER. THIS TAKES PLACES WHEN I ATTEMPT TO START MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STARTS BUT I CANNOT SHIFT THE GEARS. I HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS OF 2019 MODELS HAVING THIS HAPPEN AND CAR STOPS WHILE IN MOTION. PLEASE REVIEW THIS CASE, SO MANY JEEP CHEROKEE MODELS 2016-2020 HAVE BEEN WIDELY AFFECTED BY THIS SHIFT SYSTEM FAILURE.

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE INTERMITTENTLY RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT SAYS "SERVICE SHIFTER" ON MY 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE WHILE MY VEHICLES IS IN MOTION. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED AT COMPLETELY RANDOM TIME WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. DURING THIS CONDITION, THE P, R, N, D SHIFTER LIGHTS ARE ALL LIT UP RED. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS, I AM ABLE TO TURN OFF MY ENGINE, AND THEN RESTART IT TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE, BUT I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE AS I FEAR I WILL SUDDENLY LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE.

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT TURNS ON AND WONT SHUT OFF. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN TO GET THE MESSAGE AND SHIFTER TO RESET. SOMETIMES, IT WILL KEEP GOING INTO SERVICE SHIFTER FOR MULTIPLE TRIES BEFORE THE SHIFTER WILL EVENTUALLY WORK AND DRIVE. IT HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHEN STATIONARY WHEN I FIRST GET IN TO DRIVE AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN SAFELY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF AGAIN FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS. IT WILL HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A WHILE.

THIS FIRST STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2019 TURNED THE CAR ON AND THE 'SERVICE SHIFT' LIGHT CAME ON. FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK AIR BAGS. I TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, AND IT WAS GONE.THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED - THEN A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO HAPPEND WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, A "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGED APPEARED ON THE DASH. THE PRND+- ALL LIT UP RED AS WELL. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND RESTARTED MY CAR. THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARED AFTER THAT.

2017 44K MILES JUST BOUGHT 3 DAYS AGO AND SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT COMES ON WHILE IN PARK AND THE PRND ALL LIGHT UP RED. ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT GO AWAY IS TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON. HAPPENED AGAIN LATER THAT DAY. THIS WAS DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY (01/04/2020).

SEVERAL TIMES NOW (7-9), MESSAGE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' APPEARS. AT SAME TIME ALL RED DOTS ALONG SIDE THE SHIFTER ILLUMINATE (RED). WHILE TO MESSAGE IS VISIBLE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS DISABLED. TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IN MOST CASES ELIMINATED THE MESSAGE, RED DOTS NOT ILLUMINATE AND CRUISE CONTROL REGAINED FUNCTIONALITY. HAVE NOT NOTICED ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE WHILE THE MESSAGE WAS IN VIEW. THESE EVENTS ALWAYS HAPPENED AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, HAS NOT HAD UPON INITIAL STARTUP.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I AM NOT GETTING ALL THE SPEEDS OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. AT 75 I'M A CLOSE TO 3,000 RPM, WHEN I PUT IT INTO MANUAL MODE TO SEE WHAT GEAR I AM AT IT WILL DISPLAY I'M CURRENTLY AT 6TH GEAR. WHERE IS 7,8,AND 9TH?

AFTER ROUGHLY 38,000 MILES THE VEHICLE WILL OCCASIONALLY DISPLAY A "SERVICE SHIFTER " WARNING. THE ERROR PERSISTS UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. I PLAN ON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS I AM ABLE AFTER READING OTHER OWNERS WITH THIS WARNING HAVE HAD SEVERE ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLE CHANGING GEARS WITHOUT THE DRIVERS INPUT.

CAR STARTS TO STALL AFTER 1000 MILES DRIVEN IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THIS STARTED AT 30000 MILES. IT STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. IT STALKS AT STOP SIGNS. THIS MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS FIRST CAR. IT IS NOT SAFE.