2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

AFTER 19,000 THE DISPLAY SHOWED 'SERVICE SHIFTER'. THE DISPLAY IS LOCKED (UNABLE TO NAVIGATE TO ANY OTHER SCREEN) AND THE RED LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT ARE ILLUMINATED. IF THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON THE MESSAGE AND LIGHTS DISAPPEAR ONLY TO REAPPEAR AFTER ANOTHER 100 MILES. THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS.

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT UPSHIFT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON. VEHICLE HAS 13,000 MILES. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME NO RESOLUTION AT 6500 MILES. PROBLEMS RELATED TO WIRING HARNESS THIS TIME ACCORDING TO DEALER, APPARENT COMMON PROBLEM BUT NO RECALLS..

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS COMING ON. WE JUST BOUGHT THIS ON 12/28/2019 WITH 46198 MILES. SIFTER ISSUES. LIGHT CAME ON AS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED.

A SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE GEARS (PDNR) LIGHT UP ALL RED. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS ALSO OCCURRED ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY.

MESSAGE "SERVICE SHIFTER" POPS UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND A SERIES OF RED ALERT LIGHTS APPEAR NEXT TO EVERY GEAR ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER LEVER. THIS PROBLEM IS RAMPANT AMONG 2017-2018 JEEP CHEROKEES!! THE DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM! THEY REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS, THEY REPLACE THE SHIFTERS THEMSELVES, THEY RESET THE COMPUTERS ' AND THE PROBLEM ALWAYS RETURNS! THE WEBSITE HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T68742_DS990296 ALONE CONTAINS THE STORIES OF OVER 80 JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. IMAGINE HOW MANY JEEP OWNERS ACROSS AMERICA ARE SUFFERING WITH THIS ISSUE! JEEP REPLACED THE 2014 SHIFTERS THAT WERE RECALLED (THE ONES THAT KILLED STAR TREK ACTOR ANTON YELCHIN IN 2016) WITH THIS NEW SHIFTER - AND THIS ONE IS JUST AS BAD! THESE VEHICLES MUST BE RECALLED!!

IF IT IS BELOW FREEZING OUTSIDE, MY GAS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. WHEN I PRESS THE OPEN BUTTON INSIDE MY CAR, IT MAKES A SOUND AS IF IT IS TRYING TO OPEN, BUT WILL NOT BUDGE. EVEN WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT MANUALLY, IT WON'T OPEN WITHOUT EXTREME FORCE AND SEVERAL MINUTES OF TRYING. MY GAS DOOR HAS POPPED OFF TWICE DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND TRYING TO GET IT OPEN.

MY ENGINE CONSUMES OIL. I CANNOT EVEN REACH 2000 MILES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. MY CAR WILL JUST CUT OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING (AT ANY SPEED INCLUDING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND TURNS). WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED I CHECKED THE OIL AND THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY OF OIL. IT DIDNT EVEN REGISTER ON THE DIPSTICK. I HAVE HAD OVER 6 OIL CHANGES SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 01/2019 (LESS THAN A YEAR). I HAVE HAD OIL CONSUMPTION TESTING COMPLETED AND EVERYTHING "COMES BACK IN RANGE". THE ENGINE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND NOTHING IS LEAKING OR FAULTY. MY CAR TAKES FULL SYNTHETIC OIL WHICH SHOULD LAST WAY LONGER THAN THAT. I AM AWARE THIS IS AN OVERALL ISSUE WITH 2017 JEEPS OF ALL MODELS. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP DIDNT SEEM LIKE HE KNOW MUCH OF ANYTHING AND TRIED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT COMPLETELY DEPLETES ITS OIL SUPPLY WITHIN 2000 MILES. HE THEN REFERRED ME TO MOPARS CORPORATE LINE WHO THEN REFERRED ME TO NHTSA TO FILE A REPORT.

2017 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK. SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT. NOW AT 59,000 MILES THE LIGHT HAS CAME ON AGAIN. JUST RANDOMLY USUALLY WHEN IN MOTION. IF YOU PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTART IT THE LIGHT USUALLY RESETS AND WONT COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS OR 100 MILES OR SO. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR US AND MANY OTHER JEEP/DODGE/RAM/CHRYSLER OWNERS.

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE VEHICLE DIED. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. VEHICLE WAS JUMPED AND STARTED. AT THAT TIME THE DASH DISPLAYED "SHIFTER SERVICE NEEDED". SHIFTER WAS REPLACED. THE DAY AFTER SHIFTER WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A DING NOISE (SIMILAR TO SEAT BELT DING) WHILE MAKING A TURN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS THE MATTER WITH IT. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE VEHICLE MADE A DING NOISE AND STALLED (VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT MOVE). VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESTART. VEHICLE RESTATED EVENTUALLY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. AFTER THREE DAYS I WAS TOLD THIS IS DUE TO LOW OIL. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TELL ME HOW LOW MY OIL WAS BUT STATED IT WOULD ONLY NEED TO BE A QUART LOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND THAT JEEP IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UP TO 7TH GEAR AND THAN DOWN TO6TH GEAR SOME TIMES ENGINE SHUTS OFF THAN RESTART WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BUT ENGINE RED LINES BEFORE YOU GO IN GEAR.