2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

AFTER DRIVING CAR LESS THAN 5 MILES ON LOCAL ROADS AT A SLOW SPEED, SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM THE HOOD. I PARKED THE CAR AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMED BY FLAMES AND AN EXPLOSION HAPPENED. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE AND A WITNESS TO THE EXPLOSION. *DT*JB

CAR LUNDGES WHILE GOING IN REVERSE OR FORWARD AT LOWER SPEEDS (IE. BACKING UP OR STUCK IN TRAFFIC). THE ACCELERATION FROM STOP CAN BE VERY VERY DELAYED SO YOU NEVER WANT TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT A VERY LARGE OPENING OR YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. IT ALSO CAN SHIFT INAPPROPRIATELY AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND CAUSE THE CAR TO LUNDGE. IT'S ALSO LUNDGED PRETTY DRASTICALLY AT START UP WHILE IN PARK.

LEAKING FRONT STRUT. I'VE BEEN TO 2 DEALERS AND CANNOT GET THE STRUTS. I'M TOLD THAT THEY'RE ON BACK ORDER FOR 6 MONTHS. IF THEY CAN'T KEEP THE STRUTS IN STOCK ANYWHERE, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STRUTS. OUR JEEP ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES.

TRANSMISSION JERKS AND HESITATES ALSO POPPING SOUND WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR AND SHIFTS VERY HARD.

THE POWER LIFTGATE FREQUENTLY DOES NOT CLOSE, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT OPEN. WHEN IT FAILS, THE TAILGATE CAN COME OPEN WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THEY TOLD US TO PULL THE FUSE THAT OPERATES THE LIFTGATE AND THAT WILL RESET IT. THE JEEP WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND NOW THE CAR HAS 60000 MILES.

WHEN ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION JERKS, PULLS, HESITATES, SOMETIMES DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN. DOES NOT DO THIS WHILE MANUALLY DOING IT, BUT WOULD RATHER DRIVE IN AUTOMATIC SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO MANUALLY DO IT. SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE I'M BEING REAR ENDED.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES. ACCELERATING FROM SCRATCH, THE TRANS WILL NOT ALWAYS GRAB AND ACCELERATE. I'VE HAD 3 SOFTWARE UPDATES APPLIED, AND IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS I'VE RECEIVED I'VE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE I RECEIVED THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION", "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE", AND "4WD DRIVE SYSTEM UNAVAILABLE" ERRORS... ONCE AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, AND THE SECOND TIME WHILE I WAS STARTING THE CAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON OVERNIGHT THE FIRST TIME BEFORE DISAPPEARING AND IS CURRENTLY BEING DISPLAYED AFTER THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 44K MILES ON IT. SO VERY DISAPPOINTING.

WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS. IT HAS MADE ME NOT BE ABLE TO PULL OUT INTO ONGOING TRAFFIC SAFELY. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IT WILL SHIFT GEARS AT THE WRONG TIMES AND NOT WHEN I NEED IT TOO. IT WILL SOMETIMES CAUSE ME TO SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP UNEXPECTEDLY. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS.

TRANSMISSION LAGS UPON ACCELERATION, HESITATING FOR UP TO SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN LURCHING FORWARD AS IT ENGAGES INTO GEAR. THIS OCCURS MOST TIMES AND WHEN MOVING AHEAD AFTER A BRIEF STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT.

WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE THE DASH ELECTRONICS FLASH TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE REQUIRED, BRAKE MAINTENANCE REQUIRED. THE STEERING WHEEL GETS HARD TO TURN. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO TURN OVER THE ENGINE THE CAR STUTTERS AS IF THERE IS NO BATTERY POWER. IT TURNS OVER ONCE, STARTS, THEN SHUTS OFF. THE CAR WILL START ONCE THEN YOU WILL NEED TO STEP ON THE GAS WHILE STILL IN PARK FOR THE CAR TO STAY ON. CAUSE UNKNOWN.