2017 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

SERVICE SHIFTER AND ALL RED LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER COME ON. HAPPENS BOTH AT STATIONARY START AND WHILE MOVING (PREVIOUS TIME). STARTING TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL LEAD TO ME BEING STRANDED OR UNABLE TO SHIFT IN OR OUT OF PARK.

IN APRIL 2018, MY GEARSHIFT QUIT WORKING. I WAS STATIONARY. IT WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THE LIGHTS ON THE GEARSHIFT CONSOLE ALL LIT UP. MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY AS IT WAS ONLY 14 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME. THE DEALER I PURCHASED FROM REPLACED THE GEARSHIFT. ON SEPT. 18, 2019, THE GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS ALL CAME ON, THE CAR DINGED AND THE DASHBOARD SAID CHECK GEARSHIFT. I AM NOW 49,000 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY. I READ ONLINE THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE GEAR SHIFT/TRANSMISSION ON JEEPS INCLUDING MINE, A CHEROKEE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO KRIEGERS FORD (3205 NORTH HIGHWAY 61, MUSCATINE, IA 52761, 563-263-5324) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEZZLE AND HARNESS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE COULD OCCUR AT ANY MOMENT. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CONTACT COULD NOT SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT FOUND NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,500.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT ON DASH TOO TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED THEN 3-4 MONTHS LATER IT STARTED HAPPING AGAIN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNDER A LEASE AND IT WOULD BE 210 DOLLARS FOR THE PART AND ABOUT 500 DOLLARS FOR LABOR AND IF WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT GETTING IT FIX IT COULD STALL OUT ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT KEEPS TURNING ON WHILE DRIVING. THEN AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR THE LIGHTNMESSAGE GOES AWAY DEALER SHIP HAS BEEN NO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM

SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARED ON MAIN CLUSTER WHERE SPEEDOMETER TYPICALLY DISPLAYS. JUST PURCHASED VEHICLE USED ON SATURDAY. LOOKED UP MESSAGE AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A VERIFIED FIX FOR THE PROBLEM, DESPITE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS.

BEZEL AND SHIFTER HARNESS MALFUNCTION WHICH IS DANGEROUS AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET. DEALER ORDERED PARTS. $456. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.

"SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE APPEARED WHILE DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HOME. WARNING WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH RED LIGHTS ON THE PRNDL SHIFTER CONSOL. CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE NORMALLY, SO I CONTINUED HOME, AND SHUT OFF CAR. AFTER A SHORT TIME, RESTARTED CAR, AND FAULT HAD CLEARED. WITH A LITTLE RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, AND IT IS AN EXPENSIVE FIX. THE CAR IS JUST PAST THE 360000 MILE WARRANTY LIMIT BY 70 MILES! I AM ACTUALLY SURPRISED I MADE IT THAT MANY MILES, BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. I WILL BE TAKING THE CAR IN ON MONDAY, BUT FOR SOME REASON, I AM NOT HOPEFUL, BASED ON OTHER OWNER EXPERIENCES.

MY JEEP COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM HOME, MADE A LEFT TURN AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 32MPH. IT DID RESTART AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND I QUICKLY DROVE BACK HOME AND HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT SINCE.

VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 1/2 MILE ON A COUNTY ROAD, MADE A LEFT TURN AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. NO STEERING, BRAKING. VERY SCARY!!! WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND IMMEDIATELY DROVE HOME. HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT SINCE.