2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES RANDOM ILLUMINATION OF MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING LIGHTS, LOSS OF CLUSTER ILLUMINATION, LOSS OF SPEED DISPLAY, AND LOSS OF ABS AND ESC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS. SOMETIMES VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO 3RD GEAR, AND DOES NOT RESPOND TO SHIFT COMMANDS. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES RIGHT AFTER START-UP, SOMETIMES AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING.

AFTER RECEIVING THE V08 DIESEL EMISSIONS RECALL UPDATE, THE TRUCK IS VERY SLUGGISH TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. NOTICEABLE DELAY FROM PRESSING ACCELERATOR TO FORWARD MOTION. ALMOST HIT NUMEROUS TIMES AS TRUCK HESITATED WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. BEFORE THE EMISSIONS RECALL THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALSO SOME HESITATION IN SHIFTING THROUGH THE LOWER GEARS.

MY CARS WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY TURNED ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. EVEN AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON THEY WOULD STILL NOT TURN OFF. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SWITCH AND MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE AS I HAVE RESEARCHED IT EXTENSIVELY. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE.

INTERIOR DASH AND DOOR TRIM DETACHING FROM INTERIOR. SHARP CARBON FIBER TRIM CAN CAUSE INJURY TO OCCUPANT ENTERING AND EXITING AUTO.

THE ALTERNATOR IN MY VEHICLE FAILED AND CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE IS A RECALL, P60 ALTERNATOR BUT IT IS ONLY RELATED TO THE 3.6L ENGINE AND I HAVE THE 5.8L V8. THERE IS ALSO AN ADVANCED COMMUNICATION T3607112017 WHICH SEEMS TO DESCRIBE MY VEHICLE AND INCLUDES THE V8 JEEP BUT IT IS ALSO NOT LISTED AS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. HOW DO I FIND OUT WHY MY VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL AS MY VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED.

SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT IS ON. I PULLED UP INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND THE LIGHT POPPED ON.

AT 115,000 I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER THE CAR. TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP THE DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TRANSMISSION PAN AND PERFORMED THE REPAIR AT A COST OF $390.35. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE REPAIR SHOP AND TOOK IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND WORSE THEN WHEN I TOOK IT IN THE FIRST TIME. AFTER FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS IT WAS DETERMINED THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER HOUSING WAS CRACKED AND NEED REPLACEMENT. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE AT A COST OF $1027.03. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I NOTICED THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE 3.6 V6.

SEAT BELT TENSIONER HAVE SEVERAL HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THEM (DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER). THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TENSIONER FINALLY BROKE AND PINCHED THE SEAT BELT AND RESTRICTED THE SEAT BELT FROM RETRACTING INTO THE RETRACTOR IN THE SIDE HOUSING. WE DID NOT KNOW THE SEAT BELT HAD A PROBLEM TILL ONE DAY MY WIFE GOT IN THE CAR AND WENT TO PUT HER SEAT BELT ON. SHE PUT THE BUCKLE IN AND THE SEAT BELT NEVER RETRACTED INTO THE WALL TO PROPERLY FIT HER ACROSS HER CHEST. A JEEP DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ($329) PLUS $125 FOR LABOR.

VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER AND FUEL MILEAGE AFTER COMPLETING THE FCA APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION. THERE IS A HAZARDOUS DEAD SPOT/LAG IN ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. ALL DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY EVEN AFTER FCA CLAIMS NOTHING WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE AEM.

SERVICE 4WD ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS LIT UP AND CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR AN EXPECTED ABS MODULE FAILURE.