2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE IN PARK, THE DRIVER SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYED IN MY 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT IN A COLLISION, NOR HAS IT BEEN IN THE PAST. THE VEHICLE COMPUTER SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF A COLLISION OR CAUSE FOR DEPLOYMENT OF THE ACTIVE HEADREST. THE VEHICLE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 77,000 MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I WAS UNABLE TO RESET THE ACTIVE HEADREST, AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DO SO AS WELL, INDICATING IT NEEDED REPLACED. UPON INVESTIGATION ONLINE, AND INSPECTION OF THE HEADREST, I FOUND THAT THERE WERE BROKEN PLASTIC PIECES IN THE BACK PART OF THE HEADREST THAT APPEARED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILED ACTIVE HEADREST. IT APPEARS EVIDENT TO ME THAT A DEFECTIVE PART OF PLASTIC BROKE AND MADE THE HEADREST DEPLOY.

ACTIVE HEADREST COLLISION SYSTEM RANDOMLY DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. APPEARS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RETAINING MECHANISM FAILURE AS I CANNOT CLIP IT BACK IN. MANY OTHERS APPEAR TO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AS REPORTED ACROSS INTERNET FORUMS AND STILL NO RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BREEDEN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 5900 US-71 BUS, FORT SMITH, AR 72908, (479) 646-4731) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT TWO OF THE SIX INJECTORS WERE INOPERABLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE INJECTORS FAILED. THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE INJECTORS WERE DISCONNECTED AND RECONNECTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

VIBRATION COMING FROM WINDSHIELD/ WIPER AREA ON DRIVERS SIDE WHEN TRAVELING AROUND 65/70 MPH. VERY LOUD AND ANNOYING.

"SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING APPEARS ON DASH. WHILE DRIVING ON CITY OR HIGHWAY. ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER ARE LIGHTED UP AT ONE TIME. IE. P,R,N,D,S ALL LITE AT ONCE. BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR PCM UPDATE. THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE.

THE ACTIVE HEADREST RESTRAINTS ON MY PASSENGER SEAT HAS DEPLOYED. THERE APPEARS TO BE 2 BROKEN PLASTIC PIECES THAT HELD A SMALL METAL ROD THAT APPEARS TO HAVE CLIPPED TO A RELEASE - WHICH IS STILL IN PLACE - AS THE ROD WAS STILL HELD BY IT. UPON FURTHER REVIEW ON THE INTERNET, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS MODEL OF JEEP/DODGE HEADRESTS.

HEAD REST DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS NOT HIT OR IN AN ACCIDENT. NO ONE WAS IN CAR. IT WAS NOTICED AFTER I GOT IN THE CAR.

A MESSAGE DISPLAYED IN OUR SCREEN THAT THE 911 CAR PHONE NEEDED SERVICING AND TO CONTACT THE JEEP DEALER. AT THAT POINT THE GPS MALFUNCTIONED, THE FRONT AND BACK DEFROSTERS STARTED TO FUNCTION AT FULL SPEED AT 78 DEGREES AND ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THE RADIO FUNCTIONS WERE USEABLE. UCONNECT SENT JEEP DEALER AN UPDATE FOR THE RADIO AND THE UPDATE FAILED. WE WERE TOLD OUR JEEP NEEDED TIME THE RADIO TO BE REPLACED. BUT WE COULD ONLY GET A REFURBISHED RADIO AND THERE WEREN'T ANY AVAILABLE. IT HAS BEEN 4 WEEKS AND UCONNECT INFORMED US THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL DELAY ON THE REFURBISHED RADIO. WE REQUESTED A NEW RADIO BE INSTALLED AND A RENTAL CAR PROVIDED TO US UNTIL THE RADIO IS FULLY FUNCTIONING. WE ARE INFORMED BY BOTH JEEP DEALER AND UCONNECT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE FOR US UNTIL THE REFURBISHED RADIO BECOMES AVAILABLE. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. A NEW RADIO VENDOR SHOULD BE USED. UCONNECT IS INADEQUATE TO SERVICE THEIR PRODUCT IN A TIMELY FASHION, CANNOT PROVIDE A NEW RADIO REPLACEMENT IN STOCK, AND ONLY CAN OFFER REFURBISHED RADIO REPLACEMENT AND CANNOT GIVE A DATE WHEN ONE WILL BE AVAILABLE. WE LIVE IN ILLINOIS BUT ARE VACATIONING IN CALIFORNIA AND OUR CAR IS STUCK ON 78 DEGREE DEFROSTERS.RUNNING FULL SPEED. NO GPS OR ANY OTHER FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RADIO.

MY VEHICLE HAS A LONG CRANK BUT WILL NOT TURN OVER. STUCK NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER SAID THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BUT I SEE ONLINE THAT EARLIER MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS SAID A FAULTY FUEL PUMP RELAY. AM WONDERING IF THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM.

NO LOW BATTERY WARNING LIGHT, ONLY SHOW A WARNING IF ALTERNATOR IS BAD AND NOT CHARGING BATTERY. THUS, CAR CAN STOP WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO LOW BATTERY BECAUSE OF WEAR AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT- WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, EVERYTHING IN CAR WORKS ON ELECTRICITY CAN CAUSE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT IF STOPS IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, WITH NO KEY OVERRIDE WHEN THE CAR ELECTRICAL MODULE WILL NOT READ TO THE KEY FOB IF YOU ARE IN OR OUT OF THE CAR YOU CAN NOT OPEN DOORS OR WINDOWS OR TURN ON OR OFF ANYTHING, IF DOORS/WINDOWS LOCKED WHEN THIS HAPPENS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS-NO WAY TO GET OUT OR IN. IF STUCK IN THE DESERT WITHOUT HELP AND CAR MODULE STOPS PICKING UP KEY FOB ONE IS SOL. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE. VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT CHRYSLER CREATES RECALLS ONLY FOR A SELECT FEW WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME FAULTY TECHNOLOGY ON MOST OF THEIR CARS THEY BUILD. MY REAR DOOR MODULE STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO REPLACE IT AND IT COST ME OVER $500. WHEN GOING ONLINE I SEE THAT CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR OLDER MODELS BUT WOULD NOT COVER THE NEWER YEARS ALTHOUGH THEY USED THE SAME FAULTY TECHNOLOGY ON THEM AS WELL. FORTUNATELY, I HAD JUST PARKED MY CAR IN THE GARAGE AND DID NOT LOCK THE DOORS SO WE COULD STILL GET IN IT AND HAVE IT TOWED.