2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS, JUMPED A CURB, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE GEAR LEVER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE SELECTED GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BACKING UP, THE SHIFTER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8. UPDATED 06/15/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED IT TOOK MULTIPLE TRIES TO GET THE E-SHIFTER INTO THE DESIRED POSITION. THE SHIFTER THEN RETURNED TO NEUTRAL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE DESIRED POSITION. UPDATED 06/20/16.*JB

GEAR SELECTOR UNPREDICTABLE. SOMETIMES HARD TO PLACE IN PARK AND KNOW IT'S IN PARK. I HAVE EXITED CAR THINKING IT WAS PLACED IN PARK AND IGNITION OFF ONLY TO EXIT CAR WITH PASSENGERS STILL ABOARD AND CAR CONTINUE TO TRAVEL UNDER POWER FORWARD. YOU DO NOT WANT TO PARK THIS CAR NEAR ANY EMBANKMENTS OR SLOPES.

THE HALOGEN HEADLIGHT GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED(WITHOUT LUXURY GROUP II, WHICH THE HID HEADLIGHT COMES WITH) IS TOO DIM DURING THE NIGHT ESPECIALLY RAINING NIGHT. HARDLY TO SEE LINES OR OBJECTS. I WENT TO A DEALERSHIP ASKED THEM IF I CAN UPGRADE IT TO HID HEADLIGHT WITH MY OWN COST, THEY SAID NO. AND THE 2016 GRAND CHEROKEE ALSO USE THE SAME HALOGEN HEADLIGHT.

GPS SYSTEM TENDS TO PROVIDE DIRECTIONS TURNING ONTO PRIVATE DRIVES AND BARELY PASSIBLE NON PUBLIC ROADS. WILL PREFORM ROUTE CALCULATION, BEFORE COMPLETING START ANOTHER, AS MANY AS TEN IN A ROW. SYSTEM PROVIDES FALSE LOCATIONS FOR ADDRESSES ENTERED. ADDRESSES ENTERED ARE PLOTTED AND DIRECTIONS ARE PROVIDED, UPON NEARING LOCATION SYSTEM CAN NO LONGER FIND LOCATION. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED HAS ISSUES VEHICLE MUST BE PUT INTO MOTION. THE GPS/NAVIGATION IS PART OF THE UCONNECT SYSTEM WHICH HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF OPERATIONAL ISSUES INVOLVING ITS OTHER COMPONENTS. SAFETY HAZARD IS GETTING DRIVE LOST, ARRIVING IN UNSAFE AREAS AS WELL AS SENDING YOU ONTO UNSAFE ROADS/NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MEMORY SEAT DOES NOT REPOSITION SEAT AND MIRRORS INTO THE PROGRAMED POSITIONS, EVEN WITH MEMORY SEAT MODULAR REPLACED WITH REDESIGNED MODULAR ISSUE REMAINS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXCELERATE ON AN UPHILL GRADE, SUCH AS ENTERING A HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING AND SPEED DROPS. AFTER NUMEROUS REPAIR ATTEMPTS CHRYSLER FACTOR SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SIMPLY TELLS DEALERSHIP NOT TO MAKE ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE COMPENSATED FOR.

THE ELECTRONIC GEAR SHIFTER IS DIFFICULT TO USE AND OFTEN SHIFTS INTO AN UNINTENDED GEAR DURING USE. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THEN REVERSING, I OFTEN GET DELAYED IN THE MANEUVER AS THE SHIFTER WILL SHIFT TO N INSTEAD OF R FROM D, OR WHILE TRYING TO REVERSE FROM P, IT WILL SHIFT TO N INSTEAD OF R. IN TIMES OF TRAFFIC, THIS SHIFTER REQUIRES ME TO TAKE MY EYES OFF OF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE SHIFTER ITSELF TO MAKE SURE IT IS SHIFTING INTO THE EXACTLY THE RIGHT GEAR, WHICH CAN BE HAZARDOUS. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN P, IT WILL SHIFT INTO R JUST AS EASILY AS IT WILL SHIFT INTO P. I HAVE LEFT MY VEHICLE BEFORE WHEN IT IS IN R THINKING IT WAS IN P.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PARKED ON THE STREET, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS HOME IN BED AND WAS AWAKENED BY THE POLICE WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE ALSO. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE INSURANCE DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

WITH A COLD TRANSMISSION (USUALLY) THE VEHICLE HAS A HARD TIME GOING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND. THERE IS LAG/DELAY AND THEN WHEN IT SHIFTS THERE IS A LURCH FORWARD MOVEMENT. THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND THEN MOVING...I.E. OUT OF A PARKING SPACE OR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ENTERING THE STREET. THIS HAPPENS DAILY.

SEAT BELT DIDNT CLICK ALL THE WAY, THE SEATBELT FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS INDICATED AS NOT ON AS WELL AS THE AIRBAG LIGHT. THIS IS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - THE BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS FAULTY -

TRANSMISSION FREQUENTLY STUCK BETWEEN GEARS WHEN STARTING FROM A NEAR STOP. DEALER IS ABLE TO REPRODUCE ISSUE AND COMPUTER REPORTS THAT "DOG CLUTCH" IS CONFUSED ON WHICH GEAR TO BE IN. WHEN APPLYING THROTTLE, CAR WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL CLUTCH DISENGAGES CAUSING A STRONG SURGE. CHRYSLER ENGINEERING IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE WHEN PRESSING THROTTLE UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION DECIDES WHICH GEAR TO ENGAGE.