2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO NOT RETRACT. IT CAME TO A POINT WHERE THE PASSENGER WOULD STRAP IN THE BELT AND THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON THEIR LAP FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 PEOPLE IN ORDER FOR BELT TO FEEL SECURE. WHEN I FINALLY GOT IT TO RETRACT BACK IN, I COULDN'T GET IT OUT AGAIN. IN ORDER FOR A PASSENGER TO SIT COMFORTABLY WHILE WEARING THE BELT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECLINE THE SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK. I REACHED OUT TO 2 DIFFERENT JEEP DEALERS IN MY AREA AND RECEIVED A QUOTE FOR ABOUT $540.00 BEFORE TAXES. I WAS ALSO TOLD IF MY VEHICLE WAS UNDER 60,000 MILES, I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE WORK DONE FOR FREE. MY LUCK RIGHT?! IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE TO PAY ABOUT $600 FOR SOMETHING THAT IS AN APPARENT ISSUE FOR A LOT OF OTHER JEEP GC OWNERS. THERE SHOULD BE AN OPEN AND ACTIVE RECALL FOR THIS AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! TO MAKE MATTER WORSE, MY DRIVER SEATBELT FEELS LIKE IT IS ALSO ON ITS WAY OUT BECAUSE IT IS SLOWING RETRACTING AFTER I TAKE IT OFF. I LOVE MY JEEP, HOWEVER, THE COMPANY NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND REALIZE THAT THIS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CAN AND WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH DUE TO A FAULTY SEATBELT RETRACTOR THAT SHOULD BE BROKEN AFTER 5 YEARS!!!!!

TWO OCCURRENCES OF CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE LEAVING ME STRANDED ON HIGHWAY FEARING FOR MY LIFE. FIRST EVENT DEALER HAD JEEP FOR 5 MONTHS TO "REPLACE MOTOR" I HAD TO CONTACT THEM SEVERAL TIMES AFTER GETTING IT BACK TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND WAS TOLD ORIGINAL WARRANTY OF 100K MILES WOULD BE RENEWED. RECENT SECOND OCCURRENCE AT 60K MILES ON NEW MOTOR DEALERSHIP HAS NOW HAD VEHICLE FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. NOW TRYING TO CHARGE ME FOR HIGH PRESSURE DIESEL PUMP THEY REPLACED, CAR STILL NOT RUNNING. PLAN TO REPLACE ALL VALVES, WILL IT RUN? INITIALLY IT HAD SHOWN SO MANY CODES THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE WHY THE CAR FAILED. NHTSA HAS OVER 130 COMPLAINTS ON THIS MOTOR. JEEP FIAT CHRYSLER AWAITING GOVT. TO SIGN OFF ON EMISSIONS SCANDAL SETTLEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO NOT HAVE TO BUY BACK THIS VEHICLE, UNLIKE VOLKSWAGEN WHO DID THE RIGHT THING FOR SAME ISSUE AND BOUGHT BACK. UNLIKE VOLKSWAGEN THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE DOCUMENTED DEFECTS AND SAFETY ISSUES. I AM BEING STONEWALLED BY JEEP FOR RESOLUTION. SINCE MY PURCHASE OF THIS JEEP IN 10/2014 IT HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS UNRELATED TO NORMAL USE MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT, OVER 7 MONTHS IN SHOP WHILE I AM PAYING ON IT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO USE IT. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR RELIABILITY, IT HAS FAILED THAT TEST OVER TIME. THEY COULD AGAIN REPLACE THE MOTOR AND I DO NOT WANT THE VEHICLE BACK, I WILL NOT AGAIN RISK BEING STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY, ENGINE NEARLY ON FIRE AFTER SHAKING, KNOCKING, ROCKING, AND SMOKING NOT ABLE TO TURN OFF UNTIL IT DIES. I REFUSE TO RESELL IT TO SOME UNKNOWING UNSUSPECTING PERSON THAT WILL END UP WITH A LEMON IF THE DEALER GETS IT RUNNING. THIS JEEP NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE! JEEP AND THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO STOP DEFRAUDING CONSUMERS AND MAKING MILLIONS ON A DEFECTIVE LEMON. I HAVE NEVER HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH A VEHICLE IN MY LIFE. HELP!!!

2014 JGC WITH PENTASTAR 3.6L V6 GAS ENGINE STARTED MAKING A TICKING SOUND AT START UP APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO. THE SOUND DID NOT DIMINISH AFTER WARM UP. DIAGNOSED TODAY AS A FAILED LIFTER AND POSSIBLE CAM DAMAGE AS WELL. INQUIRED OF THE DEALER ABOUT TSB 09-002-14 AND WAS TOLD THIS ISSUE WAS LIMITED TO ONLY 2011-2013 MODEL YEARS AND THAT THE ENGINE IN MY VEHICLE WAS MADE AFTER THE DATE OF THE AFFECTED ENGINES AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REPAIR/WARRANTY BEING OFFERED BY FCA REGARDING THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JUNE 2013 AND PURCHASES IN SEPTEMBER 2013.

AS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION I BEGAN TO COAST AND PLACE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AT THE TIME I STARTED TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD FOR 1 SECOND. AS I CAME CLOSER TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE SURGED AGAIN AT WHICH POINT I HAD TO "STAND" ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PREVENT ME AND MY FAMILY FROM REAR-ENDING A VEHICLE AND GOING INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND THE INSUFFICIENT BATTERY CHARGE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RON CARTER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF LEAGUE CITY (281-668-5383, LOCATED AT 3535 GULF FWY, DICKINSON, TX 77539). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 17V572000 (SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC), AND 18V332000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT AT THE SHOP FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE DEALER STILL HAD NOT COMPLETED THE REPAIR, STATING THAT THE GEAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

VEHICLE WAS IN FOR 100,000 MILE SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP. DURING INSPECTION TECH NOTED THERE WAS SEEPAGE COMING FROM THE INPUT/OUTPUT SHAFT SEALS ON THE TRANSFER CASE. AFTER READING JEEP FORUMS I NOTICED THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE.

VEHICLE HAS 107,000 AND WAS TOLD THERE IS A PIN HOLE LEAK IN THE RACK AND PINION CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID. AFTER LOOKING ON THE JEEP FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE GENERATION JEEP.

WHILE GOING THROUGH A CARWASH THIS WEEKEND, MY CAR ACCELERATED AT SOME POINT AFTER THE GEAR WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN THE BRUSHES IN FRONT OF ME PARTED I COULD SEE I WAS GOING TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND TRIED TO STOP WITH THE BRAKES BUT DID NOT STOP IN TIME. A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHILE SLOWING TOWARDS THE END OF A LANE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IT HAD ALSO ACCELERATED, CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. PERIODICALLY, BUT NOT OFTEN, WHEN I AM AT A STOP AND THEN PROCEED MY CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD AS IF I HAD FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL, BUT I HAVEN'T. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN WITH ME AND SAID NOT TO FLOOR IT. I JUST GIVE HIM THE LOOK AND SAY I DIDN'T. YESTERDAY, HOWEVER, JUST HOURS AFTER THE CAR WASH INCIDENT, HE WAS DRIVING THE JEEP WHEN HE THOUGHT HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME "OVER-ACCELERATION" AFTER PROCEEDING FROM A STOP. THE CAR-WASH ATTENDANT YESTERDAY HAD ACCUSED ME OF NOT PUTTING MY CAR IN NEUTRAL BUT I HAD POINTED TO MY DASH TO SHOW HIM IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME BUT THEN LOOKED AT THEIR VIDEO WHICH WAS INCONCLUSIVE. BUT SOMETHING MADE HIM DO A GOOGLE SEARCH WHERE HE CAME ACROSS SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION IN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES, AT WHICH POINT HE APOLOGIZED FOR BASICALLY ACCUSING ME OF LYING.

2018 - "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE POPS UP. OVER $1000 I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE IT AS IT WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY TIME. PAST FEW YEARS, IN COLD WEATHER, THE SUSPENSION CREAKS AND CRACKS NOISES. JUST YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 2019, LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD, "SERVICE AIR SUSPENSION IMMEDIATELY" POPS UP ON MY WAY HOME ON INTERSTATE. VERY BUMPY RIDE ALL THE WAY TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I FEEL I WAS LUCKY WHEN I MADE IT, AS THE TOPS OF THE REAR TIRES WERE ANGLED INWARD. APPARENTLY, ONE AIR SUSPENSION "BAG" BLEW OUT. THIS RESULTED IN THE PUMP/COMPRESSOR BURNING OUT. HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH BAGS AT THE SAME TIME AND THE PUMP, OVER $4,300 REPAIR FOR SOMETHING NO FAULT OF MY OWN AND FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD ONLY HAPPEN IN CARS THAT ARE MUCH OLDER IN MY OPINION. LOOKING ONLINE, APPEARS TO BE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. WILL JEEP ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND MAYBE "RECALL" THIS SYSTEM SO WE CAN BE REIMBURSED? I AM ABOUT TO SWITCH BRANDS AS SOON AS I GET THIS ONE OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT AND ANYONE ELSE I EVER COME ACROSS WHO WANTS TO BUY A JEEP, I WILL TELL THEM THE HORROR STORIES FROM MY CURRENT OVERLAND, MY PREVIOUS OVERLAND, WITH ITS 2011 MODEL ISSUES, AND MY UNLIMITED WRANGLER ISSUES BEFORE THAT. I DON'T HEAR ANY ISSUES LIKE THESE FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH OTHER BRAND VEHICLES.

DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT NO LONGER RETRACTS BACK IN CAUSING THE SHOULDER BELT TO LAY IN PILE ON MY LAP. DEALER SAID WHOLE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SOME AIR BAG SENSOR(S) NEED TO BE REPLACED. PARTS ARE $400 ALONE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT.