2016 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

NEW, JUST OVER 500 MILES. PARKED OVERNIGHT AT THE AIRPORT. WHEN I STARTED IT WHEN I RETURNED FROM TRIP, SYSTEM REPORTS FAILURE IN ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHT IS ON. IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, DID NOT RECOGNIZE IT WAS IN PARK, GEAR INDICATORS FLASHING, CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE A GEAR. HAD TO TOW IT TO DEALER, LEFT IT AT DEALER WITH MOTOR STILL RUNNING OVERNIGHT. DEALER SAID THEY HAD A CHRYSLER 300 SHOW UP THE NEXT DAY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALMOST 2 WEEKS LATER IT'S STILL IN THE SHOP. I'VE ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON IT!

TAKATA RECALL BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 800 MILES. DAY ONE, SHIFTING SEEMED ODD. THOUGHT IT NEEDED BREAK IN TIME. STOPPED, THE VEHICLE WILL ALMOST LUNGE, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED YOU. SHIFTS HARD UP OR DOWN SHIFTING - AROUND 3RD GEAR. TODAY, 20MPH WAS RUNNING 3000 RPMS AND WOULDN'T SHIFT. I PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED. THE TRANNY LIGHT WAS ON AND DID NOT GO OFF BUT THE SHIFTING WAS NORMAL - WHICH IS NOT NORMAL. AFRAID THAT I WILL BE STUCK IN STOP MODE AND GET REAR ENDED OR THE VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT GOING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE TEMP IS OUTSIDE OR TEMP OF VEHICLE. SHIFTING IS A JERKY MOTION. HAVEN'T MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT AND ALREADY HEADED TO DEALER. I SPOKE WITH SALESMAN AND HE SAID HE IS HAVING SAME ISSUES WITH HIS NEW JEEP. IT SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY BUT I AM NOT HAPPY THAT I HAVE A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND PAID THIS MUCH MONEY FOR IT AND IT ALREADY HAS ISSUES - MAJOR IF IT IS TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2016 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FORCEFULLY. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND LEAKED A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE ONTO THE DRIVER'S CLOTHING, WHICH CONTACTED THE ABDOMEN AREA AND CAUSED A SEVERE BURNING SENSATION TO THE SKIN. THE CONTACT ALSO SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE RIGHT BREAST FROM THE SEAT BELT WEBBING. IN ADDITION, THE ENTIRE ABDOMEN AREA BECAME SWOLLEN AND THE RIGHT LOWER SIDE WAS MORE SEVERELY SWOLLEN. THE CONTACT'S LEFT WRIST WAS BROKEN AND THE LEFT KNEE WAS SWOLLEN AND BRUISED. THE CONTACT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD OF BREATHING THE CHEMICALS EMITTED FROM THE AIR BAGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE ELECTRONIC GEAR SHIFTER IN THIS VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO ROLLING DOWN A HILL. I WAS PARKED AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I JUMPED BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND HIT MY RIGHT KNEE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH BOARD. TO AVOID HITTING THE PEDESTRIANS BEHIND MY VEHICLE AND HITTING THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. NO WARNING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PARKED WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS OPEN. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER REGARDING THIS FAULTY DESIGN AND WAS ISSUED A CASE.....UPDATED 06/15/16 *BF *JS