2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE CAR MAKE AN AWFUL SOUND WHEN DRIVING . ONCE THE SPEED IS OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR THE WINDSHIELD COWL MAKE A VERY LOUD NOISE IT HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME I JUST COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS UNTIL I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. IT HAS JUST BEEN GETTING WORST OVER THE YEARS.

FROM DRIVEWAY PUT CAR IN REVERSE COULD NOT TURN STEERING WHEEL. FELT LIKE POWER STEERING UNIT OUT. SECOND TIME FROM PARKING LOT SAME ISSUE. PAST 3 WEEKS HAS HAPPENED DAILY. WHILE DRIVING UNABLE TO MAKE TURNS SAFELY. BIG ISSUE!

PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST POPPED OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT A STEADY RATE ON A LOCAL STREET. PASSENGER WAS IN SEAT. PASSENGER REPORTED SOME DISCOMFORT. HEADREST CANNOT BE RESET.

AFTER THE MANDATORY EMISSIONS MODIFICATION THAT WAS REQUIRED ON THE ECODISEL 3.0 LITER DODGE AND JEEP VEHICLE, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. THE VEHICLE HAS LOST PERFORMANCE IN SHIFTING, ACCELERATION (RESPONSE), FUEL EFFICIENCY AND OVERALL POWER. THIS IS NOT ONLY PERFORMANCE RELATED, BUT ALSO A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY WHEN MAKING TURNS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT WAS CALLING ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER THAT OWNS A 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED BATTERY LOW VOLTAGE WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE BILLOWED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WHO WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DISCONNECTED THE ALTERNATOR AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. *BF*JB

D RIGHT HEIGHT ADJUSTER FOR PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT BROKE AND WILL NOT ALL THE SEAT BELT TO RETRACT.

2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS A RACK AND PINION LEAK AFTER A FEW YEARS OF OWNING THE VECHICLE NEW .RACK AND PINION NOW HAS TO BE REPLACED.

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ON CHRISTMAS EVE AT 35 MPH AND THE DRIVER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED AND STRUCK ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT I WAS IN SIGNIFICANT PAIN FOR A COUPLE DAYS.

VEHICLE HAD AN AEM RECALL PERFORMED AND NOW THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE AS WELL THE EXTERIOR REAKS OF DIESEL FUMES ALL THERE IS A TERRIBLE HESITATION AND AT TIMES ALMOST A DELAY IN THE THROTTLE WE HAVE MADE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND TRIPS TO THE JEEP DEALER THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND ISSUES THE REASON BEHIND IT. WE JUST SPENT 5 HOURS AT THE DEALER FOR A CLOGGED DPF FILTER ONLY TO LEAVE AND HAVE MY WIFE VOMIT FROM THE FUMES WE PULLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET FRESH AIR.. I SPOKE TO LYNN AT FCA CUSTOMER CARE BADGE NUMBER LN187 EXTENSION 3020187 SHE TOLD ME IF I WAS CONCERNED I SHOULD RETURN VEHICLE TO DEALER WHICH I HAVE DONE NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THE END OF MAY.THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE DUE TO FUMES LET ALONE THE THROTTLE WORKING WHEN IT CHOOSES TO

THE PLASTIC OIL COOLER HOUSING FAILED DUE TO THE PLASTIC WARPING AROUND THE SEALS AND LEAKING. THIS IS A SAFETY RISK OF POTENTIAL FIRE FROM OIL LEAKING ON TO THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE IS DUE TO DESIGN AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS A RECALL.