2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

COMPUTER SCREEN GOES BLANK WHILE CAR IS HOT, CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING, BACK CAMERA STOPS WORKING CANT SEE ANYTHING ON SCREEN

WHEN STOPPED AND PARKED AT THE LOCAL GAS STATION THE PLASTIC FUEL FILLER CAP BROKE OFF DURING FUELING CAUSING THE GAS NOZZLE TO FALL OUT. NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. JEEP HAS SINCE CORRECTED THIS PLASTIC PART ON NEWER MODELS WITH METAL. COST OF PART ALONE IS $650.00

DOWN SHIFTS SEVERAL GEARS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE AT SPEED CAUSING ENGINE TO OVER REV AND DRASTICALLY SLOW.

ELECTRICAL STOPS WORKING, SOFTWARE MALFUNCTIONS OF COMPUTER. SHUTS OFF OR SHOWS SERVICE FOR 911 PHONE. POWER STEERING DOESN'T WORK AND BRAKES ARE HARD AND FLUTTER.

UNLOCKED JEEP TO DISCOVER THE PASSENGER HEADREST HAD DEPLOYED. LOOKED CLOSER AT THE MECHANISM TO DISCOVER THE PLASTIC STRUCTURE, RETAINING THE "FLOATING"PIN THAT HOLDS THE HEADREST IN PLACE, WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED ALLOWING THE HEADREST TO MOVE TO ITS MOST FORWARD "DEPLOYED"POSITION. THE JEEP WAS STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET PARKED OVERNIGHT, NO COLLISION OCCURRED, AND THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS AT THE TIME OF MALFUNCTION.

THE DRIVER HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT BEING IN A COLLISION AND WILL NOT GO BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE GEAR MOTOR AND TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE LURCHING WHILE AT SLOW SPEEDS I.E. IN A PARKING LOT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE DRIVING STRAIGHT BUT WORSE WHEN TURNING. ALSO CAUSED LOSS OF ABS, TRACTION CONTROL AND FORWARD COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST HAS DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN AND IS BROKEN. IT IS UNABLE TO BE RESET. I CAN PROVIDE PICTURES IF WANTED OR NEEDED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON ROADWAY AT ABOUT 40-45 MPH. I TRIED TO TURN INTO WAWA PARKING LOT. WHEN TURNING INTO PARKING LOT, NOTICED STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT. I STOPPED IN PARKING LOT BUT COULDNT TURN INTO PARKING SPACE. TRUCK DRIVES BUT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER UNDER SLOW DRIVING(UNDER 40 MILES PER HOUR). ONCE GOING OVER 40 MPH, TRUCK IS A LITTLE EASIER TO STEER BUT NOT ANYWHERE NEAR HOW IT WAS PRIOR TO STEERING FAILURE.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND UPON RUNNING A DIAGNOSTIC THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD VALVE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I TRIED TO ORDER THE PART FROM JEEP AND GET THE CAR REPAIRED AT MY LOCAL MECHANIC. MY WARRANTY HAD ENDED 5 MONTHS PRIOR AND MY CAR HAD 105,000 MILES SO I HAD TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED. JEEP COULD NOT PROVIDE THE PART BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT OF STOCK. THEY HAD BEEN OUT OF STOCK FOR FOUR MONTHS AND PUT ME ON A WAITING LIST OF 6-8 MONTHS. THEY ALSO ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE EPIDEMIC AND THE SPECIFIC PART NEEDED IS ON BACK ORDER FOR OVER 4,000 PEOPLE. THEY SYMPATHIZED WITH THE STRAIN THIS PUTS ON THEIR CUSTOMERS BUT WE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO WAIT FOR THE PART TO BE AVAILABLE. THIS ISSUE HAS NOT YET BEEN RESOLVED AS A RECALL. I AM AT A LOSS BECAUSE I CANNOT USE THE CAR, YET I NEED TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO WORK, AT THE LEAST. I HAVE YET TO COME TO A REASONABLE SOLUTION OF WHAT TO DO FOR THE NEXT 6-8 MONTHS WITHOUT AN OPERABLE CAR. FINANCIALLY THIS IS A HUGE SETBACK AND JEEP IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE. ASIDE FROM THE EXTREME INCONVENIENCE, THIS IS ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR THAT SHOULD NOT LAND IN THE HANDS OF OVER 4,000 JEEP CUSTOMERS, BUT THE COMPANY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING SAFE VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ISSUE FOR 2014 JEEP BUT IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED STARTING WITH 2011-2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES.