2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

THE FRONT SIDE WINDOWS OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT WIPE OFF THE RAIN WHEN YOU PUT WINDOWS DOWN AND THEN BACK UP. THERE IS A BIG ENOUGH GAP WHERE LARGE RAINDROPS ARE UNMOVED WHEN THE WINDOW GOES DOWN. VISIBILITY IS POOR OUT OF WINDOWS AND SIDE MIRRORS DURING A STORM. JEEP SAID THE WINDOWS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP DIRT FROM GETTING INSIDE OF THE DOOR EFFECTING THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT COULDN'T DO BOTH. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL STAY OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON AS WELL AS THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WILL GO OUT AND NOT COME BACK ON. THIS WILL OCCUR WHEN I AM DRIVING BOTH DAY AND NIGHT. I HAVE TAKE. IT TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY CLAIM THEY DON'T SEE THE ISSUE.

WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS RUNNING THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND Y THE CAR BEING SO NEW IT CAN HAVE ALREADY BROKE I WENT TO GET IT CHECKED AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $1690 TO FIX AT A JEEP DEALER THAT IS EXTREMELY RIDICULOUS I WOULD SAY ...

MY VEHICLE'S BODY WAS DAMAGED DUE TO IT NOT GOING INTO PARK. I WAS BACKING A TRAILER INTO A GARAGE AND PUT IT IN PARK WHEN IT WAS STATIONARY. WHEN I GOT IT, IT ROLLED BACK, CAUSING BODY DAMAGE.

CRASH MITIGATION SYSTEM MISREADS INPUT. GOES OFF AT WRONG TIME OR DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN NEEDED. SYSTEM RESPONDS IRRADICALLY.

THE VEHICLE WAS AT A FULL STOP IN A LINE OF CARS TO PICK UP CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL. LET OFF BRAKE TO "INCH" FORWARD, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY FULLY ACCELERATED. BRAKE DID NOT OVERRIDE THE ACCELERATION. THE CAR IN FRONT WAS HIT CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AROUND THAT VEHICLE AND THEN JUMPED A CURB BEFORE BEING ABLE TO HALT THE VEHICLE AND KILL THE ENGINE. NARROWLY ESCAPED KILLING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!!! THE IMAGES ATTACHED WILL SHOW THAT THIS WAS THE AMOUNT OF ACCELERATION THAT OCCURRED WITHIN JUST A FEW FEET OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT. IT WAS NOT HUMAN ERROR THAT LED TO THIS CRASH. PLEASE EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE IN INVESTIGATING THIS, SO AS TO PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDY! ..UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF UPDATED 9/28/18*JB

I SHIFTED MY CAR FROM DRIVE TO PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE PARKED IN A GAS STATION PARKED LOT. AS I EXITED THE DRIVERS SEAT AND BEGUN TO STEP AWAY I NOTICED THE JEEP WAS IN MOTION (ROLLING BACKWARDS, TOWARDS ME JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE).BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN IT KNOCKED ME DOWN ON MY FACE AND THEN ROLLED OVER MY LEGS WITH THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. THE JEEP CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO A FUEL TRUCK PARKED IN THE GAS STATION LOT WHERE I HAD PARKED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF MOTOR POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE AND SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL RECEIVED HOWEVER THEY WERE INFORMED BY OTHER DEALERS THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,796. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I BACKED UP MY JEEP INTO A PARKING SPACE IN SFO SHORT TERM PARKING, I PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN P , APPLIED THE FOOT PARKING BRAKE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE CAR. WHEN I WENT OUT TO PICK UP MY SUITCASE, I COULD NOT OPEN THE TAILGATE SINCE THE CAR WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE WALL. I REENTERED INTO THE CAR, STARTED THE ENGINE AND MOVED THE CAR FEW FEET FORWARDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE TAILGATE AND PICK UP MY SUITCASE, I MEANT TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK IN REVERSE TO PARK IT AFTER REMOVING THE SUITCASE, I MOVED THE GEAR SHIFTER FORWARDS AND BELIEVED THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN PARK AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING I OPENED THE LIFT GATE, REMOVED MY SUITCASE , AND MANUALLY CLOSED THE TAILGATE, I PUT THE SUITCASE ON THE SIDE AND WENT BACK IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK, WHEN I SAW THE CAR MOVING FORWARDS, AND EVENTUALLY HIT THE WALL ON THE OTHER SIDE , ABOUT 40 FEET AWAY, I JUMPED INTO THE CAR IN ORDER STOP IT, I ENDED UP SITTING IN THE DRIVER SEAT APPLYING THE BRAKE, BUT A FRACTION OF A SECOND TOO LATE. THE FRONT OF THE CAR SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THE LEFT SIDE , THE AIRBAG HAS NOT DEPLOYED. I AM SURE THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSING GEAR SHIFTER EMPLOYED IN THIS CAR AS INCLUDED RECALL S27 WHICH WHEN I WHEN I VISITED THE DEALER ( CHRYSLER OF STEVENS CREEK) FEW MONTH EARLIER, SOON AFTER I GOT THE RECALL LETTER, THEY WERE NOT READY TO PERFORM THE RECALL. RIGHT AFTER IT HAPPENED, I CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY PERFORMED THE RECALL. I CAN SEE NOW THAT IF THE RECALL WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED EARLIER THIS INCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I ALSO WISH THEY WILL REPLACE THE SHIFTER, TO THE ONE WHICH THEY APPLIED TO THE NEXT YEAR MODEL, SINCE IT IS STILL DANGEROUS THAT IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT THE SHIFTER FAST IN REVERSE TO AVOID ACCIDENT.

DOES NOT ALWAYS ACHIEVE PARK GEAR WHEN SHIFTED TO IT. VERY OFTEN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MAKE IT PAST NEUTRAL OR REVERSE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT TO PARK RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING ON THE PITCH OF THE ROAD, OR WILL LURCH BACKWARD IF THE ELECTRONIC SHIFTIER ONLY ACHIEVES REVERSE. ON 2 OCCASIONS WITH MY 2014 AND 2015 GRAND CHEROKEES AFTER SHIFTING TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS PARK AND EXITED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY FROM ME. MOST RECENTLY ABOUT 5 WEEKS AGO I HAD BACKED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED ABOUT 6-8 FEET FROM MY GARAGE DOOR , SHIFTED TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS PARK AND HAD ONLY ACHIEVED REVERSE. AT THE SAME TIME MY DAUGHTER HAD COME OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GO INTO THE GARAGE AND AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR NOW IN REVERSE LURCHED BACKWARD AND HAD I NOT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE MY 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN PINNED IN BETWEEN THE CAR AND GARAGE DOOR. I NOTIFIED CHRYSLER AND HAVE AN OPEN CASE WITH THEM BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED ME NO RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME SAYING THAT THE CAR PERFORMS AS EXPECTED. ALL I ASKED WAS TO BE RELEASED FROM MY LEASE TO GET INTO WITH A NEW GRAND CHEROKEE THAT HAS THE NEW SHIFTER. NOW I AM CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AND I AM STARTING HERE.