2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

REPORTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM TO DEALER 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. 11/4/2015 ' HARD SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. 6/10/2016 ' HARD SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. 10/28/2016 ' HARD SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. VALVE BODY REPLACED. 11/16/16 ' REPORTED HARD KNOCK SOUND AND BUMP WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR. LEFT VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE OVERNIGHT. THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. 4/10/2017 REPORTED TO DEALER BUMP FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. AS IF CAR IS BUMPED FROM BEHIND. BUMP FROM 5TH TO 4TH GEAR AS IF BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PRESSED DOWN HARD.

NTSB:2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND ECODIESEL RECALL. RECAL STATED PROBLEMS WITH THE SHIFT LEVER . *BF

MY TRANSMISSION MAKE A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL ANYTIME I AM GOING UP A MOUNTAIN SIDE OR EVEN ON A SLIGHT HILL IF I AM GOING OVER 2.5 RMPS. IT ALSO HAS DIFFICULTY DOWNSHIFTING AND UPSHIFTING A SLOWER SPEEDS. SHIFTS VERY ROUGH AND SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO FALL OUT. I ALSO HAVE HAD IT WHERE I NEED TO SPEED UP TO AVOID A HAZARD ONLY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION BOTTOM OUT FOR A SECOND OR TWO AND NOT KICK INTO THE MOTOR. SO I DON'T SPEED UP. I JUST KIND OF KEEP GOING AT THE SAME SPEED. I ONLY HAVE 22,000 MILES ON IT BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS FROM AND 1960'S CAR. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. I BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS INSTALLED ON THESE MODELS WAS A NEWER TYPE THAT JEEP JUST STARTED USING AND I CAN SEE FROM MY OWN INTERNET RESEARCH THAT THERE ARE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS MODEL OF TRANSMISSION.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY (SPEED APPROX. 45) WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE IMPACT WITH FRONT OF OTHER VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK CAUSING THE DRIVER'S FACE TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. DUE TO THE SEAT BELT NOT LOCKING FACIAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

MY JEEP WAS PLACED IN "PARK" POSITION BY MY ADULT SON. I WAS GETTING INTO THE BACK SEAT AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED IN REVERSE, HITTING ME WITH THE OPEN DOOR WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE, AND CAUSING ME TO HAVE A HEAD INJURY. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE FOR A CONCUSSION AND LACERATION ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD. I HAVE NOTICED DIFFICULTIES SINCE THAT TIME GETTING THE VEHICLE SECURELY INTO "PARK." I HAVE TO PUSH THE HANDLE FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO ACTUALLY GO INTO PARK.

AFTER OWNING MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FASTER THAN 40 MPH, THE RPMS WERE GOING UP BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE GAS THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER ISSUE AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER THE CAR DID THE SAME THING WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET, NOT ACCELERATING FASTER THAN ABOUT 20MPH AND THE RPMS GOING UP. THE CAR ALSO STARTED DOWNSHIFTING HARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ONCE I STARTED DRIVING AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE CAR ALSO FELT LIKE IT WAS SHIFTING HARD INTO GEAR. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. SO A COMPUTER UPDATE WAS DONE AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED OK FOR A FEW MONTHS AGAIN. THE PROBLEM IS NOT A CONSTANT ONE SO DUPLICATING IT WILL BE HARD. IT IS RANDOM AND DOES NOT SEEM TO HAPPEN AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME. IT HAPPENED TWICE WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF I CAN NOT ACCELERATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM CHANGING LANES. IN TOTAL I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR IN 4 TIMES WITHIN 2 YEARS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ONCE OR TWICE I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID FEEL THE HARD SHIFTING WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR ACCELERATING AFTER STOPPING BUT ALL THAT WAS DONE WAS A COMPUTER UPDATE. MY FEAR IS HAVING AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY IF I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES WHEN COMING TO A STOP IT SHIFTS SO HARD IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A HARD POPPING NOISE. AT THIS POINT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, MY CAR HAS 25,000 AND IS NOW 26 MONTHS OLD, THE WARRANTY WILL EXPIRE IN ABOUT 10 MOS OR 36,000 AND THEN I AM SURE THE PROBLEM WILL BE FOUND & IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE TRANSMISSION AND COST ME SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS!! I CONTACTED JEEP CORP OFFICE 800-992-1997 AND WAS TOLD TRY TO OPEN A STARCASE SO THE "SPECIAL MECHANICS" CAN LOOK AT IT, WHY AREN'T ALL THE MECH SPECIAL??

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE AUTO PARKING GAUGE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO THE PARK POSITION. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WTINESSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,612.

2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG ISSUE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS BROAD SIDED IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALED. *JB

I WAS TRAVELING UP INTERSTATE 95 JUST PASSED EXIT 26 IN CONNECTICUT. AS I APPROACHED EXIT 27 A A VEHICLE IN THE EXIT ONLY LANE MERGED INTO THE SLOW LANE IN FRONT OF ME. I PROCEEDED TO THEN ACCELERATE AROUND THE VEHICLE THAT HAD CROSSED IN FRONT OF ME AND IMMEDIATELY AS I ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY TO AN UNSAFE SPEED. I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND BRAKED AND STEERED APPROPRIATELY. AS MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW I THEN PROCEEDED TO SHIFT THE CAR BACK INTO DRIVE HOPING THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE RESOLVED. WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS A NEUTRAL I TAPPED THE GAS PEDAL IN HOPES OF IF IT WAS JAMMED OR STOCK IT WOULD COME LOOSE AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. UNFORTUNATELY THE PEDAL DID NOT COME ON STOCK AS I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE I REALIZE THAT MY SPEED WAS DROPPING TO AN UNSAFE RATE WHILE BEING ON AN INTERSTATE I PROCEEDED TO SHIFT MY CAR BACK INTO DRIVE ONLY TO HAVE THE PEDAL THAT WAS STILL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE TO AGAIN IN UNSAFE SPEED. AFTER I PROCEEDED TO STOMP ON THE THROTTLE IN HOPES OF LOOSENING IT FROM WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WAS CAUSING IT TO BE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION, THE PEDAL FINALLY RETURNED TO ITS ON STOCK POSITION WITH A LOUD BANG. I DON'T PROCEEDED TO STEER IMMEDIATELY OFF THE HIGHWAY AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF...UPDATED 04/20/17 *BF ..UPDATED 05/09/17 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLOOR MAT CLOSEST TO THE ACCELERATOR WAS TRIMMED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. *JS *CN

VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE SYSTEM ENGAGES WITH SUDDEN HARD BRAKING AND ALERTS WHEN THERE IS NO OTHER VEHICLE IN THE VICINITY. SEE "OTHER DOCUMENTATION" FOR FULL DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM.