Jeep Cherokee Complaints (2015)

1,794 consumer complaints on file.

#10733298July 10, 2015
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE SHIMMYS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ALSO LUNGES FORWARD WHEN BRAKING IN SLOW TRAFFIC AND STOP LIGHTS/SIGNS. CALLED DEALER WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733347July 10, 2015
ENGINE
MY 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE, AND APPARENTLY HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF OTHERS FROM 2014 AND 2015, HAVE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I NEEDED A REPLACEMENT AT ONLY 6000 MILES AND I'VE HEARD WORSE STORIES ON VARIOUS WEB SITES. THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS NOT MUCH BETTER YET JEEP/CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND CONTINUES TO SELL THE CARS. SOMEONE SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS AS SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED WHEN THEIRJEEP STALLS OR JUST STOPS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733353July 10, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AFTER FUELING UP I PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND STARTED DOWN THE ROAD. ABOUT 300 FEET DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION LOST POWER AND THEN REENGAGED AFTER ALMOST BEING REAR ENDED. WHEN TRANSMISSION REENGAGED THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732856July 9, 2015
SUSPENSION
DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD, NOTICED EXCESSIVE NOISE AND BANGING ( LIKE SOMETHING LOOSE) FROM RIGHT FRONT. TOOK IN TO DEALER, THEY SAID THE NOISE WAS NORMAL SUSPENSION NOISE! AFTER INSISTING THEY TEST DRIVE AGAIN AND PUT ON RACK TO VISUALLY INSPECT, THE DEALER CLAIMED NOTHING WRONG. I CONTACTED MANAGER AND EXPRESSED MY DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICE AND KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AFTER HAVING HIM GO ON A TEST DRIVE WITH ME, HE AGREED THEIR WAS A PROBLEM AND NOISE FROM FRONT STRUTS. ONLY THEN, WOULD THEY AGREE TO ORDER AND REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT SHOCK. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX OTHER ITEMS ON THIS VEHICLE, INCLUDING ASKING FOR ANY RECALL INFO TO BE CHECKED, AND THE DEALER SAID "IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CARD IN THE MAIL, THERE'S NO RECALLS". NOW I SEE THERE'S A RECALL ON THE POWER REAR LIFT GATE THAT I'VE HAD THERE WITH PROBLEMS OPENING, THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED ME YET, ACCORDING TO RECALL R27, AND HAVE NOT FOUND ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732619July 8, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY ROUGH. THE CAR SURGED FORWARD WHEN SLOWING DOWN. WHEN STOPPED AND STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. I TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID I WAS NOT USED TO DRIVING AN SUV. APPROXIMATELY A MONTH LATER ( TRANSMISSION GETTING WORSE) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER( TOWNE CHRYSLER JEEP IN HAMBURG NY), SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. PICKED IT UP AND 30 MINUTES LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID COULD BE SOME SOFTWARE PROBLEM. PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AGAIN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON WITHIN A FEW HOURS. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE DEALER, SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER JEEP DEALERSHIP. I DROPPED THE CAR OFF RENTED A CAR. WHEN ENTERPRISE PICKED ME THE AGENT TOLD ME THAT HE HAD AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE THAT WEEK WITH JEEP CHEROKEE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS( FROM 1 DEALERSHIP). I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THOUSANDS OF JEEP OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION. TODAY THEY PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN MY 4 MONTH OLD CAR. THESE CARS ARE DANGEROUS WHEN THEY JUMP FORWARD EVEN WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT WHEN TRYING TO EXCELLERATE. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED DRIVING THESE CARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732549July 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE MANUFACTURER'S "LONG TERM RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSMISSION/DRIVE TRAIN PERFORMANCE" CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RELIABILITY CAMPAIGN AND THE DEALER WAS TO UPDATE/RECALIBRATE THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE REPAIR, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LAG IN ACCELERATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING UPHILL OR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE RE-CALIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND BECAME WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS RE-CALIBRATED AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. ....UPDATED 11/02/15*BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A LEMON. UPDATED 11/05/15. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732480July 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN
3RD INCIDENT WHERE THE TRANSMISSION HAS SUDDENLY DISCONNECTED AND THE CAR WILL COAST TO A COMPLETE STOP. MESSAGES READ "4WD TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE", "SERVICE PARK BRAKE" FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 340 MILES, SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 3500 MILES. FIRST TWO INCIDENTS WERE ON THE HIGHWAY - ONE AT 45 MPH THE OTHER AT 60 MPH. THE THIRD AND MOST RECENT WAS ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD. ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN PULLED OVER, CAR HAS BEEN PUT INTO PARK, THEN TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. USUALLY IT TAKES 2 OR MORE TRIES AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON AND BACK INTO GEAR BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES AND THE CAR CAN BE DRIVEN. PAYING ATTENTION TO THE VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE HAS SHOWN THE TRANSMISSION CAN REACH 208 DEGREES FROM TOWN DRIVING CONDITIONS ON A 75 DEGREE DAY. PHOTO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE READOUT FOR THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE. THE MODEL OF THE JEEP CHEROKEE IS THE TRAILHAWK WITH 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION. AFTER 3 FLASH UPDATES UPON SECOND TIME IN FOR SERVICE THE ISSUE PERSISTED AND ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE STOP/START SYSTEM BEGAN AND HAS BEEN FREQUENT UP UNTIL THE THIRD TIME BEING TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. MESSAGES WILL READ "STOP/START SYSTEM IS UNAVAILABLE", "SERVICE START/STOP SYSTEM". VEHICLE IS IN DEALER SERVICE CURRENTLY FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR NEXT STEPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732010July 5, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED INTERMITTENTLY AS VEHICLE COASTED ALONG FREEWAY. PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF/RESTARTED VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION THEN ENGAGED. TOOK IN FOR SOFTWARE UPGRADE. NO MORE HIGH SPEED ISSUES BUT NOW VEHICLE WILL REV FROM STOP CONDITION BEFORE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES. THIS IS A 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION IN THE NEW 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731966July 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED NEW AND DROVE HOME 60 MILES PARKED VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. DROVE TO NEARBY PARKING LOT TO TEST OUT PARK ASSIST, PRESSED PARK ASSIST BUTTON AND THEN REVERSE, THEN DRIVE AND VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER MOVE. DASH WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND MESSAGE SERVICE TRANSMISSION AND RESTART VEHICLE. TURNING OFF AND RESTART TRANSMISSION MADE SOME ATTEMPT TO SLAM INTO GEAR BUT SEEMED TO BE LOCKED IN HIGH GEAR AND COULD NOT MOVE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE IN LOW TRAFFIC PARKING LOT AND NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. JEEP ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO NEAREST DEALER.REPLACING TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS BUILT JANUARY 2015. TRAILHAWK WITH 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731745July 2, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK IS EQUIPPED WITH HALOGEN HEADLIGHTS MOUNTED LOW ON THE FRONT OF THE CHEROKEE. THESE HEADLIGHTS DO A TERRIBLE JOB OF LIGHTING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THEY ARE BOTH DIM AND DO NOT SHINE THE LIGHT FAR ENOUGH AHEAD OF THE VEHICLE. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA AND AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE THERE ARE ALWAYS ANIMALS CROSSING THE ROAD. THE HIGH BEAMS SHINE ABOUT AS FAR AS THE LOW BEAMS ON MY OTHER CAR. I FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVING A CAR WITH HEADLIGHTS FROM THE 1960S.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731306June 30, 2015
ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
LESS THAN 90 DAYS AFTER BUYING A NEW JEEP CHEROKEE I WATCHED IT TOWED AWAY B/C IT WAS UN-DRIVEABLE. IT BEGAN IN THE MORNING WHEN THE GEARS WERE NOT SHIFTING APPROPRIATELY. THEN A FEW HOURS LATER, THE ENGINE WOULD REV, AND CAR WOULD SPEED UP, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T PUSHING GAS PEDAL. THEN REVERSE FAILED. THEN THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. FINALLY, IT STOPPED SHIFTING UP -- I HAD TO FLOOR IT TO GO 5 MILES AN HOUR. I ULTIMATELY HAD TO COAST HOME. ....UPDATED 11/02/15*BF UPDATED 11/02/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730791June 27, 2015
ENGINE
HAD CAR FOR 2 WEEKS, 490 MILES AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT WENT ON, COULD NOT REVERSE, WHEN PUTTING CAR IN DRIVE CAR MADE TERRIBLE NOISE AND JUMPED, SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. BROUGHT TO SERVICE SAID PROBABLY NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. WILL NOT HAVE CAR FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. SO DISAPPOINTED, AND AM SCARED EVEN TO DRIVE THE CAR WHEN I DO GET IT BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730453June 25, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLE STOP/START FEATURE ACTIVATES ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AT A STOP SIGN, OR AT A RED LIGHT; PERIODICALLY, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ALSO ACTIVATED AND DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO TURN IT OFF AND PROCEED UNLESS I REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY, INSERT IT, AND THEN RESTART THE CAR. ONLY THEN, WILL IT ALLOW ME TO TURN OFF THE ELECTRIC EMERGENCY BRAKE AND MOVE INTO TRAFFIC. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN IN DANGER FROM OTHER VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY, AT RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS, BECAUSE OF MY CAR STALLING, IN THIS MANNER. THE STOP/START FEATURE PLACES ME AND MY OCCUPANTS IN DANGER OF COLLISION FROM OTHER MOTORIST. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO WHITTEN BROTHERS, LOCAL JEEP DEALER, SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER, THEY DISCREDIT THE COMPLAINT AND I BELIEVE THEY DO NOT DOCUMENT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10727034June 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
CAR WOULD NOT WANT TO SHIFT, ALL LIGHTS CAME ON TO CHECK ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, AND SERVICE PARK BRAKE. I WAS ON A RURAL LOGGING ROAD AT TIME, SO TOOK MULTIPLE TRIES TO GET IT INTO GEAR. AFTER FINALLY GETTING INTO GEAR COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 40. MADE IT TO NEXT TOWN AND CALLED TOW TRUCK. THEY INSTALLED NEW TRANSMISSION AND IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK COMING OUT OF SHOP. THEY INSTALLED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION AND IT IS ALSO NOT WORKING RIGHT, AND STARTING TO SHIFT HARD. THIS IS ONE DAY AFTER GETTING CAR BACK...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730184June 24, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2015 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT WAS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 2014. AROUND END MAY 2015 EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING. WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN BRAKE WOULD BE PRESSED DOWN BUT VEHICLES RPM'S WOULD REV UP AND VEHICLE WOULD START ACCELERATING FORWARD. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO SHOP AFTER FINALLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON 06/16/15. MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AND RESET MODULE ON VEHICLE. BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALERSHIP GAVE VEHICLE BACK TO US AND WE DROVE IT FOR TWO MORE DAYS AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. ON 06/18/2015 A DEER HAD ENTERED HIGHWAY AND WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE AGAIN ACCELERATED AND HIT THE DEER CAUSING FRONT END DAMAGE. PROBLEM COULD OF BEEN 100 TIMES WORSE BECAUSE THERE WERE ALSO BICYCLISTS ON ROAD AS WELL AS TRACTOR TRAILER TRAVELING BEHIND. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP VIA TOW TRUCK. TOW TRUCK DRIVER EVEN STATED THERE IS SOMETHING SEVERELY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE OFF FLAT BED HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD INSTEAD OF REVERSE PLUS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CAME ON BY ITSELF. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ARE DOING AN INVESTIGATION ON VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY. MY WIFE AND I JUST WANT THEM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK BECAUSE WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT ONE BIT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726475June 22, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND THERE IS A DEFINITE WOBBLE THAT CAN BE FELT IN THE VEHICLE. AND WHEN THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 1ST DURING A STOP, THE VEHICLE FREQUENTLY LUNGES FORWARD WHEN THE SHIFT OCCURS. I HAVE TO BE SURE I AM HOLDING THE BRAKE VERY TIGHTLY TO PREVENT THE LUNGE. BOTH THE WOBBLE AND THE LUNGE FEELING HAPPEN FREQUENTLY, THE LUNGE IN PARTICULAR IS CONCERNING TO ME, THIS IS A 2015 VEHICLE! I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MY DEALER AND HE INDICATED JEEP IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE, I SURE HOPE THEY PLAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726408June 21, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING ON OUR BRAND NEW CHEROKEE WE SAVED UP FOR! ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND IT JERKS A LOT WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. GETTING INTO TO CAR DEALER ASAP! I'M SO UPSET AND SCARED TO DRIVE MY TWO LITTLE KIDS IN THIS CAR NOW THAT I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS. WHETHER THEY FIX THIS OR NOT. I DON'T TRUST THIS CAR NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726343June 20, 2015
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE FLUTTERS OR SHIMMYS BRIEFLY UPON ACCELARATION FROM A STOP POSITION. UNSURE IF THIS IS ENGINE TRANSMISSION OR WHEELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726377June 20, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE JEEP HAS A WOBBLE OR SHIMMY BETWEEN 11 AND 17 MPH THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE JEEP HAS BEEN DRIVEN AND IS WARMED UP. I HAVE 3200 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND THIS PROBLEM WAS NOTICED WHEN THE JEEP HAD ABOUT 500 MILES ON IT. I AM BEING TOLD ITS THE FRONT AXLE SHAFTS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY ON ORDER. HOWEVER, I AM ALSO BEING TOLD IT COULD WEEKS TO MONTHS TO GET THE PARTS IN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725680June 17, 2015
POWER TRAIN
2015 JEEP CHEROKEE V6 EXHIBITS A VIBRATION OR "SHIMMY" DURING ACCELERATION. VIBRATION OCCURS AT BETWEEN 13-17 MPH JUST PRIOR TO SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR (IN "AUTO" TRANSMISSION MODE). VIBRATION ALWAYS OCCURS, BUT IS MORE PRONOUNCED AS THE DRIVE TRAIN HEATS UP. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THAT CHRYSLER HAS YET TO IDENTIFY A DEFINITIVE FIX FOR THE DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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