Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints (2018)

855 consumer complaints on file.

#11407112April 8, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY CUT OFF. THE "D" ON MY DASH BEGAN TO FLASH. STEERING WAS DIFFICULT AND BRAKING WAS DIFFICULT. THE CAR JUST COASTED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT IT IN PARK. THEN I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. IF I HAD BEEN ON A HIGHWAY OR A BUSY STREET, THIS WOULD EASILY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. MY 8 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE CAR. NOW I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. SEEMS THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE FOR ME. A LOT OF OTHER 2018 JEEPS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. A CAR THAT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE IT'S BEING DRIVEN IS A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP. ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE CAR THAT MAY BE RELATED OR SEPARATE. THE RADIO IN MY CENTER CONSOL TURNS ON WHEN I START THE CAR. THEN IT FREEZES AND SHUTS OFF. THEN IT TURNS ITSELF BACK ON AND FREEZES AND SHUTS OFF AGAIN. IT GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS SEVERAL TIME BEFORE IT WILL TURN ON, STAY ON, AND FUNCTION PROPERLY. I AM TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THAT THE CAR NEEDS AN UPDATE. I AM ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE UPDATE COULD RESULT IN THE CAR NEEDING AN ENTIRELY NEW RADIO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406401April 5, 2021
POWER TRAIN, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
AFTER STARTING MY CAR I WENT IN MY HOUSE TO GET SOMETHING. MY CAR SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED DOWN MY LAWN ACROSS A BUSY STREET AND HIT A TREE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT ENGAGE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PARKED. I THEN TESTED TO SEE IF I COULD HAVE ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE WHEN I GOT OUT IT. IT BEGAN TO ROLL IN REVERSE AND I WASN'T TOUCHING THE GAS. I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN OF THE CAR IF WERE IN REVERSE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ROLLING. APPARENTLY WHEN THE CAR IS IN A PARKED POSITION IT CAN SLIP INTO REVERSE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406492April 5, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED A 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE GRAND LIMITED ON 02/24/21 & THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM DISPLAYED I WAS IN THE WRONG CITY. I CALLED UCONNECT & JEEP NUMEROUS TIMES & WAS ADVISED TO RECALIBRATE THE NAVIGATION & GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS. THIS DID NOT WORK & WAS ADVISED ON JEEP HAD MY INFORMATION IN THE SYSTEM THAT I WAS THE NEW OWNER THEY WOULD LOOK INTO HELPING ME PAY FOR THE PROBLEM & TAKE IT TO JEEP. I TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP AFTER TAKING IT TO THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM & THEY UNABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE & WAS ADVISED BY JEEP THE RADIO HAD INTERNAL FAILURE & THE UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED JEEP & UCONNECT WHO HAVE NOW RENIGED ON THERE WORD & ARE ADVISING ME I NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AFTER DOING ONLINE RESEARCH & I WOULD LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING JEEP TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11405340March 29, 2021
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V699000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FIELDS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM GLENVIEW (2800 PATRIOT BLVD, GLENVIEW, IL 60026, (847) 446-5100) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL SHOWED NO OPEN RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11403314March 16, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER WIDE OPEN THROTTLE ACCELERATION, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER LETTING OFF OF THROTTLE. HAD TO IMMEDIATELY DEPRESS BRAKE TO ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY TO SLOW/STALL THE UNINTENDED RAPID ACCELERATION. IT HAS DUPLICATED THIS BEHAVIOR TWICE IN THE LAST 100 MILES. THE JEEP ALSO INDICATES AN ERROR MESSAGE REGARDING ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ERROR. ONCE AGAIN UNCONTROLLED RAPID ACCELERATION AFTER WOT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11402920March 14, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM KEEPS REBOOTING, GOES INTO BOOT MODE EVEN WHILE DRIVING. CAUSED TOTAL DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER WHILE DRIVING WITH SUDDEN FULL BLAST OF AIR CONDITION OR VOLUME GOING UP AND DOWN WITHOUT CONTROL. THIS IS A FULL SAFETY ISSUE AS AT ONE POINT MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TOTALLY BLANK AT NIGHT. ALL PROBLEMS GRADUALLY STARTED IN OCTOBER 2020. IN THE LATEST SAFETY RELATED ISSUE THE JEEP WAS NO LONGER DRIVABLE AS THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WAS DRAINING THE BATTERY. THE JEEP HAD TO BE JUMPED STARTED MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE DAY AND GOT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11402748March 13, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR LEAKING INSIDE VEHICLE CAUSING FREON TO GET IN THE CAR AND GET IN OUR LUNGS. ALSO THIS CAUSES IT TO GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11400215March 10, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
UCONNECT 4C 8.4" DISPLAY W/NAV SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO: FAVORITES ARE SAVED, BUT WHEN NOTIFICATION THAT A FAVORITE IS PLAYING, THE SCREEN IS EMPTY. BEEN HAPPENING AT LEAST 6 MONTHS. REACHED OUT TO UCONNECT, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND SUGGESTED UPGRADING SOFTWARE THROUGH LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP. TECH FROM DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THEY COULD UPDATE MY SOFTWARE, BUT, IT COULD RENDER THE UNIT UNUSABLE....ALONG WITH MY HVAC CONTROLS. A RECENT SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS AVAILABLE OVER-THE-AIR, BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS DAILY, WHETHER DRIVING OR STATIONARY. NOT ONLY AFFECTING MY 2018 GRAND CHEROKEE, BUT MY WIFE'S 2019 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE SAME RADIO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11399853March 8, 2021
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT IS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACK IN MOTION OR STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11399854March 8, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING VEHICLE, PUMP WILL GO FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND STOP, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE LEVER, AND IT STILL STOPS. I HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS, AND HAVE FILLED MY JEEP UP AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FUELING WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE PUMP STOPS, YOU HOLD THE LEVEL, IT STOPS, AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE LEVER AND GO BACK AND FOURTH AFTER PUMP STOPS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11399855March 8, 2021
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ISSUE WITH AUTOMATIC START/STOP LIGHT TURNING ON, WHICH THEN LEADS TO ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING, AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS ON AND ALARM SOUNDS IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHIFT WHICH JERKS THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALER 4 DIFFERENT TIMES, SEVERAL PARTS FIXED, AND I AM STILL HAVING THE ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11399289March 5, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER RECENT UPDATE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR THE VEHICLE, THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKS AND HAS ME DRIVING IN FIELDS IN AN AREA THAT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHERE I AM AND IT STAYS IN THAT VICINITY. ALSO THE RADIO SETTINGS NO LONGER HOLD WITH THE RECENT UPDATES. THIS ALL OCCURRED AFTER THE UPDATE. I'VE TRIED PROGRAMING IN CITY STREETS, MOVING IN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, PARKED. FEARFUL MORE THINGS ELECTRICAL COULD GO WRONG. OCCURRENCE WAS APPROX. 02/19/2021 AFTER THE LAST UPDATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11398796March 2, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TOP TRIM JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 2018 LEATHER DASH IS WRINKLED IS ALSO HAS OVER FOUR AIR BUBBLES. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS NOR HAS BEEN INTO ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11398412March 1, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, THE GAS PUMP CLICKS OFF CONSTANTLY. IT HAPPENS AT MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS AND WITH DIFFERENT STYLE PUMP HANDLES. I HAVE TO REMOVE THE GAS PUMP FROM THE TANK AND ROTATE IT IN ORDER TO PUT GAS IN MY VEHICLE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS ISSUE SINCE I BOUGHT THE JEEP NEW IN 2018. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY AND I'VE READ ABOUT OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE CAPLESS GAS SYSTEM IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AND YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, I FEAR THAT I WILL BE IN A POSITION THAT I CAN NOT PUT GAS IN MY VEHICLE DUE TO THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11397962February 25, 2021
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 20V699000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY FIRKINS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2700 1ST ST, BRADENTON, FL 34208) THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE AND ONLY 1 UNIT PER MONTH OF PARTS WOULD BE SHIPPED AND AVAILABILITY TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR PARTS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.*DT*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11397682February 24, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
A SCREEN APPEARED ASKING IF I WANT TO ADJUST THE CLOCK AND IT BEEPS CONSTANTLY AND WON'T GO AWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY RADIO IS DEFECT AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE YEAR AND MODEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11397477February 23, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STARTED MAKING A CRACKING LOSE METAL NOISE WHEN HITTING A SMALL BUMP OR TURNING THE WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO EITHER SIDE...WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 405 SOUTH COMING FROM THE 10 DOWNTOWN..I WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH AS RUSH HOUR STARTED..ON A SMALL RAMP TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND WITHIN A SEC THE FRONT DRIVER WHEEL ROLLED OUT , TRUCK LANDED HARD ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE STILL MOVING BREAKS GOT STUCK, SHIFT IT TO NATURAL, PUSH BOTTOM TO KILL THE ENGINE. AND EMERGENCY BREAK WAS APPLIED TO STOP THE TRUCK.. FENDER AND BALL JOINTS AND OTORS WERE DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE SHOCKS I BELIEVE...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11397523February 23, 2021
ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO FIELDS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM GLENVIEW (2800 PATRIOT BLVD, GLENVIEW, IL 60026) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EGR COOLER HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE CONTACT THEN RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V699000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) A YEAR AFTER EXPERIENCING THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PART WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS WORRIED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11395624February 10, 2021
ENGINE
61,000 BROKEN WATER PUMP AND BLOWN HEAD GASKET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11395087February 7, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
ABOUT 47 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OUTSIDE DROVE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH INTERIOR TEMP SET TO 72 DEGREES DOWN A HIGHWAY. WINDOWS STARTED FOGGING UP SO TURNED ON THE DEFROST. HEARD A CRACK AND WINDOW CRACKED DOWN MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD ABOUT 10' SPREAD TO ABOVE THE MIRROR AND TURNED TOWARD DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. LATER SKIPPED ABOUT 2 INCHES AND STARTED AGAIN. BY 2 HOURS LATER CRACK SPREAD TO TOP OF WINDSHIELD AND ALMOST TO END OF DRIVER'S SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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