Jeep Cherokee Complaints (2015)

1,794 consumer complaints on file.

#11093626May 14, 2018
POWER TRAIN
'SERVICE SHIFTER' OCCURRED REPEATEDLY WHILE DRIVING ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER LIGHT UP AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS COME ON CHECK ENGINE BLINKS THEN STAYS ON. HAS HAD SHIFTER REPLACED ONCE, NOW IN 4 MONTHS TIME IT DID THE SAME THING. BEGINS TO SHIFT HARD AND JERKS SOME WHILE DRIVING MAKING STEERING WHEEL MOVE RAPIDLY FOR A SPLIT SECOND ALL WHILE GOING DOWN ROAD DOING 25-30 MPH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11093187May 10, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
JEEP CHEROKEE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE CAR HAS HAD ACCELERATION ISSUES FROM THE VERY START. BUT RECENTLY AT ONLY 38K MILES THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED ON ME AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS FAILURE WAS VERY DANGEROUS BUT LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF FOR A LONG WHILE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON BUT TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE FINE. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS OFF, BUT I STILL PLAN ON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AFTER READING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND TENDS TO REOCCUR. MY WIFE IS NOW SCARED TO USE THIS CAR. HOW CAN A COMPANY GET AWAY WITH CHEATING CUSTOMERS THIS WAY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11093241May 10, 2018
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SWITCHING GEARS VERY HARD AND THE TRACTION CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (NORTHWEST CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM, 19616 NORTHWEST FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77065) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE FAILURE RECURRED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES, AND EACH TIME THE DEALER GAVE THE SAME REPLY. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE SYMPTOMS WERE IDENTICAL, BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THEY COULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11091369May 2, 2018
AIR BAGS
MY DAUGHTER WRECKED ON 4/11 AND HER JEEP ROLLED TWICE IN WHICH THE FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE ROOF SMASHED INTO HER HEAD REST RESULTING IN A CONCUSSION, FRACTURED HIP, AND TORN HAMSTRING. SHE WAS LIFELIGHTED. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AND THEY BELIEVED THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OPERATED PROPERLY. THE WRECK REPORT AND COPY OF JEEP'S REPORT IS INCLUDED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11091095April 30, 2018
STEERING
PER TSB 08-029-16 FLAT TOWING THIS VEHICLE JEEP INSTALLED A WIRING KIT TO STOP A SEVERE WOBBLE WHILE TOWING. KIT WAS INSTALLED JULY 25 2016. WHILE TOWING THE JEEP DURING A TRIP ON APRIL 28, 2018 ON I255 E BYPASS AROUND SAINT LOUIS AT APPROX. 4:40 PM AT APPROX. 60 MPH I HAD THE SEVERE DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR. HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WHILE DECELERATING AND TRYING TO STOP (WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE WOBBLE) I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK. ON APRIL 29, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM WHILE EXITING I39 ONTO I39/90 IN WISCONSIN THE WOBBLE OCCURRED AGAIN AT APPROX. 50 MPH. AGAIN, THE WIRING FIX WAS INSTALLED AND I HAD IT CORRECTLY TURNED ON. THIS A DANGEROUS VEHICLE AND I REFUSE TO TOW IT 1 FOOT UNTIL JEEP STEPS UP TO THE PLACE AND DOES THE RIGHT THING. IN BOTH INSTANCES, TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND BRAKING QUICKLY TO STOP THE WOBBLE COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11090404April 27, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND SOMETIMES SKIPS GEARS. IT WILL SHIFT VERY LATE AND DO A JOLT AND IT FEELS LIKES I WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR, GIVES A SLIGHT WHIPLASH FEELING TO THE PASSENGERS. SOMETIMES WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THE BACK WHEELS LOCK UP AND THE BACK HALF OF THE CAR LOWERS TO THE GROUND WHILE THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE RISES. THE VEHICLE ALSO SOMETIMES ACCELERATES ON ITS' OWN WHEN I DON'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I CAN BE DRIVING AT ANY POINT AROUND 20-30MPH AND MY RPMS WILL JUMP TO 3000+ AND THE ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISES LIKE IT IS BEING OVERWORKED TO GO 20 MPH AND IT WILL STAY LIKE THAT FOR A GOOD 4-8 SECONDS. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE DRASTICALLY DECREASED THE MPG MY CAR GETS. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THE "START/STOP" FEATURE ALSO HAS MANY PROBLEMS. IF I FORGET TO TURN IT OFF I CAN BE AT A RED LIGHT AND ONCE IT TURNS GREEN I LET GO OF THE BRAKE AND GO TO HIT THE GAS AND THE CAR IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING BACK UP, TAKES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1-3 SECONDS TO STARTUP. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR ANYMORE. IT WAS FINE UP UNTIL ABOUT 30,000 MILES, BUT IT HAS GONE DOWN HILL SINCE THEN. I AM AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES RIGHT NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11090514April 27, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM AUTO NATION CHRYSLER JEEP & DODGE IN ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA ON APRIL 19, 2015, TO TOW FOUR WHEELS DOWN BEHIND OUR MOTORHOME. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS READY TO TOW WITH A TOUCH OF A BUTTON. ON TWO OCCASIONS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE FRONT WHEEL WOBBLE WHILE TOWING THE VEHICLE, LUCKILY AT SLOW SPEEDS DOWN THE ROAD. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL WIRING HARNESS INSTALLED ON OUR VEHICLE TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND IT IS AT OUR COST. THE COST OF THIS WIRING HARNESS AND INSTALLATION IS OVER $700.00. WE HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. THE DEALER HAS STATED THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT CHRYSLER/JEEP FOR AN ANSWER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR SIX WEEKS NOW, WITH STILL NO ANSWER. WE ARE NOW COMING UP ON OUR TRAVELING TIME AND CAN NOT TOW OUR CAR AND GO ON ANY TRIPS DUE TO THE LIABILITY OF THIS SITUATION. WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE HAVING KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM NOW WITH THIS VEHICLE.PLEASE HELP US GET THIS RESOLVED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089927April 24, 2018
POWER TRAIN
"SERVICE SHIFTER" ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS AND ALL SHIFTER LIGHTS TURN RED. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. THE SECOND TIME, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND A "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" MESSAGE APPEARED. A VALVE THAT WAS STUCK WAS REPLACED 3 MONTHS AGO, NOW THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE IS BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089988April 24, 2018
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AUTOMATIC, SHIFT MOVING TO STANDARD OR NEUTRAL
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089584April 23, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND OFTEN VIOLENTLY. WILL SHIFT HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE A 2/3 EMPTY BOTTLE OF DRINK TO HAVE LIQUID FLY OUT OF THE BOTTLE IN THE CUPHOLDERS TO HOLD THE BOTTLE STATIONARY. SHIFTING CAN OCCUR AT VARIABLE SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-50 POSSIBLY HIGHER SOMETIMES. WE HAVE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE WHERE THEY SAY A 2015 TRAILHAWK VEHICLE HAS THE NEED OF AN "UPDATE" TO CONTROL SHIFTING, BUT REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE VEHICLE IS JUST SHIFTING TO HARD. IT HAS SHIFTED SO HARD THAT IT HAS THROWN US FOR WHILE DRIVING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS HITTING UNDER THE CAR. THIS IS NOT THE NEED OF AN UPDATE, EVEN IF THE DEALER AND "JEEP" SAY THIS IS A THING, AND THAT WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL RELEASE THIS UPDATE TO "FIX" THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AT VARIABLE TEMPERATURES TOO, BUT SOMEHOW THE DEALER CAN NEVER FEEL THE HARD SHIFT WHEN THEY TAKE IT OUT. THE HARD SHIFTS HAPPEN ON BOTH HIGHWAYS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE FELT THIS SHIFT NOT JUST ONE PERSON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089267April 22, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
HATCH DOOR RANDOMLY FAILS TO LATCH WHEN CLOSING. RECYCLE OF START/LOCK/PARK/ENGAGE DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. CAN MANUALLY CLOSE HATCH BUT WILL NOT LOCK/ENGAGE. HATCH IS ELECTRIC, POCKET REMOTE, BUTTON ON DOOR AND BUTTON ON DASH WILL NOT RECYCLE THE LOCK TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT PARKING LOT, OCCURRED AFTER LOADING AND THEN TRYING TO CLOSE DOOR WITH REMOTE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089174April 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WITH OR WITH THE "AUTO-START" FEATURE TURNED ON, WHEN TURNING FROM A STOP OR YIELD (SUCH AS TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC), PRESSING ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL CAUSES A PAUSE LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT ENGAGING THEN TAKES OFF LIKE YOU SLAMMED ON THE GAS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO AND TAKING IT IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BRINGS NOTHING BUT MORE FRUSTRATION. THIS IS DONE ON HOT OR COLD ENGINES, NO MATTER THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089368April 19, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, VISIBILITY
2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CONCERNS THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS DARKEN 70% OF WINDSHIELD VISIBILITY. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088420April 16, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 18 AND 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CHIMING SOUND AND THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WITHIN THREE SECONDS, THE "SHIFT TO PARK DESIGNATED GEAR" WARNING INDICATOR ALSO ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (CHRYSLER, DODGE, AND FORD FIAT OF BAY RIDGE, 8635 18TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11209). THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD PERFORM DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND NOTIFY THE CONTACT OF THE RESULTS. THE MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTED THE CONTACT TO NOTIFY THEM AFTER THE DEALER COMPLETED THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,005.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088452April 16, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR IS GOING INTO NUETRAL ON ITS OWN SAME AS IN THE S55 RECALL BUT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL PER CHRYSLER. CAR WILL HAVE NOTICE POP UP ON DASH SAYING PUT CAR INTO PARK THEN SWITCH INTO GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT A STOP LIGHT I COULD NOT GET CAR IN GEAR. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND I COULD NOT GET IT TO START AGAIN. IT ALSO HAPPENED AFTER FIRST STARTING THE CAR AND PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE. I HAD TO TURN CAR OFF AND RESTART TO GET IT TO GET BACK INTO GEAR. BOTH TIMES CAR WAS AT A STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084853April 12, 2018
AIR BAGS
I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY A PICKUP PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HIT HER HEAD ON. I WAS AT AROUND 40-50 MPH WHEN MY JEEP IMPACTED. THE IMPACT WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO RUPTURE THE RADIATOR AND THE FRONT BRAKES BLEW OUT. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE REPORTED THE NO DEPLOY TO JEEP.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084229April 9, 2018
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THERMOSTAT NEEDED REPLACED AT 55,000 MILES. THERMOSTAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY REPORTED BUT YET NO RECALL. SOME DEALERSHIPS HAVE A 2 MONTH WAIT TO REPLACE BECAUSE OF SUCH A HIGH DEMAND. TRANSMISSION WARNING CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. PULLED OVER AND TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON. CAR SEEMED FINE UNTIL I TOOK IT OVER 55MPH AND IT DID THE SAME THING. HAD TO PULL OVER AGAIN AND TURN IT OFF AND ON. CAR ALMOST STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. TOOK IT THE DEALERSHIP WHO UPDATED THE SOFTWARE. CAR ALREADY NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY ON THE RIDE HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10985230April 6, 2018
STEERING, STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE, STRUCTURE
2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SHORT CIRCUIT IN POWER LIFT GATE CONTROL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. *LD *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082651April 3, 2018
POWER TRAIN
DELAYED SHIFTING ON ACCELERATION DANGEROUS!!! WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU DO YOUR F'N JOBS? HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/JEEP/CHEROKEE/2015/TRANSMISSION/DELAYED_SHIFTING_DURING_ACCELERATION.SHTML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082578April 2, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK
MY CAR HAS EXACTLY 50,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED IMPECCABLY TO START. ON MARCH 30TH AFTER IT HAD RAINED THE PREVIOUS DAY, WHILE DRIVING ON THE BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH MY LIFT GATE SEEMED TO UNLATCH AND END RESULT MY BACKPACK CONTAINING MY LAPTOP HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TEXTBOOKS AND MY APPLE IPAD FLEW OUT. WHEN I PULLED OVER THE LIFT GATE REFUSED TO HATCH AS WELL AS THE BUTTON IN THE CAR AND ON THE FOB TO CLOSE THE TRUNK WOULD NOT WORK. NOT ONLY HAVE I LOST AT LEAST $850 WORTH OF MY ELECTRONICS AND TEXTBOOKS I AM LEFT WITH THE RISK THAT ANYONE CAN GET IN MY CAR VIA THE LIFT GATE THAT WILL NOT CLOSE AND POTENTIALLY STEAL MY CAR. ON APRIL 2ND 2018 AFTER LEAVING WORK FROM THE HOSPITAL I WAS DRIVING ON REGULAR TRAFFIC ROADS BETWEEN 35-55 MILES PER HOUR AND MY JEEP WAS SHIFTING INTO NEAUTRAL SLOWING DOWN AND THE RPM GAUGE WAS ACCELERATING TO 4-5 FOR ONLY 35 MILES PER HOUR. I THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT THERE IS A RECALL IN WHICH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY ANYONE AND MY VIN WAS INELIGIBLE BUT IF IT WAS I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE MY CAR AND PAY FOR THE EXPENSE OF A RENTAL CAR. I AM A WIDOWED MOTHER AND A LOYAL CUSTOMER TO JEEP AS THIS IS MY THIRD JEEP AND I AM STUCK WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT IS RIDDLED WITH CONSTANT RECALLS THAT IS UNSAFE FOR MY 4 YEAR OLD AND 15 MONTH CHILD AND I AM ON A SINGLE INCOME AND UNABLE TO PAY FOR REPAIR EXPENSES OR A RENTAL CAR AND I DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO MISS WORK OR SCHOOL. CAN YOU INFORM ME WHY MY VIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL AND I AM HAVING ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY RECALLED AND WHY WOULD I NOT BE REIMBURSED OR PROVIDED WITH THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO COVER THE REPAIR AND OR A RENTAL VEHICLE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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