Jeep Cherokee Complaints (2018)

688 consumer complaints on file.

#11420038June 7, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicle has approximately 40,000 miles and the "service shifter" light has come on about 6 times. Each time, if the vehicle is turned off & restarted, the light doesn't come back on for a few weeks. It has never come on while driving. This condition has not been replicated by a dealer or mechanic. The vehicle seems to drive fine.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11419820June 6, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Everytime we drive our vehicle for longer than 10 minutes a warning indicator light comes on which says "service shifter". All the lights on the shifter come on and you can no longer tell when you are in drive, park, etc. When you turn the vehicle off the system resets, but it will come back on again. The dealership inspected it and found no fix for the issue. To me, this seems highly irresponsible and reckless to allow something like this to occur in a vehicle. Numerous people with Jeep Cherokees have experienced the same thing and I believe there needs to be a recal related to the shifting/electrical system.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11416759May 15, 2021
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET COMING TO A STOP SIGN. I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AND WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT, THE CAR SLOWED DOWN, PUTTERED AND THE ACCELERATED MORE THAN I GAVE IT GAS TO. THEN I GO TO THE GAS STATION & PULLIN INTO THE PARKING LOT, THE PARKING LOT HAS SOMEWHAT OF A STEEP INCLINE, WHEN I GO TO PULL IN, THE CAR PUTTERED AND THE DIES . AND THATS WHEN THE SERVICE SHIFTER CAME ON . I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS OF THE SERVICE SHIFTER BUT THAT DIDNT WORK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON, IT STARTED UP FINE AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER TURNED OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11416508May 13, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
"SERVICE SHIFTER" WARNING COMES UP ON THE DASH AT DIFFERENT TIMES. IT MAY BE AT START UP OR WHILE DRIVING. IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM. YOU HAVE A MINIMUM OF 400 COMJLAINTS ALREADY. JUST BOUGHT THIS 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE ON 5/8/2021 AND WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS ALREADY. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, OR IS IT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIX IS? MANY OF THE OWNERS OF THESE CAR ARE STUCK IN A CIRCLE JERK...DEALER SAYS IT DOESNT EXSIST AND YET IT KEEPS HAPPENING. PLEASE INVESTAGATE THIS PROBLEM AND FORCE THE MANUFACTURE TO FIND THE FIX. I KNOW MY DEALER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT ELECTS NOT TO ADMIT IT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT DOES NOT THROW A CODE SO NOTHING SHOWS UP. I CHECKED MINE TWICE WITH MY OBD READER AND I EVEN DROVE AROUND WITH IT CONNECTED TO SEE IF IT WAS A DRIVABLITY PROBLEM BUT THAT PRODUCED NOTHING. VERY SORRY THAT I PURCHASED THIS CAR! NEVER OWN A CHRYS. PRODUCT AGAIN.....AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR FROM THIS DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11416376May 12, 2021
POWER TRAIN
POWER TRANSFER UNIT FAILED , 2014-2017 MODELS THE SAME AS MINE HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS VERY TYPE OF FAILURE. MY 2018 WAS BUILD WITH EXACT SAME PTU ASSEMBLY. I THINK MINE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL WAS DRIVING TO STORE ON HWY 26 8 MILES WEST OF SWAN VALLEY IDAHO, CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 MPH , LOUD BANG, LOST ALL FORWARD MOTION,COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD, PUT IN PARK AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO DIRT ON SIDE OF HWY, BRAKED AND SET PARK BRAKE, CALLED TOW TRUCK AND VEHICLE IS AT LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP, COULD HAVE KILLED ME IF CONDITIONS WERE DIFFERENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11415489May 7, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY JEEP WOULDNT START(05/04/2021) SO I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY (05/05/2021).BUT I NOTICE TODAY (05/06/2021)THAT THE CLOCK HAD RESET ON IT OWN( SO I GOT TO NE LOSING POWER) AND MY SERVICE SHIFTER CAME ON AA WELL WHILE IN MOTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11415385May 6, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
'SERVICE SHIFTER' COMES ON. DEALER SAYS THERE'S NO ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE I'M DRIVING AND AT IGNITION START UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11413310April 22, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DURING TRANSIT DOWN THE STREET AND ONCE THE CAR TURNED ON IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE SHIFTER COLUMN LIGHTS ARE LIT UP IN RED, THE DASH READS SERVICE SHIFTER. PLEASE HELP US AND OTHERS RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS IT IS A HIT AND MISS WITH THE DEALERSHIPS AND JEEP STATING THAT IT IS NOT AN ISSUE ENOUGH TO CALL IT A RECALL WHEN THERE ARE DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS WITH THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11413313April 22, 2021
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AT RANDOM TIMES THE MESSAGE "SERVICE SHIFTER" APPEARS, AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURN RED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIME AND HAS HAPPENED WHEN IN DRIVE(ON HIGHWAY AND STREETS) AND WHEN IN PARK. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARS. FROM ALL THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING TO A LOT OF JEEP (2014-2019) OWNERS. SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11407833April 13, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY WHEN MY VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP IT STALLS OR WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED. UPON CHECKING THE OIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NOT EVEN A QUART LEFT NO INDICATOR LIGHT NO OIL CHANGE NOTIFICATION; I HADN'T YET REACHED THE MONTHS OR MILEAGE ON THE STICKER RECOMMEND BY THE MECHANIC SHOP WHERE I GET MY OIL CHANGED,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11407854April 13, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STALLS WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD! I PULL OVER RESTART!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11407768April 12, 2021
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE IS STALLING DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION.....NO OIL INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. BUT VEHICLE EVEN WHEN OIL INDICATOR GAGE SAYS THERE IS OIL....THE OIL IS LOW AND CAUSES STALLING. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. STALLS WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY IN TRAFFIC. BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND TO CHANGE OIL EVERY 3000. THUIS DOES NOT FIX THE UNDERLYING ISSUE. READING ONLINE THERE SEEMS TO BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AND DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT HELPFUL WITH THIS ISSUE. NERVOUS TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCE ESPECIALLY WHEN NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATE TO LET YOU KNOW YOU ARE LOW ON OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11407355April 10, 2021
POWER TRAIN
MY 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE HAS LESS THAN 18,000 MILES ON IT AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE SERVICE SHIFTER MESSAGE APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD AND THE TREE LIGHTS WERE ALL LIT UP. I PARKED THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND TURNED IT BACK ON. LIGHTS AND MESSAGE WAS GONE. THIS HAPPENED ONCE AFTER THAT - ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER - AND SAME THING, I WAS ABLE TO RESET IT BY TURNING IT OFF AND ON. TODAY THE MESSAGE APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD AND WOULD NOT GO AWAY. I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME (ABOUT 3 MILES), PULLED IN TO MY DRIVEWAY AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN TO PARK OR NEUTRAL - IT STAYED IN DRIVE. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF BUT NOT EXTRACT THE KEY NOR COULD I START THE CAR AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING EVERY TIME THE WARNING LIGHT AND TREE LIGHTS CAME ON. TODAY THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET MY KEY OUT WAS TO USE THE MANUAL SHIFTER AND TRY TO REMEMBER THE SHIFTING PATTERN! I EVENTUALLY FIGURED IT OUT AND WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY. THE DEALER CAN'T TELL ME IF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERS IT BUT WANTS ME TO DRIVE IT OVER TO THEM ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY. I AM READING THAT COST IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN $400-$1,000 AND DAYS WITHOUT A VEHICLE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF POSTS CITING THE SAME ISSUE ON CARGURU'S WEBSITE. THIS REALLY NEEDS INVESTIGATED FOR A RECALL. THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS SAFE!! THIS IS MY ONE AND ONLY DAILY DRIVER AND I CANNOT BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE! CHECK OUT THE COMPLAINTS HERE: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T68742_DS990296
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406361April 4, 2021
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE PARKING BREAK CAME ON AND WOULD NOT RELEASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406029April 1, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AT VARIOUS TIMES, EITHER STARTING THE CAR OR RESTARTING THE CAR, NOT ALL THE TIME, THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT WILL ILLIMUNATE ON THE SCREEN BLOCKING OUT THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER AND LIGHTING UP THE SHIFTER TO ALL RED. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE CAR AND RESTARTING (SOMETIMES) THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THE CAR WILL RUN FINE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE IT IS NOT COVERED BY EITHER THE BASIC WARRANTY OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE RESOLUTION IS TO CHANGE THE WHOLE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF OVER $600.00.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11405518March 30, 2021
ENGINE
OIL CONSUMPTION ON VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES. 3 TO 4 QUARTS LOW AT EVERY 5000 MILE OIL CHANGE. CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. NO WARNING LIGHT TO INFORM YOU OF LOW OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11405581March 30, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY VEHICLE TOLD ME TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND THEN PARK WHILE I WAS AT A RED LIGHT. I DID THAT AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I LEFT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF BUT IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I SAT AT THE LIGHT WITH MY HAZARDS ON FOR ABOUT 2 MIN, I TRIED TO TURN IT ON AGAIN AND IT STRUGGLED BUT IT ENDED UP TURNING ON. 3 DAYS LATER AT THE SAME LIGHT ON MY WAY TO WORK THE BATTERY LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND BEEPING, MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNED ON. IT WOULDN'T LET ME DRIVE BUT 5 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. LATER THAT DAY WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP NONE OF THOSE LIGHTS WERE ON AND I WAS TOLD "THERE'S NOTHING WRONG" WITH MY JEEP. I'M SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11403842March 19, 2021
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
ON MARCH 14TH WHILE SLOWING AND TURNING RIGHT ON A STATE MAINTAINED COUNTRY ROAD, THE VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED AND POWER STEERING WAS OUT WITH THE BATTERY LIGHT ON.. VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS AFTER PUTTING IT BACK INTO PARK. ON MARCH 16TH WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT IN THE SAME MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE ON US HWY 421. IT TOOK 4 ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT RECREATE THE STALL AND WILL BE SENDING US ON OUR WAY WITH THIS VEHICLE UNREPAIRED. MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND WILL POSSIBLE CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11403698March 18, 2021
POWER TRAIN
'SERVICE SHIFTER' MESSAGE APPEARS ON SCREEN AND ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER LIGHT UP. GOES AWAY AFTER TURNING OFF CAR AND TURNING BACK ON. WHEN MESSAGE APPEARS, CANNOT VIEW DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER OR OTHER CAR DIAGNOSTICS. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11403527March 17, 2021
POWER TRAIN
MESSAGE "SERVICE SHIFTER" DISPLAYS ON SCREEN AND RED LIGHTS LIGHT-UP ALONG THE SHIFTER... OCCURS WHEN JEEP IS STATIONARY, IN DRIVEWAY OR PARKING LOTS - MULTIPLE TIMES. DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS NOT PART OF THE POWER TRAIN...? AND SUPPOSEDLY NEVER HEARD OF THIS MESSAGE....? THE CAR IS NOT SAFE AS WHEN THIS MESSAGE COMES UP YOU CANNOT MANUALLY SELECT GEARS, AND NEITHER CAN YOU ACCESS KEY INFORMATION LIKE TIRE PRESSURE, COOLANT/OIL/TRANSMISSION TEMPS, OIL LIFE, BATTERY VOLTAGE, FUEL ECONOMY, TRIP INFO. IT ALSO DISABLES THE ABILITY TO GET TO SCREEN SETUP,.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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