NHTSA Complaint #10633728 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

THIS EXACT SCENARIO HAPPENED 4 TIMES BETWEEN 6/5/14-9/16/14. -- I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON THE WAY TO WORK. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR MADE A CHIME SOUND (AS IF A DOOR WAS OPENED) AND MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN, AS IF I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. MY DASH HAD MANY LIGHTS COME ON (PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE SENSOR LIGHTS) AND IT SAID "SERVICE PARK BREAK" AND "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL. I CAN ASSURE YOU MY PARK BREAK WAS NOT ON! I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SINCE PRESSING ON THE GAS WAS NOT HELPING ME MOVE FORWARD. MY CAR NEVER ACTUALLY SHUT OFF ON IT'S OWN, IT JUST LOST POWER, AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, LET IT SIT A MINUTE AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN. THE SAME LIGHTS WERE ON AND IT SAID SERVICE TRANSMISSION. I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND. THE "D" IN THE SHIFTER WAS ALSO BLINKING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN AND LET IT SIT A LITTLE LONGER. I TRIED IT AGAIN AND WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE THERE WAS NO CLUNKING SOUND BUT WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK I STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA SO ALL OF THIS WAS OCCURRING ON A 2 LANE ROAD WITH LITTLE TO NO SHOULDER AT 7:15AM, SO THE TRAFFIC WAS AT ITS HEAVIEST. IT WAS VERY SCARY BECAUSE I HAD NO WARNING AND NEITHER DID THE CARS BEHIND ME. MY CAR LITERALLY JUST STARTED TO SLOW OUT OF NO WHERE. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS. I THEN DECIDED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER 3 TIMES, IS THAT I WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR THE CAR TO ENGAGE ONCE I PUT IT IN DRIVE. SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MYSELF TO THE DEALER THOSE TIMES. I PLAN ON TAKING THIS TO JEEP/CHRYSLER AS WELL. *TR