NHTSA Complaint #10714523 — 2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN TO DEALER ON 3/24/15 FOR STALLING ISSUES AND OTHER SAFETY RECALLS. CAR HAD NOT STARTED ON AT LEAST 4 OCCASIONS UP UNTIL 3/24/25. I WAS TOLD THE KEY FOB BATTERIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT MAY FIX THE ISSUE. I PAID TO HAVE BOTH BATTERIES REPLACED. ON 5/4/15 I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE NOT STARTING ISSUE HAD BECOME MORE EXTREME. IT OCCURRED 8 TIMES SINCE THE 3/24/15 SERVICE AND ON ONE OCCASION IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. THERE WAS AN EXTREME DELAY AND SUDDENLY THE CAR REACTED AND LURCHED FORWARD. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAD EVER DONE THIS. ADDITIONALLY, ON ONE OCCASION OF NOT STARTING IT CONTINUED TO CHUG INSTEAD OF JUST NOT REACTING. DEALER ADVISED AGAIN THAT ONE OF THE KEY FOBS NEEDED TO HAVE A BATTERY REPLACED (BOTH WERE REPLACED THE PREVIOUS MONTH) AND THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARTS FOR THE SAFETY RECALL. HEADQUARTERS ADVISED THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW IN A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE PROBLEMS IS RAPIDLY GETTING WORSE AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THERE MAY BE ISSUES WHILE I AM DRIVING IT AS WELL. I HAVE ASKED FOR ESCALATION AND SOMETHING EVEN A TEMPORARY FIX BE DONE. NO RESPONSE FROM HEADQUARTERS YET. *TR